[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

Tony Coniglio [email protected]
Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:23:24 -0600


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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  500 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2002
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>  ...WEATHER TO REMAIN ACTIVE...
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>  LINGERING LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES FROM THE MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL
>  END BY 9 AM...FOLLOWED BY SLOWLY CLEARING SKIES. ANY ADDITIONAL
>  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ONE HALF INCH OR LESS. BRISK NORTHWEST
>  WINDS THIS MORNING MAY RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THE
>  RURAL AREAS.
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>  TONIGHT HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BRINGING COLD
>  CONDITIONS.
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>  AN ALBERTA CLIPPER IS FORECAST TO PASS NORTH OF THE AREA SATURDAY AND
>  SATURDAY NIGHT. THE PASSAGE OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SATURDAY
>  NIGHT SHOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT TO PRODUCE SCATTERED FLURRIES. ON
>  SUNDAY ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH
>  THE REGION. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE IS LACKING...THE DISTURBANCE MAY BE
>  STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME FLURRIES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
>  EVENING HOURS.
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>  ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE
>  MONDAY AND TUESDAY PERIOD OF NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH CONSIDERABLY
>  WEAKER...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW FOR
>  THE REGION.
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>  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR THIS WEEKEND.
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