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EARLY MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
825 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004

DRY WEATHER TO RETURN THIS AFTERNOON.

A COLD FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING.  
AHEAD OF THE FRONT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DOTTED 
THE LANDSCAPE.  OVERNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM A FEW 
HUNDREDTHS TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN ACROSS MOST OF THE 
STATE...TO BETWEEN A TENTH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH NEAR THE OHIO 
RIVER.

A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE 
THROUGH MID MORNING.  HOWEVER...THE FRONT WILL PUSH INTO 
PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...TAKING ALL THE PRECIPITATION 
WITH IT.

EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF THE BUCKEYE STATE WERE IN 
THE MID TO UPPER 60S...WITH LOWER 70S IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS. THIS 
AFTERNOON THE TEMPERATURES  WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S ACROSS MOST 
OF THE STATE...WHILE SOUTHERN OHIO WILL ENJOY TEMPERATURES IN THE 
LOWER 80S.

OVERNIGHT A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE.  AS 
IT DOES THE SKIES WILL CLEAR OUT FROM THE WEST.  OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL 
DROP INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL UNTIL THE END OF THE WORK 
WEEK.  HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.   
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE STATE EARLY FRIDAY WHICH 
WILL ONCE AGAIN BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

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DJB