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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
330 PM CST THU MAR 25 2004

AT MID AFTERNOON...LOW PRESSURE WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA
AND IOWA.  A WARM FRONT EXTENDED WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.  THIS WAS GENERATING SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST IOWA...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

TONIGHT...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS MINNESOTA AND
WILL BE LOCATED NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES BY MORNING.  AS THIS
HAPPENS THE WARM FRONT WILL WILL LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AND
WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE DURING THE EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT IN
MOST AREAS. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 40S ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TO LOWER 50S ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN.

FOR FRIDAY...THE MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
ENTIRE UPPER MIDWEST ON FRIDAY...AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO
THE REGION. HIGHS ARE GOING TO RANGE FROM THE 50S ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TO THE MID 60S INTO NORTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN.

IN THE LONGER TERM...ANOTHER SYSTEM IS GOING TO MOVE OUT OF THE
DAKOTAS OVER THE WEEKEND AND BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE
AREA.
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TMS