[LeArc] HWODVN@ 12/10/02 2:58:16 PM

[Richard R. Sample]

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


FLUS43 KDVN 102111
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-111100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
310 PM CST TUE DEC 10 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA...ILLINOIS...
AND MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...
DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND FAR
NORTHEAST MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A LAYER OF
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PUSHES INTO THE REGION. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SPREAD INTO
EASTERN IOWA...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM INDEPENDENCE THROUGH CEDAR
RAPIDS TO MOUNT PLEASANT...BY SUNRISE. VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A
QUARTER MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE
FOG WILL LIKELY LINGER THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING BEFORE
DISSIPATING.

SOME FOG MAY ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN IOWA...AS WELL
AS SCOTLAND AND CLARK COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI...BUT IT IS NOT
EXPECTED TO BE AS DENSE AS AREAS FURTHER NORTH AND WEST.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING ONSHORE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS ON THURSDAY. IT IS THEN EXPECTED TO
STRENGTHEN WHILE LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVER THE
WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION
LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WARM MOIST AIR WILL BE
BROUGHT NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE...RESULTING IN THE PRECIPITATION FALLING
INITIALLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN. COLDER AIR WILL THEN BECOME ENTRAINED
INTO THE SYSTEM ON FRIDAY CHANGING THE RAIN OVER TO SNOW. AT THIS
TIME...IT APPEARS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
JUST HOW MUCH AND WHERE STILL REMAINS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME DUE TO
UNCERTAINTIES IN THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM. BE SURE
TO MONITOR LATER OUTLOOKS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
$$

DLS