[LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 2/9/03 9:34:02 PM

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


FXUS63 KDVN 100343
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
930 PM CST SUN FEB 9 2003

UPDATE JUST SENT TO TWEAK TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION WORDING FOR 
TONIGHT.  MOST SIGNIFICANT TEMP ADJUSTMENT WAS IN NW IL WHERE 
CLOUDS HAVE THINNED...ALLOWING TEMPS TO DROP ABOUT A CATEGORY LOWER 
THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.  TEMPS SHOULD HOLD STEADY AND CLIMB AGAIN 
OVERNIGHT AS CLOUDS THICKEN AGAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND SW WINDS 
PICKPUP AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT.  ALSO AREA OF LIGHT SNOW 
BETWEEN HIGHWAY 34 AND I80 HAS BEEN PERSISTENT THROUGH THE EVENING.  
META SUGGESTS THAT THE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE 
HOURS AS A RESULT OF WEAK LOW LEVEL ISENTROPIC LIFT.  CHANGED  THE 
WORDING IN THE CENTRAL CUT OF ZONES TO REFLECT THE MORE PERSISTENT 
NATURE OF THE SNOW.  ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW FOR LATER TONIGHT 
STILL LOOKS ON TRACK.  COLD FRONT NEAR THE IA/MN BORDER WILL DROP 
SOUTH LATE TONIGHT ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED H5 TROF.
00Z META CONTINUES TO SHOW OMEGA INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN HALF OF 
CWA LATE TONIGHT.  BASED ON VISIBILITIES OVER SRN MN THIS 
EVENING...INCH OR LESS ACCUMULATION STILL LOOKS REASONABLE.   

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

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DLF