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ABUS30 KCLE 041050
SWSOH 

EARLY MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 
545 AM EST FRI APR 4 2003

RAIN WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS OHIO TODAY.

CLOUDS WERE ON THE INCREASE BUT IT REMAINED DRY ACROSS MOST OF OHIO 
OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM NEAR FREEZING ACROSS EXTREME 
NORTHERN OHIO TO THE 60S ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO.

THE WIDE DISPARITY IN TEMPERATURE WAS DUE TO A STATIONARY FRONT JUST 
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THE FRONT SEPARATED COLD AIR TO THE NORTH 
WHILE WARM SOUTHERLY BREEZES PERSISTED SOUTH OF THE FRONT.

THE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY AND WILL ACT AS A PATH 
FOR A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO MOVE EAST. THE LOW WAS IN  
NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO CROSS NORTHERN 
OHIO TONIGHT.

SHOWERS WILL SPREAD EAST AHEAD OF THE FRONT TODAY. RAIN HAD 
DEVELOPED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO DURING THE EARLY MORNING 
HOURS AND WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE STATE TODAY. NORTHWEST OHIO 
WILL SEE OFF AND ON RAIN FOR MUCH OF THE DAY BUT IT WILL TAKE UNTIL 
LATE TODAY FOR SHOWERS TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE 
STATE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ACROSS 
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF TONIGHT AND THEN 
MOVE EAST OF THE STATE LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. COOLER 
WEATHER THAT HAS BEEN OVER EXTREME NORTHERN OHIO WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST 
ACROSS ALL BUT EXTREME SOUTHEAST OHIO ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ON 
SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 40S ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO TO THE 
MID 60S IN THE SOUTHEAST. 

SUNDAY WILL BE A DRY DAY WITH TEMPERATURES ONLY A FEW DEGREES BELOW 
NORMAL. HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S OVER EXTREME 
NORTHERN OHIO TO THE LOWER 60S ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO. ANOTHER LOW 
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SET ITS SIGHTS ON THE BUCKEYE STATE AND RAIN 
IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. IT MAY BE COLD 
ENOUGH ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO FOR SOME WET SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
MONDAY.
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KOSARIK