03/28/2002 KANSAS CITY INTL (>4 hrs) AWUS83 KEAX 282244 AWSMCI AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 445 PM CST THU MAR 28 2002 A WEAK COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS...ACROSS IOWA...INTO NORTHWEST IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH PREVAILED AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WHILE WINDS HAD SHIFTED TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES WERE QUITE MILD TODAY...AS SOUTHERLY WINDS DREW WARM AIR INTO THE REGION. LATE AFTERNOON READINGS RANGED FROM 61 AT KIRKSVILLE TO 72 AT WARRENSBURG...WITH MOST LOCATIONS REPORTING TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...AS A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE APPROACHES...AND MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. OTHERWISE...DRY WEATHER AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. $$ 24