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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
258 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

SCATTERED SHOWERS BEGAN INCREASING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS AROUND MIDDAY...CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ALSO OCCURRED AT TIMES. SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS
PRODUCED OVER A HALF INCH OF RAIN...BUT MOST AREAS THAT DID
RECEIVE RAIN ONLY SAW LESS THAN A TENTH INCH. TEMPERATURES BY MID
AFTERNOON WERE MAINLY IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S.

A PERSISTENT FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND. WHILE THE SHOWERS
WILL BECOME LESS NUMEROUS ON SATURDAY...AN INCREASE WILL OCCUR
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...
SPREADING EASTWARD. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE AS
THE WEEKEND PROGRESSES...DUE TO A STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE PLAINS.
LOCATIONS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY
THIS SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE THREAT SPREADING
EASTWARD EARLY NEXT WEEK.

REGIONAL LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL MAINLY BE IN THE LOWER TO
MID 60S...ALTHOUGH 50S WILL PREVAIL NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. HIGHS
ON SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 70S IN EASTERN
WISCONSIN...TO THE UPPER 80S IN WESTERN MISSOURI.

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