728 FPUS97 KSGF 032149 SYNSGF SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 448 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. NOW THE FORECAST FOR SELECTED CITIES ACROSS THE REGION. FOR KANSAS CITY... TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. FRIDAY...CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. TULSA... TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. FRIDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. LITTLE ROCK... TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 60 TO 65. FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND WARM. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SAINT LOUIS... TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH 80 TO 85.  728 FPUS97 KSGF 032149 SYNSGF SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 448 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. NOW THE FORECAST FOR SELECTED CITIES ACROSS THE REGION. FOR KANSAS CITY... TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. FRIDAY...CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. TULSA... TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. FRIDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. LITTLE ROCK... TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 60 TO 65. FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND WARM. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SAINT LOUIS... TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH 80 TO 85.