000 AWUS83 KILX 100957 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-101800- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 345 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010 GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH... RESULTED IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA AT 4 AM...RANGED FROM 16 DEGREES IN GALESBURG...TO 30 DEGREES IN ROBINSON. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST OHIO THIS MORNING...WILL SLOWLY MOVE TOWARD THE EAST COAST TODAY. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE MIDWEST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... IN THE WAKE OF THIS DEPARTING LOW. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON...ALLOWING WINDS TO DIMINISH. COLD AND DRY WEATHER WILL BE ON TAP FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY...WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS ABOVE ZERO ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA...TO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS BELOW ZERO ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...TO THE TEENS ABOVE ZERO ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. $$ JRP