From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan  2 13:13:14 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Jay T Hainline)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 07:13:14 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Winter Advisories
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Can someone post to the reflector any weather advisories issued by the
NWS QC office? We don't seem to get them anymore.

73 Jay KA9CFD

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan  2 14:04:32 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 08:04:32 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Hazardous Weather Outlook
Message-ID: <000401c2b267$e02baed0$15060640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>

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 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
 A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR HENDERSON...
 HANCOCK...WARREN AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
 A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE
 INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING.  SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH
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 MORNING BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW
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 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH LOCALIZED
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan  2 19:15:11 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Duane Whittingham)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 13:15:11 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Winter Weather Advisory
Message-ID: <3E148FBF.7080401@logonix.net>

Statement as of 11:59 am CST on January 2, 2003

...A Winter Weather Advisory In Effect This Afternoon...

Additional snowfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches can be expected before snow 
ends around mid afternoon. Snow will be heavy at times... with 
visibility reduced to less than 1 mile.

Heavy wet snow will total as high as 3 to 6 inches... especially across 
Hancock and McDonough counties. Hazardous driving conditions will 
continue... especially in rural areas. If you must travel... allow extra 
time to reach your destination. Reduce your speed and remember to use 
headlights so that your vehicle may be more easily seen by other motorists.

Now
Winter Weather Advisory in effect this afternoon... snow will continue 
through 2 PM across much of west central Illinois. Brief periods of 
moderate to heavy snow are possible... with visibility reduced to less 
than a mile...especially along and east of a line from Monmouth to 
Augusta. Additional accumulations up to an inch are possible. Heavy wet 
snowfall will continue to create hazardous driving conditions.

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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan  2 21:42:03 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 15:42:03 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Emailing: Galesburg
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan  4 15:20:11 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 09:20:11 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] ARLB003 Hams help out during OK telephone emergency
Message-ID: <001b01c2b404$c6a5aad0$9e040640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>


> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB003
> ARLB003 Hams help out during OK telephone emergency
> 
> ZCZC AG03
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 3  ARLB003
> >From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  January 3, 2003
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB003
> ARLB003 Hams help out during OK telephone emergency
> 
> Hams responded with emergency communication when Broken Arrow, OK, a
> town of 75,000, experienced a citywide telephone outage on December
> 23. A request went out for amateurs to assist with emergency effort
> at the local Emergency Operations Center and three area hospitals.
> 
> Several hams from the Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club responded to
> the call, staffing positions at the Broken Arrow EOC and three
> hospital emergency rooms.
> 
> The operation lasted about five hours, with messages between the
> EOCs and hospitals being passed. Lines of communications were also
> opened with the Oklahoma State Department of Civil Emergency
> Management in Oklahoma City via the HF amateur station in the Broken
> Arrow EOC.
> 
> The trouble with the phone system was created by the loss of SS7
> signaling, a digital protocol for call routing. Unable to route a
> call out of the local exchange, Broken Arrow phone customers could
> not call outside the city limits. As a result, the City of Broken
> Arrow implemented its Telecommunications Failure Plan.
> NNNN
> /EX

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan  4 15:22:50 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 09:22:50 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] ARLB002 ARRL Concludes 5-MHz Experiments, Awaits FCC Decision on New Band
Message-ID: <002501c2b405$2531ebe0$9e040640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>



> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB002
> ARLB002 ARRL Concludes 5-MHz Experiments, Awaits FCC Decision on 
> New Band
> 
> ZCZC AG02
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 2  ARLB002
> >From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  January 3, 2003
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB002
> ARLB002 ARRL Concludes 5-MHz Experiments, Awaits FCC Decision on 
> New Band
> 
> With its experimental license having demonstrated the desirability
> and feasibility of a domestic 5 mhz amateur allocation, the arrl has
> allowed wa2xsy to expire on january 1 2003 rather than request
> renewal. Last May, the FCC proposed going along with the ARRL's 2001
> request for a new domestic secondary HF allocation at 5.25 to 5.4
> MHz.
> 
> 15 Amateur Radio clubs and individual amateurs took part in the
> 5-MHz experimental operation that began in January 1999 and largely
> concluded in 2002. ARRL chose not to request another renewal of the
> WA2XSY license because it already had obtained sufficient
> information to justify its petition for the band.
> 
> In a letter filed with the FCC last August after the comment
> deadline had passed, the National Telecommunications and Information
> Administration recommended that the Commission not go forward with
> the 5-MHz proposal. The NTIA said several government agencies with
> allocations in the proposed spectrum had expressed reservations
> about allowing amateurs to use the band.
> 
> The ARRL has been working with the government to resolve the
> impasse. The ARRL has called the 5 MHz allocation an urgent priority
> of the Amateur Service and said that a new band at 5 MHz would aid
> emergency communication activities by filling a propagation gap
> between 80 and 40 meters. In the meantime, experimental operations
> on 5 MHz continue on a very limited basis in the United Kingdom and
> in Canada.
> NNNN
> /EX

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan  4 15:23:54 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 09:23:54 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] The ARRL Letter, Vol 22, No 01
Message-ID: <003a01c2b405$4bdf5980$9e040640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>



> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 22, No. 01
> January 3, 2003
> ***************
>
> IN THIS EDITION:
>
> * +ARRL's 5-MHz experimental operation ends
> * +New crew resumes ARISS school contacts
> * +FCC poised to renew Kevin Mitnick's ham ticket
> * +Hams fill communication gap during telephone emergency
> * +McGan Award nominations open
> *  ARRL offering license renewal, other application services to nonmembers
> *  Solar Update
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      ARRL Emergency Communications course registration
>      ARRL to sponsor emergency communications course seminar in
> Mississippi
>      Correction
>      Packet users requested to not send e-mail messages to ISS crew
>     +ARRL QSL Service ends 2002 just shy of 2 million cards shipped
>     +League volunteers help at public TV pledge drive
>      IARU presents Amateur Radio Administration Course in Kenya
>
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
>
> ===========================================================
>
> ==>ARRL CONCLUDES 5-MHz EXPERIMENTS, AWAITS FCC DECISION ON NEW BAND
>
> Without fanfare, the ARRL allowed its WA2XSY 5-MHz experimental license to
> lapse January 1 rather than request renewal for another year. Last May,
> the FCC proposed going along with the ARRL's 2001 request for a new
> domestic (US-only), secondary HF allocation at 5.25 to 5.4 MHz.
> Discussions with various governmental agencies--including the
> Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC) and the National
> Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)--continue on how
> to accommodate amateur operation in the band, which is primary for several
> governmental agencies including the military. The NTIA regulates radio
> spectrum allocated to the federal government.
>
> "At this point, we have every reason to believe the FCC will act on its
> proposal early this year," said ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner,
> K1ZZ. "As to what the outcome will be as far as 5 MHz is concerned, we
> cannot predict."
>
> In a December 24 letter, Sumner thanked the 15 Amateur Radio clubs and
> individual amateurs who took part in the 5-MHz experimental operation that
> began in January 1999 and largely concluded in 2002. "You assisted in
> providing an important part of the groundwork for our petition for a
> domestic allocation to the Amateur Radio Service in this frequency range
> by demonstrating the desirability and feasibility of a shared allocation,"
> he wrote. "We hope it will not be long before amateurs throughout the
> country are able to enjoy the fruits of your efforts."
>
> Sumner said the ARRL chose not to request another renewal of the WA2XSY
> license because it already had obtained sufficient information to justify
> its petition for the band.
>
> Until surprise opposition surfaced last fall from the NTIA, the FCC had
> the League's request for a new 60-meter band on the proverbial fast track.
> In a letter filed with the FCC last August--after the comment deadline had
> passed--the NTIA recommended that the Commission not go forward with the
> 5-MHz proposal. The NTIA said several government agencies with allocations
> in the proposed spectrum had expressed reservations about allowing
> amateurs to use the band, even on a non-interference basis.
>
> The ARRL has been working with the federal agencies involved to resolve
> the impasse the NTIA letter raised. The NTIA said critical federal
> agencies, including the Department of Justice, the US Coast Guard and the
> Department of Defense, were making extensive use of 5 MHz frequencies. The
> FCC's May 2002 Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) fails to adequately
> protect these "critical government operations" from harmful interference,
> the NTIA asserted.
>
> The ARRL has called the 5 MHz allocation "an urgent priority of the
> Amateur Service." In its July 2001 petition, the League told the FCC that
> a new band at 5 MHz would aid emergency communication activities by
> filling a "propagation gap" between 80 and 40 meters.
>
> Experimental operations on 5 MHz continue on a very limited basis in the
> United Kingdom and in Canada. In Newfoundland, the Marconi Radio Club's
> VO1MRC has been operating under experimental authority from Industry
> Canada and an endorsement from Radio Amateurs of Canada to conduct
> experiments on 5 MHz. On December 21, VO1MRC completed a cross-band (5
> MHz/7 MHz) CW contact with VK7RO in Tasmania.
>
> ==>CHICAGO YOUNGSTERS ENJOY END-OF-YEAR ARISS QSO
>
> Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school and
> educational contacts resumed in late December after a hiatus to change
> crews. Expedition 6 Crew Commander Ken Bowersox, KD5JBP, spoke December 29
> via NA1SS with a dozen youngsters visiting Adler Planetarium and Astronomy
> Museum <http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/index.html> in Chicago. It marked
> the 81st ARISS contact and the first contact for Bowersox' crew with
> youngsters in the US. Expedition 6 crew members also conducted successful
> ARISS contacts on New Year's Eve with participants at the World Scout
> Jamboree in Thailand and with students in France.
>
> "I'd say the most important thing that I have learned in space is that
> people are very, very strong and flexible, and we can adapt to all types
> of different environments," Bowersox told a youngster who had asked the
> space veteran to describe the most interesting or important thing he'd
> learned in space.
>
> Other youngsters were curious about food and eating in space. Bowersox
> said he missed pizza most of all aboard the ISS. His favorite space food,
> he said, was bread pudding. "And I can just open a packet and eat straight
> out of the packet with a spoon," he said. Bowersox also explained that the
> human body still digests food very well in zero gravity. He also noted
> that the crew was trying to grow some tomatoes and herbs in space. "We're
> not sure how they'll turn out," he said, "but we're hoping they'll be very
> tasty."
>
> An audience of some 200 people, including TV and newspaper reporters, were
> on hand to watch the youngsters interview Bowersox via Amateur Radio.
> Participating youngsters ranged between five and ten years old. Organizing
> the ARISS event were ARISS mentor Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, and the
> planetarium's Geri Smith.
>
> Audio and video (Quicktime) clips of the Adler Planetarium ARISS contact
> are available via the Adler Planetarium Web site
> <http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/education/events/iss/>.
>
> On December 31, 15 Scouts at the 20th World Scout Jamboree
> <http://www.worldscout.pacific.net.th/> in Thailand spoke with Expedition
> 6 crew member Don Pettit, KD5MDT, via special event station E20AJ. Among
> other questions, the Scouts asked Pettit if he wanted his own kids to grow
> up to become astronauts, how the crew members bathe in space, and how the
> lack of gravity affects the human body.
>
> Also on December 31, Pettit spoke with students at the Rene Mure school in
> Commelle-Vernay, France. ARISS International Vice Chairman Gaston Bertels,
> ON4WF, said some 60 schoolchildren and their parents assisted in the
> contact. The French youngsters wanted to know if Pettit believed in
> extraterrestrial life, whether the crew could feel the speed of the ISS
> through space, and if microgravity made it difficult for crew members to
> find their way in the space station.
>
> ==>FCC POISED TO RENEW COMPUTER HACKER'S HAM TICKET
>
> An FCC Administrative Law Judge has recommended that the FCC grant the
> Amateur Radio license renewal application of convicted computer hacker
> Kevin D. Mitnick, N6NHG. The Initial Decision
> <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-02D-02A1.pdf> by
> Chief Administrative Law Judge Richard L. Sippel released December 23
> comes approximately one year after the FCC designated Mitnick's license
> renewal application for hearing.
>
> "Right now, my goal in life is to live a productive life and to earn a
> living and try to make up for all the time that I lost and try to be a
> productive citizen," Mitnick told an FCC hearing last June 18. The
> Commission had cited character issues stemming from Mitnick's history of
> illegal computer-related activity--which included several convictions and
> prison sentences and two years on the run.
>
> Mitnick testified that he's decided to turn his life around and dedicate
> himself to a career in broadcast radio, public speaking, and writing to
> help government, businesses, and individuals minimize the risks associated
> with computer intrusions. Following his release from prison, Mitnick said,
> he has been law-abiding and has no desire to return to his former life.
>
> In his Initial Decision, Sippel wrote, "There is reliable evidence that
> Mr. Mitnick has focused on becoming an honest, productive citizen and that
> he has the means to continue to do so." Sippel said that Mitnick has been
> on the amateur bands since his release from prison and there have been no
> complaints regarding his on-the-air behavior. "The evidence in its
> totality shows Mr. Mitnick to have an overall record of compliance with
> Commission rules," Sippel concluded.
>
> Unless exceptions are raised within 30 days or the FCC reviews the ruling
> on its own motion, Sippel's decision becomes effective 50 days after its
> release.
>
> First licensed in 1976, Mitnick, 39, filed with the FCC through his
> attorney to renew his General ticket not long after his US District Court
> conviction in August 1999. His ham license was due to expire in December
> 1999, but the FCC extended his operating authority while his renewal
> application was pending. Mitnick reportedly spent some $16,000 in legal
> fees to retain his ham ticket.
>
> Following a similar hearing earlier this year on character issues, the FCC
> recently granted the Amateur Radio license application of Herbert
> Schoenbohm. Last month, Schoenbohm regained his previously held KV4FZ call
> sign via the vanity call sign system. Upon his return to ham radio after a
> nearly two-year absence, he initially was issued NP2MJ as a sequential
> call sign.
>
> ==>HAMS HELP OUT DURING OKLAHOMA TELEPHONE EMERGENCY
>
> Hams responded to fill a communication gap December 23 after the town of
> Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, experienced a city-wide telephone outage that left
> telephone customers unable to call outside their local exchange. Broken
> Arrow implemented its Telecommunications Failure Plan as a result. A
> request went out for amateurs to assist at the local emergency operations
> center (EOC) and at three area hospitals.
>
> Several hams in and around the town of 75,000 residents responded to the
> call. Four Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club members staffed positions at
> the Broken Arrow EOC and at three hospital emergency rooms. Tulsa Amateur
> Radio Emergency Service member Joe Iverson, KD5KKZ, reported to the City
> of Tulsa EOC.
>
> "All in all, things went smoothly," said Broken Arrow ARC president Steve
> Bradley, KB5ZSD. "The city officials were again very impressed and
> appreciative with the amateur community's commitment to service and
> response to the emergency. It is times like these that such partnerships
> between local government and the local hams become invaluable."
>
> The operation lasted about five hours. In addition to passing traffic
> between the EOC and the hospitals, lines of communication also were opened
> with the Oklahoma State Department of Civil Emergency Management in
> Oklahoma City via the EOC's HF amateur station.
>
> The telephone system troubles were traced to the loss of a digital
> protocol needed for call routing.
>
> ==>NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR THE 2003 PHILIP J. MCGAN MEMORIAL SILVER ANTENNA
> AWARD
>
> Nominations are open for the ARRL 2003 Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver
> Antenna Award. Throughout the year, ARRL PICs, PIOs and other PR
> volunteers in the ARRL field organization strive to keep Amateur Radio
> visible in their communities. Among other valuable activities, they
> publicize special events, write press releases, and maintain solid working
> relationships with their local media--radio, TV, newspapers.
>
> "If you know someone who has achieved public relations success on behalf
> of Amateur Radio, nominating him or her for the McGan Award is the perfect
> way to bestow much deserved recognition," said ARRL Public Relations
> Manager Jennifer Hagy, N1TDY. "The 2003 McGan Award will go to a ham who
> has demonstrated success in Amateur Radio public relations and best
> exemplifies the volunteer spirit of Phil McGan, the award's namesake."
>
> A journalist, Philip J. McGan, WA2MBQ (SK), served as the first chairman
> of the ARRL's Public Relations Committee, which helped reinvigorate the
> League's commitment to public relations. Hagy notes the award honors
> contributions in public relations, not in public service.
>
> "Public relations activities for which the McGan Award is given include
> efforts specifically directed at bringing Amateur Radio to the public's
> attention--and most often the media's--in a positive light," she
> explained.
>
> A committee of volunteers knowledgeable about Amateur Radio public
> relations will pick the winner, subject to approval by the ARRL Board of
> Directors. Information on nominating someone for this award is available
> on the ARRL Web site
> <http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/12/30/1/call-for-nominations.html>.
> To obtain an entry form, call ARRL HQ at (860) 594-0328 or e-mail Jennifer
> Hagy, N1TDY, jhagy@arrl.org.
>
> ==>ARRL PROVIDING FCC LICENSE RENEWAL, ADDRESS CHANGES, MODS TO NONMEMBERS
>
> The ARRL has announced that it's now providing FCC Amateur Radio license
> renewals, address changes and other license modification services to
> nonmembers. For a $12 fee, the League will renew a nonmember's Amateur
> Radio ticket (the license must be within 90 days of expiration), file an
> application to change address or name or request issuance of a new
> sequential call sign. The ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator is
> processing these applications.
>
> "The $12 is in line with our calendar year 2003 exam application fee,"
> said ARRL VEC Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ. For several years, the ARRL has
> been handling renewals, address and name changes and modifications free of
> charge for members and has directed nonmembers to the FCC's free Internet
> or hard-copy application options or to other providers of such services.
>
> Jahnke suggests that nonmembers who now choose to employ the League's
> application handling service also consider adding $27 (based on the
> current under-65 full term member rate of $39) for a full ARRL membership
> that includes free application handling and other services--not to mention
> QST.
>
> Members or nonmembers taking advantage of this service should submit NCVEC
> Form 605 <http://www.arrl.org/fcc/forms.html> to ARRL VEC, 225 Main St,
> Newington CT 06111 USA for processing. Nonmembers should make the $12 fee
> payable to "ARRL." For more information, contact ARRL VEC, vec@arrl.org.
>
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
>
> Wave bender Tad "Who can make the sun shine, on a cloudy day?" Cook,
> K7VVV, Seattle, Washington, reports: Last week we reported sunspot numbers
> dropping dramatically. This week it became a trend. Average daily sunspot
> numbers for the past three weeks were 206.1, 164.4 and 55.3. Average solar
> flux was 188.7, 169.1 and 117.1. The real shocker though was Monday, with
> a sunspot number of only 44! I thought it possible that the sunspot number
> had not been that low since the other side of the solar cycle (before the
> peak), but we actually saw lower values of 27 and 38 on September 11 and
> September 12, 2000. On September 26, 1999, it was also 44--and that was
> probably on the other side of the peak of the current cycle.
>
> Last year was surprisingly good in terms of high sunspot activity. The
> average daily sunspot number for Calendar Year 2002 was actually slightly
> higher than any of the three previous years. Average daily sunspot numbers
> for the years 1997 through 2002 were 30.7, 88.7, 136.3, 173, 170.3 and
> 176.6. Note the 176.6 value is lower than the 178.3 reported in last
> week's bulletin as the average sunspot number for the first 359 days of
> the year. The drop in sunspot numbers over the past week was so dramatic
> that it actually dropped the yearly average by nearly two points! Average
> daily solar flux for the same six years was 81, 117.9, 153.7, 179.6, 181.6
> and 179.5.
>
> What is the trend? Let's look at quarterly averages.
>
> Average daily sunspot numbers for the past eight quarters were 147.3,
> 164.8, 170.4, 198.1, 178.3, 165.3, 193.5 and 152.7. Average daily solar
> flux for those same quarters was 164.4, 166.7, 175.5, 219.1, 203.9, 156.4,
> 178.1 and 164.2. As you can see, there is quite a bit of variability in
> the values. Solar cycles only appear smooth when looking backward and
> doing a moving average of the data.
>
> Currently Earth is entering a solar wind from a small coronal hole on the
> sun. Conditions could be unsettled on Friday and Saturday. The projected
> planetary A index for Friday through Monday is 15, 15, 10 and 8. The
> projected solar flux for those same days is 120, 125, 125 and 130.
>
> Sunspot numbers for December 26 through January 1 were 62, 63, 70, 51, 44,
> 50 and 47, with a mean of 55.3. The 10.7-cm flux was 127.4, 116.5, 116.9,
> 114.8, 113.8, 115.1 and 115, with a mean of 117.1. Estimated planetary A
> indices were 15, 37, 19, 13, 15, 11 and 10, with a mean of 17.1.
>
> __________________________________
>
> ==>IN BRIEF:
>
> * This weekend on the radio: Kid's Day, the AGCW QRP Winter Contest, the
> ARRL RTTY Roundup and the EUCW 160-Meter Contest are the weekend of
> January 4-5. JUST AHEAD: The North American QSO Party (CW), Hunting Lions
> in the Air, the East Asia 160/80 DX Contest, the Midwinter Contest (CW),
> the NRAU-Baltic Contest (CW and SSB are separate events), the Midwinter
> Contest (SSB) and the DARC 10-Meter Contest  are the weekend of January
> 11-12. See the ARRL Contest Branch page <http://www.arrl.org/contests/>
> and the WA7BNM Contest Calendar
> <http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html> for more info.
>
> * ARRL Emergency Communications course registration: Registration opens
> Monday, January 6, at 12:01 AM Eastern Time (0500 UTC) for the on-line
> Level I Emergency Communications course (EC-001). Registration remains
> open through the January 11-12 weekend or until all available seats have
> been filled--whichever comes first. The class begins Tuesday, January 21.
> Thanks to the federal homeland security grant from the Corporation for
> National and Community Service, the $45 registration fee paid upon
> enrollment will be reimbursed after successful completion of the course.
> During this registration period, approximately 200 seats are being offered
> to ARRL members on a first-come, first-served basis. To learn more, visit
> the ARRL Certification and Continuing Education Web page and the C-CE
> Links found there. For more information, contact Emergency Communications
> Course Manager Dan Miller, K3UFG, dmiller@arrl.org; 860-594-0340.
>
> * ARRL to sponsor emergency communications course seminar in Mississippi:
> The ARRL will offer a free Amateur Radio Emergency Communications course
> (ARECC) seminar January 31, in conjunction with the 2003 Capital City
> Hamfest in Jackson, Mississippi. The seminar will not include the Level I
> course itself. This program is designed to explain in greater detail the
> duties of volunteer certification mentors, instructors and examiners of
> the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications courses and provide additional
> information for those considering these volunteer positions. "With Level I
> emergency communications training being offered nationwide under the
> homeland security grant from the Corporation for National and Community
> Service, we hope to have all ARECC team players reading from the same page
> to ensure success under the federal grant guidelines," said ARRL Emergency
> Communications Course Manager Dan Miller, K3UFG. The seminar will be held
> Friday, January 31, 1 until 5 PM, at the Trade Mart Building, located on
> the Mississippi State Fairgrounds northeast of the coliseum. Seating may
> be limited. If you plan to attend or need more information, contact Dan
> Miller, K3UFG, k3ufg@arrl.org; 860-594-0340; fax 860-594-0259. For
> registered CMs, CIs and CEs who attend, mileage may be reimburseable up to
> a total of $35. Seminar attendance does not include admission to the
> hamfest, which is January 31-February 1. For more information on the 2003
> Capital City Hamfest, visit the sponsoring Jackson Amateur Radio Club Web
> site <http://www.jxnarc.org/>.
>
> * Correction: In the report "FCC Seeks Comments on Amateur Radio-Related
> Petitions" in The ARRL Letter, Vol 21, No 50 (Dec 27, 2002), we erred in
> attempting to synopsize the rule making petition designated RM-10620
> offered by Dale Reich, K8AD. Reich notes that his proposal would require
> current veteran, rule-abiding Novice and Advanced ticket holders to apply
> for an upgrade in license class through a Volunteer Examiner Coordinator.
>
> * Packet users requested to not send e-mail messages to ISS crew: Amateur
> Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Chairman
> Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, has requested that amateurs refrain from sending
> e-mail to the ISS crew via the onboard RS0ISS Personal Message System
> (PMS). "The crew is not answering the e-mail, and we really don't expect
> them to." he said. "If things change, we'll let you know." Reports have
> indicated that the ISS packet mailbox is filling up with unread messages,
> many of them greetings to the crew or holiday greetings. The all-ham
> Expedition 6 ISS crew consists of Crew Commander Ken Bowersox, KD5JBP,
> cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin, RV3FB, and astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT.
>
> * ARRL QSL Service ends 2002 just shy of 2 million cards shipped: With
> sunspot numbers slowly starting to decline, it may be a while before the
> ARRL QSL Service <http://www.arrl.org/qsl/qslout.html> again sees the sort
> of activity it dealt with in 2002. During the past year, the service
> mailed out 1,963,165 cards from ARRL members to DX stations. That's up by
> 30,850 over 2001--or approximately 1.6 percent. The final day's QSL card
> shipment to exotic and rare entities--done every 90 days--was 148,050
> cards alone. "Overall, it's been a pretty good year for the bureau," said
> ARRL QSL Service Manager Martin Cook, N1FOC. "We got the cards sorted on
> time with no backlog this year." Cook said most members have been sorting
> their cards properly before sending them to the ARRL QSL Service for
> shipping. "Unsorted cards really slow things down," he said.
>
> * League volunteers help at public TV pledge drive: Amateur Radio got a
> bit of TV exposure December 30 as several ARRL Headquarters staffers
> represented the League during a Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) fund
> drive. ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH, who organized
> the group of HQ volunteers, said that with more than 300 public radio and
> television stations in the country, volunteering a ham radio club for a
> pledge drive phone bank is a tidy way to gain some visibility. "Just call
> the station's volunteer coordinator," Hobart suggested. "Several people
> called in and said they were hams, or that their father was a ham, and
> donated because they saw our banner in the background." ARRL Electronic
> Publications Manager Jon Bloom, KE3Z, even helped a caller with an
> "out-of-sync" audio problem on her TV (the SAP channel was
> engaged)--something most volunteers probably could not do. The 17 HQ
> staffers and family members helped raise more than $45,000 for CPTV during
> a University of Connecticut women's basketball game and received high
> praise from the station's volunteer coordinator for their professionalism
> and above-average results during their segment.
>
> * IARU presents Amateur Radio Administration Course in Kenya: The
> International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has announced the successful
> presentation of the Amateur Radio Administration Course (ARAC) in Nairobi,
> Kenya. The course, conducted jointly by IARU and the African Advanced
> Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI), was taught December 9-13,
> 2002, to a class of 22 telecommunications officials from English-speaking
> African countries. Support for the course was provided by the
> International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Development Bureau
> (ITU-D), the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the Communications
> Commission of Kenya (CCK). Students were from administrations and
> telecommunications operators from Ghana, Kenya, Sudan and Zambia.
> Presenters were Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, for IARU; Mohamed K. Noorani of
> AFRALTI; and Gideon Mwakatobe of ATU. AFRALTI Director Edward Mallango
> participated in the opening ceremony and ATU Secretary-General Jan Mutai
> officiated at the closing ceremony. Amateur Radio Society of Kenya (ARSK)
> Chairman E H M (Ted) Alleyne, 5Z4NU, set up an HF station at the training
> site. "The presentation of the course in Nairobi was made possible by a
> strong sense of partnership that exists between ITU, ATU, and IARU," said
> IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ. "IARU President Larry Price, W4RA, has
> assigned a high priority to the development of Amateur Radio in Africa. We
> are most gratified that ITU-D Director Hamadoun Touré as well as ATU
> Secretary General Mutai and his colleagues in Nairobi share our conviction
> that Amateur Radio can contribute to human resource development for the
> improvement of telecommunications in Africa." The course included
> instruction in subjects such as the ITU, Radio Regulations, spectrum
> management, the IARU, domestic and international regulations, Amateur
> Radio operations and technology, disaster communications and the
> Amateur-Satellite Service.
>
> ===========================================================
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan  4 17:38:15 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Jay Hainline)
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 17:38:15 +0000
Subject: [LeArc] Winter Weather Advisory
Message-ID: <3E171C07.F00AC7AA@winco.net>

