000 AWUS43 KSGF 211027 AWSSGF AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 426 AM CST THU FEB 21 2002 THE SKY HAS REMAINED MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE OZARKS...AND TEMPERATURES DROPPED INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S EARLY THIS MORNING. A BAND OF CLOUDS WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WAS PUSHING SOUTH. THESE CLOUDS WILL LIKELY PUSH INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER THIS MORNING. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM THE LOW 40S IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...TO THE LOW 50S IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE CLOUDS WILL CLEAR TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA...AND WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE 20S FOR AN OVERNIGHT LOW. HIGHS TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND IN THE 60S ON SATURDAY...BEFORE THE BIG COOL DOWN STARTS ON SUNDAY. ARCTIC AIR WILL BE HEADED INTO THE AREA SUNDAY AND WILL LAST INTO NEXT WORK WEEK. $$ LINDENBERG THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.