Regional Weather Summary Issued by NWS Central Illinois
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
249 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ALONG A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY TODAY...MAINLY IN AREAS NORTH OF A GALESBURG TO
BLOOMINGTON LINE. CLOUDINESS KEPT THESE AREAS IN THE 70S MUCH OF
THE DAY. FURTHER SOUTH...MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
ENJOYED ABUNDANT SUNSHINE...WHICH PUSHED TEMPERATURES INTO THE
MID TO UPPER 80S BY MID AFTERNOON.
THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SETTLE A BIT FURTHER SOUTH THIS
EVENING...AND WILL BECOME STATIONARY FROM NORTHERN KANSAS TO
CENTRAL INDIANA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY
NIGHT...THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT...SPREADING
THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION AS
WELL. MUCH OF THE MIDWEST WILL SEE TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES
ABOVE MID MAY NORMALS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
REGIONAL LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL MAINLY BE IN THE MID 50S TO
LOWER 60S...EXCEPT FOR 40S ACROSS MUCH OF WISCONSIN. HIGHS ON
THURSDAY WILL MAINLY BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S ACROSS THE
MIDWEST.
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GEELHART