[LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 10/16/02 9:37:52 PM

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


FXUS63 KDVN 170245
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
940 PM CDT WED OCT 16 2002

UPDATED ZONES JUST SENT TO TWEAK PRECIPITATION WORDING IN THE 
NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND TO BUMP UP MINS A CATEGORY.  ALSO...DROPPED 
MINS A NOTCH IN THE NORTHEAST.

AREA OF LIGHT RAIN GRADUALLY WORKING ITS WAY EAST ACROSS CENTRAL IA 
THIS EVENING.  BASED ON DMX RADAR IMAGE AND SURFACE REPORTS AT 02Z
LOOKS LIKE LEADING EDGE OF -RA NEAR AN KALO/KTNU/KCAV LINE.  WITH 
PCPN NEAR WRN EDGE OF CWA HAVE REMOVED TIMING WORDING AND BEGAN PCPN 
AS -RA.  00Z DVN SOUNDING SHOWING TEMPS ABOVE ZERO THRU 900MB.  WITH 
CLOUDS OVER AREA AND LITTLE ADVECTION LOW LEVELS SHOULDN'T COOL 
ENOUGH FOR SN UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.  ALSO  BUMPED UP MINS IN THIS SAME 
AREA SINCE DEWPOINTS ARE ALREADY AROUND 30 AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO 
RISE A LOW LEVELS SATURATE WHEN PCPN MOVES IN.  NORTHEAST COUNTIES 
HAVE ALREADY COOLED INTO THE MID 30S WITH PCPN NOT EXPECTED TO START 
UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT AND DEWPOINTS STILL IN THE LOW 20S...HAVE 
DROPPED LOWS BACK TO AROUND 30.


.DVN...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.


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