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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1046 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

NUMEROUS SHOWERS MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF I-55. HOWEVER...MOST OF THESE FADED
OUT BY LATE MORNING...AND SKIES WERE BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. AN
EXTENSIVE AREA OF CLOUDS PERSISTED OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS. SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING OVER 25 MPH WERE HELPING TO WARM
TEMPERATURES QUICKLY...AND TEMPERATURES AT 10 AM RANGED FROM THE
LOWER 70S WEST OF I-55...TO THE LOWER 80S NEAR THE INDIANA BORDER.

AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE NATION SLOWLY
DRIFTS EASTWARD...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE A THREAT TO A LARGE PART OF THE MIDWEST. BY WEDNESDAY...THE
THREAT WILL BE CONFINED TO INDIANA EASTWARD...AS A COLD FRONT
PUSHES THROUGH AREAS FURTHER WEST TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. VERY
WARM AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PREVAIL TODAY AND TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE
SYSTEM...WITH COOLER CONDITIONS BY TUESDAY ACROSS MISSOURI AND
IOWA...WHEN THE FRONT WILL BE EAST OF THOSE AREAS.

MUCH OF THE MIDWEST WILL HAVE HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S
TODAY... WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO 80 IN IOWA AND WESTERN
MISSOURI...WHERE RAIN WILL BE MORE PREVALENT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL
RANGE FROM THE MID 50S IN WESTERN IOWA...TO AROUND 70 DEGREES IN
EASTERN ILLINOIS...AND THE OHIO VALLEY REGION.

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