[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  608 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2002
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>  ...ONE MORE DAY OF UNSEASONABLE WARMTH BEFORE SHARPLY COLDER AIR
>  INVADES...
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>  EARLY THIS MORNING...LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
>  KANSAS. AN ARCTIC FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE LOW INTO
>  NORTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. BITTER COLD AIR WAS FOUND
>  WELL BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE
>  DIGITS INTO NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. THIS BITTER COLD AIR IS
>  POISED AND READY TO INVADE EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND
>  NORTHEAST MISSOURI IN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.
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>  LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT TODAY...
>  EVENTUALLY PASSING THROUGH EASTERN IOWA THIS EVENING.
>  THIS WILL ENSURE THAT WE WILL REMAIN ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE STORM
>  SYSTEM TODAY...RESULTING IN ONE LAST DAY OF UNSEASONABLE WARMTH.
>  HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 50S NORTH...TO
>  MIDDLE 60S SOUTH. ABUNDANT HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL BE FOUND.
>  SHOULD SOME LOCATIONS BREAK OUT IN SUNSHINE FOR ANY LENGTH
>  OF TIME...THEN TEMPERATURES COULD SOAR EVEN HIGHER...WITH A FEW
>  LOCATIONS POSSIBLY FLIRTING WITH 70 DEGREES. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
>  WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN TODAY RESULTING IN BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS.
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>  THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL SURGE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION
>  TONIGHT...WITH SHARPLY COLDER AIR INVADING ON BLUSTERY NORTHWEST
>  WINDS. LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...
>  NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MUSCATINE...TO STERLING ROCK FALLS. THE
>  LIGHT RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT IN THE
>  NORTHWEST...AND AROUND THE QUAD CITIES TOWARD DAYBREAK.
>  LESS THAN AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND
>  NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE...WITH LITTLE OR NO
>  ACCUMULATION FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST TO THE QUAD CITIES.
>  SOUTH OF THE QUAD CITIES...THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT...WITH
>  AREAS OF DRIZZLE POSSIBLE.
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>  TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY OR SLOWLY FALL...AS
>  THE ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO INFILTRATE ON BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS.
>  OCCASIONAL FLURRIES WILL ALSO BE FOUND.
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>  MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS
>  OVER THE REGION BRINGING PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW.
>  ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES APPEARS LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE
>  REGION...WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY PICKING UP AS MUCH
>  AS 3 OR 4 INCHES...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
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>  LOOKING BEYOND MIDWEEK...THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT
>  A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM COULD IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
>  UNITED STATES TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.
>  STAY TUNED AS COMPUTER MODELS BETTER REFINE THE POTENTIAL IN THE
>  COMING DAYS.
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>  MCCLURE
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