[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  500 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2002
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>  ...MUCH COLDER WITH SOME SNOW...
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>  ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TODAY BRINGING MUCH
>  COLDER CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES OF 10 TO 15 ABOVE
>  COMBINED WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO PUSH WIND CHILLS
>  INTO THE ZERO TO 15 BELOW RANGE.
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>  AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS
>  AFTERNOON. THE LIFT FROM THE DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH STEEP LAPSE
>  RATES WILL CAUSE SCATTERED FLURRIES TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
>  EVENING. STRONGER SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
>  INTERSTATE 80.
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>  TONIGHT AS THE ARCTIC HIGH SETTLES OVER THE REGION...TEMPERATURES
>  ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW ZERO WITH WIND CHILLS PUSHING 20 BELOW.
>  NEAR RECORD OR RECORD LOWS ARE POSSIBLE.
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>  ON MONDAY AN ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS JUST NORTH
>  OF THE AREA. WARM AIR RIDING UP OVER THE COLD SURFACE AIR WILL
>  SATURATE...ALLOWING LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. SINCE
>  MOISTURE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED...ANY ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE ONE HALF
>  INCH OR LESS.
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>  LOOKING AHEAD...THE WEATHER WILL TURN MORE ACTIVE FOR THE SECOND
>  HALF OF THE WEEK. WARMER AIR IS FORECAST TO WORK INTO THE REGION SO
>  THE PRECIPITATION COULD COME IN THE FORM OF SNOW OR RAIN.
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