[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  523 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002
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>  ...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE WAY THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEK...
>  A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL
>  MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
>  THIS FEATURE WILL GENERATE PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE OVER THE
>  REGION...WITH THE PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE
>  THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A FEW FLURRIES MAY MIX
>  IN WITH THE LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BEFORE
>  ENDING TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE VERY
>  LIGHT...AND WILL AVERAGE A TRACE TO LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
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>  WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL BLAST THROUGH THE AREA DURING
>  THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL
>  BRING A TASTE OF WINTER BACK TO THE REGION...ON THURSDAY THE FIRST
>  OFFICIAL DAY OF SPRING. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY
>  THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLDER AIR...ALONG WITH SCATTERED FLURRIES.
>  HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL OCCUR VERY EARLY IN THE DAY...THEN
>  TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY OR SLOWLY FALL...AS THE COLD AIR
>  BECOMES FIRMLY ENTRENCHED OVER THE REGION.
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>  THE ROLLER COASTER RIDE ON TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
>  WEEKEND...AS NEAR NORMAL READINGS ARE EXPECTED.
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>  MCCLURE
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