[LeArc] Fw: Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

> 
> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  558 AM CST SAT MAR 23 2002
>  
>  ...SOME SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY STILL EXPECTED...
>  
>  TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
>  HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 40S NORTH TO THE LOWER 50S SOUTH UNDER
>  SUNNY SKIES...WITH HIGH CLOUDS INCREASING FROM THE WEST IN THE
>  AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT SLIDES SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT...
>  CLOUDS WILL INCREASE.  AREAS OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE PRE-DAWN
>  HOURS FROM INTERSTATE 80 NORTH...WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SOUTH
>  OF THE INTERSTATE TO BURLINGTON...AND RAIN FURTHER SOUTH TO KEOKUK
>  AND MACOMB. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD INTO THE DAY SUNDAY
>  FROM INTERSTATE 80 NORTH...AND WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SOUTH DURING THE
>  DAY. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES MIDDAY INTO EARLY
>  AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES SUNDAY NIGHT...EXCEPT
>  CONTINUING TIL MONDAY MORNING FROM THE QUAD CITIES SOUTH AND EAST.
>  
>  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIMITED BY THE WETNESS OF SNOW AT ONSET
>  FROM INTERSTATE 80 NORTH...AND BY INITIAL RAINFALL SOUTH.  AMOUNTS OF
>  2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 50 MILES EITHER SIDE OF INTERSTATE 80 WITH
>  1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE FURTHER NORTH AND SOUTH. AMOUNTS WILL
>  GENERALLY BE HIGHER IN ILLINOIS THAN IOWA.
>  
>  FORECASTERS SHOULD HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE SYSTEM BY THIS
>  AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES INTO THE PLAINS...ALLOWING US TO MORE
>  ACCURATELY ASSESS ITS STRENGTH. BASED ON CURRENT SNOWFALL
>  ESTIMATES...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NECESSARY IN SOME AREAS
>  FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
>  
>  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER OUTLET FOR
>  FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL STORM.
>  
>  REA