[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook Update

[Duane Whittingham]

 SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
 247 PM CST MON JAN 28 2002
 
 ...HERE COMES WINTER...
 
 NEAR RECORD WARMTH WILL COME TO AN ABRUPT END THIS WEEK AS POLAR AIR
 GRADUALLY FILTERS INTO THE REGION...WHILE A POTENT STORM SYSTEM TAKES
 SHAPE OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.
 
 THE TREND TOWARD WINTER WILL START WITH A CLOUDY...DAMP DAY TUESDAY
 ...WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY MORNING
 HOURS MAINLY NORTH OF I-80.  BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL ICY SPOTS
 DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE.  THE RISK OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL
 SPREAD SOUTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT.
 
 THEN LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THE DEVELOPING WESTERN STORM
 SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDWEST...POSSIBLY DUMPING A SWATH OF
 HEAVY SNOW SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA.  FOLLOWING THE SNOW...TEMPERATURES
 BY LATE WEEK WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS DURING THE NIGHTTIME
 HOURS...AND RISE ONLY INTO THE 20S DURING THE DAY.
 
 THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT WE WILL SEE COLD AIR ARRIVE THIS WEEK.  HOWEVER
 ...IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHO PRECISELY WILL RECEIVE SNOW WEDNESDAY
 NIGHT AND THURSDAY...AND EXACTLY HOW HEAVY IT WILL BE.  AS THE STORM
 TAKES SHAPE LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...IT WILL BECOME APPARENT WHERE
 THE GREATEST RISK OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR.  SO BE SURE AND CHECK THE
 LATEST FORECASTS...AS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION WILL BE FORTHCOMING.
 
 
 WOLF
 
 
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Duane N9SSN