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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
325 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2002

TEMPERATURES REMAINED SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...
DUE IN PART TO THE HEAVY SMOKE THAT IS STILL FILTERING THROUGH THE
AREA.  READINGS AS OF 3 PM ACROSS THE REGION INCLUDED ROCHESTER
MINNESOTA AT 81 DEGREES...MEDFORD WISCONSIN AT 82 DEGREES...PRAIRIE
DU CHIEN WISCONSIN AT 81 DEGREES...AND CHARLES CITY IOWA AT 84
DEGREES.  FILTERED SUN WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE ON THE AREA...AS THE
BLANKET OF SMOKE MOVES OVERHEAD.

SKIES WILL CLEAR OUT TONIGHT...WITH WINDS REMAINING CALM.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OF INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S OVERNIGHT...
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FOG DEVELOPING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...ALLOWING WARM AND HUMID GULF AIR TO
RETURN TO THE REGION.  SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAINLY SUNNY...WITH
HIGHS IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S IN PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER
60S AND LOWER 70S IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.

SUMMER LIKE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK
WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO BE ABOVE NORMAL.  CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN ON MONDAY...AS A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST.

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