[LeArc] HWODVN@ 10/19/02 5:37:15 AM

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


FLUS43 KDVN 191045
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-201000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
542 AM CDT SAT OCT 19 2002

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

.DAY ONE...

CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND DRY AIR WILL CREATE IDEAL CONDITIONS
FOR WIDESPREAD FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE TO BETWEEN 26 AND 31 DEGREES.
A WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED...WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST OF THE
SEASON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI. AS A RESULT...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR TONIGHT FOR AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 80...AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MOLINE...TO BURLINGTON...TO
FORT MADISON AND KAHOKA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
MEDIUM RANGE COMPUTER MODELS ARE OFFERING VARIOUS SOLUTIONS
AS TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE WEATHER PATTERN. A FEW OF THE MODELS ARE
SHOWING COOL...CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE REGION
BY MIDWEEK...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN DRY...BUT COLD CONDITIONS.
MEANWHILE...A FEW OTHER COMPUTER MODELS ARE SHOWING A MORE ACTIVE
PATTERN WITH A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES TRAVERSING THE MIDWEST. EACH OF
THESE WOULD BRING A CHANCE OF MAINLY RAIN TO THE REGION. STAY TUNED
AS LATER COMPUTER MODELS AND FORECASTS REFINE THE POTENTIAL
FOR PRECIPITATION NEXT WEEK. SHOULD THE PATTERN TURN MORE ACTIVE...NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER WOULD BE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

$$

MCCLURE