[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  550 AM CST THU JAN 31 2002
>  
>  ...WINTER STORM TO STILL AFFECT AREA INTO TONIGHT...
>  
>  A SURFACE WAVE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL COMBINE WITH A
>  POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN NEW MEXICO AND RESULT IN MORE
>  PRECIPITATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.   THE PATH AND RATE
>  OF INTENSIFICATION OF THE SURFACE LOW WILL DETERMINE THE AMOUNTS OF
>  PRECIPITATION.  AT THIS TIME...BEST ESTIMATES INDICATE SNOW WILL
>  FALL NORTHWEST OF A FREEPORT TO IOWA CITY TO SIGOURNEY LINE WITH
>  FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE.  ADDITIONAL SNOW
>  AMOUNTS OF ANOTHER 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE.
>  SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE...A GLAZE OF ICE UP TO 1/8 OF AN INCH MAY FALL
>  ALONG WITH POSSIBLY ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW.  ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL
>  TRANSITION TO FLURRIES BY LATE EVENING AS THE STORM MOVES NORTHEAST.
>  
>  NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS
>  OVER 25 MPH PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW
>  AMOUNTS THAT FELL LAST NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS.
>  
>  BECAUSE OF THE SNOW AND ICE THAT FELL THROUGH LAST NIGHT...COMBINED
>  WITH MORE ICE AND SNOW EXPECTED TODAY...A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES
>  THROUGH TODAY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 34.  NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY
>  34...THE WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN FAR
>  NORTHWEST SECTIONS...NORTH OF A DUBUQUE TO CEDAR RAPIDS AXIS...A WINTER
>  WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH THIS EVENING.
>  
>  A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
>  OR IS IMMINENT.  A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS
>  PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCE AND...WHEN CAUTION IS NOT EXERCISED...
>  COULD LEAD TO SITUATIONS THAT MAY THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY.
>  
>  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.
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>  NICHOLS
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