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AWUS43 KSGF 260304
AWSSGF

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
900 PM CST MON FEB 25 2002

A FRIGID AIRMASS HAD EMBARKED ON THE OZARKS REGION MONDAY 
EVENING...WHEN COMPARED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S ON 
SUNDAY. MID EVENING TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 20S...WHILE 
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING FROM 30 TO 35 MPH SENT WIND CHILL READINGS 
TUMBLING INTO THE TEENS.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND 
FLURRIES TO THE OZARKS REGION TONIGHT.  LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS 
EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH 
OF INTERSTATE 44.  A FEW SLICK SPOTS COULD DEVELOP ON SECONDARY 
ROADS IN THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION.  TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE 
TO FALL TONIGHT WITH LOWS BY MORNING IN THE TEENS...WITH WIND CHILLS 
OF ZERO TO FIVE BELOW.

TUESDAY WILL BE BITTERLY COLD AND WINDY AS STRONG ARCTIC HIGH 
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL ONLY 
REACH THE LOWER 20S.  BRUTAL NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 35 MPH WILL 
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AROUND ZERO.  NORMAL HIGHS FOR LATE FEBRUARY ARE 
NEAR 50.  LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL FALL TO NEAR 10 DEGREES.  

THE COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH 
ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW DEVELOPING BY FRIDAY.

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