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ABUS30 KCLE 241501
SWSOH 

LATE MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1105 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2002

IT WAS COOLER AND LESS HUMID ACROSS OHIO.

A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE STATE YESTERDAY AND BROUGHT COOLER 
AND DRIER AIR.  LATE MORNING TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 60S TO 
LOWER 70S.  OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S.  THE 
EXTREMES WERE 56 DEGREES AT FIDNLAY...MANSFIELD AND TOLEDO AND 66 
DEGREES AT CINCINNATI.

THE COLD FRONT BROUGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE STATE.  THE 
24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM A TRACE AT FINDLAY AND TOLEDO 
TO OVER 3 INCHES AT COLUMBUS /3.06/.

SKIES WILL BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON.  HIGHS WILL 
RANGE FROM THE MID AND UPPER 70S NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 80S 
SOUTHWEST.

FAIR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.  LOWS TONIGHT 
WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO THE LOWER 60S AND HIGHS THURSDAY IN 
THE 80S.

HIGH PRESSSURE WAS CENTERED OVER OHIO THIS MORNING.  THE HIGH WILL 
MOVE SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
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