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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
510 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2002

...HAZY AND HOT--THE START OF SUMMER IS HERE...

SUMMER WILL KICKOFF TODAY AT 824 AM CDT ACROSS OUR REGION AS THE SUN 
MOVES DIRECTLY OVERHEAD THE TROPIC OF CANCER...AND WILL THEN BEGIN A 
6 MONTH TREK SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN.

A SUMMERTIME PATTERN WAS IN FULL FORCE LAST NIGHT AS A BERMUDA 
HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OFF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD DOMINATED OUR 
WEATHER WITH LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS.  THIS STEERED ANY PRECIPITATION 
TO THE NORTH OF MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS AND MAINTAINED CLEAR SKIES AND 
WARM TEMPERATURES.  READINGS AT MOST LOCALES ONLY FELL INTO THE 
UPPER 60S TO THE LOWER 70S...THOUGH THESE WERE CLOSE TO NORMALS FOR 
THIS TIME OF YEAR.  AS USUAL...VALLEY AREAS WERE A LITTLE COOLER... 
WHILE URBAN AREAS WERE A LITTLE WARMER.

AT 500 AM...SKIES REMAINED CLEAR.  TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 64 AT 
FARMINGTON TO 75 AT ST LOUIS.

HIGHS TODAY WILL BE IN THE LOWER 90S.  LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE FROM 65 
TO 75.

LOOKING AHEAD...THE BERMUDA HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE 
WEATHER SCENE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...MEANING LITTLE CHANGE IS 
EXPECTED IN OUR WEATHER...WITH HOT DAYS AND WARM NIGHTS AND LITTLE 
IN THE WAY OF CLOUD COVER AND LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION.  IT 
APPEARS THAT THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT RAIN WILL BE ON MONDAY 
AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL WORK ON 
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE.

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