000 AWUS83 KEAX 211058 RWSEAX KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-211600- WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 555 AM CDT TUE SEP 21 2004 HIGH CLOUDS WHICH WERE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI MONDAY EVENING QUICKLY DISSIPATED...LEAVING CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. DESPITE A SOUTH WIND AT 5 TO 10 MPH DRY AIR CONTINUED TO SPREAD WESTWARD OVERNIGHT. THE REGION CONTINUED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. JUST BEFORE SUNRISE TEMPERATURES HAD COOLED DOWN INTO THE UPPER 50S FROM KIRKSVILLE TO BOONVILLE AND PLEASANT HILL. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR WAS FOUND OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI WITH READINGS IN THE LOWER 60S. THE QUIET WEATHER WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON THURSDAY...BRINGING THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN. FOLLOWING THE FRONT...CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN DRY OUT...AND TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL FOR THE WEEKEND. $$ MJ