[LeArc] HWODVN@ 10/16/02 5:30:53 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
451 AM CDT WED OCT 16 2002

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

.DAY ONE...

AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL DRAG A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS IOWA
TONIGHT.  PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE
TROUGH.  VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILES INDICATE THAT IT WILL BE COLD
ENOUGH FOR SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.  TEMPERATURES ALONG
THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR WILL BE MARGINAL...SUGGESTING A MIX OF RAIN
AND SNOW...WITH AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 SEEING MAINLY RAIN.

ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...MOST OF THE SNOW WILL MELT INITIALLY...
BUT MAY BEGIN ACCUMULATING BY THURSDAY MORNING.  BRIEF ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SNOWFALL AND REPORTS OF LOCAL CONDITIONS WILL BE
APPRECIATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN AND THEN END BY THURSDAY EVENING.  HIGH
PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW...ENDING THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR THE
WEEK.  TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN UNSEASONABLY COOL THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.