734 
WWUS43 KDVN 041644 CCA
WSWMLI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1038 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2003

...WINTER WEATHER HAS RETURNED...
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH SOUTHEAST BRINGING A MIX OF
WINTER PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM
DUBUQUE TO MACOMB. A COMBINATION OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND DRY
AIR ALOFT WILL COOL THE ATMOSPHERE CREATING CONDITIONS FOR A
MIXTURE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN ALONG WITH SOME SLEET
AND POSSIBLY SNOW.

ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BECOME
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ015-016-
024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-042200-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-
DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-
IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-
LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-ROCK ISLAND IL-
SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-WASHINGTON IA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEDO...ANAMOSA...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
BURLINGTON...CARTHAGE...CEDAR RAPIDS...CLINTON...DUBUQUE...
FAIRFIELD...FORT MADISON...INDEPENDENCE...IOWA CITY...KAHOKA...
KEOSAUQUA...KEWANEE...MACOMB...MANCHESTER...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
MEMPHIS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...MONMOUTH...MOUNT PLEASANT...
MUSCATINE...OQUAWKA...SIGOURNEY...TIPTON...VINTON...WAPELLO...
WASHINGTON

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH 4 PM...
A MIXTURE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SOME
SNOW THROUGH SUNSET. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE UNDER 1 INCH.

$$

DLS/SF
CORRECTED FIRST PARAGRAPH WORDING
-- 


Jay Hainline  KA9CFD  EN40om
Colchester, IL
ka9cfd@arrl.net
http://www.qsl.net/learc


From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan  4 21:13:28 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Duane Whittingham)
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 15:13:28 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] WeatherIL - McDonough County
Message-ID: <3E174E78.C55D38CB@logonix.net>

..WINTER WEATHER HAS RETURNED...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH SE BRINGING A MIX OF
WINTER PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM
DUBUQUE TO MACOMB. A COMBINATION OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE & DRY
AIR ALOFT WILL COOL THE ATMOSPHERE CREATING CONDITIONS FOR A
MIXTURE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN ALONG WITH SOME SLEET
AND POSSIBLY SNOW.

ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BECOME
SLICK & HAZARDOUS...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.


IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ015-016-
024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-042200-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-
DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-
IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-
LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-ROCK ISLAND IL-
SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-WASHINGTON IA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEDO...ANAMOSA...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
BURLINGTON...CARTHAGE...CEDAR RAPIDS...CLINTON...DUBUQUE...
FAIRFIELD...FORT MADISON...INDEPENDENCE...IOWA CITY...KAHOKA...
KEOSAUQUA...KEWANEE...MACOMB...MANCHESTER...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
MEMPHIS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...MONMOUTH...MOUNT PLEASANT...
MUSCATINE...OQUAWKA...SIGOURNEY...TIPTON...VINTON...WAPELLO...
WASHINGTON

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH 4 PM...
A MIXTURE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SOME
SNOW THROUGH SUNSET. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE UNDER 1 INCH.

$$

SF


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Tom and Darryl Radio Shows
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Also on WQNA 88.3 FM, WBCQ 7415 kHz and the Internet.
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sun Jan  5 14:45:50 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 08:45:50 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Hazardous Weather Outlook
Message-ID: <002301c2b4c9$246cee20$33060640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>

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 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
 516 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2003
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 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
 NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.
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 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
 AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING...
 BRINGING A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE.  THEN...AS THE
 DISTURBANCE MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA...THE PRECIPITATION
 WILL TRANSITION TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES.  THE SNOW
 SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
 EVENING HOURS.  UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
 POSSIBLE.
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 .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
 NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Mon Jan  6 16:06:54 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Jay T Hainline)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 10:06:54 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Looking for a good weather email service
Message-ID: <3E19A99E.9E38D15B@wiu.edu>

I am looking for comments/suggestions for a free weather email service.
I would like to be able to subscribe here at work to get timely winter
weather advisories/watches/warnings as well as the severe weather
watches/tornado watches and area outlines for our area.

If you know of a service that has worked for you, please post. I DO NOT
have internet access here so something like the Weatherbug program will
not work.

73 Jay
KA9CFD

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Mon Jan  6 19:29:30 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:29:30 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Looking for a good weather email service
References: <3E19A99E.9E38D15B@wiu.edu>
Message-ID: <007e01c2b5b9$efadfed0$ee040640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>

Hi Jay.
I understand accuweather is a good free source.  You might check it out.
Tony



> See http://www.qsl.net/learc/ for club information.
>
> Annual Christmas meeting December 10, 2002.  Bring your appetite and a
dish to pass.
>
> Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
> Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
>
>
> I am looking for comments/suggestions for a free weather email service.
> I would like to be able to subscribe here at work to get timely winter
> weather advisories/watches/warnings as well as the severe weather
> watches/tornado watches and area outlines for our area.
>
> If you know of a service that has worked for you, please post. I DO NOT
> have internet access here so something like the Weatherbug program will
> not work.
>
> 73 Jay
> KA9CFD
> _______________________________________________
>
> Lamoine Emergency Amateur Radio Club
>
>     W9SSP  - 147.060 (103.5 tone)
>
>           WB9TEA - 444.300
>
> Meetings on the second Tuesday of the month.
> 7:00 PM at the American Red Cross Building in Macomb.
>
> Next meeting will be December 10, 2002.
>
> Hope to see you there.
>
>
> LeArc mailing list
> LeArc@mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/learc


From learc@mailman.qth.net  Mon Jan  6 20:09:33 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Duane Whittingham)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 14:09:33 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Looking for a good weather email service
References: <3E19A99E.9E38D15B@wiu.edu>
Message-ID: <3E19E27D.7CF01F1F@logonix.net>

Here's a couple possibilities.

I use Weather Underground, they can send forecasts and weather
bulletins, they are not free but they are 5 bux a year. ;)

http://www.wunderground.com

for bulletins and emergencies there's a free one at:

http://www.emergencye.com/


Duane


Jay T Hainline wrote:
> 
> See http://www.qsl.net/learc/ for club information.
> 
> Annual Christmas meeting December 10, 2002.  Bring your appetite and a dish to pass.
> 
> Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
> Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
> 
> I am looking for comments/suggestions for a free weather email service.
> I would like to be able to subscribe here at work to get timely winter
> weather advisories/watches/warnings as well as the severe weather
> watches/tornado watches and area outlines for our area.
> 
> If you know of a service that has worked for you, please post. I DO NOT
> have internet access here so something like the Weatherbug program will
> not work.
> 
> 73 Jay
> KA9CFD


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Tom and Darryl Radio Shows
Heard on C-Band Analog Satellite (W0KIE) - GE7-CH5-7.5 mHz
Also on WQNA 88.3 FM, WBCQ 7415 kHz and the Internet.
Heard Fridays 9pm ET, Sundays 12am ET and Tuesdays 1am ET
An Independent Freeform Eclectic Radio Show.
http://www.tomanddarryl.org

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Tue Jan  7 01:23:58 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 19:23:58 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Looking for a good weather email service
References: <3E19A99E.9E38D15B@wiu.edu>
Message-ID: <3E1A2C2E.DAF592AE@revealed.net>

Jay T Hainline wrote:

>
>
> I am looking for comments/suggestions for a free weather email service.
> I would like to be able to subscribe here at work to get timely winter
> weather advisories/watches/warnings as well as the severe weather
> watches/tornado watches and area outlines for our area.
>
> If you know of a service that has worked for you, please post. I DO NOT
> have internet access here so something like the Weatherbug program will
> not work.
>
> 73 Jay
> KA9CFD

Jay, I am subscribed to a service that sends an email message to my computer here and
also to my cell phone I carry with me.

   It is not for routine weather reports, but rather watches, warnings and so on.  You
can pick the counties you want to be advised for, McDonough is one of them.

   I have subscribed to it for over a year, and I am pleased with it, although the
messages it sends to my cell phone seem to be larger than my phone can receive in
entirety.

With my cell phone, I can get enough of the message to see if it is a watch or warning
and what counties are involved, but the descriptions of it are cut off.   It serves the
purpose though, when my phone vibrates and the display tells me it is a weather message,
that`s my clue to tune in the local news station to see what is happening.

    The messages that it sends to my home email address are similar to the messages that
have been posted here on this email list.

    This service is from the National Weather Service, based out of the Quad Cities.

    It is available for subscribing to from the WQAD Channel 8 TV station in the Quad
Cities at this web site:

http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=446617

   Also, audio from the NOAA weather station in Macomb is available on the internet at:

HTTP://www.wiu.com/ram/noaa.ram


--
Marlin Webb,  Milan,  Illinois,    wd9hzu@revealed.net



From learc@mailman.qth.net  Fri Jan 10 01:55:39 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Duane Whittingham)
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 19:55:39 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] New station in Macomb on 106.3?
Message-ID: <3E1E281A.7B7D77AC@logonix.net>

Have you heard the new signal at 106.3 mHz in Macomb.

Yes our new station is on. Its a LPFM and its WTND-LP.
We ARE licensed by the FCC by the way. ;)

We hope to make it a community type radio station and be different
then the others. We are in test mode with various programming.

Again WTND-LP Macomb @ 106.3 FM.

Has been heard as far west as Colchester, east as Adair and south
till about 8 mi North of Rushville.

Duane - WTND

http://www.wtnd.us
 
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Tom and Darryl Radio Shows
Heard on C-Band Analog Satellite (W0KIE) - GE7-CH5-7.5 mHz
Also on WQNA 88.3 FM, WBCQ 7415 kHz and the Internet.
Heard Fridays 9pm ET, Sundays 12am ET and Tuesdays 1am ET
An Independent Freeform Eclectic Radio Show.
http://www.tomanddarryl.org

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Fri Jan 10 14:57:12 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 08:57:12 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] New station in Macomb on 106.3?
References: <3E1E281A.7B7D77AC@logonix.net>
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Duane.
Congrats on the new station.  I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet,
but am looking forward to doing so.  What type of programming does it
involve, and what are your broadcast hours?  It sounds like it could be very
interesting.

