AWUS83 KLSX 072205 RWSLSX ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-081030- WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 515 PM CDT SUN SEP 7 2008 HIGH PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DOMINATED OUR WEATHER PATTERN. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST WISCONSIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT AND ON MONDAY. BY MONDAY EVENING, THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NORTHERN INDIANA ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL AGAIN DOMINATE OUR WEATHER PATTERN BY TUESDAY. MORNING LOWS WERE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. PITTSFIELD, COLUMBIA, FARMINGTON AND QUINCY RECORDED A LOW OF 59 DEGREES WHILE SALEM AND SPARTA WERE THE WARM SPOTS AT 63 DEGREES. WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS TODAY, TEMPERATURES WARMED INTO THE 70S. AS OF 4 PM, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 72 DEGREES IN QUINCY, 73 DEGREES IN COLUMBIA AND 77 DEGREES IN ST LOUIS. THE AVERAGE HIGH FOR TODAY IS 80 DEGREES IN QUINCY, 82 DEGREES IN COLUMBIA AND 83 DEGREES IN ST LOUIS. AT 5 PM, TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 71 DEGREES IN BELLEVILLE TO 76 DEGREES IN CHESTERFIELD. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED PARTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. THE WIND WAS LIGHT AND VARIABLE. MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. LOWS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. $$ SCHROEDER