437 AWUS83 KPAH 260934 RWSPAH ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-262145- WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 434 AM CDT TUE MAR 26 2013 PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER...SNOW SHOWERS...DRIZZLE AND FLURRIES WERE THE RULE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THERE WERE A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WEST KENTUCKY. THESE BREAKS WERE ENOUGH TO HELP A FEW LOCATIONS TOP OUT AROUND 40 DEGREES. WITH RESPECT TO TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY...EVANSVILLE INDIANA REMAINED THE COOLEST WITH 36 DEGREES...WHILE POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TOPPED OUT AT 41 DEGREES. BY 4 AM CDT TUESDAY...TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 20S TO RIGHT AT THE FREEZING MARK...32 DEGREES. THE WEATHER SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT ALL OF THE SNOW TO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND AND ON MONDAY WILL SLOWLY LOSE ITS GRIP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...GRADUALLY TAKING ANY REMAINING SNOW WITH IT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING CLEARING SKIES AND COLDER OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 20S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SQUEEZED FURTHER EAST AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. A WARM FRONT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...EXTENDING BACK TO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THIS PATTERN WILL LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WARM FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR PERIODIC CHANCES FOR RAIN SHOWERS DURING THE LATE WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES... TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM FROM THE 40S...INTO THE 50S... REACHING INTO THE LOWER 60S NEXT WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. $$ SMITH