[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  556 AM CST SAT FEB 23 2002
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>  ...MUCH COLDER AIR STILL ON THE WAY...
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>  MUCH WARMER AIR ALOFT...WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION
>  TODAY. CONSIDERABLE MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS
>  WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WARMER AIR...ALONG WITH A FEW SPRINKLES...MAINLY
>  THROUGH MIDDAY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT
>  WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN...WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS PUMPING IN WARMER AIR.
>  DESPITE THE CLOUDS...THE SOUTH BREEZE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO BOOST
>  TEMPERATURES INTO THE 50S AT MOST LOCATIONS. SHOULD ENOUGH BREAKS IN
>  THE CLOUD COVER OCCUR...THEN A FEW LOCATIONS COULD FLIRT WITH
>  60 DEGREES ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON...TO MACOMB.
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>  SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE THE LAST MILD DAY...BEFORE MUCH COLDER AIR POURS
>  INTO THE REGION...AS AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
>  SUNDAY WILL BE UNSEASONABLY WARM...AND IN FACT
>  TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER WITH READINGS RANGING
>  FROM THE MID 50S NORTH...TO NEAR 65 DEGREES SOUTH.
>  THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE SUNDAY
>  AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...BRINGING BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS AND
>  MUCH COLDER AIR. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN WITH
>  THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLDER AIR...THEN AS THE COLD AIR DEEPENS...ANY
>  RAIN WILL MIX WITH...THEN CHANGE TO SNOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND
>  MONDAY MORNING.
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>  HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL OCCUR VERY EARLY IN THE DAY...AS
>  THE INFILTRATION OF ARCTIC AIR RESULTS IN STEADY
>  OR SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES. SCATTERED SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL ALSO
>  BE FOUND...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS.
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>  THE ARCTIC AIR AND LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES...WILL LINGER INTO MIDWEEK.
>  A SLIGHT MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED LATE WEEK...ALTHOUGH
>  READINGS WILL STILL BE BELOW NORMAL. THE CHANGE TO MUCH
>  COLDER AIR WILL BE A VERY DRAMATIC CHANGE...ENHANCED BY THE FACT THAT
>  TEMPERATURES BOTH TODAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL.
>  STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS OUTBREAK
>  OF COLD AIR.
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>  LOOKING BEYOND...VERY EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT A MAJOR WINTER STORM
>  COULD IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES TOWARD THE END
>  OF NEXT WEEK. STAY TUNED AS COMPUTER MODELS BETTER REFINE THE
>  POTENTIAL IN THE COMING DAYS.
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>  MCCLURE
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>  Severe weather and tornado spotter training will be conducted in
>  Cedar Rapids, Iowa today 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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