[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  558 AM CST MON FEB 25 2002
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>  ...WINTER HAS ARRIVED...
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>  AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION LAST NIGHT...AND EARLY THIS
>  MORNING. SHARPLY COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE IN
>  OVER THE NEXT 24 HRS. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY...AT MOST LOCATIONS
>  WILL HAVE OCCURRED AT MIDNIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
>  NEARLY STEADY OR SLOWLY FALL DURING THE DAY. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS
>  WILL MAKE THIS CHANGE TO MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES EVEN
>  MORE DRAMATIC...WITH WIND CHILLS LOWERING INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER
>  20S. OCCASIONAL FLURRIES WILL ALSO BE FOUND.
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>  TONIGHT...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE
>  SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE
>  OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE
>  REGION TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH SOME ACCUMULATION LIKELY BEFORE
>  TAPERING TO FLURRIES TUESDAY EVENING.
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>  AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS MUCH OF THE REGION WILL SEE ATLEAST AN INCH
>  OR TWO OF SNOW...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE
>  OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THIS WOULD
>  INCLUDE THE CITIES OF PRINCETON...GENESEO...ALEDO...ROSEVILLE AND
>  MACOMB. AS A RESULT...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
>  ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FOR TONIGHT AND
>  TUESDAY. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
>  DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO.
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