Tony KB9NAB

>
> Have you heard the new signal at 106.3 mHz in Macomb.
>
> Yes our new station is on. Its a LPFM and its WTND-LP.
> We ARE licensed by the FCC by the way. ;)
>
> We hope to make it a community type radio station and be different
> then the others. We are in test mode with various programming.
>
> Again WTND-LP Macomb @ 106.3 FM.
>
> Has been heard as far west as Colchester, east as Adair and south
> till about 8 mi North of Rushville.
>
> Duane - WTND
>
> http://www.wtnd.us
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Duane Whittingham (N9SSN) - Producer
> Tom and Darryl Radio Shows
> Heard on C-Band Analog Satellite (W0KIE) - GE7-CH5-7.5 mHz
> Also on WQNA 88.3 FM, WBCQ 7415 kHz and the Internet.
> Heard Fridays 9pm ET, Sundays 12am ET and Tuesdays 1am ET
> An Independent Freeform Eclectic Radio Show.
> http://www.tomanddarryl.org
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan 11 01:47:45 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:47:45 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Emailing: Galesburg
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan 11 13:58:16 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 07:58:16 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] ARLB004 ARRL Board to Take Strategic Tack at January Meeting
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> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB004
> ARLB004 ARRL Board to Take Strategic Tack at January Meeting
> 
> ZCZC AG04
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 4  ARLB004
> >From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  January 10, 2003
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB004
> ARLB004 ARRL Board to Take Strategic Tack at January Meeting
> 
> The ARRL Board of Directors will gather in Windsor, Connecticut,
> January 17-18. With ARRL and IARU positions established for most
> pending legislative issues and for the upcoming 2003 World
> Radiocommunication Conference, the Board is poised to tackle
> strategic planning for the next three to five years as one of its
> top agenda topics.
> 
> ''We need to look at our basic assumptions,'' said ARRL Chief
> Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ. ''We will do what we have to do
> to ensure that Amateur Radio and the ARRL will be healthy 20 years
> from now.'' At the January meeting, the Board will consider
> recommendations as to how strategic planning should be conducted
> later this year.
> 
> Sumner said ARRL Board members are interested in how the ARRL can
> stimulate the entry of prospective amateurs from among the adult
> population and explore ways to entice previously licensed
> individuals back to Amateur Radio. He also noted that the Board will
> be asked to ratify the ARRL budget for 2003, which is expected to be
> the last year in a three-year period of planned deficit spending.
> 
> In addition to reports from ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, other
> ARRL officers and standing committees, the Board is expected to hear
> from technical, ad hoc and advisory committees.
> NNNN
> /EX

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan 11 13:58:46 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 07:58:46 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] The ARRL Letter, Vol 22, No 02
Message-ID: <002201c2b979$9005dd40$1a060640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>



> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 22, No. 02
> January 10, 2003
> ***************
>
> IN THIS EDITION:
>
> * +ARRL Board of Directors to meet in Connecticut
> * +FCC threatens amateur with revocation hearing
> * +French youngsters rendezvous with astronaut via ham radio
> * +New Jersey lawmakers honor Amateur Radio's 9/11 role
> * +KD5MDT to replace RV3FB on spacewalk
> * +New satellite gets OSCAR designation
> *  Solar Update
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course registration
>     +ARRL seeks Repeater Directory listings from coordinators
>     +Special event from former WCC to celebrate Marconi centennial
>      FCC to hold open commission meeting
>      California RACES team responds to gas leak
>      Maritime Mobile Service Network celebrates 35th anniversary
>      K6ZT elected president of engineering honor society
>
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
>
> ===========================================================
>
> ==>ARRL BOARD TO TAKE STRATEGIC TACK AT JANUARY MEETING
>
> The ARRL Board of Directors will mull options for the next cycle of League
> activities and deal with fiscal issues when it gathers January 17-18 in
> Windsor, Connecticut. With ARRL and International Amateur Radio Union
> (IARU) positions established for most pending FCC and legislative issues
> and for the upcoming 2003 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-03),
> the Board is poised to tackle strategic planning for the next three to
> five years as one of its top agenda topics.
>
> "We need to look at our basic assumptions," said ARRL Chief Executive
> Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ. "We will do what we have to do to ensure that
> Amateur Radio and the ARRL will be healthy 20 years from now." At the
> January meeting, the Board will consider recommendations regarding how
> strategic planning should be conducted later this year.
>
> Sumner said ARRL Board members also are interested in how the ARRL can
> stimulate the entry of prospective amateurs from among the adult
> population. Board members also want to explore ways to entice previously
> licensed individuals who have left the hobby to return to Amateur Radio.
> "There are a lot of new things out there, like PSK-31 and Internet linking
> that didn't exist a few years ago," he said. "We want to find a way to
> effectively get the word out to those who don't know that there are 28
> flavors of Amateur Radio now, not just vanilla, chocolate and strawberry."
>
> He pointed out that the ARRL Education and Technology Program--"The Big
> Project"--and the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
> program emphasize radio and science instruction for schoolchildren. Both
> activities are designed to yield long-term benefits for Amateur Radio from
> within the younger generation.
>
> The Board also will be asked to ratify the ARRL budget for 2003, which is
> expected to be the last year in a three-year period of planned deficit
> spending. With the League's Development Office firmly established and
> tapping into nontraditional revenue sources, the plan for 2003 is to
> greatly reduce the deficit compared to 2002 and to look toward again
> presenting a balanced budget in 2004, Sumner said.
>
> The Board also will hear from invited guests, including IARU President
> Larry Price, W4RA, and Radio Amateurs of Canada President Bill Gillis,
> VE1WG. In addition to reports from ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, other
> ARRL officers and standing committees, the Board is expected to hear from
> technical, ad hoc and advisory committees.
>
> Prior to the Board meeting, newly elected Great Lakes Division Director
> Jim Weaver, K8JE, and Vice Director Dick Mondro, W8FQT, will be at ARRL
> Headquarters January 14-15 for an orientation program.
>
> ==>FCC THREATENS NEW YORK AMATEUR WITH HEARING
>
> The FCC has told a Technician-class operator from New York to stay off 20
> meters or risk having to defend his license at a hearing. FCC Special
> Counsel Riley Hollingsworth wrote Alexander Sandbrand, N2NNU, of Yonkers
> December 12 notifying him that the FCC plans to designate his ham ticket
> for revocation and suspension proceedings if it learns of additional
> incidents of out-of-band operation.
>
> "This serves as notice that if you engage in any additional incident of
> out-of band operation, the Enforcement Bureau intends to designate your
> Amateur station license N2NNU for a revocation hearing before an
> Administrative Law Judge," Hollingsworth wrote, "and, further, that we
> intend to designate your Technician-class operator license for suspension
> for the remainder of the license term, August 26, 2011."
>
> An initial Warning Notice regarding alleged operation on the 20-meter
> phone band went out to Sandbrand in August 2001, but the FCC has reports
> that Sandbrand has operated on HF phone since then.
>
> "Information before the Commission indicates that on at least nine
> occasions subsequent to receipt of that warning letter, you operated out
> of band," Hollingsworth wrote. He cited reports that N2NNU had operated at
> various times on 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters between September 2001 and June
> 2002.
>
> Hollingsworth told ARRL that after the first Warning Notice, Sandbrand
> called him to complain that it wasn't fair that he had to pass additional
> examination elements to operate on HF phone. "I told him if he wants to
> operate on HF, he has to take the test like everybody else," Hollingsworth
> said.
>
> In the latest Warning Notice, Hollingsworth informed Sandbrand that the
> FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will not process any upgrade
> applications from him until the matter is resolved. He said this week that
> he has not heard anything further from Sandbrand.
>
> ==>FRENCH STUDENTS RENDEZVOUS WITH ASTRONAUT VIA HAM RADIO
>
> Students at the Immaculate Conception Elementary School in Brest, France,
> spoke January 8 via Amateur Radio with US astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT. A
> member of the Expedition 6 crew, Pettit is the chief science officer on
> board the International Space Station. The contact was arranged by the
> Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program.
>
> Some 30 schoolchildren, their teachers and parents gathered in the room
> where the local Amateur Radio club had set up the satellite station. Once
> contact was established between NA1SS and ground station F6KPF and
> season's greetings exchanged, Pettit began answering questions, which
> included one asking if the crew celebrated Christmas in space. Other
> youngsters wanted to know about how the ISS was supplied with food and
> where the crew's drinking water came from. Pettit and his fellow crew
> members commander Ken Bowersox, KD5JBP, and Nikolai Budarin, RV3FB, will
> remain in space until March.
>
> "The signal was strong, and Don's voice sounded as if he was addressing
> the audience from the floor," said ARISS Vice Chairman Gaston Bertels,
> ON4WF. By the end of the pass, 18 questions had been asked and answered.
> Those on hand for the early-morning contact included the mayor of Brest.
> The event received radio, TV and print media coverage.
>
> Bertels reports that the 10 and 11-year-old pupils--students of Anne
> Jaouen--have been studying radio telecommunications throughout the school
> year with support from the Brest Amateur Radio Club. "Hands-on experience
> consisted of building a crystal radio set, and the children also have
> communicated from their classroom with French Amateur Radio stations,"
> Bertels said.
>
> The youngsters also were actively involved in preparing the questions for
> the ARISS contact. "They studied some basics of astronomy, made models of
> the solar system, showing lunar phases, the sky, the sun and the earth,"
> Bertels explained. "They also saw pictures taken on board the ISS and
> transmitted on television."
>
> In addition to the scientific side of space study, the children wrote
> poems on the theme and illustrated these with paintings--now decorating
> the walls of the school--that represent the adventure of space exploration
> and the planets, Bertels said.
>
> ARISS is an international program with support from ARRL, NASA and AMSAT.
>
> ==>NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE HONORS AMATEUR RADIO'S 9/11 ROLE
>
> The New Jersey Legislature has honored the role of Amateur Radio operators
> in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. On hand in
> Trenton to witness a joint proclamation December 12 were ARRL Hudson
> Division Director Frank Fallon, N2FF, Hudson Division Vice Director Steve
> Mendelsohn, W2ML, Northern New Jersey Section Manager Bill Hudzik, W2UDT,
> and Bergen County District Emergency Coordinator Mike Adams, WA2MWT, who's
> also a member of the New Jersey PRB-1 Task Force.
>
> "I would like to take this opportunity to commend you for your hard work
> and efforts," said Assembly Speaker Albio Sires. "During times of
> disaster, your group has displayed superior service and dedication to the
> safety of our citizens. I applaud the efforts of the independent radio
> operators and thank you for your selfless actions on September 11, 2001.
> Allow me to express my sincere gratitude for your participation with the
> New Jersey General Assembly on this day, December 12, 2002."
>
> On behalf of the amateur contingent, Hudzik thanked the 80 members of the
> Assembly. Among the cosponsors of the resolution was Assemblyman Matthew
> Ahearn, KB2PNN, a Democrat from Fair Lawn and sponsor of an Amateur Radio
> antenna bill, Assembly Bill 3065, in the Garden State.
>
> While in the state capital, the ham radio delegation took the opportunity
> to promote A3065, "The Amateur Radio Antenna Bill." The measure would
> codify the limited preemption known as PRB-1 into New Jersey's statutes.
> In addition, it would preclude local ordinances or regulations that
> effectively prohibit an antenna support structure of 70 feet or less above
> ground level exclusive of any antenna upon the structure. The measure has
> been assigned to the Housing and Local Government Committee chaired by
> Assemblyman Jerry Green (D-Plainfield). The text of the proposed
> legislation <http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/> is available on the New Jersey
> Legislature Web site. Search on "A3065" in the "Bill Search" engine.
>
> Ahearn will be seeking cosponsors in the New Jersey General Assembly and
> Senate. Interested New Jersey amateurs may contact him via e-mail
> <asmahearn@njleg.org>. Amateurs may contact their state lawmakers to
> express their opinions on the bill or to urge their cosponsorship. Visit
> the New Jersey Legislature page <http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/> and look
> under "Members--Find Your Legislator."--Michael Adams, WA2MWT
>
> ==>PETTIT TO SUB FOR BUDARIN DURING SPACEWALK
>
> International Space Station astronaut and Science Officer Don Pettit,
> KD5MDT, will fill in for Russian cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Nikolai
> Budarin, RV3FB, on a January 15 spacewalk or extra-vehicular
> activity--EVA. Pettit and Expedition 6 mission commander Ken Bowersox,
> KD5JBP, will spend more than six hours in space working on the ISS.
>
> "Pettit replaced Budarin because on-orbit medical data raised concerns
> among US flight surgeons responsible for medical certification of
> spacewalk activity," NASA said this week in a statement. "This decision
> does not affect Budarin's other on-orbit duties. Both NASA and the Russian
> Aviation and Space Agency have agreed to the personnel change for the
> EVA." NASA said that because of privacy concerns, no further information
> would be made public. Associated Press has quoted Russian space officials
> as saying that Budarin failed to meet US standards in tests on a
> stationary bicycle. Budarin, 49, is a veteran of eight spacewalks.
>
> AP quoted Russian officials as saying that they were aware of the
> "peculiarities" of Budarin's cardiovascular system and that he is healthy
> enough to do the spacewalk. Until US flight surgeons delayed it, the EVA
> was scheduled to take place last month.
>
> Pettit, 47, himself was a last-minute fill-in for Don Thomas, KC5FVF, who
> was pulled from the Expedition 6 crew because flight surgeons worried
> about his exposure to radiation in space. During the EVA, Bowersox and
> Pettit will continue outfitting the newly delivered Port One truss
> segment. Expedition 6 was launched aboard space shuttle Endeavour last
> November 23. The crew will remain aboard the ISS until March.
>
> The Expedition 6 crew also will be the first to not host any
> guests--either from Soyuz taxi missions or the space shuttle. Pettit has
> been filling some of his free time conducting casual QSOs from NA1SS on 2
> meters.
>
> ==>NEW SAUDISAT GETS OSCAR DESIGNATION
>
> A third satellite in the SaudiSat series has earned an OSCAR designation
> from AMSAT. SaudiSat-1C now will be known as SO-50. The Amateur Radio
> payload was successfully placed into orbit December 20 from Russia's
> Baikonur Cosmodrome by a modified Soviet-era ICBM. The German-made SAFIR-M
> Amateur Radio payload
> <http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/12/24/3/#German> went into orbit
> during the same launch, as part of the RUBIN-2 scientific satellite.
> SAFIR-M has been designated as AO-49. SaudiSat-1C is a project of the
> Space Research Institute of the King Abdulaziz City for Science and
> Technology (KACST) <http://saudisat.kacst.edu.sa/>, an independent
> scientific organization of the Saudi Arabian government.
>
> "On behalf of AMSAT-NA I wish to congratulate you and your associates at
> Space Research Institute of KACST on the successful culmination of this
> project and hope that amateurs all over the world will have an opportunity
> to use SO-50," said AMSAT-NA Board Chairman Bill Tynan, W3XO, in making
> the announcement this week.
>
> SaudiSat-1C follows by a little more than two years the launch of
> SaudiSats 1A and 1B. Now in a 650-km (400 miles) orbit, SaudiSat-1C
> carries several experiments, including a new Mode J FM amateur repeater.
> The downlink frequency is 436.775 MHz. The uplink frequency is 145.850
> MHz. A 67.0-Hz CTCSS tone is required for on-demand access to the
> satellite, which shares the same frequencies as AO-27 and SaudiSat-1A.
>
> Space Research Institute Director Turki Al Saud reports that the
> SaudiSat-1C repeater was activated and tested this past week. Its
> receiving antenna is a quarter-wave whip atop the spacecraft. The 250-mW
> UHF transmitter is coupled to a quarter-wave antenna on the bottom of the
> spacecraft. He said the repeater will be available to amateurs worldwide
> as power permits.
>
> AMSAT-NA President Robin Haighton, VE3FRH, has pointed out that
> SaudiSat-1C will require activation on each pass by a designated control
> operator. "A worldwide network of designated control operators is now
> being developed so that radio amateurs may begin using the satellite
> immediately," he said.
>
> For tracking, the NORAD identifier for two-line Keplerian elements is
> 27607.
>
> According to a report in Arab News
> <http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=21335>, the new satellite is
> equipped with capabilities to provide "vital data" concerning weather
> conditions and oil exploration as well as to monitor the movement of
> vehicles in remote regions of Saudi Arabia.
>
> Turki Al Saud told AMSAT-NA that SaudiSat-1A (SO-41) recently has been
> used to conduct some tests and will return to service soon. SO-41 has been
> configured for FM voice repeater operation. SaudiSat-1B (SO-42) still is
> being used to conduct some experiments but could be made available for
> amateur use in the future.--AMSAT News Service; King Abdulaziz City for
> Science and Technology
>
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
>
> Heliophile Tad "You Might As Well Be Walkin' on the Sun" Cook, K7VVV,
> Seattle, Washington, reports: After last week's big drop in activity,
> sunspots are back. The average sunspot number for this week was more than
> twice what it was last week, and average daily solar flux was up by more
> than 32 points. Solar flux is expected to rise over the next few days to
> 190 on Saturday and 195 on Sunday, peaking on Monday around 200. But
> helioseismic images show no major spots on the sun's far side.
>
> Right now we are inside a weak solar wind, and geomagnetic indices have
> been quiet since last Friday and Saturday. The planetary A index has been
> in the single digits, but is expected to rise slightly to 15 on Friday,
> and then drop back again.
>
> The recent variation in solar activity shows that there is still life in
> this sunspot cycle, although over time we should expect a downward trend.
> We have passed the longest night of the year, and this is a good season
> for lowband work on 160 and 80 meters, particularly when K and A index
> values are low. As the days get longer, the higher bands will improve as
> we head toward the spring equinox.
>
> Sunspot numbers for January 2 through 8 were 74, 108, 117, 128, 141, 199
> and 198, with a mean of 137.9. The 10.7-cm flux was 118.3, 137.6, 143,
> 148.1, 162.1, 163.2 and 173.7, with a mean of 149.4. Estimated planetary A
> indices were 8, 13, 13, 9, 7, 9 and 7, with a mean of 9.4.
> __________________________________
>
> ==>IN BRIEF:
>
> * This weekend on the radio: The North American QSO Party (CW), Hunting
> Lions in the Air, the East Asia 160/80 DX Contest, the Midwinter Contest
> (CW), the NRAU-Baltic Contest (CW and SSB are separate events), the
> Midwinter Contest (SSB) and the DARC 10-Meter Contest are the weekend of
> January 11-12. JUST AHEAD: The North American QSO Party (SSB), the ARRL
> January VHF Sweepstakes, the LZ Open Contest (CW), the Michigan QRP
> January CW Contest, and the Hungarian DX Contest are the weekend of
> January 18-19. See the ARRL Contest Branch page
> <http://www.arrl.org/contests/> and the WA7BNM Contest Calendar
> <http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html> for more info.
>
> * ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course registration:
> Registration for the ARRL Level II Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
> (EC-002) and Antenna Modeling (EC-004) courses opens Monday, January 13,
> 12:01 AM Eastern Standard Time (0501 UTC). Registration will remain open
> through Sunday, January 19. Classes begin Monday, January 20. A new
> service now allows those interested in taking an ARRL Certification and
> Continuing Education (C-CE) course in the future to be advised via e-mail
> in advance of registration opportunities. To be included, send an e-mail
> to prereg@arrl.org. On the subject line, include the course name or number
> (eg, EC-00#) you'd like to take. In the message body, provide your name
> and call sign and the month you want to start the course. To learn more,
> visit the ARRL Certification and Continuing Education Web page
> <http://www.arrl.org/cce> and the C-CE links found there. For more
> information, contact Certification and Continuing Education Program
> Coordinator Howard Robins, W1HSR, hrobins@arrl.org. [C-CE logo]
>
> * ARRL seeks Repeater Directory listings from coordinators: The deadline
> for repeater coordinating entities to submit repeater listing information
> for the 2003 edition of The ARRL Repeater Directory is Friday, February 7.
> According to League policy, the ARRL only accepts repeater listings from
> recognized frequency-coordinating bodies. "All information on repeaters
> intended for The ARRL Repeater Directory must come through a recognized
> repeater coordinating body," said Brennan Price, N4QX, who compiles and
> edits the annual publication for the League. "With the exception of the
> Pacific Insular Territories, the Canadian Territories, and Nunavut, there
> is currently a coordinator serving all parts of the US and Canada." Price
> urges repeater owners to provide their coordinators with updated
> information as soon as possible for inclusion in the 2003 edition. For
> more information, contact Brennan Price, N4QX, n4qx@arrl.org.
>
> * Special event from former WCC to celebrate Marconi centennial: Special
> event station WA1WCC will be on the air during "Marconi Week," January
> 11-19, from the former WCC Marconi-RCA-MCI shore station operations center
> in Chatham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Look for WA1WCC on or about 7.040
> and 14.040 MHz on CW and 7.260 and 14.285 MHz SSB. The event, sponsored by
> the WCC Amateur Radio Association, marks the 100th anniversary of
> Guglielmo Marconi's first successful wireless transmission between the US
> and Europe. A message was sent by the Marconi station in Wellfleet,
> Massachusetts, on January 18, 1903. By 1914, Marconi had built a new safer
> and more up to date station in nearby Chatham. The former WCC facility
> will be open to the public from 9 AM until 5 PM Eastern Time. Plans are
> under way for Marconi's daughter, Princess Elettra Marconi, to visit
> Chatham January 16. She is scheduled to visit another special event,
> KM1CC, at the former Eastham Coast Guard station on January 18. At one
> time, WCC was described as the busiest ship-to-shore station on the US
> eastern seaboard. The Chatham Marconi Maritime Center is sponsoring a
> series of educational events for the public during Marconi Week.--Chatham
> Marconi Maritime Center Inc newsletter
>
> * FCC to hold open commission meeting: The FCC will hold an open meeting
> Wednesday, January 15, at 9:30 AM in Washington, DC. The Meeting will
> focus on presentations by senior agency officials regarding
> implementations of the agency's strategic plan and a comprehensive review
> of FCC policies and procedures. Presentations will be made in four panels:
> Panel One consisting of the managing director. Panel Two consisting of the
> chiefs of the Enforcement and Consumer and Governmental Affairs bureaus.
> Panel Three consisting of the chiefs of the Office of Engineering and
> Technology, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the International
> Bureau. Panel Four consisting of the chiefs of the Wireline Competition
> and the Media bureaus. The audio portion of the meeting will be broadcast
> live on the Internet via the FCC's Internet audio broadcast page at
> <http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/>.--FCC
>
> * California RACES team responds to gas leak: The Huntington Beach,
> California, Fire Department called upon the Huntington Beach Radio Amateur
> Civil Emergency Service (RACES) group <http://www.hbraces.org> December 11
> after a natural gas leak occurred. Nine fire companies responded to the
> alarm. The Huntington Beach RACES team established a controlled net and
> initiated the RACES incident command system. Twenty RACES members
> responded to the incident command center at the scene of the leak, to the
> Huntington Beach emergency operations center and to a care and reception
> center for displaced residents. Tim Sawyer, WD6AWP, served as net control
> operator. Huntington Beach RACES Chief Radio Officer Steven Graboff,
> W6GOS--a physician--responded to the care and reception center and
> provided cellular, Amateur Radio, American Red Cross and fire department
> radio communication. RACES communications were utilized exclusively
> throughout the event, since as the city's cell phone system was not
> functioning. "Between the RACES communicators and the CERT [Community
> Emergency Response Team] shelter team, no additional city or Red Cross
> personnel were needed, and the incident was handled very well," said
> Huntington Beach Fire Department Emergency Services Coordinator Glorria
> Morrison, KE6ATG. "This is an example of how volunteers can be utilized to
> provide emergency services to the City of Huntington Beach at no cost and
> no drain to city resources." Other RACES members maintained radio watch on
> the net and prepared for a 12-hour deployment. Within 90 minutes, the fire
> department advised RACES that the problem was under control and the
> emergency was over, and residents were allowed to return to their homes.
> No injuries were reported. The Huntington Beach Fire Department Emergency
> Services Office administers the RACES team.
>
> * Maritime Mobile Service Network celebrates 35th anniversary: The
> Maritime Mobile Serice Network (MMSN) marked its 35th anniversary on
> January 3. The net now operates on 14.300 MHz. According to Bobby Graves,
> KB5HAV, the net's original purpose was to assist those serving in the US
> military during the Vietnam War. In its early years, the MMSN saw a lot of
> phone patch traffic. "Our primary purpose now is that of handling legal
> third-party traffic from maritime mobiles, both pleasure and commercial,
> and overseas deployed military personnel," said Graves, who serves as the
> nets schedule coordinator and Webmaster. He said the net also helps
> missionaries in foreign countries. The MMSN has grown from its original
> nine founding members to nearly 60 net control stations and relief
> operators. It's recognized by the US Coast Guard and has been instrumental
> in handling hundreds of incidents involving vessels in distress. During
> severe weather, the net also acts as a weather beacon for ships and relays
> weather warnings and bulletins from the National Weather Service and the
> National Hurricane Center. "The Maritime Mobile Service Network has a
> legacy of serving people and will continue to do so," Graves said.
>
> * K6ZT elected president of engineering honor society: ARRL Life Member
> Tom Rothwell, K6ZT, of Los Alamitos, California, has been elected
> president of Eta Kappa Nu <http://www.hkn.org/>, the national honor
> society for electrical and computer engineering. Rothwell was elected to
> membership in 1953 while attending the University of Southern California.
> He is a retired Hughes Aircraft Company group vice president and division
> manager. First licensed in early 1947, he spent three years in the US Air
> Force, much of it in postwar Japan, where he held the call signs J5AAL,
> J2AAL and JA3AA. (He won the CQ World Wide DX CW contest for Japan in 1948
> and the ARRL International DX Contest--Phone and CW--for Japan in 1949.)
> An Extra class licensee, Rothwell still enjoys chasing DX on CW. Founded
> in 1904, Eta Kappa Nu has some 100,000 members and chapters at more than
> 200 colleges with accredited curricula in electrical or computer
> engineering.
>
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan 11 14:10:16 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Jay Hainline)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:10:16 +0000
Subject: [LeArc] Echolink internet connection
Message-ID: <3E2025C8.51275F9F@winco.net>

