000 AWUS43 KARX 230919 AWSLSE AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 419 AM CDT MON SEP 23 2002 A CLIPPER SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING CLOUDS OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE REGION DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE ALSO NOTED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. SKIES REMAINED CLEAR OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING RANGED FROM SOME MIDDLE 30S OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF WISCONSIN...TO THE LOWER 50S IN WESTERN MINNESOTA. AROUND THE LOCAL AREA...READINGS VARIED FROM 34 NEAR SPARTA WISCONSIN...TO 45 AT AUSTIN AND DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA. THE CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHEAST AND EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL BE THE RULE OVER THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE REGION...WHILE A MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD. THE CLIPPER WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF WISCONSIN...WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. HIGHS ARE GOING TO RANGE FROM AROUND 50 IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA...TO AROUND 70 IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. CLEAR OR MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL RETURN TONIGHT AS THE CLIPPER SYSTEM EXITS QUICKLY OFF TO THE EAST AND A RIDGE OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THE HIGH WILL BRING LIGHT WINDS TO MUCH OF THE AREA FOR LATER TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...ALONG WITH A DRY AIRMASS...WILL SPELL SCATTERED FROST IN THE LOW LAYING AND NORMALLY COLDER VALLEYS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY TUESDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR LOWS TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 30S IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA...TO MIDDLE 40S IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. LOOKING AHEAD...A PARTLY SUNNY AND DRY DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST ON TUESDAY. $$ RRS