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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
330 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY...A BAND OF LIGHT
RAIN MOVED THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND IOWA DURING THE
MORNING HOURS. BY MID AFTERNOON...OVERCAST SKIES AND SPRINKLES
REMAINED...AND TEMPERATURES WERE HELD DOWN DUE TO THE CLOUDS AND
EASTERLY WINDS. MUCH OF THE AREA REMAINED IN THE 50S TO AROUND 60
DEGREES.

THE CLOUDS WILL STICK AROUND THIS EVENING...THOUGH ALL OF THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. REDEVELOPING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DAKOTAS AND WESTERN IOWA
TONIGHT WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD EAST INTO THE LOCAL AREA OVERNIGHT.
THE HIGHEST CHANCES EXIST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND
RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD REACH 2/10 OF AN INCH.

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST DURING THE MORNING
HOURS SUNDAY ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE DURING THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS
AGAIN WILL BE HELD DOWN DUE TO CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION...AND SHOULD
REACH THE LOW TO MID 60S. THE WARMEST READINGS WILL BE ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE DRIER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL.

LOOKING AHEAD...MEMORIAL DAY IS EXPECTED TO BE UNSETTLED AS WELL
WITH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. HIGHS
WILL BE IN THE 60S. THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE
INTO MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

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