Weather St Louis: Cold front brings scattered thunderstorms Friday evening

Weather st louis shifts late Friday afternoon into Friday evening as a cold front pushes through the area and triggers scattered thunderstorms. Friday starts bright and warm, but the line of storms brings hail risk and a few severe storms along the front.

Thursday stays dry first. Mostly clear skies and light winds will let temperatures tumble through the 40s overnight, with Thursday morning lows in the upper 30s and low 40s and some patchy frost in cold-prone locations.

Friday Afternoon In St. Louis

Thursday afternoon turns warmer, with temperatures climbing into the 60s under mostly sunny skies. Friday then reaches the 70s with breezy southwest winds and bright skies before the front arrives late in the day.

The storms are expected late Friday afternoon into Friday evening. Stronger cells could produce hail, and a few storms could become severe with a risk of large hail. That timing puts the most active weather squarely in the window for after-work plans and evening outdoor events.

Saturday And Sunday Fronts

The pattern does not settle after Friday. Sunny skies will push temperatures to near 80° Saturday afternoon, then another cold front moves through late Saturday night into Sunday morning with another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms. Severe weather looks unlikely with that front.

Clouds thin by Sunday afternoon, and temperatures climb into the upper 60s and low 70s. Another cold front dives through the area Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, and a round of scattered storms is possible then as well.

The practical move for anyone with outdoor plans is to treat Friday evening as the first interruption point, then watch the late Saturday night front for a second round of rain and storms before the quieter stretch returns Sunday afternoon.