000 AWUS83 KILX 160130 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-160815- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 830 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005 AFTER A MOSTLY CLEAR START TO THE DAY...NUMEROUS CLOUDS DEVELOPED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ON WEDNESDAY. A FEW SPRINKLES OCCURRED NORTH OF I-74 DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE SWEPT ACROSS THE STATE. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S WERE COMMON. EXTREMES WERE 74 DEGREES AT GALESBURG...AND 86 DEGREES AT LAWRENCEVILLE. HIGH PRESSURE...EXTENDING SOUTH ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...WILL KEEP MUCH OF THE MIDWEST UNDER FAIR SKIES AND TEMPERATURES A BIT COOLER THAN NORMAL...FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...WHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...DUE TO A STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND THE MIDWEST WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO THE LOWER 60S IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI. HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL MAINLY BE IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S...BUT COOLER NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. $$ GEELHART