[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 6/22/02 5:16:59 AM

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The following weather message is provided by McDonough County E.S.D.A.


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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
515 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002

...TYPICAL SUMMERTIME HEAT AND HUMIDITY...

BROAD UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS
THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC
WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. THE SINKING MOTION BENEATH
THE HIGH WILL SUPPRESS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION.
THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ALSO PROVIDE A CONTINUATION
OF THE HAZY...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS. HIGHS BOTH TODAY AND SUNDAY WILL
TOP OUT GENERALLY BETWEEN 88 AND 94 DEGREES. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL
FEEL EVEN HOTTER GIVEN THE HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES
WILL TOP OUT WELL INTO THE 90S AREAWIDE...AND WILL APPROACH 100
DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS THIS WEEKEND...BE SURE TO AVOID PROLONGED
EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT. DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS
TO AVOID DEHYDRATION...AND DRESS IN LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT-COLORED...LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THIS WEEKEND.


MCCLURE

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