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AWUS43 KSGF 091044
AWSSGF

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
442 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2002

SKIES WERE CLEAR ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS 
EARLY SATURDAY.  BREEZY CONDITIONS HAD DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT ACROSS 
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.  EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES 
RANGED FROM THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TO 
THE MIDDLE 40S NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. 

WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AS A STORM SYSTEM PUSHES OUT 
OF THE PLAINS.  SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 35 AHEAD OF A COLD 
FRONT THAT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE 
SOUTHERLY WINDS AND CONSIDERABLE SUNSHINE WILL PUSH HIGH
TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL FOR ONE MORE DAY.  AFTERNOON READINGS WILL 
CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 50S AT MOST LOCATIONS. 

COLDER AIR AND THE CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE 
REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.  LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI 
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.  

BOATERS ON AREA LAKES...AND DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD 
BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. 

MILDER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHTER WINDS WILL RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK. 

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