[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  500 AM CST SAT FEB 2 2002
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>  ...FOG AND SOME FLURRIES...
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>  HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING AS AN ALBERTA
>  CLIPPER DIVES SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. DENSE FOG THIS
>  MORNING IS FORECAST TO LIFT BY 10 AM AS INCREASING SOUTH WINDS
>  PROMOTE MIXING OF THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE.
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>  TONIGHT THE ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL PASS NORTH OF THE REGION. HOWEVER
>  A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
>  ALTHOUGH MOISTURE IS LACKING...THE DISTURBANCE SHOULD PROVIDE
>  ENOUGH LIFT TO ALLOW SCATTERED FLURRIES TO DEVELOP.
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>  ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
>  SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SECOND DISTURBANCE SHOULD
>  PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT TO ALLOW SOME FLURRIES TO DEVELOP. AFTER THE
>  DISTURBANCE PASSES...COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO
>  THE REGION. THE COLD HIGH...COMBINED WITH SNOW COVER AND SOME LOW
>  LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD ALLOW PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP BEFORE DAWN ON
>  MONDAY.
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>  NEXT WEEK THE WEATHER WILL TURN MORE ACTIVE. A SERIES OF
>  DISTURBANCES ARE FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BRINGING A CHANCE
>  OF LIGHT SNOW EVERY FEW DAYS.
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