[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  548 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2002
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>  ...ONE MORE DAY OF RECORD OR NEAR RECORD WARMTH FOR MOST OF US...
>  BEFORE TURNING MUCH COLDER...
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>  ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY WARM DAY IS IN STORE FOR THE REGION.
>  AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST WILL
>  SAG SOUTH INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON.
>  AHEAD OF THE FRONT...A SOUTHWEST BREEZE WILL COMBINE WITH A MIX OF
>  SUN AND HIGH CLOUDINESS...TO BOOST TEMPERATURES TO NEAR OR ABOVE
>  RECORD LEVELS. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF SATURDAY
>  TOPPING OUT FROM THE UPPER 50S...TO MIDDLE 60S.
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>  THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL SAG SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION LATE
>  TONIGHT AND MONDAY...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A RATHER LARGE
>  TEMPERATURE GRADIENT OVER THE REGION ON MONDAY. THE COLDEST READINGS
>  ON MONDAY ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH...WHERE THE FRONT WILL
>  ARRIVE FIRST. ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...HIGHS WILL LIKELY OCCUR
>  BY MIDDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES THEN HOLDING STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING
>  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD AIR...LOW CLOUDS
>  AND PATCHY DRIZZLE. MEANWHILE...ALONG AND SOUTH OF
>  HIGHWAY 34...WHERE THE FRONT WILL BE LAST TO MOVE THROUGH...THE
>  POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD OR NEAR RECORD WARMTH.
>  THIS...HOWEVER...IS DEPENDENT ON THE SPEED OF THE FRONT.
>  THE SLOWER MOVEMENT WOULD MEAN MORE SUNSHINE AND A WARM SOUTH BREEZE
>  ...BOOSTING TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 50S...WITH EVEN A 60 DEGREE
>  READING NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE FAR SOUTH.
>  MONDAY NIGHT...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING
>  DRIZZLE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...AS TEMPERATURES FALL
>  BELOW FREEZING. THIS PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD
>  LINGER INTO TUESDAY...AND SHIFT FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF THE
>  REGION.
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>  TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE LATEST COMPUTER MODELS OFFER A WIDE
>  VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS AS TO THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF
>  A STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED
>  STATES. THE TRACK WILL LARGELY DEPEND ON THE EVENTUAL LOCATION OF THE
>  ARCTIC FRONT...AND WILL ALSO DETERMINE PRECIPITATION CHANCES...
>  TYPE AND INTENSITY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION
>  OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA...DEPENDING UPON THE EXACT TRACK.
>  STAY TUNED AS LATER FORECASTS REFINE THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTER WEATHER
>  MIDWEEK.
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