000 AWUS83 KILX 050151 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-051100- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 751 PM CST THU DEC 4 2008 PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...AND SCATTERED FLURRIES WERE FOUND ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ON THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...CONDITIONS WERE BREEZY AND QUITE COLD FOR EARLY DECEMBER. HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOWER 20S TO LOWER 30S. THESE READINGS WERE AROUND 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH PRODUCED WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...AND CONTROL THE WEATHER ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SNOW WILL COME SATURDAY MORNING...WHEN THE NEXT COLD FRONT QUICKLY MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. ANY ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT... AND LIMITED TO MAINLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS OVER MUCH OF IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS...TO THE AROUND 20 DEGREES ALONG THE OHIO VALLEY. HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S ACROSS THE MIDWEST. $$ 25