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AWUS43 KARX 130819
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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
320 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002

LOW CLOUDS COVERED MUCH OF WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING...AS THEY 
BLANKETED ALL OF THE UPPER MIDWEST ON SUNDAY. THESE CLOUDS WERE 
GRADUALLY MOVING EAST THOUGH...AS A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS 
PUSHING ACROSS MINNESOTA. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE 
WAS DROPPING DOWN OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WILL BE THE FOCUS 
FOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER TODAY. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES 
SO FAR RANGED IN THE UPPER 30S IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA..TO THE MIDDLE 
40S IN EASTERN IOWA.

THE LOW WILL SINK ACROSS WISCONSIN TONIGHT...TEAMING UP WITH AN 
UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE ALOFT. THESE TWO FEATURES WILL SPAWN MORE 
CLOUDS...ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FOR 
TODAY. THE BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN 
IOWA...WISCONSIN...AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. PRECIPITATION WILL 
GENERALLY BE LIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/4 INCH POSSIBLE. 
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S IN NORTHERN 
MINNESOTA...TO NEAR 60 IN EASTERN IOWA. THE WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY 
BY THIS EVENING AS THE LOW PASSES EAST. ANY CLOUDS WILL ALSO START 
TO DEPART AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE PLAINS. LOW 
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 30S IN NORTHERN 
MINNESOTA...TO THE UPPER 40S IN EASTERN IOWA.

ON TUESDAY...ANTICIPATE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AS THE HIGH PRESSURE 
INFLUENCES THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE COOL BUT WARMER 
THAN THE PAST COUPLE DAYS. THE MORE SEASONABLE TEMPS WILL HOLD OFF 
UNTIL WEDNESDAY WHEN THE HIGH SLIDES TO THE EAST AND THE SOUTHERLY 
WINDS PICK UP.
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RIECK