000 ABUS30 KCLE 300920 SWSOH EARLY MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 520 AM EDT THU MAY 30 2002 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLED ACROSS OHIO OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WERE OVER OHIO DURING THE NIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT WAS GENERALLY LESS THAN HALF AN INCH. TEMPERATURES FELL TO A MUGGY MID AND UPPER 60S. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO THE UPPER 70S AND LOW 80S AGAIN TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE LOW AND MID 60S. FRIDAY WILL SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE NORTHWEST WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REST OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOW AND MID 80S. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING IN THE NORTHEAST...OTHERWISE IT WILL BE DRY WITH CLEARING SKIES. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOW 60S. SATURDAY WILL SEE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S IN THE NORTHEAST AND UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S ELSEWHERE. ON THE LATEST WEATHER MAP...HIGH PRESSURE WAS STILL OFF THE EAST COAST AND EXTENDING BACK INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER CENTRAL CANADA WITH A DEVELOPING COLD FRONT SOUTH INTO THE UPPER PLAINS STATES. THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST WHILE THE FRONT FORMS AND MOVES SOUTHEAST. THE FRONT WILL ENTER NORTHWEST OHIO FRIDAY AND BY FRIDAY EVENING IT WILL BE SOUTH ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. $$ LKW