000 AWUS83 KGLD 101044 RWSGLD COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-102030- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 444 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004 THE TRI-STATE REGION EXPERIENCED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...SOME CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL. MANY LOCALES SAW GREATER THAN AN INCH OF RAINFALL...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH. TEMPERATURES REMAINED A BIT ABOVE NORMAL...AND HUMIDITY LEVELS STAYED VERY HIGH. AT 4 AM MDT (5 AM CDT)...READINGS VARIED FROM 63 AT YUMA COLORADO TO 73 IN GOODLAND. OUTLOOK... PARTLY CLOUDY AND WARM WEATHER WILL BE THE RULE ACROSS THE PLAINS TODAY. A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...AND HIGHS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. STORMS WILL WIND DOWN TONIGHT...AND LOWS FALL TO NEAR NORMAL READINGS WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN SUNDAY...AND WILL BRING TYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER. THE FORECAST LOOKS NEARLY IDENTICAL FOR EVERY DAY THIS WEEK. SUNNY AND HOT WEATHER...WITH HIGHS 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. HIGHS WILL APPROACH THE 100 DEGREE MARK SEVERAL TIMES THIS UPCOMING WEEK. $$ JOHNSON