[LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 10/6/02 2:58:36 PM

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


FXUS63 KDVN 062005
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
305 PM CDT SUN OCT 6 2002

COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH THE CWFA THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE DRIVING
VORT MAX TRACKING ACROSS SOUTHERN MN AND WI.  SHORT TERM CONCERNS
TONIGHT CENTER ON TEMPS AND FROST POTENTIAL.

850 MB TEMPS OVER THE ND THIS MORNING IN THE -2 TO -4 RANGE.  THERMAL
TROUGH TO BRUSH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA TONIGHT SO TEMPS NEAR
FREEZING EXPECTED.  WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED TO HOLD ABOVE 8 KTS MOST
OF TONIGHT...NOT DROPPING OFF UNTIL RIDGE AXIS APPROACHES MISSISSIPPI
RIVER...AFTER MIDNIGHT WESTERN ZONES AND NEAR SUNRISE EASTERN ZONES. SO
FROST POTENTIAL TO BE LIMITED EAST OF THE RIVER.  WILL KEEP
FROST ADVISORY ESSENTIALLY AS IT IS NOW AND BEEF UP THE FROST WORDING
ACROSS THE QUAD CITIES AND FREEPORT ZONES SLIGHTLY.

RIDGE AXIS SETTLES INTO THE AREA MONDAY FOR ANOTHER FINE FALL DAY. A
WEAK SHORT WAVE TRACKS ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY EVENING...BUT LITTLE
IMPACT SAVE CLOUDS EXPECTED ATTM.  MORE VIGOROUS WAVE APPROACHES
NORTHERN ZONES TUESDAY...WITH THE MAIN SHOW AND BEST CHANCE OF
PRECIP TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH.

AIR MASS BEHIND NEXT FRONT NOT AS COLD... AND CWFA RAPIDLY WARMS UP FOR
THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE REGION SITS WELL IN THE WARM SECTOR THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT.

PROGRESSIVE PATTERN CONTINUES INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  WILL KEEP GOING POPS
FOR SATURDAY AS CFP STILL IN THE WINGS.

.DVN...
IA...FROST ADVISORY TONIGHT NORTH OF A SIGOURNEY TO GALENA LINE.
IL...FROST ADVISORY JO DAVIESS COUNTY TONIGHT.
MO...NONE.

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