000 WWUS83 KEAX 081755 SPSMCI KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-091100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1255 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2002 * HAZARDS EXPECTED - THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... AND AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A FEW STORMS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS ON FRIDAY NIGHT MAY HAVE SOME GUSTY WINDS...BUT THE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE CRITERIA. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. * SPOTTER ACTIVATION - NOT ANTICIPATED. $$ DISCUSSION: HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY AIR WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. WINDS WILL SWING TO THE SOUTH AND INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THIS WILL START THE RETURN OF HIGHER HUMIDITIES TO THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS A FRONT MOVES THROUGH EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE START OF THE WORK WEEK...BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. LVQ