[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  520 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2002
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>  ...A BLUSTERY FAT TUESDAY...
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>  A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST ACROSS THE
>  NORTHERN GREAT LAKES TODAY. AS IT DOES...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
>  WILL EDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. THE PRESSURE
>  GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL STILL BE TIGHT ENOUGH OVER
>  THE LOCAL AREA TO CREATE WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. A
>  WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL
>  BUFFET THE AREA UNTIL THE EVENING...WHEN THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
>  STARTS TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN IOWA. WITH COLDER AIR ACCOMPANYING THE
>  INFLUX OF HIGH PRESSURE...TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE 30S TODAY.
>  MID 30 DEGREE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL
>  MAKE FOR A RAW CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WHO SPEND ANY TIME OUTSIDE.
>  PERIODIC CLOUD COVER ROTATING AROUND THE GREAT LAKES STORM SYSTEM
>  WILL INHIBIT THE SUNSHINE AT TIMES TODAY...ALSO ADDING TO THE CHILL.
>  AREAS FROM INDEPENDENCE...TO STERLING ILLINOIS MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE
>  SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES PASSING THROUGH THE AREA.
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>  AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM STARTS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA...SKIES
>  WILL CLEAR AND THE WIND WILL RELAX FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS
>  WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DIP WELL INTO THE TEENS BY LATE TONIGHT.
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>  JDH
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