000 AWUS43 KICT 282141 AWSICT AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 441 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S WITH EASTERLY WINDS AT SPEEDS FROM 5 TO 10 MPH. A LARGE AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE THE PLAIN STATES AND EXTEND FROM THE DAKOTAS TO THE MISSOURI AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEYS INTO EARLY TUESDAY. DRY AND SEASONALLY COOL WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL IN THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S IN NORTHERN IOWA, TO THE LOWER 70S IN ARKANSAS. HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 70S TO MIDDLE 80S REGION WIDE. && EFFECTIVE JULY 1 2004, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN WICHITA, KS WILL ISSUE THE AREA WEATHER SUMMARY /TOPAWSICT/ UNDER A NEW NAME OF REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY /TOPRWSICT/. PRODUCT CONTENT WILL NOT CHANGE. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ON COMMUNICATION HEADER AND PRODUCT ID CHANGES, REFER TO SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 04-25 ON THE INTERNET AT: /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/ HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIFICATION/SCN04-25RTP.TXT $$ WIGHTMAN