116

FPUS97 KSGF 020926

SYNSGF



SYNOPSIS

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

430 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.








823

FPUS97 KSGF 020951

SYNSGF



SYNOPSIS

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

445 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.



NOW THE FORECAST FOR SELECTED CITIES ACROSS THE REGION.



FOR KANSAS CITY TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY.  A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.  BREEZY.  HIGH NEAR 80.  TONIGHT...

MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE

LOWER 60S.



FOR WICHITA TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY...BREEZY AND WARM. A CHANCE OF

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 80S.

TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW NEAR 60.



FOR TULSA TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. TONIGHT...

PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOW

IN THE MID 60S.



FOR LITTLE ROCK TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY...BREEZY AND WARM. HIGH 80 TO

85. TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 60 TO 65.



AND FOR SAINT LOUIS TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY.  HIGH IN THE MIDDLE 80S.

TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY.  LOW IN THE LOWER 60S.