744 AWUS43 KSGF 020922 AWSSGF AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 415 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 SKIES REMAINED MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH PRE DAWN TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 60S. A FEW UPPER 50S WERE NOTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE WINDS WERE LIGHTER. A COLD FRONT OVER NEBRASKA AND IOWA WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS...AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN WEST AND NORTH OF THE AREA. LATER ON TONIGHT A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BRUSH PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... INTO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. SOME STORMS MAYBE STRONG BUT SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD REMAIN IN KANSAS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OZARKS...DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES...ESPECIALLY STOCKTON AND TRUMAN...SHOULD USE CAUTION TODAY AS WINDS WILL INCREASE TO OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR AREAS MAINLY WEST OF CASSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD AND OSAGE BEACH. ELSEWHERE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS WEEKEND AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES CLOSER...AND A DISTURBANCE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS. JLT