000 AWUS83 KEAX 030147 RWSEAX KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-031105- WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 845 PM CDT WED APR 2 2008 SKIES REMAINED CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING HOURS...AS MID-LEVEL CLOUDS WERE BEGINNING TO STREAM UP FROM SOUTH OF THE REGION. BY 8 PM...TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MIDDLE 40S ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI...TO THE MIDDLE 50S IN DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY. WINDS WERE OUT OF THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTHWARD FROM OKLAHOMA...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI AS WELL AS ADJACENT AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS. HOWEVER...THE HEAVIER RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN FOCUSED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI. AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE WEST ON THURSDAY...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS ALL OF MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS. THE RAIN SHOULD BE ENDING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF MISSOURI AND ADJACENT AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS BY FRIDAY MORNING. SOUTHERN MISSOURI MAY SEE SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO MORE SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SHOULD BE DRY WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...WITH THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. $$ MRD