Regional Weather Summary Issued by NWS Central Illinois
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
310 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013
SCATTERED SHOWERS ACCOMPANIED A COLD FRONT WHICH PUSHED SOUTHWARD
THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. BY MID AFTERNOON...THE FRONT HAD
REACHED THE I-70 CORRIDOR. BEHIND THE FRONT...NORTHERLY WINDS
GUSTED TO AROUND 25 MPH AND TEMPERATURES QUICKLY FELL THROUGH THE
50S. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...TEMPERATURES REACHED THE MID 60S
AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
AS THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OF THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT...HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD INTO THE MIDWEST. THIS WILL RESULT
IN FAIR AND COOL WEATHER FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. AS THE
HIGH DRIFTS EAST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE THREAT OF RAIN
SPREADING EASTWARD ON SATURDAY. MUCH OF THE REGION WILL SEE
SCATTERED STORMS THROUGH THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...WITH
TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARMING TO NEAR NORMAL.
REGIONAL LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S IN
NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO THE UPPER 40S IN WESTERN MISSOURI. HIGHS
ON FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70 DEGREES.
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GEELHART