HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

LIBERTY, June 2, 2010 - TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST.

THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION WITH THESE STORMS.

SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH WARMER OVER THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES ACROSS MOST INLAND AREAS BY SUNDAY. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 DEGREES ALONG THE COAST. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 107 DEGREES.

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