[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 3/30/02 4:57:43 AM

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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
500 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

...NOT AS MILD TODAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS...

A MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK OVER NEBRASKA WILL BUILD EAST TODAY IN WEST-
NORTHWEST STEERING FLOW ALOFT. ALTHOUGH THE DAY WILL START OFF SUNNY
THIS MORNING...THESE CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN FOR A MOSTLY CLOUDY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE CLOUD COVER COMBINED WITH AN INCREASING WEST-
NORTHWEST BREEZE WILL MAKE FOR A COOLER DAY TODAY THEN THIS PAST
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER
40S TO LOWER 50S OVER MOST OF THE AREA...ALTHOUGH AREAS THAT RECEIVE
A LONGER DURATION OF SUNSHINE MAY CREEP UP INTO THE MID 50S.

A DISTURBANCE WILL DROP DOWN OVER THE AREA TONIGHT OUT OF CENTRAL
CANADA AND BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA.
ALTHOUGH MOISTURE AVAILABILITY WILL BE AT QUESTION...THE STRENGTH
OF THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE ABLE TO GENERATE AT LEAST LIGHT
PRECIPITATION OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AS OF
NOW...THE BEST CHANCE OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION APPEARS TO BE
ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. PROJECTED TEMPERATURE
PROFILES BY LATE TONIGHT SUGGEST THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN
THE FORM OF SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF A MARENGO...TO TIPTON...AND TO
A PROPHETSTOWN LINE. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW MAY FALL TO THE
SOUTH OF THAT LINE...WITH SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EXPERIENCING JUST FLURRIES OR SPRINKLES. THE
BARE AND RELATIVELY WARM GROUND WILL INHIBIT MUCH OF ANY SNOW
ACCUMULATION LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...ALTHOUGH LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM VINTON...TO FREEPORT.

THE SNOW AND RAIN SHOULD LINGER INTO EASTER MORNING...AND ANY
PRECIPITATION STILL CONTINUING BY MIDDAY AND EARLY AFTERNOON SHOULD
BE IN THE FORM OF ALL LIGHT RAIN. OTHERWISE...EASTER SUNDAY WILL BE
CHARACTERIZED BY MOSTLY CLOUDY AND BRISK CONDITIONS AS A WEST WIND
GUSTS TO 25 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 45 TO 50 DEGREE
RANGE LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON.


SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.



UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:

April 1, 2002:  Fairfield, IA, 7:00 p.m.

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.  Media - please promote and
advertise this free class as much as possible. Thank you.

$$

JDH

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