[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 5/20/02 4:54:33 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 MON MAY 20 2002

...COLD REGIME CONTINUES FOR ONE MORE DAY AND NIGHT...

A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT COLD
SPELL WILL CONTINUE BE ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES
TODAY. NORTHEAST FLOW FROM THE RIDGE CENTER WILL USHER IN A
REINFORCING COOL AIRMASS AND CLOUDS OVER THE AREA TODAY. AREAS ALONG
AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAY BE MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR MUCH OF
THE DAY...BEFORE SKIES CLEAR OUT BY LATE AFTERNOON. AREAS ALONG AND
WEST OF A MANCHESTER...TO IOWA CITY...AND TO KAHOKA WILL BE PARTLY TO
MOSTLY SUNNY FOR THE DAY. THE CLOUDS AND COOL NORTHEAST FLOW WILL
COMBINE TO MAKE FOR LOWER HIGH TEMPERATURES THAN ON SUNDAY. HIGHS
WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 50S WHERE THERE IS MORE
CLOUD COVER...TO THE LOWER 60S WHERE MORE SUNSHINE PREVAILS.

THE RIDGE CENTER WILL DRIFT SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT...
CAUSING SKIES TO CLEAR AND WINDS TO GO CALM. THIS RADIATIONAL COOLING
SET UP WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO ONCE AGAIN DIP INTO THE MID TO
UPPER 30S OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. SOME LOW LYING AREAS NORTH OF THE
ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR MAY EVEN DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S. THUS PATCHY FROST
WILL AGAIN BE A POSSIBILITY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR AFTER MIDNIGHT. SINCE IT IS THE GROWING
SEASON...PEOPLE WITH TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS OUTSIDE ARE
REMINDED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEM. RECORD
LOWS FOR MAY 21ST ARE GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. THUS
TEMPERATURES MAY DIP TO NEAR RECORD LEVELS IN MANY AREAS BY LATE
TONIGHT.

AS THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SLIPS SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY ON TUESDAY....SURFACE WINDS ON ITS BACKSIDE WILL TAKE A MORE
SOUTHERLY COMPONENT AND HAVE SOME WARMING EFFECT. TEMPERATURES BY
TUESDAY EVENING WILL GENERALLY BE BACK UP INTO THE MID 60S.


NO SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR TODAY OR TONIGHT.


LOOKING AHEAD...THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN APPEARS TO BE LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY WHEN THE AREA WILL BE AT RISK OF SOME
THUNDERSTORMS.

...MEMORIAL DAY OUTLOOK...

CHANCES ARE THAT MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY HIGHS
IN THE MID 70S...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...AND A CHANCE FOR AN
AFTERNOON OR EVENING THUNDERSTORM.

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