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AWUS43 KARX 122008
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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
307 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW...LOCATED OVER LAKE SUPERIOR...KEPT SKIES 
MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY. THE 
ONLY PART OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO SEE ANY SUNSHINE AT ALL 
WAS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. DUE TO THE CLOUDS...TEMPERATURES CLIMBED 
VERY LITTLE TODAY. TEMPERATURES LATE THIS AFTERNOON RANGED FROM 
THE MIDDLE 40S TO LOWER 50S ACROSS IOWA...WISCONSIN...AND MUCH OF 
MINNESOTA. THIS RIVALS BOTH 1888 AND 1966 FOR THE COLDEST HIGH 
TEMPERATURES ON THIS DATE. MEANWHILE...WITH SUNSHINE...TEMPERATURES 
CLIMBED INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 50S IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

EVEN THOUGH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION 
TONIGHT. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT AS YET ANOTHER 
STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. DUE TO 
CLOUDS...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL LITTLE TONIGHT. ON MONDAY MORNING... 
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 30S TO LOWER 40S.

ON MONDAY...A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS MINNESOTA 
AND WISCONSIN. AS THIS OCCURS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. DUE TO COLD AIR ALOFT...THE 
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL. ON MONDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER 
BUT STRONGER AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN START TO CLEAR THE 
SKIES. THIS HIGH WILL PROVIDE SUNSHINE AND MORE SEASONABLE 
TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY.

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