AWUS83 KILX 250318 RWSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-251000- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 918 PM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 CLOUDY SKIES CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RAINFALL ENTERED CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EARLY AFTERNOON...DROPPING BETWEEN A QUARTER...AND HALF INCH OF RAINFALL. AT 9 PM...WINDS HAD SHIFTED OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST... BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MILES PER HOUR...GUSTING TO 20 MILES HOUR. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 45 DEGREES IN GALESBURG...TO 52 DEGREES IN LAWRENCEVILLE. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...CURRENTLY SPINNING OVER EASTERN IOWA...WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST...INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS TONIGHT...HOWEVER...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT. FOR WEDNESDAY...CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MIDWEST WILL BE MUCH COOLER...WITH BREEZY WEST WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A CHANGE FOR SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS...WHICH COULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING... AND INTO THANKSGIVING. NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. CONDITIONS WILL CLEAR OUT BY FRIDAY MORNING...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST. LOW TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 30S ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...TO THE MIDDLE 40S ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY...WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 40S ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA...TO THE MIDDLE 50S ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. $$ AEJ