I am running echolink this morning with my radio tuned to the 147.06 repeater.
So if you hear a strange callsign calling on the repeater, you will know what
it is. Probably have it running for a couple of hours or so.

73 Jay
-- 


Jay Hainline  KA9CFD  EN40om
Colchester, IL
ka9cfd@arrl.net
http://www.qsl.net/learc


From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sun Jan 12 00:37:45 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Duane Whittingham)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 18:37:45 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] WTND LP will run This Week In Amatuer Radio TONIGHT
Message-ID: <3E20B8D9.3FFAC0B0@logonix.net>

HI all, if your in Macomb we will run TWIAR on WTND-LP 106.3 Fm
tonight Sat at 8pm, we may not do it all the time but as a test
and a special for the local hams we will try it.

Duane WTND-LP 106.3 FM
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Duane Whittingham (N9SSN) - Producer
Tom and Darryl Radio Shows
Heard on C-Band Analog Satellite (W0KIE) - GE7-CH5-7.5 mHz
Also on WQNA 88.3 FM, WBCQ 7415 kHz and the Internet.
Heard Fridays 9pm ET, Sundays 12am ET and Tuesdays 1am ET
An Independent Freeform Eclectic Radio Show.
http://www.tomanddarryl.org

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sun Jan 12 07:25:34 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Duane Whittingham)
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 01:25:34 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Re: WTND LP will run This Week In Amatuer Radio TONIGHT
References: <3E20B8D9.3FFAC0B0@logonix.net>
Message-ID: <3E21186E.3D9C1537@logonix.net>

Did anyone catch it, if so what did you think?
Again not sure if it will stay on WTND 106.3 FM but if not
maybe in future it could be on the repeater.

Duane


Duane Whittingham wrote:
> 
> See http://www.qsl.net/learc/ for club information.
> 
> Annual Christmas meeting December 10, 2002.  Bring your appetite and a dish to pass.
> 
> Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
> Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
> 
> HI all, if your in Macomb we will run TWIAR on WTND-LP 106.3 Fm
> tonight Sat at 8pm, we may not do it all the time but as a test
> and a special for the local hams we will try it.
> 
> Duane WTND-LP 106.3 FM
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Duane Whittingham (N9SSN) - Producer
> Tom and Darryl Radio Shows
> Heard on C-Band Analog Satellite (W0KIE) - GE7-CH5-7.5 mHz
> Also on WQNA 88.3 FM, WBCQ 7415 kHz and the Internet.
> Heard Fridays 9pm ET, Sundays 12am ET and Tuesdays 1am ET
> An Independent Freeform Eclectic Radio Show.
> http://www.tomanddarryl.org
> _______________________________________________
> 
> Lamoine Emergency Amateur Radio Club
> 
>     W9SSP  - 147.060 (103.5 tone)
> 
>           WB9TEA - 444.300
> 
> Meetings on the second Tuesday of the month.
> 7:00 PM at the American Red Cross Building in Macomb.
> 
> Next meeting will be December 10, 2002.
> 
> Hope to see you there.
> 
> LeArc mailing list
> LeArc@mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/learc

-- 
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Duane Whittingham (N9SSN) - Producer
Tom and Darryl Radio Shows
Heard on C-Band Analog Satellite (W0KIE) - GE7-CH5-7.5 mHz
Also on WQNA 88.3 FM, WBCQ 7415 kHz and the Internet.
Heard Fridays 9pm ET, Sundays 12am ET and Tuesdays 1am ET
An Independent Freeform Eclectic Radio Show.
http://www.tomanddarryl.org

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Mon Jan 13 01:49:48 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Jay Hainline)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 01:49:48 +0000
Subject: [LeArc] [Fwd: SRRC W9MKS Hamfest Tables]
Message-ID: <3E221B3C.F866063@winco.net>

Received this message today and thought I would pass it along to the reflector.

73 Jay

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: SRRC W9MKS Hamfest Tables
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:27:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Matthew S Weaver <kb9vzh_gov@yahoo.com>
To: k9fe@arrl.net, webmaster@w9dup.org, learc@qsl.net

Dear fellow ARRL Clubs,

We are sending this Email to all ARRL Clubs within 100
Miles of Princeton Illinois to invite you to the 2003
Starved Rock Radio Clubs Hamfest in Princeton
Illinois. Also we are offering ONE FREE indoor table
at the hamfest to all clubs whom reply to this
mailing. Tickets can be purchased for $5.00 in advance
or $7.00 at the gate. Additional tables can be
purchased for $10.00 in advance  or $15.00 at the
gate.

This years Hamfest will be June 1st. 2003 at the
Bureau County Fairgrounds in Princeton Illinois.

For more information go to www.qsl.net/w9mks, or 

   Matthew S Weaver  KB9VZH
   601 S. Division St. Apt.#3
   Ottawa, Illinois  61350
   kb9vzh_gov@yahoo.com
   1-815-867-0044

Please reply as soon as possible.

Matthew Weaver  KB9VZH 
Jesse Risley  KB9TMA  
SRRC Hamfest CO.Chairman



=====
73's  QRV

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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Mon Jan 13 11:48:49 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Dave Nissen)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 05:48:49 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] [Fwd: SRRC W9MKS Hamfest Tables]
References: <3E221B3C.F866063@winco.net>
Message-ID: <005d01c2baf9$bd277d20$3dc690cf@0018403116>

Interesting Jay..

Always made me think and now I will ask, what if any advantage to being an
ARRL club? I am not a ARRL member for various reasons (used to be, years
ago), dues are a bit high, many of the articles in QST are above my level of
expertise, and ARRL seems to want to run the whole show of amateur radio
from time to time.

On the other hand they seem to keep big brother (FCC) in check and no doubt
do a lot for the hobby. Perhaps I should reconsider.

IMHO Princeton has become one, if not the best, "local" hamfests in the
area. A club table might be nice. I know I have some things that would be
far better off in the hands of someone else. And the cash in my pocket.

Another note. At least twice now in the past few weeks I have been working
K9HLT on the 2 meter repeater. During the course of our conversation I have
heard what sounds like some arcing and then the .06 machine goes dead. We
went to the 440 machine and I checked it later and found it to be working
properly again. Is it something that Ed and I said?? Or is it the continued
use for 30 minutes more than it could stand? I figure that it is because
BTT, OKO, HZU, OH, and others have not been active that sometimes the .06
machine goes to sleep. Sigh.. I fondly remember the "good old days" of the
nightly rag chew on .440. IXE (SK), MSC (SK), KT9Z (SK) "the two Terrys",
and the rest of the group. I remember when I was first a Novice and didn't
have a 2 meter rig. Used to listen on a scanner to catch up on the news. I
wonder how many of the new hams have never heard these calls.. Ah for the
good old days.. Gone, but never forgotten.

73
Dave de W9COP
No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message.
However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Hainline" <ka9cfd@winco.net>
To: <learc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 7:49 PM
Subject: [LeArc] [Fwd: SRRC W9MKS Hamfest Tables]


> See http://www.qsl.net/learc/ for club information.
>
> Annual Christmas meeting December 10, 2002.  Bring your appetite and a
dish to pass.
>
> Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
> Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
>
>
> Received this message today and thought I would pass it along to the
reflector.
>
> 73 Jay
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: SRRC W9MKS Hamfest Tables
> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:27:37 -0800 (PST)
> From: Matthew S Weaver <kb9vzh_gov@yahoo.com>
> To: k9fe@arrl.net, webmaster@w9dup.org, learc@qsl.net
>
> Dear fellow ARRL Clubs,
>
> We are sending this Email to all ARRL Clubs within 100
> Miles of Princeton Illinois to invite you to the 2003
> Starved Rock Radio Clubs Hamfest in Princeton
> Illinois. Also we are offering ONE FREE indoor table
> at the hamfest to all clubs whom reply to this
> mailing. Tickets can be purchased for $5.00 in advance
> or $7.00 at the gate. Additional tables can be
> purchased for $10.00 in advance  or $15.00 at the
> gate.
>
> This years Hamfest will be June 1st. 2003 at the
> Bureau County Fairgrounds in Princeton Illinois.
>
> For more information go to www.qsl.net/w9mks, or
>
>    Matthew S Weaver  KB9VZH
>    601 S. Division St. Apt.#3
>    Ottawa, Illinois  61350
>    kb9vzh_gov@yahoo.com
>    1-815-867-0044
>
> Please reply as soon as possible.
>
> Matthew Weaver  KB9VZH
> Jesse Risley  KB9TMA
> SRRC Hamfest CO.Chairman
>
>
>
> =====
> 73's  QRV
>
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> _______________________________________________
>
> Lamoine Emergency Amateur Radio Club
>
>     W9SSP  - 147.060 (103.5 tone)
>
>           WB9TEA - 444.300
>
> Meetings on the second Tuesday of the month.
> 7:00 PM at the American Red Cross Building in Macomb.
>
> Next meeting will be December 10, 2002.
>
> Hope to see you there.
>
>
> LeArc mailing list
> LeArc@mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/learc



From learc@mailman.qth.net  Mon Jan 13 18:48:41 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:48:41 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Monthly Illinois Section News Summary
Message-ID: <004601c2bb34$650c3eb0$11060640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ARRL Web site" <memberlist@www.arrl.org>
To: <coniglio@macomb.com>
Cc: <Subscribed ARRL Members:>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:54 AM
Subject: Monthly Illinois Section News Summary


> January Section News
> 
> SM-Sharon Harlan, N9SH, ASM KB9NW, SEC KC6VVT, STM K9CNP, PIC N9EWA, OOC
> KB9FBI, DEC Central N9NP, DEC/SW KB9AIL.
> 
> This month in addition to their on-going Technician license class, Piatt
> Co ARES members participated in two public service events.  On December
> 7th from 10 A.M. until 2 P.M. ARES members worked in cooperation with
> the Monticello Chamber of Commerce and the Monticello Police Department
> to provide communications for the annual Monticello Christmas Parade.
> This event was so successful they have been invited to increase their
> participation for the event next year to cover more coordination
> functions.  Participating in the event were KA9SZW, (NCS) W9FWS, N0PRN,
> KB9WCG, K9CFH, N9ESA, KC9AZZ, KB9VSI, N9SKX.  N9SKX is a Monticello
> police officer and provided liason with the police during the event.  On
> December 13 from 8 A.M. until 3:15 P.M. Piatt Co ARES members provided
> primary communications for the Piatt County Search and Rescue Exercise.
> Hams attended the full training session and are now certified with Piatt
> CO SAR. ARES members participating in the event:  W9HDM (NCS). W9FWS,
> KA9VHQ, KB9VSI, K9CFH, and two students in the Tech license class.
> These ARES members have been asked to attend the next class that has
> been planned for the Spring of 2003 and to provide communications for
> any SAR events.  They have also been asked to provide emergency
> communications assistance for Kirby Ambulance and Kirby Hospital.  The
> hospital is offering to provide a permanent operating at the hospital
> near the ER.
> 
> The annual FRRL elections were held at the December meeting, with the
> following results President, W9AX, Vice President, W9CZA, Secretary,
> WD9DAU, Treasurer, N9YFC, Directors, K9JE, AH6EZ, W9CEO.  A popular and
> highky respected member of the FRRL passed away on December 10, 2002.
> Bill Erickson, WA9TPQ, became a silent Key after suffering a stroke.
> Bill will be missed very much by his friends and family.
> 
> In 2003 Hamfesters Radio Club comes to a milestone, because this year
> marks the club's 70th anniversary.  This is somthing to be very proud
> of, not only because the club is still in exsistance, but that it is
> still growing.  Congratulations to all of the club members who have
> worked so hard to make this club so successful.  Congratulations to Lee
> Tolksdorf WB9UFS,who was awarded the club's highest award at the annual
> Christmas Dinner and awards banquet.  Lee was named Hamfester of the
> Year-2002.
> 
> On January 10th members of the Rockford Amateur Radio Association
> gathered at Thunder Bay Grille for their annual awards banquet.  Two
> members were recognized for their work for the club and amateur radio.
> K9AMJ, Herb Eckstein was awarded an Exemplary Service Award for working
> on the club's repeaters for the last 25 plus years.  Herb is a former
> Ham of the Year.  AB9AY, Mike Oberg, was awarded the Ham of the
> Year-2002.  Congratulations to both of these hard workers.
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> ARRL Illinois Section
> Section Manager: Sharon Harlan, N9SH
> n9sh@arrl.org
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Tue Jan 14 00:41:32 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Jay Hainline)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:41:32 +0000
Subject: [LeArc] [Fwd: SRRC W9MKS Hamfest Tables]
References: <3E221B3C.F866063@winco.net>
 <005d01c2baf9$bd277d20$3dc690cf@0018403116>
Message-ID: <3E235CBC.63B98B04@winco.net>

Dave, check out the ARRL web site club affiliation page at

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/

Don't know about the 2 meter repeater problem you are referring to. Maybe
someone at the club meeting tomorrow can advise.

