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AWUS43 KARX 231625
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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1025 AM CST SAT FEB 23 2002

A WARM FRONT MOVED INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. THIS BROUGHT
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT REMAINED NEARLY STEADY IN THE MIDDLE 20S TO
THE MIDDLE 30S ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS
MORNING. CLOUDY SKIES AND LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS WERE SEEN
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MIDDLE 30 TO
LOWER 40S. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. OTHERWISE...CLOUDY SKIES CAN BE
EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL...WITH
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE 40S TO
AROUND 50.

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL TRACK
NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN OR
SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY ACROSS THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT
ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S. AFTERNOON HIGH
TEMPERATURES SUNDAY CAN BE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 40S.

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DTJ