A slow moving cold front will slide southeast into the area today and tonight. This will be the focus for increasing chances and coverage of showers and thunderstorms. There is a risk for severe storms with large hail and damaging winds with heavy rainfall possible, especially across southern Kansas.

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Here Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas

Today: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs near 80. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Locally heavy rainfall possible after midnight. Lows 60 to 65. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 70 to 75. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.

Thursday: Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night And Friday: Partly cloudy. Lows 55 to 60. Highs 75 to 80.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows near 60.

Saturday And Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs near 80. Lows in the mid 60s.

Sunday: Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 80 to 85.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows 60 to 65.

Monday: Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.