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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI
AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
530 AM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004

...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES CONTINUE OVER REGION...

EARLY THIS MORNING SKIES WERE PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE REGION. 
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL 
ILLINOIS. TEMPERATURES AT 5:00 AM CDT RANGED FROM 71 AT ST. LOUIS TO 
67 AT QUNICY. 

A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD COMBINED 
WITH A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESURE OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA WAS 
BRINGING UNSEASONABLY WARM AIR OVER MUCH OF THE MID MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH RECORD LEVELS WITH 
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S IN THE NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI 
AND THE MID 80S OVER EAST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND 
PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE FOR LATE 
DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL 
MISSOURI. 

A COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING MISSOURI FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY 
AND TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL BRING AN INCREASE THREAT OF SHOWER AND 
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER MOST SECTIONS OF MISSOURI. SOME OF THE 
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG. LOWS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 
LOWER 50S IN THE NORTH AND THE MID TO UPPER 50S OVER CENTRAL AND 
EAST-CENTRAL AND ADJACENT SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. 

FOR SATURDAY COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE MID 
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION AS TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY FORECAST TO RISE 
INTO THE LOWER 60S IN THE NORTH AND THE MID TO UPPER 60S FROM 
CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF ILLINOIS. 

 
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