[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  514 AM CST WED MAR 13 2002
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>  A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING AND
>  EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LITTLE MORE THAN A SHIFT IN THE WIND DIRECTION
>  IS EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT. THE FRONT WILL STALL
>  OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI TONIGHT.  LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED
>  TO DEVELOP NORTH OF THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT.  THE BEST CHANCE OF
>  RAIN WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
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>  A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT IN
>  EASTERN COLORADO...THEN MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI
>  VALLEY BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.  THE LOW WILL EVOLVE INTO TO A
>  SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON WINTER STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN AND
>  EASTERN IOWA AN NORTHERN ILLINOIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
>  MORNING. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN TO EAST CENTRAL AND
>  SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST
>  MISSOURI. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY
>  FROM THE REGION EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
>  WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20.
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>  JUST TO THE NORTH...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW
>  ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THURSDAY
>  AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.  WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN
>  POSTED FOR THESE AREAS FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
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>  IF THE TRACK OF THE STORM SHIFTS SOUTH THEN...THERE WILL BE A
>  POTENTIAL FOR GREATER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND
>  NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.  YOU SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
>  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM.
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>  STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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