[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  409 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2002
>  
>  ...CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY...
>  
>  THE MILD WINTER WEATHER WILL COME TO AN END MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS
>  ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH AND THE REGION TRANSITIONS TO
>  MORE JANUARY LIKE WEATHER.
>  
>  A COLD FRONT...MARKING THE LEADING EDGE OF AN ARCTIC AIRMASS...WILL
>  MOVE OUT OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT.  THE
>  FRONT WILL REACH THE IOWA CITY...CEDAR RAPIDS AND DUBUQUE AREA EARLY
>  MONDAY MORNING...THEN INTO THE QUAD CITIES AREA AROUND MID DAY AND
>  ON TO THE BURLINGTON AND MACOMB AREAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
>  EARLY EVENING.
>  
>  AREAS WHERE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH DURING THE MORNING WILL SEE
>  THE MOST DRAMATIC CHANGE IN CONDITIONS TOMORROW.  MONDAYS
>  TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 20 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAYS READINGS.
>  LOW CLOUDS AND DRIZZLE WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLDER TEMPERATURES.
>  NORTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WILL
>  HAVE ONE MORE RELATIVELY MILD DAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE
>  UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S BEFORE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
>  
>  THE COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO INFILTRATE THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT
>  AND TUESDAY...DROPPING TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S.
>  AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND
>  TUESDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A CEDAR RAPIDS
>  DUBUQUE LINE. THE DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE
>  TO LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY...AND CONTINUE
>  INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS LIGHT
>  SNOWFALL. WEDNESDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN TEENS AND 20S FOR LOWS
>  AND IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S FOR HIGHS.
>  
>  THE LATEST COMPUTER MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THAT A SIGNIFICANT
>  WINTER STORM...WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW
>  ACCUMULATIONS...COULD MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF THE MID MISSISSIPPI
>  VALLEY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THE EXACT TIMING AND TRACK OF THE
>  STORM IS STILL UNCERTAIN SINCE THE STORM IS IN ITS DEVELOPING STAGES
>  OFF THE WEST COAST. AS THE STORM MOVES ON SHORE TONIGHT AND EARLY
>  MONDAY...FORECASTERS WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT AREAS WILL BE
>  IMPACTED BY THIS STORM.
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