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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
349 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

OVERCAST SKIES WERE SEEN ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
THROUGHOUT...AHEAD OF A LARGE WINTER STORM TRACKING ACROSS THE MID
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND INTO ILLINOIS. TEMPERATURES ACROSS
THE AREA AT 3 PM RANGED FROM 25 DEGREES IN TAYLORVILLE...TO 32
DEGREES IN LAWRENCEVILLE.

AS THE WINTER STORM SHIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST...SNOW WILL SPREAD
ACROSS ILLINOIS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY
HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL INTO THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF MISSOURI...
IOWA...AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. POSSIBLE SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...THOUGH NOT LIKELY
TO BE THE PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE NORTH OF INTERSTATE
70...AND SOME BRIEF ICING REMAINS POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GREATER
THAN 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY FOR MUCH OF MISSOURI AND SOUTHWESTERN
ILLINOIS...WITH AMOUNTS GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF TO THE EAST.WINTER
STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH
OF THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST...AS TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST TOMORROW...WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING ACROSS IOWA AND THE
NORTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS...NORTH INTO THE GREAT LAKES.

LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 10 DEGREES ACROSS
NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO THE MIDDLE 30S ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

FOR TOMORROW...EXPECT CLOUDY SKIES FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...AND
TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MID 20S IN CENTRAL IOWA...TO THE
UPPER 50S  IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

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HJS