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AWUS43 KSGF 030309 CCA
AWSSGF

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
908 PM CST SAT NOV 2 2002

AFTER A BRIEF REPRIEVE ON FRIDAY...GLOOMY WEATHER RETURNED TO 
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS ON SATURDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL 
DISTURBANCE TRACKED FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY...BRINGING LOW 
CLOUDS AND LIGHT RAIN. COLD AIR JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE OVER CENTRAL 
MISSOURI SUPPORTED A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION IN SOME SPOTS...WITH 
PERIODS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW REPORTED. SURFACE 
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S AND RELATIVELY WARM GROUND MELTED THE 
FROZEN PRECIPITATION AS IT FELL...AND NO ACCUMULATIONS WERE REPORTED.
LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE CONTINUED INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...ALONG WITH A 
WEAK COLD FRONT...WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY WITH CONTINUED 
CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN. MONDAY WILL SEE ANOTHER BRIEF BREAK FROM THE 
CLOUDS AND RAIN BEFORE ANOTHER IMPULSE USHERS IN MORE LIGHT RAIN 
MONDAY NIGHT INTO ELECTION DAY. A DRY PERIOD IS THEN EXPECTED 
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN. THE 
WEEKEND MAY ONCE AGAIN SEE RAIN AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES 
SATURDAY.    

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