Issued by NWS Central Illinois
000 AWUS83 KILX 231712 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-232200- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1112 AM CST MON NOV 23 2009 SKIES REMAINED PARTLY...TO MOSTLY CLOUDY...ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. AT 11 AM...WINDS WERE OUT OF THE EAST...AROUND 5 MILES PER HOUR. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 43 DEGREES IN RANTOUL...TO 57 DEGREES IN OLNEY. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND APPROACHES THE MIDWEST. BY THIS EVENING...RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO MISSOURI AND IOWA...THEN SPREAD INTO ILLINOIS AND INDIANA 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 AREA...WHICH COULD SHIFT THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO LIGHT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF IOWA...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...AND INDIANA ON THANKSGIVING. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY...WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S IN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA...TO THE LOWER 60S IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. LOW TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S ACROSS SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA...TO THE LOWER 50S ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. $$ AEJ