000 AWUS83 KILX 021027 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-021715- REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 427 AM CST TUE MAR 2 2004 BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH ACROSS THE MIDWEST TODAY...AS YESTERDAYS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES FURTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. HOWEVER...A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL SWING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDWEST TODAY...KEEPING SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY. THE CLOUDS WILL BREAK UP SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT...AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST ACROSS THE REGION. DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE MIDWEST DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE MIDWEST...ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND THE MIDWEST TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 30S ACROSS MUCH OF WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN IOWA...TO AROUND 60 DEGREES IN THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 30S...BUT WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO THE LOWER 40S IN KENTUCKY. $$ GEELHART