000 AWUS83 KILX 121127 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-121700- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 413 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2004 MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. BY 4 AM...TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE MIDDLE 30S. A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN MINNESOTA...THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA...INTO KANSAS THIS MORNING...WILL SLOWLY TRACK EAST TODAY. DUE TO THE LACK OF MOISTURE NEAR THE SURFACE...LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT. BEHIND THIS FRONT... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED. BY MONDAY...VERY COLD...DRY AIR WILL INVADE THE REGION FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY...WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...TO THE UPPER 50S IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. LOWS TONIGHT...WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...TO THE MIDDLE 30S IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. $$ KELLY