[LeArc] HWODVN@ 11/5/02 4:50:57 AM

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


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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
455 AM CST TUE NOV 5 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA...ILLINOIS...
AND MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...

...MIXED PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW...RAIN AND SOME SLEET TODAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE ROCKIES WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY.  A MIXTURE OF WET SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN WILL PASS
ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.  TEMPERATURES IN
THE LOWER LAYERS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND SUGGEST THE PRECIPITATION WILL
FALL MAINLY AS SNOW NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...WITH A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
RAIN AND SOME SLEET FROM HIGHWAY 30 SOUTH THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR...AND MAINLY RAIN WITH SOME MIXED PERIODS OF WET SNOW AND
SLEET SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GENERALLY BE
LIGHT TO BRIEFLY MODERATE IN INTENSITY BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS
AFTERNOON.

SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER NEAR 32 DEGREES TIL MID MORNING...
ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WHERE A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES MAY OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHWAY
20 CORRIDOR.  SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 TO HIGHWAY 30...UP TO AN INCH OF
SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN GRASSY AREAS.  LOCATIONS ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 MAY SEE BRIEFLY A DUSTING OF SNOW ON WELL
EXPOSED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...ROOFS AND GRASSY SURFACES.  AS
SURFACE TEMPERATURES SLOWLY CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S BY
AFTERNOON...THE SNOW WILL MELT. HOWEVER...FOR A FEW HOURS TIL
MORNING...THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR A FEW SLICK SPOTS ON AREA
ROADS AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ALONG AND NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 30.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY AND TONIGHT.  REPORTS OF
SNOW AND SLEET AND IMPACTS ON AREA ROADS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED

A SERIES OF STORMS WILL HIT THE WEST COAST LATE THIS WEEK ALLOWING
SURFACE WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND USHER IN WARMER TEMPERATURES
INTO THE REGION BY THURSDAY.  THEN...A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL
DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS FRIDAY AND MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS
WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
RAINFALL SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.  TEMPERATURES WILL THEN BEGIN A
COOLING TREND EARLY NEXT WEEK.

$$

NICHOLS