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THE EARLY MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
448 AM EST FRI MAR 24 2000

...MILD EARLY SPRING WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY...

AS HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTED ACROSS THE STATE YESTERDAY EVENING, SKIES 
WERE MOSTLY CLEAR. THE LATE EVENING TEMPERATURE READINGS RANGED FROM 
40 AT ASHTABULA...TO 54 AT RICKENBACKER AFB. 

A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM TEMPERATURES TO 
OHIO TODAY. EXPECT HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MID TO UPPER 
60S...WHICH ARE MORE TYPICAL OF EARLY MAY...RATHER THAN LATE MARCH. 
SKIES ACROSS THE STATE WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY.  

DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...EXPECT SKIES TO BECOME CLOUDY...AS THE 
HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST AND WARM MOIST AIR IS TRANSPORTED INTO THE 
AREA. THIS WILL ALSO PRODUCE THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE 
MILD...WITH READINGS IN THE MID 40S TO LOW 50S.

THEN ON SATURDAY...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE PULLED ACROSS THE STATE FROM 
THE WEST. AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE WARM TEMPERATURES...WITH 
READINGS AS HIGH AS THE MID 70S EXPECTED. ALONG WITH THE WARM 
TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE 
COLD FRONT MOVES FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST.

BY SATURDAY NIGHT...AS THE COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY TO THE EAST OF 
OHIO...EXPECT SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 40S AND FAIR 
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE.
 
FAIR SKIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY...AND EXPECT HIGHS TO REMAIN 
ABOVE NORMAL WITH READINGS IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S.

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