000 AWUS43 KSGF 090937 AWSSGF AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 437 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2003 HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE OZARKS. FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE 80S AND MORNING LOWS GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. A LARGE...SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE REGION LATER THIS WEEK. AS MOISTURE STREAMS NORTHWARD OUT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE THURSDAY INTO AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. $$ IZZI