[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

> 
> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  535 AM CST WED JAN 30 2002
>  
>  ...MAJOR WINTER STORM STORM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
>  
>  A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER ARIZONA WILL MOVE SLOWLY
>  NORTHEAST AND INTERACT WITH A STATIONERY ARCTIC BOUNDARY EXTENDING
>  FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO FAR NORTHERN TEXAS.  THIS SYSTEM IS
>  CREATING WIDESPREAD AREAS OF PRECIPITATION NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY
>  THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH ACROSS ALL THE AREA BY TONIGHT.  NORTH OF
>  HIGHWAY 34...MOST AREAS WILL SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW DEVELOPING BY
>  LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING.  BETWEEN HIGHWAY 30 AND HIGHWAY
>  34...SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIER AND ARRIVE BY MIDDAY AND MAY BE MIXED
>  AT TIMES WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.  SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...
>  PRECIPITATION IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND WILL BE THE HEAVIEST WITH A
>  MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
>  
>  BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...A WINTER STORM WARNING
>  HAS BEEN ISSUED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE WARNING
>  CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34.
>  NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
>  TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
>  
>  AT THIS TIME...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS EARLY FRIDAY...THE
>  STORM SHOULD PRODUCE A SWATH OF SNOW OF 3 TO 7 INCHES NORTH OF
>  HIGHWAY 30.  BETWEEN HIGHWAY 30 AND TO JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34...
>  HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS MAY TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
>  AMOUNTS.  ALONG HIGHWAY 34...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE
>  FORECASTED...COMBINED WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM SOME PERIODS
>  OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.  NEAR THE MISSOURI BORDER...A MIXTURE OF
>  SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE SNOW AMOUNT OF 4 TO 10
>  INCHES AND WILL COMBINE WITH DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO
>  1/2 INCH.
>  
>  A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
>  OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.  A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE
>  WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. FUTURE DRIVING AND
>  WALKING CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY BECOME HAZARDOUS TODAY INTO
>  TONIGHT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DUE TO TEMPERATURES STAYING BELOW
>  FREEZING...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
>  
>  EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SPOTTERS SHOULD
>  MONITOR CONDITIONS FOR UPDATES AS CONDITIONS CHANGE TODAY THROUGH
>  THEIR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET.  PLEASE REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
>  AND IMPACTS TO LOCAL ROAD CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
>  OFFICE IN DAVENPORT.
>  
>  
>  NICHOLS
>