000 AWUS83 KILX 270258 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-271000- REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 858 PM CST MON JAN 26 2004 LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRACK INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT...SPREADING A VARIETY OF WINTERY PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS KENTUCKY...WITH A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. ELSEWHERE AROUND THE MIDWEST...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL IN A SWATH FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI...THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS...INTO NORTHERN INDIANA...WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. AS THE LOW TRACKS INTO THE GREAT LAKES...BRISK NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AS WELL AS WIND-CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO AT TIMES ON TUESDAY. AFTER THAT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY... PROVIDING DRY WEATHER AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS IOWA...TO THE LOWER 30S IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY...WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS ACROSS IOWA...TO THE UPPER 30S IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. $$ BARNES