AWUS83 KEAX 261038 RWSEAX KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-261700- WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 438 AM CST THU NOV 26 2009 CLOUDS INVADED NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SNOW FLURRIES REPORTED IN THE KIRKSVILLE AREA. THE CLOUDS GRADUALLY MOVED EAST AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSED...WITH CLEAR SKIES RETURNING TO WESTERN MISSOURI BY 4 AM. EASTERN KANSAS HAD REMAINED UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. WHERE THE CLOUDS HELD IN...TEMPERATURES REMAINED IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S...BUT WHERE SKIES HAD CLEARED...READINGS COOLED INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. ONE MORE COOL DAY WILL BE OCCURRING TODAY. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOW PRESSURE SITTING OVER THE GREAT LAKES. HOWEVER...BY THIS EVENING...A CHANGE WILL START TO OCCUR AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST...THEN MOVES EAST OF THE REGION ON FRIDAY THIS WILL ALLOW A SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR TO RETURN. THIS MILDER WEATHER WILL REMAIN INTO SATURDAY...BUT A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION BY SUNDAY MORNING...SENDING TEMPERATURES BACK TO MORE SEASONAL LEVELS IN THE 40S. INITIALLY...NOT MUCH PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT...BUT AS IT SETTLES TO THE SOUTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO SET OFF PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND ADJACENT AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF RAIN MIXING OVER TO LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. $$ PC