[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook--UPDATE

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  225 PM CST THU MAR 21 2002
>
>  ...VERY COLD TONIGHT WITH WINTER WEATHER ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...
>
>  THE CENTER OF A LATE SEASON ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION
>  LATER TONIGHT AND CAUSE WINDS TO DECREASE TO 5 TO 10 MPH BY MIDNIGHT
>  ALONG WITH CLEAR SKIES.  THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO
>  UNSEASONABLY COLD READINGS WITH LOWS FALLING INTO THE 5 TO 10 DEGREES
>  ABOVE ZERO RANGE BY SUNRISE ON FRIDAY WITH NEAR RECORD LOWS POSSIBLE
>  AROUND BURLINGTON.  AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST TOMORROW...TEMPERATURES
>  WILL MODERATE BACK INTO THE 30S AND POSSIBLY LOWER 40S IN SOUTHERN
>  SECTIONS UNDER A MOSTLY SUNNY SKY.
>
>  LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND...ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD CANADIAN AIR
>  WILL FILTER SOUTH ON SATURDAY AND INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
>  DISTURBANCE FROM THE WEST COAST...STALLING ACROSS MISSOURI ON SUNDAY.
>  A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
>  SUNDAY NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE
>  SYSTEM IN KANSAS.  AS THE COLD AIR MOVES IN...SURFACE TEMPERATURES
>  WILL ONCE AGAIN FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MOST AREAS AND CONDITIONS
>  WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD SNOW OVER MOST OF THE AREA WITH
>  POSSIBLY A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW INITIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
>  HIGHWAY 34...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY.  THE PRECIPITATION
>  WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF MONDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO THE OHIO
>  VALLEY.  ALSO...AS THIS STORM DEVELOPS AND MOVES EAST ON SUNDAY...WINDS
>  WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTH...ALLOWING FOR SOME
>  BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AS TEMPERATURES FALL OR REMAIN AT OR BELOW
>  FREEZING.  DUE TO THE ABNORMALLY COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY...
>  ANY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE SHORTLY AFTER IT STARTS AS GROUND
>  TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR OR FALL BELOW FREEZING.
>
>  AT THIS TIME...IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO IDENTIFY THE EXACT TRACK OF THE
>  STORM SYSTEM...AND THUS SPECIFIC STORM TOTALS OVER CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
>  BUT CONDITIONS FAVOR MOST AREAS RECEIVING 4 OR MORE INCHES OF THE WHITE
>  STUFF BY MONDAY EVENING WITH 6 INCHES OR SIGNIFICANTLY MORE POSSIBLE...
>  ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.  BE SURE TO STAY TUNED TO
>  LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS STORM SYSTEM AND THE
>  IMPACTS TO OUR AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
>
>
>  NICHOLS
>
>
>  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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