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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
638 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

A STRONG COLD FRONT SHIFTED INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON
THURSDAY...TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WHERE A FEW
LOCATIONS SAW MORE THAN TWO INCHES. CONDITIONS BEHIND THE FRONT
WERE CLOUDY AND COOL...AS TEMPERATURES OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS FELL
THROUGH THE 50S DURING THE AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...HIGHS EAST OF I-55
REACHED THE UPPER 70S.

THE COLD FRONT LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF MISSOURI AND
ILLINOIS...WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY INTO SATURDAY...AS AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SHIFTS NORTH THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY. THIS FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
INTO SATURDAY. A DEVELOPING STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TO OUR
SOUTHWEST WILL LINGER OVER THE MIDWEST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...KEEPING CLOUDY AND SHOWERY WEATHER AROUND THROUGH
SUNDAY. RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ILLINOIS BY THE
END OF THE WEEKEND...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES
OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 30S IN CENTRAL
IOWA...TO NEAR 60 DEGREES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. HIGHS ON FRIDAY
WILL RANGE FROM THE 30S IN CENTRAL IOWA...TO THE 70S IN INDIANA. 

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