Regional Weather Summary Issued by NWS Central Illinois
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
453 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
PREVAILED ACROSS ILLINOIS...WITH MID AND HIGH CLOUDS THE STATE.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA AT 4 AM...WERE MAINLY IN THE LOW TO
MID 60S...RANGING FROM 59 DEGREES AT DECATUR...TO 66 DEGREES AT
LAWRENCEVILLE.
A PERSISTENT FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
BE LESS NUMEROUS TODAY...BUT AN INCREASE WILL OCCUR WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TONIGHT 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 INTO WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY...WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 70S IN
EASTERN WISCONSIN...TO THE MIDDLE 80S IN WESTERN PARTS OF IOWA AND
MISSOURI.
LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...WILL MAINLY BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE
60S ACROSS THE MIDWEST...ALTHOUGH LOWER 50S WILL PREVAIL IN NORTHERN
WISCONSIN AND NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.
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SHIMON