[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  504 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2002
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>  ...WINTER STORM EXITING THE AREA...
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>  THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT RAIN TO THE AREA YESTERDAY
>  EVENING WILL BEGIN TO LIFT OUT TODAY.  AS IT LIFTS TO THE
>  NORTHEAST...AN AREA OF SNOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE
>  INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FROM THE WEST.
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>  SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF FROM MID DAY
>  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SYSTEM IS WEAKENING...AND AS A RESULT...
>  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT.  IN ADDITION...THE WARM GROUND WILL
>  MELT MUCH OF THE SNOW AS IT FALLS...FURTHER LIMITING ACCUMULATIONS.
>  THE GREATEST ACCUMUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...WHERE
>  WIDESPREAD 1 INCH AMOUNTS WITH LOCAL TOTALS UP TO 3 INCHES WILL BE
>  POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONLY AN INCH OR LESS ARE
>  EXPECTED.
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>  WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO 20 TO 25 MPH.  BY
>  AFTERNOON...WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH 35 MPH.  THIS MAY CAUSE SOME
>  BLOWING SNOW IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.  HOWEVER...THE
>  LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS BLOWING
>  SNOW.
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>  $$
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>  KGDMD
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