000 AWUS81 KCLE 031412 RWSCLE LATE MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1011 AM EDT THU APR 3 2008 AROUND THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS...HIGH PRESSURE WAS POSITIONED JUST TO THE EAST OF OHIO. FOLLOWING A MORNING WHICH SAW CLEARING SKIES WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S...CONDITIONS HAD WARMED CONSIDERABLY BY LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO WERE IN THE LOWER 40S WHILE READINGS ALONG THE OHIO/PENNSYLVANIA BORDER WERE IN THE MID 40S. WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP THE OHIO VALLEY. RAIN WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD...WITH THE ENTIRE STATE LIKELY SEEING RAIN SHOWERS BY MID EVENING OR EARLIER. THE RAIN WILL BE SHORT LIVED HOWEVER AS HIGH PRESSURE WILL ONCE AGAIN RETURN TO THE BUCKEYE STATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES. $$