[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
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>  ...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.
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>  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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