73 Jay

Dave Nissen wrote:
> 
> See http://www.qsl.net/learc/ for club information.
> 
> Annual Christmas meeting December 10, 2002.  Bring your appetite and a dish to pass.
> 
> Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
> Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
> 
> Interesting Jay..
> 
> Always made me think and now I will ask, what if any advantage to being an
> ARRL club? I am not a ARRL member for various reasons (used to be, years
> ago), dues are a bit high, many of the articles in QST are above my level of
> expertise, and ARRL seems to want to run the whole show of amateur radio
> from time to time.
> 
> On the other hand they seem to keep big brother (FCC) in check and no doubt
> do a lot for the hobby. Perhaps I should reconsider.
> 
> IMHO Princeton has become one, if not the best, "local" hamfests in the
> area. A club table might be nice. I know I have some things that would be
> far better off in the hands of someone else. And the cash in my pocket.
> 
> Another note. At least twice now in the past few weeks I have been working
> K9HLT on the 2 meter repeater. During the course of our conversation I have
> heard what sounds like some arcing and then the .06 machine goes dead. We
> went to the 440 machine and I checked it later and found it to be working
> properly again. Is it something that Ed and I said?? Or is it the continued
> use for 30 minutes more than it could stand? I figure that it is because
> BTT, OKO, HZU, OH, and others have not been active that sometimes the .06
> machine goes to sleep. Sigh.. I fondly remember the "good old days" of the
> nightly rag chew on .440. IXE (SK), MSC (SK), KT9Z (SK) "the two Terrys",
> and the rest of the group. I remember when I was first a Novice and didn't
> have a 2 meter rig. Used to listen on a scanner to catch up on the news. I
> wonder how many of the new hams have never heard these calls.. Ah for the
> good old days.. Gone, but never forgotten.
> 
> 73
> Dave de W9COP


-- 


Jay Hainline  KA9CFD  EN40om
Colchester, IL
ka9cfd@arrl.net
http://www.qsl.net/learc


From learc@mailman.qth.net  Mon Jan 13 07:41:30 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 01:41:30 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/13/03 1:41:30 AM
Message-ID: <200301130753.BAA02671@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 130751
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
145 AM CST MON JAN 13 2003

.OVERVIEW...NEXT SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR ALMOST THROUGH ALL OF AREA WITH
LEADING EDGE OF FRONT EXTENDING AT 06Z FROM NEAR CHICAGO BACK TO
KANSAS CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25-30 MPH ON BRISK NW WINDS OF 15-25
MPH.  LITTLE SENSIBLE WEATHER NOTED ACROSS AREA IN FORM OF CLOUDS...
BUT CLOUDS AND LIGHT SNOW NOW BREAKING OUT UPSTREAM ACROSS DAKOTAS IS
DIVING SE AT 45-50 MPH. THIS IS DUE TO WEAK SHORT WAVE INTERACTING ALONG
BAROCLINIC ZONE OF ARCTIC FRONT. AWIPS DISTANCE TIME FEATURES SUGGEST
THESE LOW/MID CLOUDS TO MOVE ACROSS AREA BETWEEN 10 AND 15Z FROM WEST
TO EAST. UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SUPPORTS WEAK WAVE OF THIS SYSTEM TO SLIDE
ACROSS AREA NEXT 24 HOURS.

...ASSESSING CLOUDS AND LIGHT SNOW CHANCES LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT
AND THEN SNOW CHANCES WITH NEXT SYSTEM MID WEEK MOST NOTABLE
FORECAST ISSUES...

.DIAGNOSIS AND DAY 1-3...LIGHT NORTHERN PLAINS PRECIPITATION HANDLED
WITH NORMAL AVN TOO WET AND ETA/NGM TOO DRY TRENDS...IN LINE FOR
MARGINAL FORCED AND MOIST STARVED EVENTS.  MODELS CAPTURE ADEQUATELY
UVV AND DO WELL ON STRONG BAROCLINIC ZONE.  THUS WILL COMBINE THESE WITH
NOWCAST TOOLS FOR PRECIPITATION FORECASTS. THIS SUPPORTS A TYPICAL
WEAK NW IMPULSE WITH AREA BECOMING CLOUDY WITH SOME FLURRIES TO
DEVELOP TOWARD MID AFTERNOON IN IOWA.  THEN NARROW BANDS OF LIGHT TO
BRIEFLY MODERATE SNOW TONIGHT OVER NE 2/3 AREA AS DISTURBANCE SLIDES
ACROSS REGION.  WITH FAIRLY COLD TEMPS AND EXPECTED SNOW OF AT LEAST
A FEW HUNDREDTHS...WILL GO LIKELY POPS THERE TONIGHT WITH SNOW AMOUNTS
AN INCH OR LESS WITH 20 TO 25 TO 1 RATIOS EXPECTED. TEMPS WILL TREND
WITH LOTS OF CLOUDS AND GOOD CAA...NEAR TO BELOW TODAY BLEND. TONIGHT
WITH CLOUDS AND SOME PRECIPITATION EXPECT LOWS 1-2 CATEGORIES ABOVE
BLEND AND THEN NEAR TUESDAY.  GOOD RADIATIONAL CONDITIONS COOLING
WEDNESDAY AM SFC RIDGE OVERHEAD AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS.
INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS LATE WEDNESDAY WITH FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW
POSSIBLE SOUTHERN 1/2 AREA PER UKMET AND AVN-GFS AHEAD OF NEXT MODERATE
STRENGTH SYSTEM.

.EXTENDED (THU-SUN)...FORCING PER BOTH AVN-GFS/UKMET SUGGEST SYSTEM
TO SLIDE MOSTLY SOUTH PER RECENT EL NINO INFLUENCED SYSTEMS...ALSO DUE
TO STRONG NW FLOW UPSTREAM.  ECMWF FURTHER NORTH BUT MODEL BLEND OF
BAROCLINIC ZONES SUGGEST IT IS MORE LIKELY TO FOLLOW CLOSER TO SOUTHERN
TRACK.  HOWEVER...FORCING AND THERMAL FIELDS OF BOTH MODELS SUGGEST
AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OH HIGHWAY 34 TO SEE SOME SNOW WILL MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW INCHES....THUS UP CHANCES TO LIKELY THERE WITH
MINOR ACCUMULATION WORDING.  KEEP CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW NORTH OF THIS
AREA WITH UPPER TROUGH ROTATING.  TEMPS...PLAN TO TREND GENERALLY NEAR
FMR/MEX.  GENERALLY DRY REST OF PERIOD WITH NW FLOW THOUGH SOME FLURRIES
POSSIBLE IN EMBEDDED WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES BUT LEAVE OUT FOR NOW DUE
TO WEAK FORCING.

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

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Mon Jan 13 10:23:21 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 04:23:21 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/13/03 4:23:21 AM
Message-ID: <200301131035.EAA27609@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 131031
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-141000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
430 AM CST MON JAN 13 2003

...SOME ACCUMULATION OF SNOW POSSIBLE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A WEAK DISTURBANCE IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND
PRODUCE FLURRIES AND A FEW PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.  SNOW AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE A DUSTING...UP TO ONE INCH.  A NARROW BAND OF 1-2
INCHES MAY ALSO OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND MOVE
EAST ON THURSDAY.  THE NORTHERN EDGE OF A SWATH OF SNOW PRODUCED BY
THIS SYSTEM COULD REACH AS FAR NORTH AS HIGHWAY 34 LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.  THESE LOCATIONS MAY SEE AT LEAST A FEW INCHES
OF SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES REQUESTS SNOWFALL
REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS TONIGHT.

$$

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Mon Jan 13 20:50:05 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:50:05 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/13/03 2:50:03 PM
Message-ID: <200301132102.PAA21477@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 132059
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
300 PM CST MON JAN 13 2003

SURFACE LOW OVER WRN NE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  SWATH OF LIGHT TO 
MODERATE SNOW ONGOING NORTHEAST OF LOW FROM ERN ND INTO SERN MN.
MODELS APPEAR TO BE DOING REASONABLY WELL WITH THIS SYSTEM.  
ALTHOUGH BY 18Z THE GFS WAS HANDLING THE SURFACE SYSTEM BETTER WHILE 
THE ETA WAS TOO WEAK AND TOO FAR TO THE NE.  BASED ON VISIBILITIES 
IN THE SNOW AREA...IT LOOKS LIKE BOTH THE ETA AND GFS QPF FIELDS 
NEED TO BE SHIFTED A TAD TO THE NORTHEAST.

MAIN CONCERN THIS ISSUANCE WILL BE THE SNOWFALL TONIGHT ASSOCIATED 
WITH THE SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS.  AGAIN...MODELS ARE HANDLING THIS 
SYSTEM REASONABLY WELL. ISENTROPICS ON THE 285 AND 290 SURFACES 
ALONG WITH Q VECTOR AND OMEGA AROUND H7 ALL SUGGEST THAT THERE IS 
ENOUGH FORCING TO PRODUCE UP TO A COUPLE OF INCHES OF POWDERY SNOW 
OVERE NERN CWA.  BELIEVE MOST OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE THIS EVENING 
WITH FLURRIES LINGERING INTO TUESDAY MORNING.  WILL GO WITH 1 TO 2 
INCHES NORTHEAST OF A LINE...FROM JUST WEST OF DUBQUE TO
JUST EAST OF THE QUAD CITIES...THEN TAPER OFF TO JUST A DUSTING TO 
THE SOUTHWEST.  

A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS IN BEHIND SYSTEM FOR TUESDAY INTO EARLY 
WEDENSDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF FRIGID TEMPS TO THE REGION 
TUESDAY NIGHT.  TEMPS WILL GENERALLY FAVOR THE COLDER MAV NUMBERS 
THROUGH THE PERIOD.  TUESDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE THE COLDEST NIGHT WITH 
CLEAR SKIES MOST OF THE NIGHT AND LIGHT WIND. IF SNOW MATERIALIZES 
AS EXPECTED TONIGHT...THEN NERN CWA SHOULD SEE TEMPS WELL BELOW ZERO 
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

MODELS STILL SUGGESTING A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK FOR THE WEDNESDAY 
NIGHT/THURSDAY SYSTEM.  ECMWF HOWEVER CONTINUES TO SUGGEST A MORE 
NORTHERLY TRACK.  TAKING THIS INTO ACCOUNT AND THE ETA/GFS HINTING 
THE H5 LOW MAY CLOSE OFF BRIEFLY THURSDAY MORNING MAKING DEG ZONE 
PCPN POSSIBLE FURTHER N...WILL LEAVE GOING FORECAST INTACT.

EXTENDED (FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
BROAD H5 TROF OVER CENTRAL U.S. IS DOMINANT THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO 
EARLY NEXT WEEK.  SEVERAL REINFORCING SHOTS OF COLD AIR MOVE OUT OF 
CANADA EARLY IN PERIOD.  TIMING OF THESE FEATURES WILL HAVE A LARGE 
IMPACT ON TEMP FORECAST.  FOR NOW WILL STICK CLOSE TO MEX SINCE 
SINCE A FEW HOURS VARIATION ON PLACEMENT OF RIDGE AXIS OR FRONTS 
COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON TEMPS.  MOST NOTABLE FEATURE WILL 
BE SFC LOW MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL CANADA...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT 
THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MONDAY.  SYSTEM LOOKS POTENT 
ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THE MENTION OF SOME LIGHT SNOW.  

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

DLF







From learc@mailman.qth.net  Tue Jan 14 03:24:40 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:24:40 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/13/03 9:24:39 PM
Message-ID: <200301140336.VAA28211@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 140335
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
934 PM CST MON JAN 13 2003

DRY AIR BELOW H85 HAS KEPT PRECIP FROM EXCEEDING FLURRIES OVER
MOST OF FORECAST AREA SO FAR THIS EVENING. EXCEPTION IS FAR NW IL 
ZONES WHERE METARS HAVE SHOWN VISIBILITIES OF 2 TO 3 MILES WITH 
FIRST ROUND OF LIFT SEEN EXITING TO SOUTHEAST ON KDVN 88D. SECOND 
ROUND OF SNOW MORE CLOSELY TIED TO MAIN SHORTWAVE SEEN ON WV IMAGERY 
MOVING INTO SW MN AT 03Z REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1 TO 2 MILES FOR 
ABOUT 1.5 HOURS ON METARS IN SOUTHERN MN IN SECONDARY BAND SEEN ON 
88D MOSAIC. THIS LIFT WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST AND AFFECT AREA 
NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM KCID TO KVYS. LOCAL VISIBILITY/SNOWFALL 
TOOLS SUGGEST SNOWFALL OF NO MORE THAN AN INCH AS SECONDARY BAND 
MOVES ACROSS AREA WHERE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PROFILES HAVE BEEN BETTER 
PRIMED BY FIRST ROUND OF FLURRIES. MODELS SHOW QG LIFT RAPIDLY 
EXITING TO SE BY MIDNIGHT WITH SOME UPPER DIVERGENCE FROM 140KT H3 
JET PROVIDING SOME LINGERING LIFT THROUGH MORNING TO SUPPORT 
FLURRIES INCLUDING AREAS FURTHER SW WHERE LOWER LEVELS DRIER AND 
CIGS SO FAR STAYING HIGHER. 

HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT LESS OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL AND TO REMOVE
MENTION OF ACCUMULATION MOST ZONES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 IN IA. ALSO 
REMOVED POPS FOR SOUTHERN ZONES BUT LEFT IN FLURRIES. 

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

DLS









From learc@mailman.qth.net  Tue Jan 14 07:51:02 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 01:51:02 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/14/03 1:51:02 AM
Message-ID: <200301140803.CAA03820@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 140800
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
155 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2003

.OVERVIEW...SWATH OF LIGHT SNOW AT 07Z EXTENDS FROM JUST NORTH OF
CEDAR RAPIDS TO NORTH OF PRINCETON.  PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  LOCATIONS NORTH OF THIS AXIS BASED ON ASOS/AWOS
VISIBILITIES...RADAR DBZ AND ISOLATED REPORTS SUPPORT DUSTING TO JUST
OVER 1/2 INCH SO FAR.  AWIPS DISTANCE TIME FEATURE SUPPORTED BY
SATELLITE AND SFC PRESSURE SUGGEST PRECIPITATION WANE AND SLIDE EAST
BY 12Z WITH SOME LINGERING FLURRIES TIL MID MORNING.  UPPER AIR
ANALYSIS SHOWS GOOD RIDGING FOR CAA AND CLEARING SKIES NEXT 12-24
HOURS AS NEXT LOBE OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN.

...TIMING ENDING OF LIGHT SNOW NORTH AND CLEARING TODAY NEAR TERM
ISSUE AND NORTHERN EXTENT OF PRECIPITATION WITH NEXT SYSTEM MID WEEK
MOST NOTABLE FORECAST ISSUES...

.DIAGNOSIS AND DAY 1-3...ALL MODELS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS IDENTIFYING
BACK EDGE OF CLEARING TREND...WILL LEAN TOWARD NOWCAST TOOLS OF
SATELLITE AND PRESSURE RISES SUPPORTED BY TIMING MOVEMENT.  THUS
CLEARING MID TO LATE MORNING FROM N TO S.  TEMPS WITH SUNSHINE WILL
REMAIN SLIGHTLY ABOVE GUIDANCE AS DIABATIC HEATING AND ONLY MODERATE
CAA PROMOTE GOOD MIXING...SUPPORTING BRISK NW WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
MOST AREAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON.  AS WINDS DECREASE AND CLEAR SKIES
TONIGHT...GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING TO REMAIN BELOW GUIDANCE WHICH IS
5 DEGREES COOLER COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT...SEE NO REASON NOT TO SEE
MORE CATCH UP OF GUIDANCE.  THIS MEANS LOWS NEAR TO JUST ABOVE
ZERO...EVEN WITH LIMITED OR NO SNOWCOVER.   WEDNESDAY...INCREASING
HIGH CLOUDS DURING DAY WITH UKMET AND AVN UPPER AIR BOTH SUPPORTING
NORTHEASTERN EDGE OF SOME SNOW TO MAKE INTO SW 1/4 TO 1/3 OF CWA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS HANDLED WELL IN CURRENT
PACKAGE AND PLAN NO CHANGES.  INTERESTING THAT ETA IS ODD MODEL WITH
EXTREME SOUTH SOLUTION AND NOT REASONABLE COMPARED TO OTHERS AND ALSO
PREVIOUS RUNS.  ROTATING SHORT WAVE AND UPPER TROUGH ON THURSDAY
SUPPORTS KEEPING FLURRIES WORDING NORTHERN AREAS.

.EXTENDED (FRI-MON)...NW FLOW CONTINUES WITH NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND LIMITED CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION.  UKMET
AND AVN-GFS SUGGEST BROAD UPPER SYSTEM OR TROUGH SATURDAY BUT LIMITED
FORCING AND MOISTURE TO WORK WITH SO WILL ADD ONLY FLURRIES...BUT
OTHER THAN THAT...LITTLE CHANGE TO CURRENT PACKAGE.

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

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Tue Jan 14 10:18:38 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 04:18:38 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/14/03 4:18:38 AM
Message-ID: <200301141030.EAA06400@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 141028
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-151000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
425 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2003

...SOME ACCUMULATION OF SNOW EXPECTED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND MOVE
EAST ON THURSDAY.  THE NORTHERN EDGE OF AN AREA OF SNOW PRODUCED BY
THIS SYSTEM WILL REACH AS FAR NORTH AS HIGHWAY 34 WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY.  LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE
1-2 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE MISSOURI BORDER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

$$

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Tue Jan 14 21:14:04 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:14:04 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/14/03 3:14:03 PM
Message-ID: <200301142126.PAA07665@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 142124
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-151100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
323 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2003

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY.  AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA...GALESBURG
ILLINOIS LINE COULD SEE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE BY
THURSDAY MORNING. NORTH OF THIS AREA TO THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR...
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE.  LESS THAN AN
INCH IS EXPECTED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 30 AND HIGHWAY 20.

A WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THURSDAY.  SOUTHERN IOWA...
NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WILL BE ON
THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE STORM SYSTEM.  ANY DEVIATION OF THE TRACK
OF THE STORM WILL ALTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

$$





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Tue Jan 14 22:08:30 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:08:30 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/14/03 4:08:29 PM
Message-ID: <200301142220.QAA03185@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 142214
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
414 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2003

FIRST SIGNIFICANT WX EVENT TO AFFECT THE AREA IN QUITE SOME TIME
EXPECTED LATE WED NIGHT INTO THURS MORNING. UNTIL THEN RIDGE TO MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA AND ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TONIGHT...
ESPECIALLY OVER THE SNOW FIELD IN THE CWFA. WINDS TO REMAIN UP
SOMEWHAT TONIGHT WHICH WILL HELP TEMPS FROM GETTING TOO FAR OUT OF
LINE.

