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AWUS43 KPAH 282158
AWSPAH

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
355 PM CST THU FEB 28 2002

SKIES WERE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS RANGING FROM AROUND
40 NEAR EVANSVILLE TO AROUND 45 NEAR POPLAR BLUFF. GUSTY SOUTHWEST 
WINDS BLEW AT 10 TO 20 MPH.

HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL MOVE OFF THE 
ATLANTIC COAST ON FRIDAY. AFTER THAT...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS...REACHING A CHICAGO TO LITTLE ROCK 
LINE BY SATURDAY MORNING. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. THE 
PRECIPITATION WILL END AS SNOW SHOWERS AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES 
THROUGH OUR REGION LATE SATURDAY.

FOR TONIGHT...IT WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 
TO UPPER 20S. ON FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY CLOUDY WILL PREVAIL FOR MOST 
OF THE DAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATER IN THE EVENING IN 
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. HIGHS SHOULD REACH NORMAL 
LEVELS IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOW 50S AND WINDS WILL BE SOUTH AT 10 TO 
15 MPH.

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