[LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 10/21/02 9:52:41 AM

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


FXUS63 KDVN 211500
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1000 AM CDT MON OCT 21 2002

AREA 88DS SHOW LINE OF SHOWERS AND FEW TSRA OCCURRING ALONG SURFACE 
COLD FRONT FROM SW TO NE ACROSS IA. THESE WERE ELEVATED WITH 
LIGHTNING STRIKES MAINLY IN CENTRAL AND SW IA ALONG BACK EDGE OF MID 
LAPSE RATE MAXIMA AND AREA OF H85 WARM AIR ADVECTION. SHORT TERM 
MODELS KEEP MID LEVEL FORCING FROM MN SHORT WAVE BRUSHING NORTHERN 
ZONES THROUGH AFTERNOON. 

FOLLOWING RUC...EXPECTING SHOWERS TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE INTO E 
CENTRAL IA THIS MORNING WITH ELEVATED THUNDER THREAT REMAINING OVER 
CENTRAL AND SW IA NEXT FEW HOURS THEN DISSIPATING. HAVE UPDATED TO 
ADD CHANCE POPS TO NORTHERN ZONES THIS MORNING WITH SLIGHT CHANCE 
ACROSS CENTRAL INTO AFTERNOON AND MADE SOME ADJUSTMENT TO CLOUD 
COVER AND TEMPERATURES IN GRIDS.  


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

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