[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 5/19/02 4:54:55 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
455 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2002

...SPOTTY SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES TODAY...THEN ANOTHER COLD NIGHT...

A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE BE ENTRENCHED OVER
SOUTHERN CANADA AND THE UPPER MIDWEST...KEEPING CHILLY WEATHER IN
STORE FOR THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. TODAY WILL BE SIMILAR
TO SATURDAY AS DAYTIME HEATING COMBINES WITH COLD AIR ALOFT TO FORM
CUMULUS CLOUDS...AS WELL AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DROPPING
DOWN ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. THIS WILL MAKE FOR GENERALLY
PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS...ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE MOSTLY CLOUDY SPELLS
AT TIMES ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ALONG WITH THE
CLOUDS...SOME LATE MAY SUNSHINE WILL ALSO BE SEEN TODAY AND SHOULD
HELP BOOST AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 60S.

...ANOTHER CHANCE FOR PATCHY FROST TONIGHT...

AS THE CLOUDS DECREASE TONIGHT AND THE NORTHWEST WIND SUBSIDES...
TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA. SOME LOW LYING AREAS NORTH OF ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR MAY EVEN DROP
INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. THUS PATCHY FROST WILL AGAIN BE A
POSSIBILITY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR
AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE UNSEASONABLY COLD NIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE
A THREAT TO TENDER OUTSIDE VEGETATION. SINCE IT IS THE GROWING
SEASON...PEOPLE WITH TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS OUTSIDE WILL WANT
TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEM. RECORD LOWS FOR
MAY 20TH ARE GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. THESE RECORDS
MAY BE SAFE WITH LOWS NOT EXPECTED TO DIP BELOW THE MID 30S. DUBUQUE
WITH A RECORD LOW OF 33 AND BURLINGTON A RECORD OF 35 MAY HAVE THE
BEST CHANCE OF AT LEAST BEING TIED.

MORE SUNSHINE WILL BE SEEN MONDAY...BUT NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW
WILL TAP INTO A COLD AIR POOL OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL CAUSE
MONDAY AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES TO BE BACK IN THE 50S. MONDAY
NIGHT WILL BE THE FOURTH NIGHT IN A ROW WHERE THE THREAT FOR AT LEAST
PATCHY FROST AND RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES EXIST.

NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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JDH
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