[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

> 
> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  550 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2002
>  
>  ...MAJOR WINTER STORM STORM TO AFFECT AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY AND
>  CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
>  
>  NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING IN COLDER CANADIAN AIR KEEPING
>  TEMPERATURES NEARLY STEADY TODAY IN THE 30S.  LOW CLOUDS...PATCHY
>  LIGHT FOG CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SOME AREAS OF LIGHT
>  PRECIPITATION.  ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS TODAY WILL NOT BE
>  SIGNIFICANT...WITH FLURRIES...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR A DUSTING OF
>  SNOW POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.  BETWEEN HIGHWAY 30 AND HIGHWAY
>  34...A FEW AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN MAY MIXED WITH FLURRIES OR
>  LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING. SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30...AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND
>  LIGHT RAIN MAY OCCUR.
>  
>  LATE TONIGHT...AN AREA OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AHEAD OF
>  STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAY REACH FAR SOUTH
>  LOCATIONS ALONG THE MISSOURI BORDER BY DAYBREAK WITH MINOR
>  ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE POSSIBLE.
>  
>  ON WEDNESDAY...CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO
>  NORTH BY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM GATHERS STRENGTH.  THIS SYSTEM WILL
>  AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING BRINGING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
>  OF SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF
>  INTERSTATE 80.
>  
>  BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...A WINTER STORM WATCH
>  HAS BEEN ISSUED.  FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...THE WATCH STARTS
>  WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.  SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...
>  THE WATCH LASTS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
>  
>  WHILE IT IS CERTAIN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR...THERE IS
>  STILL SOME QUESTION REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPE...WHICH WILL DEPEND
>  ON THE DEPTH OF THE COLD AIR IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
>  AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL
>  FALL AS SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT
>  TIMES...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM STERLING ROCK FALLS...TO THE QUAD
>  CITIES...TO KEOSAUQUA...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
>  POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING.  SOUTH OF THIS AXIS...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH A
>  WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR...WITH THE
>  POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/2 INCH OR MORE.
>  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...WITH LESSER
>  AMOUNTS OF SNOW IN THE FAR SOUTH FROM NEAR MACOMB...TO CARTHAGE. AS
>  THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY...WINDS COULD BECOME
>  GUSTY...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
>  
>  A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
>  POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL
>  FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
>  FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS
>  IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
>  
>  EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SPOTTERS SHOULD
>  MONITOR CONDITIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES THROUGH THEIR FAVORITE MEDIA
>  OUTLET.
>  
>  NICHOLS
>