[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 8/31/02 5:20:06 AM

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The following weather message is provided by McDonough County E.S.D.A.


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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
519 AM CDT SAT AUG 31 2002

...CONTINUED WARMING WITH AN INCREASE IN HUMIDITY...

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE...WHICH HAS BEEN THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE EAST
OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS ALLOWING WINDS TO BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY. THE
RESULT WILL BE A CONTINUED GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGH LABOR DAY WITH
AN INCREASE IN HUMIDITY.

PATCHY FOG WILL ALSO BE FOUND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MORNINGS...
ESPECIALLY IN RIVER VALLEYS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...WHERE THE FOG
MAY BE LOCALLY DENSE REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER MILE. ANY FOG SHOULD BURN OFF WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER
SUNRISE.

ON LABOR DAY...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH WESTERN
IOWA LATE IN THE DAY. INCREASING INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING
FRONT WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN
THE AFTERNOON...WITH RAIN CHANCES RANGING FROM ABOUT 30 TO 40 PERCENT
ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A DUBUQUE TO CEDAR RAPIDS LINE...TO ONLY 20
PERCENT FROM BURLINGTON...TO MACOMB. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE THEN EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT MOVES OVER THE AREA
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH SUNDAY.