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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
453 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2004

PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER THE PLAINS DID VERY LITTLE TO IMPEDE THE
SUNSHINE FROM WARMING UP THE REGION.  AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES
SOARED INTO THE 90S...WITH SOME AREAS OF CENTRAL KANSAS REACHING INTO
THE 100S.  MUGGY CONDITIONS DOMINATED THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS AND
NEBRASKA AS A SOUTH SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW KEPT THE DEW POINTS IN THE
70S AS WELL...ALLOWING THE HEAT INDICES TO CLIMB INTO THE LOW
HUNDREDS.

THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE
WEATHER ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND HIGH PLAINS.  DISTURBANCES IN THE
UPPER LEVEL PATTERN...HOWEVER...WILL GIVE THE ATMOSPHERE JUST
ENOUGH ENERGY TO CREATE THE CHANCES FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...AND AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING HOURS.  TOMORROW EVENING...DECENT WIND SHEAR AND A SLIGHTLY
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE MAY RESULT IN SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS BEING
SEVERE.

TONIGHT...EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S
AND 70S WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN EASTERN
AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

TOMORROW...EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BE VERY SIMILAR WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND 100S WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

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HJS