[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  509 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2002
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>  QUIET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY BEFORE A WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES
>  INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SATURDAY.
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>  THE LATEST COMPUTER MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED
>  WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK DIRECTLY ACROSS IOWA AND
>  NORTHERN ILLINOIS SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS
>  RAIN SATURDAY MORNING...MIXING WITH SNOW LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
>  THEN CHANGING TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY EVENING AS THE COLD AIR
>  DEEPENS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE
>  REGION QUICKLY...KEEPING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER EAST-CENTRAL AND
>  SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI TO A FEW
>  INCHES.
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>  SUNDAY PROMISES TO BE WINDY AND COLD...WITH WIND SPEEDS NEAR 30
>  MPH. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BECOME A PROBLEM LATE SATURDAY
>  NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
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>  AS WITH ANY WINTER STORM...LOCAL CONDITIONS WILL VARY WIDELY
>  DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF BOTH THE UPPER AND SURFACE SYSTEMS.
>  STAY TUNED TO FUTURE FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS
>  DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.
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