AWUS83 KILX 070142 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-071000- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 836 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2008 MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY...AS HIGH CLOUDS AHEAD OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM...DRIFTED INTO THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY CLIMBED INTO THE LOWER 80S. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA WILL SLOWLY TRACK EAST... REACHING NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TUESDAY EVENING....AND INTO SOUTHERN MICHIGAN BY WEDNESDAY. AS THIS LOW TRACKS EAST...IT WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER BEHIND THE FRONT IN ILLINOIS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING... BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS A RETURN TO DRY WEATHER BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE 50S ACROSS THE MIDWEST. HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...TO THE LOWER 70S IN THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. $$ DPK