000 AWUS43 KARX 090130 AWSLSE AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 830 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2002 MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES DURING THE MORNING...GAVE WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A STATIONARY FRONT WHICH WAS DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN TODAY... IS NOW BEGINNING TO RETREAT TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. AS THE CLOUDS CLEARED FROM THE SOUTH...TEMPERATURES WARMED SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION. THE WARM SPOT THIS AFTERNOON WAS SHARED BY SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA WITH84 DEGREES...WHILE THE MERCURY ONLY CLIMBED TO 72 DEGREES UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AT MEDFORD WISCONSIN. ON TAP FOR TONIGHT...SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AS THE WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTHWARD. TO THE WEST... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PUMP WARM AIR ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...AS WELL AS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE RATHER MILD ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST. LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY DROP INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S ACROSS THE REGION. SUNDAY WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY AND VERY WARM...SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION...AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15 DEGREES WARMER THAN TODAY. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 80S TO THE LOWER 90S. CONDITIONS WILL BE SOMEWHAT MUGGY SUNDAY NIGHT... AS LOWS WILL ONLY DIP INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S ACROSS THE AREA. LOOKING AHEAD TO MONDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM AS HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES INTO THE AREA. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH LOWER 90S ELSEWHERE. $$ ADAMS