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AWUS43 KLSX 180951
AWSSTL

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
450 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2003

A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY REGION.  LIGHT WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HIGH PRESSURE AREA 
WERE RESULTING IN RATHER STAGNANT CONDITIONS...AND ALLOWING CLOUDY 
SKIES TO PERSIST.  DESPITE THE CLOUDY SKIES...TEMPERATURES EARLY 
THIS MORNING WERE CLOSE TO NORMAL WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE AND 
UPPER 40S.

CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO A MIX OF CLOUDS 
AND SUN BY THIS AFTERNOON.  TEMPERATURES SHOULD TOP OUT FROM THE 
LOWER 60S OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO THE LOWER 70S IN THE EASTERN 
OZARKS AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

A STORM SYSTEM WHICH IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL MOVE 
CLOSER TO THE REGION TONIGHT AND THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AND PORTIONS OF 
WESTERN ILLINOIS.  LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 50S.

GLASS