CLIPPER TYPE HYBRID SYSTEM TO SIDE SWIPE THE CWFA WED NIGHT/THURS.
CURRENT THINKING IS 20 TO 1 RATIOS BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF
THEY TURN OUT TO BE 25 TO 1. MODELS TRENDED FURTHER NORTH IN TIME AS
WELL (NO SURPRISE). BASED ON RATIOS SHOULD SEE A 1 TO 3 SWATH FROM
ABOUT HIGHWAY 30 TO HIGHWAY 34...AND 3 TO 5 HIGHWAY 34 ON SOUTH.
CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS/FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE SNOW TO
BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LIKELY TO BE DONE AROUND 15Z THURSDAY.
THUS A QUICK 7-8 HOUR SNOW EVENT. FRESH SNOW FIELD TO ALLOW TEMPS TO
GO BELOW GUIDANCE THURSDAY NIGHT.

EXTENDED WISE...WEAK SYSTEM TO MOVE THROUGH ON SATURDAY. NEW AVN
HAS MORE QPF THAN 00Z RUN BUT FORCING NOT ALL THAT GREAT. THEREFORE
WILL KEEP FLURRIES GOING. SUN/MON CWFA TO SEE 1 OR 2 SYSTEMS TO
SWEEP THROUGH BRINGING A CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL SNOW. DEEP CYCLONIC
FLOW AND CAA ON TUE. COULD SEE SOME --SN BUT HAVE LEFT OUT FOR NOW.
ENSEMBLE MEMBERS TAKE THE AO INDEX NEGATIVE IN THE EXTENDED WITH
DISAGREEMENT ON HOW STRONGLY NEGATIVE IT WILL GO. OVERALL RESULT IS
THAT COLD AIR WILL DUMP INTO THE AREA FROM THE POLE.

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

SF





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Wed Jan 15 08:14:56 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 02:14:56 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/15/03 2:14:56 AM
Message-ID: <200301150827.CAA21004@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 150825
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
220 AM CST WED JAN 15 2003

.OVERVIEW...WEST COAST SYSTEM NOW ONSHORE WITH DOUBLE VORT CENTERS
ONE OVER N CA AND ANOTHER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.  SATELLITE SUPPORTS
THIS WITH LEADING EDGE OF HIGH CLOUDS NOW INTO WESTERN IOWA.  850
ANALYSIS SHOWS GOOD FRONTAL CONVERGENCE IN PLAINS AHEAD OF SYSTEM
WHICH LATEST RADAR TRENDS SUPPORT.  UPPER AIR SHOWS STRONG JET
BISECTING AREA WITH WEST COAST SYSTEM TO SLIDE EAST SOUTHEAST DUE TO
UPSTREAM ENERGY LIMITING ANY NORTHWARD PROGRESSION PER HEIGHT FALL
PATTERN AND NO HEIGHT RISES AHEAD WESTERN SYSTEM.  THIS SUGGEST SNOW
SOUTH 1/3 AREA...POSSIBLY UP TO I-80 CORRIDOR FOR PRECIPITATION.

...SNOW AMOUNTS AND TIMING WITH NORTH EXTENT WITH DECISION FOR
ADVISORY MAIN FORECAST ISSUE...

.DIAGNOSIS AND DAY 1-3...ETA HANDLES 850 WARM FRONT BEST WHICH IT
SHOULD...THOUGH QPF AMOUNTS OVERDONE AT 06Z ALONG FRONT.  06Z DATA
SUGGESTS USING ETA/GFS FORCING WITH UKMET ALSO SIMILAR.   THUS...WITH
850 TEMPS OF -10C OR COLDER AND USING NORMAL 20 TO 25 TO 1 RATIO FOR
THESE TEMPS AND SUPPORTED BY 20 TO 25 TO 1 RATIOS OBTAINED FROM LAST
NIGHT'S EVENT...LEADS TO 3-6 INCH AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
34.  SO WILL GO WITH ADVISORY THERE SINCE SNOWS EXPECTED TO START
NEAR TO JUST AFTER SUNSET WEST SECTIONS AND NOT HAVING ANY WATCH OUT
TO GET WORD OUT. MOST AREAS SOUTH SHOULD SEE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO
BE TOWARD TO AFTER MIDNIGHT.  TEMPS ARE WELL BELOW FREEZING...THIS
WILL MINIMIZE ANY MELTING TO AID IN ACCUMULATIONS. THEN A NARROW
STRIP OF COUNTIES JUST SOUTH OF I-80 IN IOWA...AND ALONG I-80 IN
ILLINOIS FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.  EXPECT FLURRIES AND CHANCE
SNOW FAR NORTH AREAS WITH UPPER TROUGH.  TRY AND INCORPORATE SNOW
COVER THEN IN SOUTH AREAS AFTER THURSDAY FOR LOWER TEMPS THERE AS
ARCTIC AIR FEEDS IN THROUGH FRIDAY.

.EXTENDED (SAT-WED)...NW FLOW CONTINUES WITH NEXT SHORT WAVE
SUPPORTING DECENT CHANCE SNOW SATURDAY...BUT AGAIN LIMITED AMOUNTS
DUE TO STARVED MOISTURE.   PLAN LITTLE ADDITIONAL CHANGES THOUGH
APPEARS STRONGEST SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR OF SEASON TO MOVE IN EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

COORDINATED WITH...DMX...LSX...EAX...LOT...ILX...THANKS.

.DVN...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 34.
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 34.
MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Wed Jan 15 10:42:59 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 04:42:59 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/15/03 4:42:58 AM
Message-ID: <200301151056.EAA21124@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 151052
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-161000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
445 AM CST WED JAN 15 2003

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SNOW WILL TO DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND THEN INCREASE AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE
REST OF THE ADVISORY AREA OVERNIGHT WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES FALLING BY
DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34
WITH STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED.  AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
KEOSAUQUA...TO ROSEVILLE ILLINOIS LINE ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES.  THEN...BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.  A PASSING
DISTURBANCE THIS WEEKEND WILL SPAWN LIGHT SNOW WITH MINOR OR NO
ACCUMULATION.   A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT LATE MONDAY OR TUESDAY WILL USHER
IN THE COLDEST AIR OF THE WINTER SEASON SO FAR NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES REQUESTS SNOWFALL
REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING URL...

HTTP:WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Wed Jan 15 10:47:22 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 04:47:22 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/15/03 4:47:22 AM
Message-ID: <200301151059.EAA21757@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 151057 CCA
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-161000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TYPO IN DAY ONE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
455 AM CST WED JAN 15 2003

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...AND THEN INCREASE AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE
ADVISORY AREA OVERNIGHT WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES FALLING BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY
MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34
WITH STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED.  AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
KEOSAUQUA...TO ROSEVILLE ILLINOIS LINE ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES.  THEN...BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.  A PASSING
DISTURBANCE THIS WEEKEND WILL SPAWN LIGHT SNOW WITH MINOR OR NO
ACCUMULATION.   A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT LATE MONDAY OR TUESDAY WILL USHER
IN THE COLDEST AIR OF THE WINTER SEASON SO FAR NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES REQUESTS SNOWFALL
REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING URL...

HTTP:WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Wed Jan 15 21:39:42 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:39:42 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/15/03 3:39:41 PM
Message-ID: <200301152151.PAA10204@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 152147
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
347 PM CST WED JAN 15 2003

OUT OF TIME DUE TO OTHER DISTRACTIONS THIS SHIFT. BRIEFLY...MODELS
DIDN/T INITIALIZE VERY WELL AND ARE MISSING SEVERAL LOW LEVEL
FEATURES THAT ARE PLAINLY VISIBLE ON THE SURFACE DATA (IE SEVERAL
LOW PRESSURE CENTERS). SYSTEM TO CLIP THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SO OF
THE CWFA LATE TONIGHT/THURS MORNING. LIKE THE NGM IDEA IN REGARDS TO
OMEGA FIELDS IN BRINGING A HEAVIER BAND OF PRECIP ACROSS THE FAR
SOUTH WITH THE OTHER WELL SOUTH INTO MISSOURI. CURRENT REGIONAL
RADAR TRENDS WOULD GIVE CREDENCE TO THIS IDEA. PRECIP TO BEGIN
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SHOULD BE ESSENTIALLY OVER AROUND 15Z
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LINGERING FLURRIES WHICH SHOULD END AROUND MID
DAY. CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS/FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE
HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR TO REMAIN DRY TONIGHT/THURS AS SATURATION NEVER
OCCURS BELOW 800 MB. AMOUNTS TO BE HEAVIEST IN SOUTH THIRD WITH 3-6
AND IMMEDIATE GROUP NORTH OF 1-2. I80 CORRIDOR TO ABOUT HIGHWAY 30
AN INCH OR LESS. THIS ALL BASED ON 20 TO 1 RATIO.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN THURS NIGHT FRIDAY BRINGING QUIET
CONDITIONS. LAPSE RATES GET QUITE STEEP ON FRIDAY AND AGAIN
SATURDAY. WINDS NOT REALLY A PROBLEM FRIDAY AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS
INTO THE AREA.

EXTENDED WISE...SEVERAL SYSTEMS TO AFFECT THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY. FIRST TWO MAY ONLY BE FLURRIES OR A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW AS
THERE IS LITTLE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. SYSTEM MONDAY LOOKS SLIGHTLY
MORE IMPRESSIVE. ENSEMBLE MEMBERS BECOMING MORE IN AGREEMENT WITH
AO INDEX GOING STRONGLY NEGATIVE AFTER THE WEEKEND. MODELS MAY STILL
BE PLAYING CATCH UP WITH TEMPERATURES BUT EITHER WAY ONE LOOKS AT
IT...IT WILL BE COLD.

.DVN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING
IA...IAZ087>089-098-099.
IL...ILZ025-026-034-035.
MO...MOZ009-010.

SF





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 16 00:09:20 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:09:20 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] ARLB005 FCC Launches Consumer-Oriented Electronic Comment Filing System
Message-ID: <000701c2bcf3$856f64a0$54040640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>

----- Original Message -----
From: "ARRL Web site" <memberlist@www.arrl.org>
To: <coniglio@macomb.com>
Cc: <Subscribed ARRL Members:>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 1:21 PM
Subject: ARLB005 FCC Launches Consumer-Oriented Electronic Comment Filing
System


> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB005
> ARLB005 FCC Launches Consumer-Oriented Electronic Comment Filing
> System
>
> ZCZC AG05
> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 5  ARLB005
> >From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  January 15, 2003
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB QST ARL ARLB005
> ARLB005 FCC Launches Consumer-Oriented Electronic Comment Filing
> System
>
> The FCC has launched ECFS Express, an updated electronic system that
> the Commission says will make it easier for some members of the
> public to file comments on FCC proceedings. ECFS Express is a
> simplified version of the popular Electronic Comment Filing System
> (ECFS), but it is not available for all FCC proceedings.
>
> ECFS Express focuses on topics rather than docket numbers, and
> requires minimal input by consumers seeking to participate in the
> Commission's public rulemaking process.  ECFS Express is accessible
> from the FCC home page at http://www.fcc.gov. Users click on the
> "File Comments" logo. Anyone who wants to comment just has to click
> on a topic, fill in their personal information, write their comments
> and hit "SEND."
>
> The FCC said the downside is that if the particular issue you want
> to comment upon is not listed among the ECFS Express topics, you'll
> have to use the full version of ECFS, located at
> http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html, to comment on proceedings not
> listed. At the moment, the EFCS Express list includes no Amateur
> Radio-related proceedings.
>
> FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Chief K. Dane Snowden
> said, "By making the process more intuitive and less technical, all
> those interested in what we are doing at the FCC can have their
> voices heard. Our goal is to have as much of the public as possible
> participate in our rulemaking processes."
> NNNN
> /EX


From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 16 03:55:40 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:55:40 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/15/03 9:55:40 PM
Message-ID: <200301160407.WAA25493@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 160404
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1000 PM CST WED JAN 15 2003

UPDATE TO COME OUT SHORTLY TO REDUCE SNOW AMOUNTS A LITTLE...BUT 
WILL BE LEAVING ADVISORY IN PLACE.  THIS SYSTEM IS A RELATIVELY 
VIGOROUS...BUT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF DRY AIR BEING 
ENTRAINED INTO THE WARM SECTOR OF THIS SYSTEM...AND HOW FAR SOUTH 
THE 850 LOW IS SWINGING.  ALSO...LOW LEVEL FLOW OVER THE CWA IS FROM 
THE NORTHEAST...WHICH IS CHARACTERISTICALLY VERY DRY AND REALLY 
KNOCKS DOWN SNOW AMOUNTS.  HOWEVER...HAVE JUST GOTTEN SOME RELIABLE 
REPORTS OF SNOW ALONG THE IA/MO BORDER...WITH AS MUCH AS 1 INCH ON 
THE GROUND.  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UNDER THE MAIN SNOW BAND ALONG THE 
IA MO BORDER AS IT EXTENDS BACK TO THE WEST ARE BETWEEN 4 AND 5 
INCHES...AND WITH THE SYSTEM LOSING STRENGTH THAT SHOULD BE THE MOST 
WE COULD EXPECT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF OUR CWA.

OTHERWISE...NOT MUCH MORE THAN SOME COSMETIC TWEAKS.

.DVN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING
IA...IAZ087>089-098-099.
IL...ILZ025-026-034-035.
MO...MOZ009-010.

LRE







From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 16 08:03:11 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 02:03:11 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/16/03 2:03:11 AM
Message-ID: <200301160815.CAA21372@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 160813
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
210 AM CST THU JAN 16 2003

.OVERVIEW...WINTER STORM NOW IMPACTING AREA WITH LEADING EDGE OF
PRECIPITATION EXTENDING FROM WILLIAMSBURG TO ROSEVILLE MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  NOWCAST TOOLS OF RADAR...SFC AND SATELLITE
SHOW SYSTEM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN 1/3 OF AREA FOR ANOTHER 6 HOURS AND
THE FAR SOUTH AS LONG AS ANOTHER 8+ HOURS.  SNOW ACCUMULATION TRENDS
UPSTREAM SUGGEST HIGHWAY 34 AND SOUTH TO EXPERIENCE 3 TO 6 INCHES
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON DEFORMATION ZONE.
WILL MONITOR FOR POTENTIAL UPGRADE TO WARNING CRITERIA.  UPPER AIR
SUGGEST ACTIVE PATTERN IN NW FLOW WITH UPSTREAM IMPULSES MOVING ALONG
BAROCLINIC ZONE.  HEIGHT RISES UPSTREAM SUGGEST CLEARING TOMORROW
LATE.

...STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS AND TIMING ENDING TO FLURRIES WITH POTENTIAL
WARNING DECISION NEAR TERM FORECAST ISSUE...

.DIAGNOSIS AND DAY 1-3...AVN BEST ON PRECIPITATION COVERAGE AT 06Z.
PLAN TO USE ETA FORCING WITH AVN AND MINOR INPUTS FROM RUC TRENDS
INTEGRATED WITH NOWCAST TOOLS. THIS CURRENTLY SUPPORTS NORTHERN EDGE
MAKING UP TO AROUND I-80 TOWARD DAYBREAK BEFORE SLIDING BACK SE.  FAR
SOUTH 1-2 ROWS OF COUNTIES TO SEE LONGEST PERIOD OF LIGHT TO
OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW AT 20 TO 25 TO 1 RATIOS.   AT .25 TO .5
INCH PER HOUR ACCUMULATION RATES FOR ANOTHER 4-8 HOURS WITH 2 TO 3
INCHES ALREADY ON GROUND...LEADS TO STORM TOTALS OF 3-7 INCH AMOUNTS
THERE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.   SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT COUPLE
HOURS AS GET MORE REPORTS ON ACCUMULATION RATES...AGAIN MAY HAVE TO
BREAK OUT FAR SOUTHERN ONE OR TWO ROWS OF COUNTIES AND GO WITH A
WARNING WITH 4 AM PACKAGE.  THEN...CLEARING TO MOVE IN FROM NW WITH
MAY BE FLURRIES LEFT FAR SOUTH BY MID DAY. WILL THEN TRY AND
INCORPORATE SNOW TO LOWER TEMPS THERE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
SATURDAY...STRONG UPPER SYSTEM SHOWN BY ALL MODELS SUGGESTS GOING
WITH LIKELY POPS WITH 850 TEMPS OF -10 TO -15C FOR 20 TO 25 TO 1
RATIOS...THIS SUPPORTS 1-2 INCH AMOUNTS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
WITH A POTENTIAL DEFORMATION ZONE COULD SEE SLIGHTLY HIGHER BUT
LIKELY WILL TAKE ANOTHER 24 HOURS OF SO FOR MODELS TO BETTER CAPTURE
AND THUS ASSESS THIS.

.EXTENDED (SUN-THU)...NW FLOW CONTINUES PER ALL MODELS WITH CHANCE
OF LIGHT SNOW ALMOST EVERY DAY WITH ANOTHER 3 WEAK TO MODERATE
STRENGTH ALBERTA CLIPPERS. MORE OMINOUS IS SUGGESTING OF REX OMEGA
BLOCK ALL NEXT WEEK OF ARCTIC AIR POOLING FOR EXTENDED COLD PERIOD
WITH ARCTIC AIR TRAPPED IN CENTRAL NA. PATTERN HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY
SHOWN IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER BY ALL MODELS FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW...NOT
GOOD UNLESS LIKE COLD TEMPS.

.DVN...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THURSDAY AM ALONG AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 34.
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THURSDAY AM ALONG AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 34.
MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THURSDAY AM.

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 16 10:45:28 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 04:45:28 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/16/03 4:45:28 AM
Message-ID: <200301161057.EAA25412@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 161055
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-171000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
450 AM CST THU JAN 16 2003

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST
MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AREAS OF SNOW SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES BY
LATE MORNING...PRODUCING TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 8 INCHES
ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...WITH INCREASINGLY HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH.  NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH RESULTING
IN SOME DRIFTING OF THE SNOW BY MID DAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL.  A PASSING
DISTURBANCE SATURDAY LIKELY WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF DRY SNOW.
A CHANCE OF SNOW AND OCCASIONAL FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE MOST OF NEXT
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES REQUESTS SNOWFALL
REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING URL...

