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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
334 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

MOSTLY CLOUDY TO PARTLY SUNNY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY
ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO REACH INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. A COLD
FRONT WAS SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO IOWA. WINDS WERE
BREEZY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST...GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES.
OVERALL IT IS A WARM SPRING DAY.

FOR TONIGHT...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY SITTING IN THE DAKOTAS
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE REGION...BRINGING THE
POTENTIAL FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER. THE BIGGEST THREATS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FLASH FLOODING...MOSTLY IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE REGION. DUE TO ALL THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
LATELY...MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH OR OUT OF THEIR
BANKS. AREAL AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE.

LOWS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID 50S TO LOW 60S
WITH HIGHS TOMORROW IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. AS THE STORM SYSTEM
SLOWLY ADVANCES EASTWARD...THERE REMAINS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN...AND NORTHEAST IOWA.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS
THE MAIN THREATS.

LOOKING AHEAD...COOLER AND SOMEWHAT DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK AS A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM EVENTUALLY BUILDS
IN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.

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