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WISCONSIN WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
503 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

.YESTERDAY...
AFTER A CLEAR AND COOL NIGHT...SKIES STARTED OUT SUNNY STATEWIDE
MONDAY MORNING. BY AFTERNOON...CLOUDS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
WHILE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE CONTINUED MOSTLY SUNNY.  A BAND
OF LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES...ORIENTED NORTH/SOUTH...MOVED QUITE
RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RAIN
AMOUNTS WERE VERY LIGHT.

HIGH TEMPERATURES MONDAY WERE IN THE 50S AND 60S RANGING FROM 50 AT
MANITOWOC TO 70 AT BOSCOBEL.  THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR ARE IN THE 60S.

WINDS ON MONDAY STARTED OUT LIGHT AND VARIABLE BUT BECAME SOUTH TO
SOUTHEASTERLY BY AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON WIND SPEEDS WERE LIGHT IN
GENERAL BUT THERE WERE SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR IN
WESTERN SECTIONS.

.OVERNIGHT...

SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUED IN PARTS OF EASTERN WISCONSIN
DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SKIES CLEARED FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURES DROPPED INTO THE UPPER 30S IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND
THE UPPER 40S IN EASTERN WISCONSIN. THEN TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTH
HALF OF THE STATE BEGAN TO CLIMB TOWARD THE MORNING HOURS AS WARM
AIR STREAMED INTO THE REGION FROM THE PLAINS.

.FORECAST...

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL USHER HOT AIR INTO THE REGION TODAY AS LOW
PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL
SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S...WHILE THE EAST HALF WILL BE
IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S DUE TO LIGHTER WINDS AND A LAKE BREEZE.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSING LAKE SUPERIOR WILL DRAG A COLD
FRONT ACROSS WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE
STATE.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE SETTLES IN. EXPECT WARM...SUMMER-LIKE TEMPERATURES TO
CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. A WARM FRONT WILL BRING THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES BACK TO WISCONSIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

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HAHN/MRC