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

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY...ALTHOUGH IT TOOK UNTIL EARLY
AFTERNOON TO FINALLY REACH AREAS SOUTH OF I-70. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
AROUND A HALF INCH OR MORE WERE COMMON WEST OF I-55...WITH
GENERALLY A TENTH TO QUARTER INCH FURTHER EAST TOWARD THE INDIANA
BORDER. BY MID AFTERNOON...MUCH OF THE RAIN WAS CONFINED TO
LOCATIONS EAST OF A BLOOMINGTON TO EFFINGHAM LINE. TEMPERATURES IN
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS REACHED NEAR 70 DEGREES BEFORE THE RAIN
ARRIVED...WHILE TEMPERATURES FELL INTO THE 50S ONCE THE RAIN BEGAN
ELSEWHERE. SOME UPPER 40S WERE EVEN OBSERVED AT MIDDAY FROM PEORIA
TO GALESBURG.

AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY LIFTS NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MIDWEST...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A THREAT OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH
MEMORIAL DAY. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS IOWA AND NORTHERN
MISSOURI... WHERE LARGE AREAS OF STORMS FORM THIS EVENING AND
AGAIN SUNDAY EVENING...BEFORE TRACKING SOUTHEAST INTO ILLINOIS.
THIS WILL RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS IOWA...NORTHERN
MISSOURI...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. AS THE FRONT MOVES FURTHER
NORTH ON TUESDAY...THE RAIN THREAT WILL DIMINISH OVER LARGER
AREAS... AND THIS WILL MARK THE START OF A PERIOD OF MUCH WARMER
WEATHER.

REGIONAL LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 40S
ACROSS WISCONSIN...TO THE MID 60S IN WESTERN MISSOURI. HIGHS ON
SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...AND
NORTHEAST IOWA...TO THE MID 80S ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI...AND
WESTERN KENTUCKY.

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GEELHART