000 AWUS43 KICT 252159 AWSICT AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 500 PM CDT THU SEP 25 2003 SKIES WERE MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70S. WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH AT MOST LOCATIONS. HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI WILL GIVE WAY TO AN COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS BEFORE DAYBREAK, AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE STATE BY LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT IN EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. FORECAST LOWS RANGE FROM THE LOWER 40S IN NORTHWEST NEBRASKA, TO THE LOWER 60S IN OKLAHOMA. LOWS OVER KANSAS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 50S SOUTHEAST. FORECAST HIGHS ON FRIDAY RANGE FROM NEAR 70 IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA TO THE UPPER 80S OVER OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS AND SOUTHERN KANSAS. $$ HOWERTON