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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI
AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
520 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005

THE STATIONARY FRONT WHICH HAS BEEN HANGING AROUND FOR THE PAST 
COUPLE OF DAYS HAS BEEN SAGGING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD OVER THE PAST 24 
HOURS.  TO THE SOUTH...WARM AND MOIST AIR CONTINUES TO STREAM UP OUT 
OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.  TO THE NORTH...COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO 
PUSH THROUGH MINNESOTA INTO IOWA AND NORTHERN MISSOURI.  HIGH 
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 40S IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI DOWN TO 
THE LOWER 30S UP IN NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  
FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI 
WHERE THE COLD AIR HAS MADE THE MOST SOUTHERN PROGRESS...BUT THE 
PRECIPITATION HAS REMAINED ALL LIQUID FOR MOST OF THE AREA.

A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL DEVELOP ON THE STATIONARY FRONT EARLY 
WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA OR WESTERN ARKANSAS AND MOVE 
NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE DAY.  THIS WILL 
FINALLY GIVE THE FRONT THE PUSH IT NEEDS TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.  
AS COLD AIR STREAMS IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO 
FREEZING RAIN...THEN POSSIBLY SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE ENDING OVERNIGHT 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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CARNEY