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AWUS43 KARX 060130
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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
830 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2002

HIGH PRESSURE GAVE WAY TO A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE
PLAINS AND RESULTED IN SHOWERS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN IOWA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.  THE AFTERNOON HIGHS WERE MUCH
BELOW NORMAL AND RANGED FROM 55 AT PRESTON MINNESOTA...TO 61 AT
CHARLES CITY IOWA AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN WISCONSIN.

LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT AND MOVE INTO
NORTHERN WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. LOW
TEMPERATURES BY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE 40S...AND THE AFTERNOON
HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY ARE GOING TO RANGE MAINLY IN THE 50S. THE
WIND WILL ALSO BE A FACTOR ON SUNDAY WITH GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH
RANGE LIKELY.

IN THE LONGER TERM...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK.  THERE WILL
BE SEVERAL DISTURBANCES MOVING INTO THE REGION THAT WILL BRING A
CHANCE OR RAIN EVERY DAY OR TWO.

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TMS