729 AWUS83 KILX 021715 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-022100- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1115 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013 SKIES WERE BEGINNING TO CLEAR ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... CLOUDY SKIES AND SNOW FLURRIES WERE THE RULE. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA AT 10 AM...WERE IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S...RANGING FROM 24 DEGREES AT GALESBURG...TO 34 DEGREES AT MOUNT CARMEL. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WHICH HAS BROUGHT SEVERAL DAYS OF CLOUDS AND LIGHT SNOW TO THE MIDWEST...WILL BEGIN TO LOSE ITS GRIP ON THE REGION TODAY. AS A RESULT...THE LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND...AND BRING PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH A CHANCE FOR SNOW ACROSS MOST OF THE MIDWEST. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY...WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 20S IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO THE UPPER 30S ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...WILL RANGE FROM NEAR ZERO DEGREES ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO THE MIDDLE 20S IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. $$ EJL