AWUS83 KSGF 292117 RWSSGF KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-300530- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 417 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008 AFTER MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SKIES BEGAN TO DECREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE COLD FRONT THAT BROUGHT THE RAIN HAD PUSHED SOUTH INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. TEMPERATURES AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON RANGED FROM 82 AT WEST PLAINS TO 87 AT SPRINGFIELD UNDER CLEARING SKIES. A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL SETTLE IN...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A SPECTACULAR LABOR DAY WEEKEND...WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE NEXT WEEK AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA. CURRENTLY...GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS WEEKEND. && FOR MORE WEATHER AND CLIMATE INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SPRINGFIELD. $$ CLAYCOMB