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Meteorologist Dave Snider explains why an EF-4 tornado and a line of supercells moved through the Ozarks Saturday afternoon and evening. Watch the story here. The KY3 StormTeam would like to offer our sincere condolences to the families of those who lost their lives Saturday afternoon and evening.  If you have damage, make note of the date!  May 10, 2008.  You may investigate storm reports for filing insurance claims by using the Storm Reports link to the left.

FORECAST DISCUSSION
UPDATED:  Friday at 6:00 a.m.

Yesterday’s storm system is long gone now, with a very small disturbance in the upper atmosphere near Kansas City this morning.  This disturbance will move through the region today but it won’t have much moisture to work with.  There won’t be rain, but there will be a few clouds.  Highs today will reach 70 or so.  The jet stream will begin transitioning a bit and move north today through Sunday.  A large trough will be over the northeast US with the jet through Illinois.  The proximity to it could lead to slightly lower temperatures over the eastern Ozarks both Saturday and Sunday but not by much.  Late Saturday a weak surface trough will slide into the region from the north and some computer models are showing a few showers along this feature.  Frankly I’m not sure where the moisture will come from, so I’ve kept the forecast dry.  Highs will hit 80 on Sunday in some spots over western Missouri and possibly parts of northern Arkansas.  Even warmer weather is in store for the first part of next week as the ridge moves east a bit.  Long-range charts are showing a break-down of the ridge next week by about Wednesday or Thursday, but they disagree on exactly how this happens.  We’ll be fine-tuning the forecast with time as we get closer, but it looks like a chance of rain returns late next week.

Brandon Beck
KY3 Stormteam Meteorologist
bbeck@ky3.com

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