000 AWUS83 KILX 232104 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-240300- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 300 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009 MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS ENJOYED MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON WITH GENTLE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. LOW CLOUDS AND A LIGHT FOG STILL LINGERED FROM LACON IN MARSHALL COUNTY NORTHEAST. MORE CLOUDS WERE SPREADING SLOWLY NORTHWARD TO ALONG HIGHWAY 50 FROM FLORA TO LAWRENCEVILLE IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. MILD TEMPERATURES AT MID AFTERNOON WERE IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO AROUND 60 DEGREES...RANGING FROM 47 DEGREES IN LACON TO 61 DEGREES IN PITTSFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND APPROACHES THE MIDWEST. RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO MISSOURI AND IOWA OVERNIGHT...THEN SPREAD INTO ILLINOIS...INDIANA AND WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY. THIS SLOW MOVING SYSTEM...WILL BRING ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF RAIN TO THE REGION THROUGH MID WEEK. BY WEDNESDAY...COLDER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION... WHICH COULD SHIFT THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF IOWA AND WISCONSIN...AND INTO SOUTHEAST PARTS OF IOWA AND WISCONSIN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE 40S...BUT RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S ACROSS NORTHEAST PARTS OF INDIANA AND WISCONSIN...TO THE LOWER 50S IN THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY...WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 40S ACROSS NORTHWEST PARTS OF WISCONSIN AND IOWA...TO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S ACROSS KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF MISSOURI...ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. $$ KH