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WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
505 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009

...FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

...FREEZE WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED FRIDAY'S WEATHER PROVIDING
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES UNDER CALM WINDS. HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED IN
THE MID TO UPPER 50S FOR MUCH OF THE BI-STATE REGION...WITH THE
WARMEST SPOT IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI REPORTING LOW 60S.

AS OF 5 PM SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS.
WINDS WERE CALM OVER MOST LOCATIONS WITH LIGHT EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY
FLOW REPORTED WEST OF A LINE FROM QUINCY ILLINOIS TO SULLIVAN
MISSOURI. TEMPERATURES RANGED IN MID 30S TO LOWER 40S WITH THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURES WITHIN THE VALLEYS OF THE OZARKS AND ACROSS
WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

FOR TODAY SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI...WITH
LIGHTER GUSTS FURTHER EAST.  HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE
MID TO UPPER 60S. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS UNDER CONTINUED SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW KEEPING
OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE BI-STATE
REGION LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH SUNDAY WITH A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN
AND SNOW SHOWERS...AND THEN TO OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS BY EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. THIS CHANGEOVER IN PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW AND UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR.

LOW TEMPERATURES FOR MONDAY...TUESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY MORNING
WILL BE WELL BELOW FREEZING...WITH READINGS IN THE MID TO UPPER
20S...POSING A SUBSTANTIAL RISK FOR VEGETATION AND LOCAL
AGRICULTURE.

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SIPPRELL