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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1111 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...CLOUDY SKIES COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS WITH SOME RAIN NOTED OVER LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE
ILLINOIS RIVER.  GALESBURG WAS REPORTING HEAVY RAIN AT 11 A.M.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WERE SEEING INCREASING CLOUDS
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING BUT NO RAIN.
TEMPERATURES JUST BEFORE MIDDAY 50S BUT RANGED FROM 49 AT
GALESBURG...TO 52 IN SPRINGFIELD AND PEORIA...57 IN DECATUR...62
IN EFFINGHAM AND LAWRENCEVILLE.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE EASTWARD TODAY AND LOSE ITS
IMPACT ON AREA WEATHER.  AS A RESULT, A WARM FRONT WILL
SLOWLY PUSH EAST FROM THE PLAINS AND BEGIN TO INFLUENCE MIDWEST
WEATHER. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM IOWA TO NORTHERN
MISSOURI...MOVING EASTWARD DURING THE DAY TODAY. THIS GENERAL PATTERN
WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WITH NIGHTTIME STORMS FORMING WEST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND MOVING SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN
SOME HEAVIER AREAS OF RAIN DURING THE WEEKEND...MAINLY FROM IOWA TO
WESTERN ILLINOIS. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY WARM THROUGH THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND...BUT THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN AFTER
MEMORIAL DAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S IN
EASTERN IOWA TO THE MID 70S ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY.

LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S OVER CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...WITH 40S AND 50S ELSEWHERE.

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