[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  514 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2002
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>  ...VERY WINDY AND MUCH COLDER WEATHER TODAY...
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>  A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL BRING A
>  RETURN OF WINTRY WEATHER TO THE OUTLOOK AREA. WINDS WILL BECOME
>  NORTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA EARLY THIS
>  MORNING. BY MID MORNING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
>  MPH. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE DEPARTING LOW WILL ALSO
>  PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
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>  AS ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...SOME
>  MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SOME SNOW.
>  ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY
>  30. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE MORNING...AND THEN BECOME
>  NEARLY STEADY IN THE 20S TO NEAR 30 ACROSS THE REGION IN THE
>  AFTERNOON. THIS WILL REDUCE THE WIND CHILL INDEX INTO THE SINGLE
>  DIGITS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AS A RIDGE OF HIGH
>  PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
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>  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR SUNDAY.
>  $$
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>  DLS
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