Issued by NWS Central Illinois
000 AWUS83 KILX 292032 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-300200- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 330 PM CDT WED OCT 29 2008 SUNNY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. TEMPERATURES AT 3 PM WERE IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S...RANGING FROM 55 DEGREES IN BLOOMINGTON AND LACON...TO 63 DEGREES IN JACKSONVILLE...TAYLORVILLE AND OLNEY. LARGE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES LATE THIS WEEK. THIS WILL CONTINUE DRY WEATHER ACROSS THE MIDWEST WITH MODERATING TEMPERATURES. EXPECT HIGHS IN THE 60S AND LOWER 70S THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO ILLINOIS SATURDAY AND COOL TEMPERATURES A BIT THIS HALLOWEEN WEEKEND. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 30S AND LOWER 40S...EXCEPT COOLER MID TO UPPER 20S OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN. HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY...WILL BE IN THE 60S AND LOWER 70S... EXCEPT COOLER UPPER 50S IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. $$ KH