000 AWUS83 KILX 261210 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-262100- REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 609 AM CST FRI MAR 26 2004 A FRONTAL BOUNDARY...CURRENTLY STRETCHING FROM MICHIGAN INTO IOWA... WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTHWARD TODAY...TRIGGERING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS IOWA...MISSOURI...ILLINOIS...AND INDIANA. THE FRONT WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA TONIGHT...BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD ON SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...RAIN CHANCES WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...WHERE GENERALLY DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL. BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE ENTIRE REGION ON SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY...WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 60S...WITH LOWER 70S ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S ACROSS SOUTHERN MICHIGAN...TO THE UPPER 50S IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. $$ BARNES