[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 3/28/02 5:06:07 AM

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 05:06:07 -0600

The following weather message is provided by McDonough County E.S.D.A.

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
505 AM CST THU MAR 28 2002

...CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING...

TWO UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL SHEAR ACROSS THE MIDWEST TODAY...
ONE ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...AND THE OTHER OVER MISSOURI.
BETWEEN THEM...A COLD FRONT WILL SWING EAST THROUGH THE AREA BY
LATE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES WILL ALSO BE KICKED
UP BY THESE DISTURBANCES AND FORCING FROM THE FRONT...BUT DRY AIR
IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL INHIBIT THEM SOMEWHAT. THE
EXCEPTION WILL BE THE SHOWER ACTIVITY PRODUCED BY THE MISSOURI
DISTURBANCE. THESE SHOWERS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD AND A BIT MORE
SUBSTANTIAL THAN THE LIGHT RAIN FURTHER TO THE NORTH. AREAS ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A KEOSAUQUA...TO ROSEVILLE LINE MAY EXPERIENCE UP TO A TENTH
OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL BY NOON FROM THIS MORNINGS PASSING SHOWERS.
EVEN A CLAP OF THUNDER CANNOT BE RULED OUT...DO TO THE ELEVATED
INSTABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE THIS MORNING.

MOST OF THE SHOWER AND SPRINKLE ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED TO THIS
MORNING. THEN EXPECT TO SEE SOME SUNSHINE LATER TODAY WHICH WILL
ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:

Today...March 28, 2002:  Freeport, IL, Two Classes, 1:00 p.m. & 7:00
p.m.

Severe weather and tornado spotter training will be conducted today
in Freeport, Illinois (Stephenson County) at Highland Community
College in Building H. Two classes will once again be offered this
year. The first will be at 1:00 p.m., and the second at 7:00 p.m.
Both classes are free and both classes will be two hours long. For
additional information, contact Terry Groves or Mike Liebenstein at
(815) 235-8275, or e-mail at [email protected] or
[email protected].  Media - please promote and advertise this
free class as much as possible.

On Monday, April 1, severe weather and tornado spotter training will
be conducted in Fairfield, Iowa (Jefferson County) at the Public
Library at 7:00 p.m. This class will be free, and should last about
2 hours. For additional information, contact the Jefferson County
Sheriffs Department at (641) 472-4146.

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JDH

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