[LeArc] Significant Weather Outlook

[Tony Coniglio]

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> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
>  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
>  500 AM CST MON MAR 25 2002
>  
>  ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW...
>  
>  A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY
>  BRINGING SNOW TO AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HEDRICK TO GALVA. THE
>  SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND IN THE PRE DAWN HOURS AND
>  CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. DUE TO THE QUICK MOVEMENT OF
>  THIS SYSTEM...THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD BE OVER BY 10 AM WITH
>  FLURRIES LINGERING TO AROUND THE NOON HOUR.
>  
>  GENERAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH A NARROW BAND
>  OF 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THE NARROW BAND
>  OF HEAVIER SNOW IS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR.
>  
>  ACROSS JEFFERSON...KEOKUK...WASHINGTON...LOUISA...AND MERCER
>  COUNTIES ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONE HALF INCH OR LESS.
>  ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE.
>  
>  NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING
>  AND DRIFTING SNOW IN AREAS THAT SEE ANY ACCUMULATION.
>  
>  TONIGHT A SECOND STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE UP THE OHIO
>  VALLEY. CURRENT INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THIS STORM SYSTEM SHOULD
>  BE A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH...RESULTING IN ONLY FLURRIES TO AREAS
>  SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA TO GALESBURG LINE. HOWEVER DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN
>  COMPUTER MODELS...SOME SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN WEST CENTRAL
>  ILLINOIS...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM KEOKUK TO GALVA.
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