A windy day is just about guaranteed across the area. A stormy day is also possible.
Wind gusts as high as 45 mph are possible across Lyon and surrounding counties Thursday afternoon and early evening. As a result, there are wind advisories up, with Lyon and most surrounding counties involved from 1-7 pm. The exceptions, Chase and Greenwood counties, are in an advisory from 10 am to 7 pm.
Storms are also expected through early afternoon. At this time, there is a marginal severe weather risk, mainly for wind and hail. A better setup for severe weather is north of Interstate 70 and east of US Highway 75.
There is also a very high fire danger areawide, even with recent rainfall and the prospect of more rain through Thursday.
Mild temperatures won’t last long. Thursday night’s low will be in the upper 20s, meaning a hard freeze and wind chills in the teens just hours after temperatures climb to the mid-70s. After a blustery Friday with highs around 40 degrees, temperatures will drop to the low 20s late Friday night.
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