000 
AWUS43 KLSX 011019 CCA
AWSSTL

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
515 AM CDT THU JUL 1 2004
 
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO RETURN TO REGION...

THE HIGH PRESSURE AREA THAT HAS DOMINATED THE REGION THE PAST 
SEVERAL DAYS HAS MOVED EAST...AND LOW PRESSURE IS DEVELOPING OVER 
THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. WARM AND HUMID AIR IS RETURNING 
TO THE AREA AS WINDS SWITCH TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. CLOUDS ARE 
ON THE INCREASE AS WELL...WITH SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT ACROSS 
THE AREA. TEMPERATURES AROUND THE REGION WERE MAINLY IN THE MIDDLE 
60S TO LOWER 70S. AT 500 AM READINGS RANGED FROM A LOW OF 63 DEGREES 
AT MT VERNON ILLINOIS TO A HIGH OF 72 DEGREES AT LAMBERT AIRPORT IN 
ST LOUIS. 

AN AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS OVER SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI WILL SLOWLY 
EXPAND AND MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM 
BECOMES MORE ORGANIZED AND MOVES NORTHEAST. THE SHOWERS WILL 
OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE MORNING...WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY 
TODAY...AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER TODAY. HIGHS WILL 
BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S.

THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND 
SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN 
BE IN THE MIDDLE 60S...EXCEPT FOR AROUND 70 IN THE ST LOUIS METRO 
AREA. 

USERS NOTE...THIS WILL BE THE FINAL AREA WEATHER SUMMARY PRODUCED BY 
THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS. FUTURE SUMMARIES WILL BE 
TRANSMITTED AS REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARIES. SEE NOTE BELOW. 
COMMUNICATION AND PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION CODES SHOULD BE UPDATED TO 
INSURE RECEIPT OF THE NEW SUMMARIES. 

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ON THURSDAY JULY 1...AT 10 AM CDT...THE PRODUCT IDENTIFIER FOR THIS 
PRODUCT WILL CHANGE FROM AWSSTL TO RWSLSX.  THE WMO HEADER WILL 
CHANGE FROM AWUS43 KLSX TO AWUS83 KLSX.

BECHTOLD