735 FPUS97 KSGF 030906 SYNSGF SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 400 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT. CLOUD COVER FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS PUSHED INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...HOWEVER THE PRECIPITATION REMAINED IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. PRE DAWN TEMPERATURES WERE QUITE MILD UNDER THE CLOUD COVER WITH READINGS IN THE MID 60S AROUND THE JOPLIN AREA. ELSEWHERE TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR 60 DEGREES. HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...BUT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE CONFINED TO KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. 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.  735 FPUS97 KSGF 030906 SYNSGF SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 400 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT. CLOUD COVER FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS PUSHED INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...HOWEVER THE PRECIPITATION REMAINED IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. PRE DAWN TEMPERATURES WERE QUITE MILD UNDER THE CLOUD COVER WITH READINGS IN THE MID 60S AROUND THE JOPLIN AREA. ELSEWHERE TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR 60 DEGREES. HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...BUT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE CONFINED TO KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. 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.  533 FPUS97 KSGF 030951 SYNSGF SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 445 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT. CLOUD COVER FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS PUSHED INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...HOWEVER THE PRECIPITATION REMAINED IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. PRE DAWN TEMPERATURES WERE QUITE MILD UNDER THE CLOUD COVER WITH READINGS IN THE MID 60S AROUND THE JOPLIN AREA. ELSEWHERE TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR 60 DEGREES. HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...BUT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE CONFINED TO KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. 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. NOW THE FORECAST FOR SELECTED CITIES ACROSS THE REGION. FOR KANSAS CITY TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH 75 TO 80. TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOW 60 TO 65. FOR WICHITA TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH 70 TO 75. TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOW NEAR 60. FOR TULSA TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. TONIGHT... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. FOR LITTLE ROCK TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY...BREEZY AND WARM. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 60 TO 65. AND FOR SAINT LOUIS TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH NEAR 85. TONIGHT... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 60 TO 65.  533 FPUS97 KSGF 030951 SYNSGF SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 445 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT. CLOUD COVER FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS PUSHED INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...HOWEVER THE PRECIPITATION REMAINED IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. PRE DAWN TEMPERATURES WERE QUITE MILD UNDER THE CLOUD COVER WITH READINGS IN THE MID 60S AROUND THE JOPLIN AREA. ELSEWHERE TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR 60 DEGREES. HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...BUT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE CONFINED TO KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. 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. NOW THE FORECAST FOR SELECTED CITIES ACROSS THE REGION. FOR KANSAS CITY TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH 75 TO 80. TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOW 60 TO 65. FOR WICHITA TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH 70 TO 75. TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOW NEAR 60. FOR TULSA TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. TONIGHT... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. FOR LITTLE ROCK TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY...BREEZY AND WARM. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 60 TO 65. AND FOR SAINT LOUIS TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH NEAR 85. TONIGHT... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 60 TO 65.