729 FPUS97 KSGF 041438 SYNSGF SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 935 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUED TO STREAM ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THE CLOUDS WERE CIRCULATING AROUND A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO. AS THIS FEATURE MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...SPOKES OF ENERGY ROTATING AROUND IT WILL SWEEP NORTHEASTWARD FROM TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. THESE WILL TAP INTO GULF MOISTURE...AND THE CHANCE FOR MUCH NEEDED RAIN WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  729 FPUS97 KSGF 041438 SYNSGF SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 935 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUED TO STREAM ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THE CLOUDS WERE CIRCULATING AROUND A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO. AS THIS FEATURE MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...SPOKES OF ENERGY ROTATING AROUND IT WILL SWEEP NORTHEASTWARD FROM TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. THESE WILL TAP INTO GULF MOISTURE...AND THE CHANCE FOR MUCH NEEDED RAIN WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.