[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  445 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2002
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>  ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT NORTHEAST IOWA LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...
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>  A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL
>  PLAINS WILL TRACK EAST INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE TODAY.
>  TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CLIMB WELL INTO THE 40S.
>  THE WARM TEMPERATURES WILL ENSURE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS
>  RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
>  EVENING...CHANGING TO SNOW OVERNIGHT.
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>  THE CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW SHOULD BE RAPID...AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO
>  OCCUR UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE CEDAR RAPIDS AND DUBUQUE AREAS AND
>  TOWARD SUNRISE SUNDAY ELSEWHERE. SNOW WILL END FROM THE WEST SUNDAY.
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>  WITH MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLING AS RAIN...SNOWFALL TOTALS
>  WILL BE LIMITED.  BASED ON THE FORECAST STORM TRACK...THE GREATEST
>  SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MARENGO TO
>  CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE.  3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS
>  AREA BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY. FROM THIS LINE SOUTH TO THE I
>  80 CORRIDOR...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. ELSEWHERE...SNOW
>  ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINIMAL.
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>  LATE TONIGHT THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20
>  TO 30 MPH.  DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
>  APPROACH 40 MPH.  THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR
>  FRESH SNOW WILL LIKELY CAUSE HAZARDOUS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
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>  A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA. A
>  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OR WINTER STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED
>  LATER TODAY. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.
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>  $$
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>  DUBBERKE
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