[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  247 PM CST MON JAN 28 2002
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>  ...HERE COMES WINTER...
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>  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.
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>  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.
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>  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.
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>  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.
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>  WOLF
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