000 AWUS83 KEAX 031029 RWSEAX KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-031600- WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 500 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008 CLOUD COVER INCREASED OVERNIGHT IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM EJECTING NORTHEAST FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING...THIS DISTURBANCE HAS TRIGGERED AN AREA OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 35 AT KIRKSVILLE TO 50 AT DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY. WINDS WERE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES...RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF MISSOURI TODAY WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. THE RAIN WILL END TONIGHT WITH GRADUAL CLEARING FROM THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY. OTHERWISE...CHILLY TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A WARMING TREND INTO THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT THREAT OF RAIN WILL BE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME AS THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MAINLY AFFECT AREAS TO THE NORTH. $$ DB