[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

> 
> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  558 AM CST WED MAR 20 2002
>  
>  ...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE WAY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...
>  HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TODAY. CLOUDS WILL DECREASE
>  FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...
>  ALLOWING SUNSHINE TO RETURN. THE SUNSHINE COMBINED WITH DEVELOPING
>  WEST...TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO BOOST TEMPERATURES
>  INTO THE 50S IN MANY AREAS...WITH MID AND UPPER 40S IN SOME
>  LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.
>  
>  TONIGHT...THE BOTTOM BEGINS TO DROP OUT...AS AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL
>  SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL BRING
>  A TASTE OF WINTER ON THURSDAY...THE FIRST FULL DAY OF SPRING.
>  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 30 MPH WILL
>  ACCOMPANY THE ARRIVAL OF MUCH COLDER AIR. POCKETS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL
>  BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MIDNIGHT
>  AND 9 A.M. ON THURSDAY...WHERE A FEW LOCATIONS COULD POSSIBLY SEE
>  A DUSTING OF ACCUMULATION ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES.
>  ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED FLURRIES WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT WITH LITTLE
>  OR NO ACCUMULATION. 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.
>  
>  THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE THE COLDEST NIGHT IN SOME TIME...AS CANADIAN
>  HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN. WINDS WILL DROP OFF AND SKIES WILL
>  CLEAR...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
>  TEENS.
>  
>  THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
>  SUNDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT IS LOOKING MORE LIKELY FOR RAIN
>  TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION. THE RAIN MAY EVEN BE MIXED WITH SNOW
>  ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT
>  THIS COULD BE A FAIRLY DECENT RAIN EVENT...WITH UPWARDS OF ONE HALF
>  TO ONE INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION.
>  
>  LOOKING BEYOND...NEXT WEEK IS SHAPING UP TO A VERY ACTIVE WEEK.
>  ONE STORM SYSTEM WILL BE EXITING EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH
>  RAIN DIMINISHING ON MONDAY. THEN...A SHORT BREAK BEFORE ANOTHER
>  STORM SYSTEM MOVES IN FOR MIDWEEK BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND
>  OF RAIN...OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW.
>  
>  BE SURE TO STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS REGARDING THIS CHANGE TO
>  A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN.
>  
>  
>  MCCLURE
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>  
>  UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:
>  
>  March 25, 2002:  Princeton, Iowa at 7 p.m.
>  
>  Severe weather and tornado spotter training will be conducted in
>  Princeton, Iowa (Scott County) at the Fire Department at 7:00 p.m.
>  This will be a two hour class. For additional information, contact
>  John Owens at (563) 289-4200, or e-mail at Pfd848@aol.com.  Media -
>  please promote and advertise this free class as much as possible.
>  Thank you.
>  
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