900 AWUS43 KSGF 032152 AWSSGF AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 451 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 THE SUMMER LIKE PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE OZARKS WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS ONCE AGAIN CLIMBING INTO THE LOW 80S. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIRPORT IN SPRINGFIELD PICKED UP .18 INCHES OF RAIN. HEAVIER RAIN FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS WITH AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN IN THE OSAGE BEACH AREA. LOOK FOR THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DISSIPATE AFTER SUNDOWN ACROSS MOST OF THE OZARKS. FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM EDGES CLOSER TO THE AREA. 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. SS  900 AWUS43 KSGF 032152 AWSSGF AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 451 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 THE SUMMER LIKE PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE OZARKS WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS ONCE AGAIN CLIMBING INTO THE LOW 80S. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIRPORT IN SPRINGFIELD PICKED UP .18 INCHES OF RAIN. HEAVIER RAIN FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS WITH AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN IN THE OSAGE BEACH AREA. LOOK FOR THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DISSIPATE AFTER SUNDOWN ACROSS MOST OF THE OZARKS. FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM EDGES CLOSER TO THE AREA. 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. SS