AWUS83 KMKX 070947 RWSWI WIZ001>074-072230- WISCONSIN WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 446 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...YESTERDAY... HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES...WHILE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORGANIZED IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE RESULTING FLOW BROUGHT BREEZY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND CLOSE TO NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE BADGER STATE. LIGHT RAIN OUT AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRAL PLAINS SYSTEM DIMINISHED EARLY IN THE MORNING...BUT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES LINGERED FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY. HOWEVER...BY THE LATE AFTERNOON QUITE A FEW MORE BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE STATE. ...OVERNIGHT... HIGH CLOUDS AND BREEZY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ACROSS WI KEPT OVERNIGHT LOWS MILD...IN THE MID 50S. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER MINNESOTA AND EASTERN IOWA. ...FORECAST... SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS WISCONSIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. EXPECT NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DIMINISHING WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. LOOK FOR SHOWERS TO END AROUND MIDNIGHT ACROSS WESTERN WI AND BY EARLY WED MORNING ACROSS THE REST OF THE STATE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE REGION BY THURSDAY AND LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY. A WARM-UP CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70S ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS STATES ON FRIDAY WILL BRING THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE BADGER STATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. $$ MRC