000 AWUS83 KILX 271655 AWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-271900- CENTRAL ILLINOIS WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1055 AM CST THU MAR 27 2003 A SCATTERED TO BROKEN DECK OF CIRRUS CLOUDS STREAMED ACROSS THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS SKY. THE HIGH CLOUDS WERE THE RESULT OF A STRONG COLD FRONT IN EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 37 DEGREES AT THE CHAMPAIGN AND LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORTS...TO 48 DEGREES AT SPRINGFIELD CAPITOL AIRPORT. WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS WERE GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH BEFORE SUNRISE...AND INCREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER SUNRISE. EXPECT PARTLY SUNNY SKIES AND WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. HIGHS TODAY WILL TOP OUT IN THE LOWER 70S. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...LOWS WILL FALL TO AROUND 50. $$ KELLY