Agency, MO Hazardous Weather Outlook

Agency, Missouri

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 105 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008
Expiration: 600 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A WARM AND VERY HUMID AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON...
BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF A STRONG FOCUSING MECHANISM...WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED. INSTABILITY REMAINS
STRONGEST ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER...AND THIS REGION
IS MOST FAVORED FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS INTO TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM
CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

DESPITE THE VERY HIGH HUMIDITY...AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S
TO NEAR 90 WILL KEEP HEAT INDICES BELOW CRITICAL VALUES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION
SUNDAY AS A SERIES OF MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES ARRIVE FROM THE
NORTHWEST. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING IN THE MORNING...BUT
THE AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS APPEAR TO HAVE THE GREATEST
CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF
A ST JOSEPH TO CARROLLTON TO MOBERLY LINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.