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AWUS43 KSGF 221337
AWSSGF

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
835 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002

UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES...MID MORNING TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY 
RISEN INTO THE LOWER 80S AROUND JOPLIN...WITH READING IN THE MIDDLE 
TO UPPER 70S OVER THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

ANOTHER HOT DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION...AS TEMPERATURES 
CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S...AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES RANGE 
FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES. 

FOR TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA...INCREASING THE 
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTHWEST OF 
SPRINGFIELD...AFTER MIDNIGHT. A BETTER CHANCE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON FRIDAY...AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH 
THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS SATURDAY AND 
THEN MOVE BACK NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL KEEP 
THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGHOUT 
THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY. 

KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST CHANGES IN THE WEATHER ON OUR WEBSITE AT 
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF. 

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TERRY/SS