000 AWUS43 KGLD 092130 AWSGLD AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 230 PM MST TUE MAR 9 2004 SYNOPSIS...SUNNY SKIES AGAIN PREVAILED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS DUE TO AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE... CENTERED DIRECTLY OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. WINDS ARE LIGHTER TODAY... GENERALLY IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE. A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED. TEMPERATURES ARE YET AGAIN 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. AT 2 PM MST (3 PM CST)...TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S IN EASTERN NEBRASKA TO THE MIDDLE 60S IN OKLAHOMA. OUTLOOK...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DEVELOPS IN THE ROCKIES. THIS COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE TRI STATE EARLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND HOLD TEMPERATURES 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. WINDIER AND COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. NORTHWEST WINDS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. SKIES WILL CLEAR OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS. SUNSHINE WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES VERY CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR EARLY MARCH. $$ JOHNSON