000 AWUS43 KLMK 140937 AWSSDF AREA WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 445 AM EST THU MAR 14 2002 SKIES WERE CLEAR ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION THIS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AT 430 AM EST TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID 40S. HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL GIVE OUR REGION A MOSTLY SUNNY DAY TODAY WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE LOWER 70S WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ACROSS KANSAS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT. BY FRIDAY MORNING THIS LOW WILL BE CENTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH WESTERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN MISSOURI...CENTRAL ARKANSAS THEN TO ANOTHER LOW IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. A WARM FRONT WILL EXTENT FROM THE LOW IN WISCONSIN ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. THIS SYSTEM WILL INCREASE OUR CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORM BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGHT THE BLUEGRASS REGION LATE FRIDAY EVENING. SOME STRONG STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR REGION LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SZAPPANOS