HTTP:WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 16 15:45:20 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:45:20 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] WQAD E-WARN : WSWMLI
Message-ID: <000901c2bd76$4c489150$69040640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wqad@ewarn.com>
To: <il-email-hancock@ewarn.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 11:39 AM
Subject: WQAD E-WARN : WSWMLI


> >From WQAD.com and StormTrack 8000 Weather Center
> 
> WWUS43 KDVN 161540
> WSWMLI
> 
> URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
> 929 AM CST THU JAN 16 2003
> 
> ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA...
> . THE WINTER STORM THAT DEPOSITED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS 
> PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST 
> MISSOURI HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.  LINGERING FLURRIES WILL END 
> MIDDAY.  NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH THIS 
> AFTERNOON...CAUSING DRIFTING ON AREA ROADWAYS.
> 
> 
> ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-161626-
> CLARK MO-HANCOCK IL-MCDONOUGH IL-SCOTLAND MO-
> SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA...MACOMB AND CARTHAGE
> 
> ...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED...
> STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. FLURRIES...HOWEVER...WILL 
> LINGER THROUGH MIDDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH 
> THIS AFTERNOON... CAUSING DRIFTING ON AREA ROADWAYS.
> 
> $$
> 
> 
> IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-161626-
> DES MOINES IA-HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-JEFFERSON IA-LEE IA-VAN BUREN IA-
> WARREN IL-
> SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MOUNT PLEASANT...
> KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...FAIRFIELD...BURLINGTON...
> CARTHAGE LAKE AND MOUNT STERLING
> 
> ...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
> STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. FLURRIES...HOWEVER...WILL 
> LINGER THROUGH MIDDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH 
> THIS AFTERNOON... CAUSING DRIFTING ON AREA ROADWAYS.
> 
> $$
> 
> REA
> 
> 
> WWWW
> 
> E-Warn is a free public service from WQAD.com and StormTrack 8000
> Weather Center. 
> To sign up for other WQAD E-Warn products, or to unsubscribe, 
> go here: http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?s=446617
> 

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Fri Jan 17 04:00:19 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:00:19 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] ARLB006 FCC seeks comments on WRC-03 draft proposals
Message-ID: <001d01c2bddc$f9db7880$5e040640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>


Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 4:49 PM
Subject: ARLB006 FCC seeks comments on WRC-03 draft proposals


> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB006
> ARLB006 FCC seeks comments on WRC-03 draft proposals
> 
> ZCZC AG06
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 6  ARLB006
> >From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  January 16, 2003
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB006
> ARLB006 FCC seeks comments on WRC-03 draft proposals
> 
> The FCC is seeking comments on draft recommendations the World
> Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee adopted January 8.
> ''Based upon our initial review of the recommendations, the
> International Bureau tentatively concludes that we can generally
> support the proposals recommended by the WRC-03 Advisory
> Committee,'' the FCC said in a Public Notice released January 15.
> 
> The FCC also has draft proposals developed by other Executive Branch
> agencies, and the FCC requests comment on those proposals as well.
> 
> US delegations will use the proposals at bilateral, regional and
> international meetings. One agenda item involves examining the
> adequacy of the frequency allocations for HF broadcasting in the
> vicinity of 4-10 MHz. Complete texts of draft proposals are
> available via the FCC's WRC-03 Web site.
> 
> Comments may be filed via e-mail to wrc03@fcc.gov. Commenters also
> may submit an original and one copy of comments to the Office of the
> Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW,
> Washington, DC 20554. Comments should refer to specific proposals by
> document number. The deadline for comments is January 31.  
> NNNN 
> /EX

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan 18 15:29:07 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 09:29:07 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] The ARRL Letter, Vol 22, No 03
Message-ID: <000f01c2bf06$5841ee20$4a060640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>



> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 22, No. 03
> January 17, 2003
> ***************
>
> IN THIS EDITION:
>
> * +High-speed hamming via the "Hinternet" could be next big thing
> * +2002 a banner year for ARRL contests
> * +Astronaut brightens kids' day at Montana school
> * +New ARRL brochure targets youngsters
> * +Nominations invited for ARRL awards
> * +Amateur Radio emergency communications training on target
> * +Comments sought on draft WRC-03 proposals
> *  FCC launches "express" comment-filing system
> *  Solar Update
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course registration
>      ARRL Foundation scholarship deadline looms
>      Second Ducie DXpedition set for March
>      Poptronics ceases publication
>
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
>
> ===========================================================
>
> ==>HIGH SPEED MULTIMEDIA HAMMING COULD BE THE NEXT BIG THING
>
> High-speed multimedia hamming via the "Hinternet" could be the next big
> thing for Amateur Radio. That's the hope of the ARRL High Speed Multimedia
> (HSMM) Working Group, which is adapting the highly popular IEEE 802.11b
> Part 15 wireless Internet protocol to Part 97 amateur operating.
>
> "We expect it to be nothing less than revolutionary!" says John Champa,
> K8OCL, who chairs the ARRL HSMM Working Group--a subset of the League's
> Technology Task Force. The Working Group's new "High-Speed Digital
> Networks and Multimedia" page <http://www.arrl.org/hsmm/> recently
> premiered on the ARRL Web site.
>
> Champa's team is calling the specific techniques, software and hardware
> involved "the ARRL 802.11b protocol" to distinguish it from the
> unlicensed, commercial protocol. Systems employ direct-sequence spread
> spectrum techniques and operate in the 2.4 GHz range. The term "Hinternet"
> (ham + Internet), Champa says, is a user-friendly way to refer to the
> development of high-speed Radio Local Area Networks (RLANs) capable of
> simultaneously carrying audio, video and data signals.
>
> "The development of the ARRL 802.11b protocol will significantly enhance
> Amateur Radio, especially with respect to emergency communication and
> support of public service activities," Champa predicted. He and his HSMM
> Working Group colleagues also expect that it will attract many technically
> oriented users of the Internet and wireless LANs to get their amateur
> tickets.
>
> In addition to emergency communication, Hinternet applications could
> include two-way streaming video, full-duplex streaming audio, Voice over
> Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications such as eQSO, EchoLink, iLink and
> IRLP, and digital voice. As on the wired Internet, communication can be
> point-to-point, point-to-multipoint and multicast at high bandwidth.
>
> "An emergency volunteer equipped with a laptop or a wireless PDA (personal
> digital assistant) with a microphone and a small video camera now has the
> tools to be a mobile set of eyes and ears in the midst of a communications
> emergency," says Working Group member Kris Mraz, N5KM.
>
> In Michigan, the Livingston County HSMM Experimenters Team already has
> three HSMM access points--called "APs" in the commercial world--and about
> a dozen stations on the air centered on 2437 MHz. Another group of Amateur
> Radio 802.11b enthusiasts has recently organized in the San Antonio,
> Texas, area.
>
> Although other amateur allocations also would be appropriate for Hinternet
> operation, the use of 2.4 GHz was an easy choice, since Part 15 WiFi
> (wireless fidelity) devices already operate in that part of the spectrum,
> and inexpensive commercial equipment is widely available. Acting on an
> ARRL petition, the FCC has proposed elevating amateurs to primary at 2400
> to 2402 MHz.
>
> The ARRL publications catalog now includes the book 802.11 Wireless
> Networks: The Definitive Guide
> <http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?category=&words=802.11> by Matthew S. Gast.
> The book covers the topics of creating and administering wireless
> networks.
>
> Champa says that taken in a nationwide context, the meaning of the term
> Hinternet goes deeper than just an amalgamation of words. "In nautical
> terms the word hinterland is 'the land beyond the coast,'" he said. "And
> so it is with us. 'The Hinternet' is the radio net beyond the Internet."
>
> ==>2002 A GROWTH YEAR FOR ARRL CONTESTS
>
> The year 2002 was a banner year for ARRL's Contesting Branch. Manager Dan
> Henderson, N1ND, reports a record number of total entries for
> ARRL-sponsored operating events.
>
> "The total of 18,817 beats 2001's 18,505, a nearly 1.7 percent increase!"
> Henderson said. Despite the downward slope of Cycle 23, the 2002 ARRL
> 10-Meter Contest saw a more than 18 percent jump in log submissions over
> the previous year, he added, even as logs continued to arrive.
>
> "Activity is up across the board for almost all contests, and I think we
> would have seen more than 19,000 logs returned," Henderson said, "but the
> World Radiosport Team Championships (WRTC 2002) in Finland last July
> affected numbers for the IARU HF World Championships, as several hundred
> of the world's top contest operators were there." Henderson notes that
> since WRTC 2002 used slightly different rules, the logs from those
> operators could not be entered in the IARU event, which ARRL administers.
>
> The 2002 ARRL 10-Meter Contest, proved to be record-setter in several
> ways. According to Henderson, not only was the December 14-15, 2002,
> operating event the most active 10-meter contest on record, it had the
> single highest number of participants returning logs of any single contest
> in League history. As of January 16, the Contest Branch had logged 3051
> entries and was still counting. "That's the very first time a
> single-weekend ARRL contest has topped the 3000 mark in entries,"
> Henderson said.
>
> Other ARRL operating events that also saw increased numbers of logs over
> 2001 were Straight Key Night, up 22 percent; the ARRL 160-Meter Contest--a
> CW event--up 19 percent; the ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest, up 11 percent;
> and ARRL Field Day, up by one-half of one percent. For the first time
> ever, the 160-meter event topped 900 entries.
>
> ARRL November Sweepstakes entries jumped between two and three percent for
> the CW and SSB weekends in 2002, Henderson said. Entries received for the
> ARRL international DX Contest remained approximately level for each mode
> last year as did submissions for the ARRL's four major VHF-UHF-SHF events
> in 2002.
>
> Henderson said the move to require Cabrillo-format electronic logs has
> proved a major boon to the Contest Branch. The elimination of most manual
> log entry has moved up the posting of contest results by about a month, he
> said. He said he expected the Contest Branch would be fine tuning
> electronic log-processing during 2003.
>
> Rules for all ARRL-sponsored operating events are available on the ARRL
> Web site <http://www.arrl.org/contests/calendar.html>.
>
> ==>MONTANA ARISS CONTACT "A GRAND SUCCESS"
>
> Youngsters at Sacajawea Middle School in Bozeman, Montana, conversed via
> ham radio on January 8 with International Space Station resident Don
> Pettit, KD5MDT. The contact between NA1SS and the school club station's
> K7BZN was the first Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
> (ARISS) QSO this year with a US school.
>
> "I am happy to say that it was a grand success," said Vivian Linden,
> K7CUB, a retired science teacher who continues to serve as advisor to the
> school's Amateur Radio club. "The contact was crystal clear, the kids did
> a great job with their questions, and the adult ham club--the Gallatin Ham
> Radio Club--put it all together."
>
> Some young radio amateurs were among the student questioners. Arianna
> Haines, KD7RHA, wanted to know if Pettit had any radio experience before
> becoming an astronaut and if it influenced his decision to become one.
> Pettit explained that he became a ham only after joining the astronaut
> corps.
>
> Jeff Nickelson, KD7TQL, asked Pettit how he was chosen to be an ISS crew
> member. "You get chosen for the ISS program partly based on interest and
> partly based on who they happen to need for the mission involved," Pettit
> replied. "So they look at background, and they look at interest."
>
> Nickelson later expressed a desire to become an astronaut and asked
> Pettit's advice on what he should do now. "What you need to do is to
> follow what you want to do in your heart," Pettit responded. He also
> advised the youngsters to do their best in school and to keep up their
> grades.
>
> Food is never far from the minds of most youngsters, and so it was with
> the kids at Sacajawea Middle School. One student wanted to know how the
> crew ate and how the food was cooked. Pettit explained that it's not that
> much different from pre-packaged food on Earth. "We eat with spoons, just
> like you eat with spoons on Earth," said Pettit. Most of the crew's food
> is freeze-dried. You add hot water and mix, then "just dig in with your
> spoon," Pettit said.
>
> Pettit also told the youngsters that the crew doesn't have too much time
> for "fun" activities. "There's really not much spare time up here," he
> said. "We're always working." But, he added, the crew does get enjoyment
> out of the work it does, which sometimes includes just observing Earth
> through one of the ISS portholes.
>
> Some 50 youngsters, teachers and a handful of reporters were on hand for
> the contact. Linden said audio was piped throughout the school. "I was
> told later that the school was in a buzz the rest of the day," she said.
> Students from Morning Star Elementary School also attended.
>
> ARISS is an international project with support from ARRL, NASA and AMSAT.
> For more information, visit the ARISS Web site
> <http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov>.
>
> ==>NEW LEAGUE BROCHURE TARGETS KIDS
>
> A colorful, new, kid-tested ham radio brochure is available from ARRL
> Headquarters. "Leap into Amateur Radio" aims at an elementary school
> audience and introduces youngsters to the hobby.
>
> "Amateur Radio is an exciting hobby that lets you meet new people of all
> ages--and have a great time!" the full-color, tri-fold flier emphasizes.
> "Getting started is easy!"
>
> Field and Educational Support Team Leader Mary Lau, N1VH, headed the team
> that produced the flier. She cited two objectives in its design. "There
> was a desire to specifically target 8 to 11 year olds," she said, "as well
> as the need to supply a youth-oriented handout to replace the Archie's Ham
> Radio Adventure comic book that is no longer published."
>
> The brochure is comprised of colorful graphics, photos of kids operating
> and several boxes of basic text explaining what Amateur Radio is and does.
> There's also space on the back for local clubs or organizations to affix
> their contact information, so that children and their families can get
> more information about the hobby. The back panel also includes a blurb
> about ARRL and gives its e-mail address.
>
> On the "What is Amateur Radio" page right inside the tri-fold brochure is
> a brief explanation of what Amateur Radio is. "Anyone can be a ham--no
> matter what age, sex or physical ability," the flier points out.
> Accompanying the text are photos of youngsters--a boy and a girl--on the
> air. Fully open, the flier presents four capsules of information about
> Amateur Radio:
>
> * How ham radio and wireless technologies fit into lives that include cell
> phones and the Internet.
>
> * The several modes hams use to communicate with each other--including
> voice, computer, and even telegraph key.
>
> * The various types of operating activities available--including public
> service and the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
> program.
>
> * How simple it is to get started in Amateur Radio and whom to contact.
>
> Assisting the in the project were ARRL Educational Program Coordinator
> Jean Wolfgang, WB3IOS; Educational Correspondent Marjorie Bourgoin,
> KB1DCO, and Field and Educational Services Assistant Linda Mullally,
> KB1HSV.
>
> After assembling the material for the flier and putting together a
> prototype, Lau and her staff got the brochure into the hands of a number
> of area youngsters for some product testing. The children offered a few
> ideas to make the handout even more appealing, she said. Arizona-based
> graphic artist Cameo Hill did the final layout and design.
>
> "Leap into Amateur Radio" will become available in mid-February--free of
> charge and in limited quantities of up to 25 fliers--to any Amateur Radio
> operator or amateur club. Lau said the only cost will be for shipping. The
> brochure is now available as an Acrobat PDF file via the ARRL Web site
> <http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/materials/Leap-into-AR.pdf>.
>
> To order copies of the brochure, interested clubs or individuals should
> contact Linda Mullally, KB1HSV, lmullally@arrl.org; 860-594-0292.
>
> ==>ARRL INSTRUCTOR, EDUCATOR, RECRUITING AWARD NOMINATION DEADLINE LOOMS
>
> Nominations close Friday, January 31, for ARRL awards that recognize
> excellence in teaching Amateur Radio classes, using Amateur Radio in the
> classroom, and recruiting others to Amateur Radio. Completed nominations
> forms must be sent to your ARRL Section Manager
> <http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/org/smlist.html> in time for the SM to
> meet the nomination deadline.
>
> The ARRL Herb S. Brier Instructor of the Year Award goes each year to a
> volunteer Amateur Radio instructor. The ARRL Professional Educator of the
> Year Award goes to a professional teacher who has incorporated Amateur
> Radio into his or her class curriculum. The ARRL Professional Instructor
> of the Year Award is presented to a paid, non state-certified ham radio
> instructor--such as those teaching classes offered through adult education
> programs. The ARRL Excellence in Recruiting Award goes to a ham who
> exemplifies outstanding recruiting enthusiasm and technique and has gone
> the extra mile to introduce others to Amateur Radio.
>
> All winners receive engraved plaques and $100 gift certificates redeemable
> for ARRL publications. Full information and nomination forms are available
> on the ARRL Educational Awards page
> <http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/award/>. For more information, contact
> Jean Wolfgang, WB3IOS, jwolfgang@arrl.org.
>
> ==>AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING ON TARGET
>
> The ARRL's Amateur Radio Emergency Communications training effort is right
> on target. Emergency Communications Course Manager Dan Miller, K3UFG, says
> that as of January 17, 661 students had completed the Level I emergency
> communications on-line course (EC-001) under the Corporation for National
> and Community Service (CNCS) federal grant. Enrollment for the
> grant-funded classes stands at 1277.
>
> "We're pleased with the success of the program to date and with how far
> we've come," Miller said. "We're right where we should be under the
> federal grant guidelines."
>
> The nearly $182,000 federal grant, announced last July, will subsidize
> online  training for up to 1700 amateur licensees during its first year.
> The CNCS grant permits students successfully completing the Level I
> program to be reimbursed for the cost of tuition.
>
> Miller says another 200 students registered this month and will begin
> classes January 21. "Interest in the on-line classes remains high," Miller
> said. "Registration for this month's classes filled within the first few
> hours, leaving many potential students frustrated."
>
> The good news, Miller says, is that there's still plenty of room in future
> classes to allow interested amateurs to take advantage of the program.
> Senior hams are encouraged to enroll in these classes.
>
> The ARRL Certification and Continuing Education Web page
> <http://www.arrl.org/cce> has additional information.
>
> ==>FCC SEEKS COMMENTS ON WRC-03 DRAFT PROPOSALS
>
> The FCC is seeking comments on draft recommendations that the World
> Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee (WRC-03 Advisory
> Committee) adopted January 8. The FCC established the WRC-03 Advisory
> Committee in January 2001 to assist the agency in developing WRC-03
> proposals.
>
> "Based upon our initial review of the recommendations forwarded to the
> Commission," the FCC said this week in a Public Notice, "the International
> Bureau, in coordination with other Commission Bureaus and Offices,
> tentatively concludes that we can generally support the proposals
> recommended by the WRC-03 Advisory Committee."
>
> The FCC said the National Telecommunications and Information
> Administration (NTIA) has submitted letters to the FCC containing draft
> proposals developed by Executive Branch agencies, and the FCC requests
> comment on those draft proposals as well. The FCC will consider the draft
> proposals and comments during upcoming consultations with the US
> Department of State and NTIA in the development of US proposals to WRC-03.
> Once agreed to by these agencies, proposals will be used by US delegations
> at bilateral, regional and international meetings.
>
> "The draft proposals attached to this Public Notice may evolve as we
> approach WRC-03 and during the course of interagency discussions," the FCC
> said. "Therefore, they do not constitute the final national position on
> these issues."
>
> The Public Notice includes proposals concerning WRC-03 agenda items 1.35,
> 7.1, 7.2, 2.16, 1.8.2, 1.13, 1.20, 1.22 and 1.36. Agenda item 1.20
> concerns the so-called "Little LEOs." Item 1.36 involves examining the
> adequacy of the frequency allocations for HF broadcasting in the vicinity
> of 4-10 MHz. Complete texts of draft proposals are available via the FCC's
> WRC-03 Web site <http://www.fcc.gov/wrc-03>.
>
> Interested parties may file comments via e-mail to wrc03@fcc.gov.
> Commenters also may submit an original and one copy of comments to the
> Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th
> Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. Provide a courtesy copy to FCC WRC-03
> Director Alex Roytblat, Room 6-A738. Comments should refer to specific
> proposals by document number. The deadline for comments on draft proposals
> and NTIA letters is January 31, 2003. WRC-03 takes place in Geneva,
> Switzerland, from June 9 until July 4, 2003.
>
> ==>FCC LAUNCHES "CONSUMER-FRIENDLY" ELECTRONIC COMMENT FILING SYSTEM
>
> The FCC has launched "ECFS Express," an updated electronic system that the
> Commission says will make it easier for at least some members of the
> public to file comments on FCC proceedings. ECFS Express is a simplified
> version of the popular Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), but it is
> not available for all FCC proceedings.
>
> ECFS Express is accessible from the FCC home page <http://www.fcc.gov>.
> Users just click on the "File Comments" logo--which is on the left-hand
> side of the page about one-third of the way down under the words "Filing
> Public Comments." To comment, users click on a topic, fill in their
> personal information, write their comments and hit "SEND."
>
> "ECFS Express will highlight the proceedings most likely to generate
> consumer interest," the FCC said this week in a Public Notice. "The topics
> will change periodically as new issues emerge."
>
> The downside is that if the particular issue you want to comment upon is
> not listed among the ECFS Express topics, you'll have to use the "expert
> version" of ECFS to comment, the FCC said. At the moment, the EFCS Express
> list includes no Amateur Radio-related petitions. The FCC says the
> original Electronic Comment Filing System--which includes all docketed FCC
> proceedings--will remain accessible on its Web site
> <http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>.
>
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
>
> Solar-powered Tad "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Cook, K7VVV, Seattle,
> Washington, reports: Solar flux and sunspot numbers peaked early in the
> week and are headed downward again. Average daily solar flux rose to 173.6
> this week from 149.4 last, and sunspot number averages went from 137.9 to
> 200.9. Activity should continue declining, with Friday through Monday
> values of 140, 135, 135 and 125, reaching a minimum around 115 from
> January 25-28. Geomagnetic activity for the near term is predicted to be
> quiet to unsettled.
>
> You can see the general downward trend in activity in the charts on the
> Web site of Mark Downing, WM7D
> <http://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/past_cycle.shtml>. There is tremendous
> variability, but the overall trend is pretty clear. Over the next few
> years we'll see a dramatic drop. Current projections from NOAA show the
> minimum solar flux between September 2006 and April, 2007, and sunspot
> minimum around December 2006 to January 2007.
>
> Sunspot numbers for January 9 through 15 were 206, 199, 238, 232, 182, 176
> and 173, with a mean of 200.9. The 10.7-cm flux was 182.9, 184.7, 188.8,
> 173.4, 171.8, 164 and 149.9, with a mean of 173.6. Estimated planetary A
> indices were 7, 10, 10, 11, 8, 10 and 8, with a mean of 9.1.
>
> __________________________________
>
> ==>IN BRIEF:
>
> * This weekend on the radio: The North American QSO Party (SSB), the ARRL
> January VHF Sweepstakes, the LZ Open Contest (CW), the Michigan QRP
> January CW Contest, and the Hungarian DX Contest are the weekend of
> January 18-19. JUST AHEAD: The CQ 160-Meter Contest (CW), the REF Contest
> (CW), the BARTG RTTY Sprint and the UBA DX Contest (SSB) are the weekend
> of January 25-26. See the ARRL Contest Branch page
> <http://www.arrl.org/contests/> and the WA7BNM Contest Calendar
> <http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html> for more info.
>
> * ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course registration:
> Registration for the ARRL Level III Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
> (EC-003) and HF Digital Communications (EC-005) courses opens Monday,
> January 20, 12:01 AM Eastern Standard Time (0501 UTC). Registration will
> remain open through Sunday, January 26. Classes begin Monday, January 27.
> No seats remain in the January registration period for the ARRL Level II
> Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (EC-002). Registration for the
> Antenna Modeling (EC-004) course remains open through Sunday, January 19.
> A new service now allows those who may be interested in taking an ARRL
> Certification and Continuing Education (C-CE) course in the future to be
> advised via e-mail in advance of registration opportunities. Send an
> e-mail to prereg@arrl.org, and include the course name or number (eg,
> EC-00#) on the subject line as well as your name, call sign, email
> address, and the month you want to start the course in the body. To learn
> more, visit the ARRL Certification and Continuing Education Web page
> <http://www.arrl.org/cce> and the C-CE Links found there. For more
> information, contact Certification and Continuing Education Program
> Coordinator Howard Robins, W1HSR, hrobins@arrl.org.
>
> * ARRL Foundation scholarship deadline looms: The deadline is fast
> approaching to apply for ARRL Foundation-sponsored scholarships.
> Individual awards range from $500 to $5000. Don't delay! Send scholarship
> applications with academic transcripts to The ARRL Foundation, 225 Main
> St, Newington CT 06111. The February 1, 2003, postmark deadline is
> firm--there are no exceptions! The annual application window opens October
> 1 and closes the following February 1. For an application and additional
> information, visit the ARRL Foundation Scholarship Programs Web site
> <http://www.arrl.org/arrlf/scholgen.html>.
>
> * Second Ducie DXpedition set for March: The second DXpedition to the
> newest DXCC entity, Ducie Island, is expected to take place in March,
> according to an announcement this week. Ducie Island DXpedition leader
> Yuichi Yoshida, JR2KDN, reports he will depart from Narita, Japan, on
> March 3 heading for Tahiti, French Polynesia, and then on to Gambier
> Island. Presumably this is where the vessel Braveheart will meet up with
> the DXpedition team members. They expect to arrive at Pitcairn Island to
> pick up the remaining team members on March 5 and then head for Ducie
> Island. Plans are to begin operations March 8 from VP6DI2 (yes, that's a
> "2" at the end of that call sign) and continue about a week. The operator
> list includes Dieter, DJ9ON; Hans, DK9KX; Philippe, FO3BM; Hiro, JA1SLS;
> Yuichi, JR2KDN; Doug, N6TQS; Dave, VP6DB; Mike, VP6AZ; and Meralda, VP6MW.
> Activity is being planned for 6 through 160 meters on CW, SSB, RTTY and
> AO-40. QSL via JR2KDN (bureau or direct). Pilot stations for this
> DXpedition are JE2EHP, DJ8NK and WA2MOE. The initial Ducie Island
> DXpedition in March of 2002 racked up some 50,000 contacts. A
> 2.5-square-mile Pacific atoll, Ducie was approved for DXCC credit in
> November 2001.--The Daily DX <http://www.dailydx.com>
>
> * Poptronics ceases publication: Poptronics magazine--which evolved from
> the former Popular Electronics and Electronics Now magazines--ceased
> publication with the January 2003 edition (Vol 4, No 1). "After 94 years
> of publishing electronics magazines Gernsback Publications is no longer in
> operation," said Larry Steckler, Poptronics' editor in chief and
> publisher. "Negotiations are under way to provide an alternative
> publication to Poptronics subscribers." Steckler says a new on-line
> edition of Poptronics will soon be available. Poptronics Interactive, a
> separate on-line, paid subscription site announced in the October issue of
> Poptronics, also is scheduled to return soon, Steckler said. The company
> plans to post the latest information on its Web site
> <http://www.Poptronics.com>. The site has been undergoing "remodeling,"
> but Steckler said it should be back in operation by the end of January.
> Many veteran amateurs may recall the "Carl and Jerry" stories by John T.
> Frye, W9EGV (SK), which appeared in Popular Electronics in the 1950s and
> 1960s. The tales involved the ham radio-related exploits of a couple of
> teenaged hams.
>
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From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 09:40:58 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Hazardous Weather Outlook
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Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 21:03:56 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] First Telegraph
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Hear Ye---Hear Ye!!!

