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Area forecast discussion 
National Weather Service Memphis Tennessee 
930 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2008 


Update... 


Cumulus has dissipated this evening leaving clear skies at least at 
this hour. Looking at the latest satellite images...a large area 
of low to middle clouds exist over much of Missouri...eastern Kansas 
and northeast Oklahoma. These clouds are associated with an upper 
trough moving through the region. The clouds are slowly drifting to 
the southeast. The clouds may make it into northwestern sections 
of the County Warning Area during the overnight hours however it may be closer to 
12z or even later. Will update to go mostly clear. Will also adjust 
lows. Calm winds and clear skies will allow temperatures to drop 
lower than expected. Some locations may even drop well into the 
50s. Update will be out shortly. 




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Previous discussion... /issued 248 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2008/ 


Discussion... 


Skies have finally cleared out across most of the forecast area 
this afternoon but the delay in clearing has kept temperatures in 
the 70s. A small area of showers continues to move along the 
Missouri/Arkansas border which might clip the northwest part of 
the forecast area but any rain which might fall from that will be 
very light. High pressure will build into the region tonight and 
remain in place for the next couple of days. By Sunday...skies 
should be mostly sunny which should allow temperatures to warm up 
into the 80s. Monday should be a repeat of Sunday with 
temperatures approaching 90 degrees. A cold front will approach 
the region Monday night bringing a small chance of thunderstorms 
ahead of it. The cold front moves through the forecast area on 
Tuesday so there will be a chance of thunderstorms. High pressure 
builds back into the region for Tuesday night which will bring a 
return of dry weather for Tuesday night...Wednesday and Wednesday 
night. By Thursday...another cold front approaches the region 
bringing a small chance of rain on Thursday and a better chance of 
rain for Thursday night and Friday. By Friday...all eyes will be 
on the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Ike approaches. Still hard to 
tell exactly where Ike will make landfall but it should have some 
affect on weather for Friday and Saturday. 


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Meg watches/warnings/advisories... 
Arkansas...none. 
MO...none. 
MS...none. 
Tennessee...none. 
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