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WISCONSIN WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
456 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2013

.YESTERDAY...

A LINE OF SHOWERS EXITED THE BADGERLAND TO THE EAST IN THE MORNING
THAT COINCIDED WITH A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. SHOWERS WERE FOLLOWED BY
DIURNALLY DRIVEN ISOLATED-SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING THAT WERE SEEN ACROSS MUCH OF WISCONSIN. SHOWERS
WERE PREDOMINANTLY RAIN...THOUGH REPORTS OF SLEET OR SNOW MIXED IN
WERE OBSERVED. ELSE...CONDITIONS WERE WINDY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
WITH WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AND SKIES WERE PARTLY TO MOSTLY
SUNNY.

HIGHS RANGED FROM THE 40S NORTH TO THE LOW AND MID 50S SOUTH.

.OVERNIGHT...

ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS LINGERED IN THE EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO
SNOW SHOWERS FAR NORTH OVERNIGHT. SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY NORTH AND
PARTY CLOUDY IN THE SOUTH. LOWS WERE BELOW NORMAL FOR MID
MAY...RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S AND LOW 30S NORTH...TO THE MID 30S
SOUTHEAST.

.FORECAST...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE TO THE WEST HALF
OF WISCONSIN TODAY...WITH A BIT MORE CLOUDS IN THE EAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE COOL SIDE AGAIN...WITH HIGHS 10 TO 15
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR MID MAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE CHILLY
SIDE TONIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD FROST AND FREEZE ISSUES EXPECTED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE.

TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK UP EARLY THIS WEEK...GETTING BACK ABOVE
NORMAL BY TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS LATER MONDAY
AS THE WARM AIR MOVES IN...AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH THE STATE.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE REST OF
THE WEEK...WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES RETURNING BY
FRIDAY.

$$
ET/DDV