111 AWUS43 KSGF 031410 AWSSGF AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 910 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS NEARLY STATIONARY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT...AND THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TEMPERATURES REMAINED MILD LAST NIGHT WITH A SOUTH WIND...AND CLOUDS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE FROM THE MID 50S IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...INTO THE MID 60S OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...BUT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE CONFINED TO AROUND THE FRONT IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA AND ALSO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. OVER THE REST OF THE OZARKS...SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY. ONCE AGAIN WIND SPEEDS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING. WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON AROUND STOCKTON AND TRUMAN LAKES. THEREFORE PEOPLE BOATING OR USING RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT NEAR THESE LAKES SHOULD USE CAUTION AS WHITE CAPS WILL BECOME LIKELY BY NOON. THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN INCREASING BY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...AS THE MAIN SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS. MORE CLOUD COVER AND A BETTER CHANCE OF RAINFALL WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S. EARLY NEXT WEEK EXPECT THE WEATHER PATTERN TO CHANGE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...ALLOWING FOR TEMPERATURES TO BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES COOLER THAN THIS WEEK. LINDENBERG/TAGGART  111 AWUS43 KSGF 031410 AWSSGF AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 910 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS NEARLY STATIONARY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT...AND THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TEMPERATURES REMAINED MILD LAST NIGHT WITH A SOUTH WIND...AND CLOUDS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE FROM THE MID 50S IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...INTO THE MID 60S OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...BUT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE CONFINED TO AROUND THE FRONT IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA AND ALSO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. OVER THE REST OF THE OZARKS...SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY. ONCE AGAIN WIND SPEEDS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING. WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON AROUND STOCKTON AND TRUMAN LAKES. THEREFORE PEOPLE BOATING OR USING RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT NEAR THESE LAKES SHOULD USE CAUTION AS WHITE CAPS WILL BECOME LIKELY BY NOON. THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN INCREASING BY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...AS THE MAIN SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS. MORE CLOUD COVER AND A BETTER CHANCE OF RAINFALL WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S. EARLY NEXT WEEK EXPECT THE WEATHER PATTERN TO CHANGE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...ALLOWING FOR TEMPERATURES TO BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES COOLER THAN THIS WEEK. LINDENBERG/TAGGART