[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  451 AM CST THU FEB 7 2002
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>  QUIET WEATHER WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY.  THERE
>  WILL BE SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG EARLY THIS MORNING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF
>  INTERSTATE 80.  A FEW SPOTS COULD SEE VISIBILITIES AROUND A QUARTER
>  OF MILE FOR A SHORT TIME.  ANY DENSE FOG THAT DEVELOPS SHOULD
>  DISSIPATE WITH IN A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNRISE.
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>  A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH REGION EARLY THIS
>  WEEKEND. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE TRACK OF THE
>  STORM.  HOWEVER...PREICIPTATION FROM THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE ON
>  THE LIGHT SIDE DUE TO A LACK OF MOISTURE AND ALSO THE SPEED OF THE
>  SYSTEM.  AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE PRECIPITATION COULD START AS
>  SOON AS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE MAINLY
>  RAIN FROM SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO WEST CENTRAL
>  ILLINOIS.  A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY
>  SATURDAY MORNING OVER EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.
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>  AFTER THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
>  TEMPERATURES WILL COOL ENOUGH TO CHANGE ANY PRECIPITATION TO ALL
>  SNOW.
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