After a toasty Tuesday, complete with gusty winds and abundant sunshine, another cold front will be pushing into western Kansas Wednesday afternoon. The front will bring a cooler temperatures and a wind shift back to the north. Northwest Kansas will see highs in the low to mid 60s with lower 70s in the southwest. Most of central and eastern Kansas will stay in the mid to upper 70s.

Unfortunately there will not be a lot of rain associated with the slow moving cold front as the supply of Gulf of Mexico moisture will be somewhat limited. The front, and an approaching area of low pressure, will bring lots of clouds, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms Thursday. Rain could be widespread for a time over northwest Kansas Thursday afternoon and the southeast will likely see severe storms with large hail and damaging winds. The prime target for severe weather will like be along and southeast of the Kansas Turnpike Thursday afternoon.