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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1035 AM CST MON NOV 17 2003

APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE FROM THE PLAINS BROUGHT PLENTY OF MOISTURE  
TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES REGION OVERNIGHT. AS 
A RESULT...CLOUDY SKIES...AREAS OF FOG AND MILD TEMPERATURES WERE 
SEEN ACROSS THE AREA. OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGED FROM 34 AT SPARTA OVER 
WESTERN WISCONSIN...TO 39 AT SEVERAL LOCATION OVER NORTHEAST IOWA 
AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

AROUND MID DAY...CLOUDY SKIES AND SHOWERS WERE PREVALENT OVER THE 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES. TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN 
THE 40S TO NEAR 50.

WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW NORTHWARD INTO THE UPPER 
MIDWEST TODAY AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES TOWARD US FROM THE 
SOUTHWEST.  THIS DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE SOSME LIGHT 
RAIN AND SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.  
HIGHS TODAY SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S OVER NORTHERN 
MINNESOTA...TO NEAR 60 OVER EASTERN IOWA.

THE CENTER OF THE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM MISSOURI INTO
NORTHERN ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AND INTO MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY.
THIS WILL KEEP RAIN...AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...IN THE
FORECAST FOR TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.  LOOK FOR LOWS TONIGHT TO RANGE
FROM THE LOWER 30S OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA...TO THE LOWER 50S OVER
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS.  TEMPERATURES ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO RISE MUCH...IF ANY...ON TUESDAY...BEHIND THE SYSTEM.
HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE 40S TO MIDDLE 50S AROUND THE REGION.

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