[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  516 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2002
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>  ...IT IS STILL WINTER AFTER ALL...
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>  AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION HAS CAUSED
>  SNOW TO FALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT.  THE SNOW WILL
>  CONTINUE TODAY...TAPERING TO FLURRIES BEFORE ENDING DURING
>  THE EVENING.
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>  STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS
>  EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND SOUTH OF
>  INTERSTATE 80.  LOCATIONS IN ILLINOIS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND
>  MOST LOCATIONS IN IOWA CAN EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO
>  TWO INCHES. LOCATIONS IN IOWA WEST OF A FAIRFIELD TO MANCHESTER LINE
>  CAN EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH.
>
>  NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TODAY WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO
>  DRIFT...MAKING SNOW REMOVAL A PROBLEM IN SOME PLACES. ADDITIONALLY
>  ...WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS MOST OF THE
>  DAY.
>
>  THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA TONIGHT...ALLOWING CLEARING
>  SKIES TO MOVE IN BEFORE SUNRISE.  CLEAR SKIES COMBINED WITH COLD AIR
>  CONTINUING TO FILTER INTO THE AREA...WILL ALLOW LOW TEMPERATURES TO
>  DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  IT WILL BE
>  QUIET BUT CONTINUED COLD ON WEDNESDAY.
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>  $$
>  LRE
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