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REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
815 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001

RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE MIDWEST THROUGH MONDAY. THIS
IS COURTESY OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...WHICH WILL
LIFT NORTHEAST TO SOUTHERN INDIANA BY MONDAY MORNING. ABUNDANT
MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL..ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO STRETCH FROM
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...INTO SOUTHERN
INDIANA. THESE AREAS MAY SEE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN BY MONDAY
MORNING...AND WILL COMBINE WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...TO PRODUCE
SOME FLOODING.

THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...
BUT SHOULD TAPER OFF BY EVENING...AS THE LOW PRESSURE MOVES TOWARD
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LOW TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT...WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 20 DEGREES ACROSS
NORTHWEST IOWA...TO NEAR 50 IN KENTUCKY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY...WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 40S ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MICHIGAN...WISCONSIN...AND IOWA...TO THE
MIDDLE 50S ALONG THE OHIO RIVER.

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JRP