000 AWUS43 KARX 012123 AWSLSE AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 322 PM CST FRI MAR 1 2002 A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SPREAD SOME HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES CLIMBED INTO THE TEENS ACROSS THE AREA. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON... SPREADING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF NEBRASKA...NORTHERN AND WESTERN IOWA. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON RANGED FROM 14 DEGREES AT MEDFORD IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND ROCHESTER IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TO 25 DEGREES AT PRAIRIE DU CHIEN IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION SATURDAY. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF IOWA...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER TEENS...AND AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STEADY IN THE TEENS ACROSS THE AREA. $$ DTJ