[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  556 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2002
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>  ...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE WAY FOR NEXT WEEK...
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>  HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER TODAY...RESULTING IN DRY AND
>  COOL CONDITIONS.
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>  TONIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EAST OF THE REGION...ALLOWING
>  SOUTHERLY WINDS TO INCREASE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
>  DROP BACK INTO THE MIDDLE 20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES
>  THIS EVENING...BEFORE RISING A FEW DEGREES OVERNIGHT. MID AND HIGH
>  LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OVER THE REGION ON THE HEELS
>  OF WARMER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT. SCATTERED SPRINKLES OR FLURRIES WILL
>  BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.
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>  SATURDAY WILL BE BREEZY AND WARMER...WITH CLOUDS AND A FEW PERIODS
>  OF SUNSHINE. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES WILL BE POSSIBLE
>  NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH MIDDAY.
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>  AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SURGE SOUTH THROUGH THE PLAINS SATURDAY
>  NIGHT. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
>  EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI SUNDAY
>  INTO SUNDAY EVENING. MOST LOCATIONS WILL SQUEAK OUT ONE FINAL
>  MILD DAY ON SUNDAY BEFORE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WITH
>  TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE 40S AND 50S. ONCE THE FRONT
>  MOVES THROUGH...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF QUICKLY AS NORTHWEST
>  WINDS STRENGTHEN. LIGHT RAIN IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
>  NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH THE LIGHT RAIN
>  MIXING WITH...AND CHANGING TO SNOW INTO THE EVENING FROM NORTH TO
>  SOUTH.
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>  SEVERAL REINFORCING SHOTS OF ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE SOUTH
>  ACROSS THE REGION NEXT WEEK...KEEPING TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL
>  BY SOME 15 TO 20 DEGREES. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS
>  WILL MAKE IT FEEL EVEN COLDER...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS POSSIBLY AS
>  LOW AS ZERO TO 5 BELOW BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
>  SEVERAL PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL ALSO BE FOUND INTO
>  MIDWEEK...WITH ANY ACCUMULATIONS REMAINING LIGHT.
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>  THIS WILL BE A DRAMATIC CHANGE...AS WE HAVE GENERALLY REMAINED IN AN
>  UNSEASONABLY MILD REGIME SO FAR THIS WINTER.
>  START PREPARING NOW FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLDEST AIR OF THE WINTER
>  SEASON. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND STATEMENTS REGARDING
>  THIS COLD AIR OUTBREAK.
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>  MCCLURE
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>  Severe weather and tornado spotter training will be conducted in
>  Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday February 23rd at the auditorium in
>  the Annex to St. Lukes Hospital, at 1:00 p.m. Registration will begin
>  at 12:30 p.m. This will be a 2 1/2 hour class. For additional
>  information, contact Bill Caldwell at (319) 295-8624 or e-mail at
>  wccaldwe@rockwellcollins.com. Media - please promote and advertise
>  this free class as much as possible.
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