814 AWUS83 KILX 051722 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-052100- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1122 AM CST SAT JAN 5 2013 SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SNOW FLURRIES WERE STARTING TO FALL ACROSS WEST AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AT LATE MORNING...MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE REST OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES AT 11 AM...WERE IN THE 30S... RANGING FROM 31 DEGREES AT PEORIA...TO 39 DEGREES AT OLNEY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS APPROACHING THE MIDWEST FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN LIGHT PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS ILLINOIS AND SURROUNDING STATES DURING THE DAY TODAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED IN MOST OF MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF LIGHT SNOW FARTHER NORTH OVER PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. DRY AND COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEKEND...AS A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE PUSHES TOWARDS THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY...WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 20S IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO THE MIDDLE 40S ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS IN NORTHWEST IOWA...TO THE UPPER 20S IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. $$ EJL