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ABUS30 KSTL 071101
SWSMO 

MISSOURI WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
500 AM CST TUE JAN 7 1997

...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN 
MISSOURI FOR WEDNESDAY...

HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHWESTERN IOWA THIS MORNING KEPT 
SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR OVER MISSOURI OVERNIGHT...WITH SEASONABLE 
TEMPERATURES. READINGS WERE MAINLY IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S.
CAPE GIRARDEAU HAD THE WARMEST READING AT 400 AM WITH A TEMPERATURE
OF 25 DEGREES...AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS WAS THE COLDEST...WITH A 
TEMPERATURE OF 12 DEGREES.

SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS THE NORTH TODAY...WITH SOME MIDDLE 
AND HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTH.  WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AS 
THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER MOVES SOUTHEAST. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE IN THE 
30S.

A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL DEVELOP IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO 
TUESDAY NIGHT...AND MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD ON WEDNESDAY.  AS THE 
LOW PRESSURE AREA BECOMES MORE ORGANIZED A MIX OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL 
DEVELOP TO OUR SOUTH...WITH SNOW BEGINNING OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI ON 
WEDNESDAY. THE EXACT MOVEMENT OF THE STORM IS STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT 
THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...AND A 
WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT AREA FOR WEDNESDAY.

BECHTOLD