000 
AWUS43 KSGF 122214
AWSSGF
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-131100-

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
512 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2004

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BEGAN BUILDING INTO THE REGION 
AS THE WORK WEEK STARTED, BRINGING ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND AFTERNOON 
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S.  SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BROUGHT IN 
A HUMID AIRMASS AS WELL, AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES ROSE TO A 
SWELTERING 104 IN JOPLIN.  

THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY, WITH AFTERNOON 
HEAT INDICES SOARING ABOVE 100 DEGREES. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE 
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL TAKE THE EDGE OFF THE HEAT ON 
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL STALL NEARBY, AND DISTURBANCES 
WILL TRACK FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT THURSDAY 
THROUGH SATURDAY, BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. 

$$
BROWNING