[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 6/29/02 4:42:31 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
442 AM CDT SAT JUN 29 2002

AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE
MIDWEST THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.  THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
CONTINUE TO WARM AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...DEW POINTS...ALSO CLIMB.

FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY...THE HEAT
INDEX MUST REACH 105 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST A 3 HOUR PERIOD...WITH A
MINIMUM HEAT INDEX OF 80 DEGREES FOR A 24 HOUR PERIOD.  HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MIDDLE 70S
WOULD PRODUCE A HEAT INDEX AROUND 105...WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE
UPPER 70S AND DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 50S WOULD PRODUCE A HEAT INDEX
OF AROUND 80.  OUR FORECAST AREA MAY GET CLOSE TO THESE CRITERIA...
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY WARM...VERY DEEP...FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS...WHICH WILL SUPPRESS ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  SPOTTER
ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
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