[LeArc] Special Weather Statement : MLI@ 5/21/02 4:45:09 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
443 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2002

...COOL WEATHER COMING TO AN END...

THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT
STRETCH OF UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION
TODAY.  THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL BY
WEDNESDAY.

THE AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.  DESPITE ABUNDANT SUNSHINE...HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL STILL BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW THOSE NORMALLY EXPERIENCED DURING
MID MAY.

BY LATE TONIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR EAST AND
DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL CREATE A STRONG
SOUTHERLY FLOW OF AIR OVER THE MIDWEST.  THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL
PUSH TEMPERATURES INTO THE 70S WEDNESDAY.  AREAS WEST OF A MANCHESTER...
CEDAR RAPIDS...IOWA CITY LINE SHOULD SEE WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH
BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

MORE ACTIVE WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.  A COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHERN PLAINS LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE
REGION BY EARLY THURSDAY.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE
FRONT COULD MOVE INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AS EARLY A LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  HOWEVER...THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT SUBSTANTIAL RAINS COULD OCCUR WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT.

THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI...KEEPING
THE THREAT OF RAIN OVER MUCH OF AREA THROUGH SATURDAY.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

DLF

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