[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook
Tony Coniglio
[email protected]
Thu, 21 Feb 2002 06:58:26 -0600
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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
> 457 AM CST THU FEB 21 2002
>
> ...LIGHT SNOW ENDING...
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> LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY...AS LOW PRESSURE
> CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO
> AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS TO
> THE QUAD CITIES...WITH A DUSTING FURTHER SOUTH. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF
> THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH.
>
> SKIES WILL CLEAR NEAR SUNSET. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE
> AS A RIDGE MOVES OVERHEAD. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS TO
> NEAR 20 ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.
>
> FRIDAY WILL BE COOL WITH HIGHS NEAR 40...BUT HIGHS SATURDAY WILL
> CLIMB SHARPLY TO AROUND 50 AS A STRONG SOUTHERLY BREEZE DEVELOPS
> AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT.
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> THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. A
> DISTURBANCE MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF
> SNOW SUNDAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MEASURABLE SNOW...MAINLY SOUTH.
> COLD AIR WILL POUR INTO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT...MONDAY...AND
> TUESDAY. LOWS TUESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE
> SINGLE DIGITS IN MOST AREAS...WITH READINGS NEAR ZERO POSSIBLE NORTH.
> THE EXISTENCE OR ABSENCE OF SNOW COVER ACROSS THE AREA WILL AFFECT
> FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS PERIOD. IF THERE IS A
> SIGNIFICANT SNOW COVER...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE LOWER.
>
> STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR FRIDAY.
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> REA
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> NNNN