[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Duane Whittingham]

 SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
 537 AM CST SAT JAN 26 2002
 
 ...WACKY WEATHER WITH RECORD WARMTH THIS WEEKEND...FOLLOWED BY THE
 POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW MIDWEEK...
 
 WINDY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER WILL BE FOUND ONCE AGAIN
 TODAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE...TO
 BOOST TEMPERATURES TO ABOVE RECORD LEVELS...WITH
 HIGHS TOPPING OUT IN THE 60S.
 
 ON SUNDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL SLIP INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. COMPRESSIONAL
 HEATING AND AMPLE SUNSHINE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WILL ALLOW
 TEMPERATURES OVER EASTERN IOWA...WESTERN ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHEAST
 MISSOURI...TO CLIMB A FEW DEGREES OVER THOSE OF TODAY...WITH HIGHS
 GENERALLY TOPPING OUT IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S.
 
 SUNDAY NIGHT...THE COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH INTO THE REGION...WITH
 THE FRONT EXPECTED TO BISECT THE AREA...LYING ROUGHLY FROM
 NEAR WASHINGTON...TO THE QUAD CITIES TO STERLING ROCK FALLS BY EARLY
 MONDAY MORNING. THE FRONT WILL THEN REMAIN
 NEARLY STATIONARY ON MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN QUITE A CONTRAST IN
 TEMPERATURES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
 
 BEYOND MONDAY...ATTENTION WILL TURN TO A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE
 SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO LIFT
 OUT INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MIDWEEK...AND WILL
 HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A FAIRLY LONG DURATION PRECIPITATION
 EVENT...AS SEVERAL PIECES OF ENERGY EJECT OUT AHEAD OF THE
 MAIN STORM SYSTEM. LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
 THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. INITIALLY IT APPEARS THE
 PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN.
 HOWEVER...AS THE COLD AIR DEEPENS LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE
 PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BECOME ALL SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO
 SOUTHEAST. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF
 SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION BEFORE THE SYSTEM EXITS LATE ON
 THURSDAY. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM
 SYSTEM...SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE EXACT TRACK AND AMOUNT OF
 COLD AIR...WHICH WILL DETERMINE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND
 TYPE. THEREFORE...STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS REGARDING THE
 POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW MIDWEEK.
 
 
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