[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

>
> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  455 AM CST MON FEB 11 2002
>
>  ...BECOMING BREEZY AND SEASONABLY MILD TODAY...
>
>  A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING...WILL
>  SLIDE TO THE SOUTHEAST. AS IT DOES...A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
>  WILL SKIRT TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. THE
>  PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL TIGHTEN OVER THE
>  LOCAL AREA TODAY TO CREATE BREEZY CONDITIONS. A SOUTHWEST WIND WILL
>  INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE
>  BRISK SOUTHWEST WIND WILL HELP BOOST TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 30S
>  TO LOWER 40S BY MID AFTERNOON...WITH EVEN SOME MID 40S POSSIBLE FROM
>  IOWA CITY TO WEST OF BURLINGTON. HIGH CLOUDS BLOWING OFF THE
>  STORM SYSTEM TO THE NORTH...WILL THICKEN AND FILTER THE SUNSHINE AS
>  THE DAY PROGRESSES
>
>  A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE TONIGHT...WHICH WILL
>  PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM CLIMBING MUCH ABOVE THE MID 30S DURING THE
>  DAY TOMORROW. CLOUD COVER AND A BRISK NORTHWEST WIND GUSTING UP TO 30
>  MPH WILL MAKE FOR A RAW "FAT" TUESDAY.
>
>  $$
>
>  JDH
>
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