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AWUS83 KGLD 030244
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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE HIGH PLAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
845 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING BECAME SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE TRI STATE REGION AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH.
EARLY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 50 DEGREES AT AKRON
COLORADO TO 61 DEGREES AT LAMAR COLORADO. WINDS WERE GENERALLY FROM
THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

OUTLOOK... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WELCOME RELIEF TO 
THE TRI STATE REGION TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. 
INITIALLY...LIGHT RAIN AND FOG WILL DEVELOP.  A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW 
WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. AS THE 
STORM MOVES EAST...CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE THURSDAY EVENING. AT 
MOST...A HALF INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS 
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. ALTHOUGH THE ENTIRE REGION LOOKS TO BENEFIT 
FROM THE PRECIPITATION... THE GREATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED 
ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH LOWS
FROM THE LOWER TO UPPER 30S. TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL BE ABOUT 15
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS FROM THE MID TO UPPER 40S.
TEMPERATURES TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE ABOUT 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
WITH LOWS FROM THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WINDS
WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
BEHIND THE FRONT...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

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