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AWUS43 KLSX 152324
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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
515 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM COVERED THE MIDWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON 
AND DOMINATED OUR WEATHER PATTERN.  THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN ANCHORED 
ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

MORNING LOWS WERE IN THE LOWER 40S TO THE LOWER 50S.  CAHOKIA AND 
FARMINGTON WERE THE COLDEST AT 41 DEGREES WHILE QUINCY DROPPED TO 52 
DEGREES.  WITH PARTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS TODAY...THE TEMPERATURE 
WARMED INTO THE LOWER 70S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.  THE HIGH 
TEMPERATURE IN COLUMBIA TODAY WAS 70 DEGREES WHILE ST LOUIS TOPPED 
OUT AT 72 DEGREES AGAIN.  THESE HIGHS ARE ABOUT 17 DEGREES ABOVE 
AVERAGE FOR TODAY.     
 
AT 500 PM...THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE 60S.  SALEM AND CENTRALIA  
WERE THE COOLEST AT 61 DEGREES WHILE JEFFERSON CITY WAS THE WARM 
SPOT AT 69 DEGREES. THE WIND WAS SOUTHWESTERLY AT 5 TO 10 MPH. 
SATELLITE IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A CLEAR SKY 
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS 
ELSEWHERE.   

MOSTLY CLEAR WEATHER IS FORECAST TONIGHT.  OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE 
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER 40S TO AROUND 50.