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WISCONSIN WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
515 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

.YESTERDAY...

CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SLID SOUTHWARD ACROSS WISCONSIN AS LOW
PRESSURE MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. CLOUDY SKIES AND SHOWERS LINGERED
OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN DURING THE MORNING HOURS...BUT SKIES BECAME
MOSTLY CLEAR STATEWIDE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES WERE 5 TO 15 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL. HIGHS RANGED
FROM THE LOWER 50S IN FAR NORTHERN AND FAR EASTERN WISCONSIN...TO
THE LOWER 60S IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. COOLER TEMPERATURES WERE FELT
ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN AND SUPERIOR.

.OVERNIGHT...

HIGH PRESSURE ALLOWED FOR A CLEAR AND COLD NIGHT. SOME AREAS IN
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN HAD TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S...AND
LOWS WERE IN THE 30S ELSEWHERE. CONDITIONS WERE RIGHT FOR FROST IN
MANY PLACES.

.FORECAST...

IT WILL BE A SUNNY DAY ACROSS THE STATE TODAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE
OVERHEAD. A COOL AIR MASS IN PLACE AND LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS
WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOL ONCE AGAIN...WITH HIGHS IN THE
60S...EXCEPT 50S NEAR THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINES. THEN LOOK FOR
INCREASING CLOUDS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN IOWA AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND TRACK SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
THEY MAY CLIP SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM
THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S EAST...TO THE UPPER 40S WEST.

SMALL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER IN SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A FRONT STALLS OVER THAT AREA AND
REMAINS THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ON THE
CONTRARY...NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL SEE SUNSHINE AND HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 60S. IT WILL BE COOLER AND MOSTLY CLOUDY IN CENTRAL PARTS OF
THE STATE.

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MEB/MRC