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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
419 AM CDT MON SEP 23 2002

A CLIPPER SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING CLOUDS OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE
REGION DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS WERE ALSO NOTED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. SKIES
REMAINED CLEAR OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE REGION EARLY THIS
MORNING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING RANGED
FROM SOME MIDDLE 30S OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF WISCONSIN...TO THE
LOWER 50S IN WESTERN MINNESOTA. AROUND THE LOCAL AREA...READINGS
VARIED FROM 34 NEAR SPARTA WISCONSIN...TO 45 AT AUSTIN AND DODGE
CENTER MINNESOTA.

THE CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHEAST AND EAST ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL BE THE RULE OVER THE
NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE REGION...WHILE A MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY
CLOUDY DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD. THE CLIPPER WILL
BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND
THE NORTHERN HALF OF WISCONSIN...WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. HIGHS ARE GOING TO RANGE
FROM AROUND 50 IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA...TO AROUND 70 IN NORTHERN
ILLINOIS.

CLEAR OR MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL RETURN TONIGHT AS THE CLIPPER
SYSTEM EXITS QUICKLY OFF TO THE EAST AND A RIDGE OF CANADIAN HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THE HIGH WILL BRING LIGHT WINDS TO MUCH OF THE
AREA FOR LATER TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT
WINDS...ALONG WITH A DRY AIRMASS...WILL SPELL SCATTERED FROST IN
THE LOW LAYING AND NORMALLY COLDER VALLEYS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION
BY TUESDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR LOWS TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 30S IN
NORTHERN MINNESOTA...TO MIDDLE 40S IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

LOOKING AHEAD...A PARTLY SUNNY AND DRY DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
UPPER MIDWEST ON TUESDAY.

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RRS