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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
321 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

THIS AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND
FAR EASTERN IOWA. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS IT TRACKED EASTWARD. THERE WAS QUITE A
TEMPERATURE CONTRAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY. BEHIND THE
SYSTEM...TEMPERATURES ONLY REACHED THE 30S AND 40S OVER MINNESOTA.
WHILE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S WERE COMMON ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
CLOSER TO HOME...READINGS RANGED FROM 44 DEGREES AT ROCHESTER
MINNESOTA...TO 51 DEGREES AT BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN.

THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH EASTERN PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN AND
ILLINOIS DURING THE EVENING...WHILE AN UPPER LOW TRACKS ACROSS
SOUTHERN CANADA. SOME SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THIS LOW ACROSS
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. OTHERWISE...THE
REMAINDER OF THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL SEE DECREASING CLOUDS. EXPECT
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT...AS BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS
BRING COOL AIR DOWN FROM CANADA. LOWS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE
20S OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...TO THE 30S
ELSEWHERE.

ON THURSDAY...SOME MORNING CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER
THE ARROWHEAD OF MINNESOTA AND FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN. WHILE THE
REMAINDER OF THE REGION WILL SEE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND BREEZY
NORTHWEST WINDS. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 30S ACROSS THE
ARROWHEAD OF MINNESOTA...TO NEAR 60 ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST IOWA.

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SAW