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000 AWUS43 KLSX 151057 AWSSTL AREA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 500 AM CST FRI MAR 15 2002 A STORM CENTER SWEPT NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES LAST NIGHT. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT DREW WARM SPRING-LIKE TEMPERATURES NORTH INTO THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES ROSE INTO THE UPPER 60S ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S ACROSS EAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT IT HAS ALSO SWIRLED MUCH COOLER AIR AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM, WRAPPING IT INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPEERATURES HAVE FALLEN SOME 20 DEGREES IN 3 TO 4 HOURS INTO THE MIDDLE 30S OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE COOLER AIR WILL TAKE OVER FOR A DAY OR SO AGAIN. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL LIKELY BE GENERALLY IN THE 50S WITH A FEW 40S NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. OVERCAST SKIES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE REALITY THAT IT IS STILL WINTER ON THE CALENDAR. COOL AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 30S BOTH NIGHTS. LATEST LONGER RANGE WEATHER CHARTS INDICATE A SHOWERY AND CLOUDY SKY THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. A FEW SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS MORNING THEN SETTLE SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WHERE THEY WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN SHOULD END OVER THE REST OF MISSOURI AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY MIDDAY. PEDIGO