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TTAA00 KSTL 092252

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
500 PM CST THU DEC 9 1999

...PRECIPITATION TO END TONIGHT...

A COLD FRONT MOVED SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING
CLOUDS AND RAIN TO EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.
TEMPERATURES WERE STILL ABOVE NORMAL FOR EARLY DECEMBER...WITH
AFTERNOON READINGS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES. AT
400 PM KIRKSVILLE HAD THE COOLEST READING AT 39 DEGREES WITH A NORTH
WIND AROUND 15 MPH. CAPE GIRARDEAU WAS THE WARMEST WITH A READING OF
51 DEGREES. RAIN AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY FROM ONE-TENTH TO ONE-HALF
INCHES BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN AREA RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 4
INCHES OF RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

THE RAIN WILL BE ENDING OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE
AREA MOVES EAST ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY
TONIGHT...WITH SOME CLEARING TO THE WEST LATE. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL
BE IN THE 30S.

SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR ON FRIDAY...BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR BY
EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER...WITH READINGS IN THE
40S.