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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
356 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008

CLOUDS SPREAD OVER ALL OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY...WITH SCATTERED
AREAS OF SHOWERS INVADING THE REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON. BY LATE
AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES HAD REACHED INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S.

A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA BY LATE AFTERNOON...
WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THIS FRONT
WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. AS
THE LOW SYSTEM MOVES EAST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD
THE ENTIRE REGION DURING THE EVENING...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. HEAVY
RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI...EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS AND INTO KENTUCKY. FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THESE
LOCATIONS.

AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST ON FRIDAY...A GRADUAL DRYING TREND WILL BE
EXPECTED FOR ILLINOIS.

OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 30S IN
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...TO THE MIDDLE 50S IN KENTUCKY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY...WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S IN
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...TO THE LOWER 60S IN KENTUCKY.

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GOETSCH