[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

> 
> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  525 AM CST WED FEB 27 2002
>  
>  ...STILL COLD TODAY...
>  
>  HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER IOWA TODAY...CAUSING SKIES TO
>  CLEAR OVER EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND FAR NORTHEAST
>  MISSOURI. DESPITE THE SUNSHINE...TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO
>  RISE INTO THE 20S. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL BLOW AT 10 TO 20 MPH
>  TODAY...CAUSING WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOW TEENS.
>  
>  ON THURSDAY...CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER THE REGION AGAIN
>  AHEAD OF A SYSTEM DUE TO AFFECT THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
>  SOME FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A
>  WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES OVER THE AREA.
>  
>  ON FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS DUE TO AFFECT
>  THE AREA.  AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD
>  SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING ON FRIDAY...CONTINUING THROUGH
>  SATURDAY...AND LINGERING INTO SUNDAY.  THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION
>  AMOUNTS SHOULD BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS AREA...BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW
>  ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS.  AS
>  THIS SYSTEM IS STILL A FEW DAYS AWAY...THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE
>  EVENTUAL TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...AND EVENTUAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
>  STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SYSTEM AS COMPUTER MODELS
>  BETTER REFINE THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM.
>  
>  $$
>  LRE