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ABUS30 KCLE 200325
SWSOH 

EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1025 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2002

SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER BROUGHT 
SCATTERED SHOWERS TO PORTIONS OF OHIO THIS EVENING.  THE SHOWERS 
AFFECTED AREAS FROM DAYTON...NORTHEAST INTO FINDLAY...TOLEDO AND 
CLEVELAND.  DUE TO RELATIVELY DRY LOW LEVELS WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 
20S...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE VERY LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN A 
TENTH OF AN INCH.

HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL...RANGING 
FROM 49 DEGREES AT CLEVELAND...FINDLAY...MANSFIELD AND TOLEDO TO 56 
AT CHESAPEAKE/SOUTH POINT.  NORMALLY HIGHS FOR FEBRUARY 19TH SHOULD 
BE IN THE MID 30S IN THE NORTH TO THE MID 40S IN THE SOUTH.  THE 
TEMPERATURES TODAY WERE MORE TYPICAL OF MID MARCH.

THE LATE EVENING WEATHER MAP SHOWED LOW PRESSURE OVER MISSOURI.  A 
COLD FRONT TRAILED SOUTH INTO TEXAS.  HIGH PRESSURE WAS OFF THE 
CAROLINA COAST.

THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST 
OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING THE COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF 
OHIO VALLEY. AN AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL PUSH 
INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE BEFORE SUNRISE.  OVERNIGHT LOWS 
WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S.

ON WEDNESDAY...THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE STATE. THIS WILL 
PRODUCE SOME EARLY MORNING HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S IN THE NORTHWEST. 
ELSEWHERE THE AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 50S IN THE NORTH TO 
LOWER 60S IN THE FAR SOUTH. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH 
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE STATE. 

THE TRANSITION BACK TO COLDER...MORE SEASONAL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR 
ON THURSDAY AS COLDER AIR SWEEPS IN.  AS THE COLD AIR WORKS IN...THE 
RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS...EITHER LATE WEDNESDAY 
NIGHT OR DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY IN THE NORTH AND WEST...BUT IN 
THE EAST THE SHOWERS SHOULD REMAIN MAINLY RAIN. HIGHS ON THURSDAY 
WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S.

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