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From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Duane Whittingham)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 05:48:57 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Wind Chill Advisory for Macomb, IL
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Winter Weather Advisory
405 am CST Wed Jan 22 2003

...Wind Chill Advisory this evening through Thursday morning...

Overnight low temperatures of 5 to 10 degrees below zero will combine
with northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph to produce dangerous 
wind chills of 20 to 30 below zero. These conditions will be able to
freeze exposed flesh in 30 minutes...so dress warmly if you must 
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From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:18:25 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Hazardous Weather Outlook
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 WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH TO PRODUCE VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS.  AREAS
 ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 COULD SEE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 23 02:32:17 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:32:17 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] ARLB007 Board Discusses Strategic Planning, WRC-03 Efforts
Message-ID: <003c01c2c287$a694ac50$18060640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ARRL Web site" <memberlist@www.arrl.org>
To: <coniglio@macomb.com>
Cc: <Subscribed ARRL Members:>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 1:37 PM
Subject: ARLB007 Board Discusses Strategic Planning, WRC-03 Efforts


> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB007
> ARLB007 Board Discusses Strategic Planning, WRC-03 Efforts
> 
> ZCZC AG07
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 7  ARLB007
> >From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  January 22, 2003
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB007
> ARLB007 Board Discusses Strategic Planning, WRC-03 Efforts
> 
> The ARRL Board of Directors met January 17-18 in Connecticut to
> discuss a wide range of topics, including a timeline for future
> strategic planning, increasing League membership and raising the
> level of awareness in Washington, DC, of Amateur Radio issues at the
> upcoming World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-03).
> 
> Last summer the Board created an ad hoc committee on strategic
> planning, which developed a set of recommendations for a new
> strategic planning process and brought them to the Board meeting
> last week. The Board will meet in a special leadership seminar in
> July, and in September will convene for a special strategic planning
> retreat. With a closer view in mind, a new ad hoc committee was
> created to focus on the recruitment and retention of members.
> 
> The Board also spent a fair amount of time discussing strategy for
> pursuing Amateur Radio's interests at WRC-03, to be held in Geneva,
> Switzerland this summer. The hottest topic concerning ham radio is 7
> MHz and the objective of a worldwide 300 kHz harmonized amateur
> allocation. The immediate need is to get the government side of the
> US administration to support realignment of the amateur band and the
> shortwave broadcasters in ITU Regions 1 and 3.
> NNNN
> /EX

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 23 02:38:17 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:38:17 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Urgent--Winc Chill Advisory
Message-ID: <000401c2c288$7cde7610$18060640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>

Weather Hazards for McDonough County, IL
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      WIND CHILL ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
404 PM CST WED JAN 22 2003

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

.VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MOVING INTO IOWA TONIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH
MODERATE WINDS TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS.  IF YOU NEED TO BE
OUTDOORS TONIGHT...BE SURE TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY...IN LAYERS...
WEARING MITTENS...A SCARF AND WARM HAT TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM
POTENTIAL FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA.  ALSO...PETS ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
COLD WEATHER.  SO BE CERTAIN OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM...DRY
SHELTER...SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH...UNFROZEN WATER.

035-MOZ009-010-230600-
035-MOZ009-010-230600-
BUREAU IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-DES MOINES IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-
HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JEFFERSON IA-JOHNSON IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-
LOUISA IA-MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-
ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-
WASHINGTON IA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEDO...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
BURLINGTON...CARTHAGE...FAIRFIELD...FORT MADISON...HENNEPIN...
IOWA CITY...KAHOKA...KEOSAUQUA...KEWANEE...MACOMB...MARENGO...
MEMPHIS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...MONMOUTH...MOUNT PLEASANT...
MUSCATINE...OQUAWKA...PRINCETON...SIGOURNEY...TIPTON...WAPELLO...
WASHINGTON

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.
VALUES IN THIS RANGE INDICATE FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR ON EXPOSED SKIN IN
30 MINUTES OR LESS.  THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL LAST THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
500 AM CST WED JAN 22 2003

...WIND CHILL WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING ALONG AND NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 30...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
30...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO RANGE
TONIGHT.  THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH TO PRODUCE VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS.  AREAS
ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 COULD SEE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35
BELOW BY LATE TONIGHT.  SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO
30 BELOW WILL BE COMMON.

AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING AND
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OTTUMWA
THROUGH FORT MADISON TO MACOMB.  TO THE NORTH...ONLY FLURRIES ARE
EXPECTED.

THE SNOW THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.
STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL CANADA WILL MOVE SOUTH
INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...BRINGING THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES
TO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
TEMPERATURES JUST BELOW ZERO AND NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THURSDAY MORNING.
THE WIND CHILL DANGER WILL DIMINISH BY NOON THURSDAY AS WINDS
SUBSIDE AND TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...SEVERAL WEAK WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION.  EACH OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
OF PRODUCING SOME LIGHT SNOW.  NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED.

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Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 06:38:54 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Hazardous Weather Outlook
Message-ID: <000401c2c2dc$6476dbe0$47040640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>

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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Fri Jan 24 01:34:33 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 19:34:33 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] ARLB008 Reinhardt selected as PRC chairman
Message-ID: <004701c2c348$c00993f0$36060640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ARRL Web site" <memberlist@www.arrl.org>
To: <coniglio@macomb.com>
Cc: <Subscribed ARRL Members:>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 11:56 AM
Subject: ARLB008 Reinhardt selected as PRC chairman


> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB008
> ARLB008 Reinhardt selected as PRC chairman
> 
> ZCZC AG08
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 8  ARLB008
> >From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  January 23, 2003
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB008
> ARLB008 Reinhardt selected as PRC chairman
> 
> ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, has appointed Jeff Reinhardt,
> AA6JR, of Agoura Hills, California, as the 2003 chairman of the
> League's Public Relations Committee. Reinhardt is also Public
> Information Coordinator for the ARRL Santa Barbara Section and
> Public Information Officer for his local club.
> 
> "The vision of the PRC's work is one of relevance, immediate impact,
> working to a long-term objective while maintaining the ability to
> respond to timely opportunities," Reinhardt said. He said his first
> order of business is to schedule a committee conference call to
> discuss the group's priorities.
> 
> Committee members provide advice and counsel to the League's Media
> Relations Manager. Members also perform any other tasks as may be
> decided by the Media Relations Manager or the Board of Directors.
> 
> Haynie named West Gulf Division Vice Director Dr. David Woolweaver,
> K5RAV, to serve as the Board of Directors' liaison. ARRL Media
> Relations Manager Jennifer Hagy, N1TDY, will continue to work with
> the committee as staff liaison.
> 
> In addition to a long list of accomplishments and community
> activities, Reinhardt serves on the Agoura Hills City Council and
> was recently elected as mayor.
> NNNN
> /EX
> 

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Fri Jan 24 19:49:39 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:49:39 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/24/03 1:49:38 PM
Message-ID: <200301242004.OAA23414@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 242000
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
200 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2003

.OVERVIEW...ANALYSIS SHOWS WEAK SHORT WAVE IN SW MINNESOTA PRODUCING
AREA OF FLURRIES WITH VISIBILITIES OF 2 TO 6 MILES.  SURFACE ANALYSIS
SUPPORTS UPPER AIR AND MODEL TRENDS FOR DISTURBANCE TO MOVE ACROSS
AREA THIS EVENING.  NO MAJOR CHANGES OF STRENGTH INDICATED WITH
MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES.  NEXT ARCTIC HIGH POSITIONED TO MOVE
DOWN TOMORROW FROM NW CANADA.  SATELLITE SUPPORTS UPPER AIR ANALYSIS
FOR LOTS OF CLOUDS TIL FROPA BUT LIMITED FORCING AT BEST.  SW WINDS
OF 10 TO 20 MPH AHEAD OF MN DISTURBANCE SUGGEST LIMITED COOLING
TONIGHT ALONG WITH CLOUDS.

...FLURRIES AND SNOW CHANCES TONIGHT AND MIN TEMP IMPACTS...THEN
ARCTIC FRONT SUNDAY AND IMPACTS ON TEMPS AND POP CHANCES MEDIUM
ISSUES...

.DIAGNOSIS AND DAY 1-3...ALL MODELS HANDLE WEAK DISTURBANCE
SIMILARLY WITH MINOR IMPACT ON NORMAL INTER-MODEL QPF PACKAGES.  GFS-
AVN AND ETA FORCING PLUS LL RH MATCH BEST WITH CLOUDS AND --SN AT
18Z. THUS...MAINLY EVENING FLURRIES TONIGHT...POSSIBLY SOME PARTIAL
CLEARING LATE BASED ON AWIPS DISTANCE TIME FEATURE.  WILL RAISE MIN
TEMPS BY 1-2 CATEGORIES ABOVE FWC/MAV/MET BLEND WITH CLOUDS AND WIND
OF AROUND 10 MPH.  PLAN MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...MAYBE AN INTERVAL OF
SOME SUN SATURDAY WITH FLURRIES AND CHANCE OF PM LIGHT SNOW WITH WEAK
VORT MAX ASSOCIATED WITH ARCTIC FRONT WHICH PASSES BETWEEN 22 AND
06Z. DON'T BUY GFS-AVN QPF DUE TO LACK OF LOW LEVEL FORCING AND
STRENGTH OF VORT MAX AND SPEED OF COLD AIR.  FORCING SUGGEST A LOBE
OF --SN AND -SN TO DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST BEHIND FRONT WITH LIMITED
CHANCE OF ANY ACCUMULATION...WORD ACCORDINGLY IN ZONES.  THEN STRONG
CAA WITH HIGHS AT BELOW MODEL BLEND SUNDAY BASED ON LL TEMPS AND
COMPARING WITH HIGHS HAD YESTERDAY WITH COMPARABLE LOW LEVEL TEMPS.
BLUSTERY NW WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO
MUCH OF THE DAY. CENTER OF HIGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH CLEAR SKIES
SUPPORTS NEAR IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING FOR LOWS ON LOW SIDE OF
GUIDANCE. THEN SIGNIFICANT WARM FRONT LATE MONDAY SUPPORTS BETTER
CHANCE OF POPS AND SNOW DUE TO DECENT LL FORCING.

.EXTENDED (TUE-FRI)...GOOD WAA AHEAD OF NEXT ARCTIC INCURSION
SUPPORTS TEMPS ABOVE MEX TUESDAY.  UKMET AND ECMWF ALSO SUPPORT THIS.
CONTINUED DRY PATTERN WITH CHANCE OF POPS THURSDAY WITH NEXT
DISTURBANCE ON WARM FRONT OF RAIN OR SNOW SOUTH OF I-80 AND SNOW
NORTH OF I-80.

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

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan 25 08:23:06 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 02:23:06 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/25/03 2:23:05 AM
Message-ID: <200301250836.CAA16147@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 250835
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
230 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2003

NO SHORTAGE OF CONCERNS WITH CHANGEABLE PATTERN ENVELOPING REGION NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. 

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS MAIN FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDING FROM SOUTH 
CENTRAL MN INTO EXTREME NORTHERN NE. SECONDARY FRONT POSITIONED
ROUGHLY FROM LAKE SUPERIOR INTO THE ARROWHEAD OF MN. ARCTIC HIGH CENTERED 
OVER NORTHERN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN TO DIVE S/E THROUGH 
PLAINS NEXT 24 TO 36 HRS SENDING AREA TEMPORARILY BACK IN THE DEEP FREEZE. 
UA ANALYSIS SHOWS NORTHWEST FLOW IN MID LEVELS WITH VORT COMPLEX 
SHIFTING FROM NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO NORTHERN PLAINS COMBINING WITH
COLD ADVECTION TO WRING OUT -SN/--SN WITH VISIBILITIES MAINLY 2 TO 6 MILES.

CONCERNS NEAR TERM INCLUDE FRONTAL TIMING...ASSOCIATED SNOW CHCS AND
AMOUNT OF PRE-FRONTAL WARMUP...THEN EXTENT OF COOL DOWN TNGT
AND WINDS WITH BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. BEYOND...CONCERNS ARE WITH EXTENT 
OF WARMUP MON-TUE AND PCPN CHCS.  

MODELS SHOWING SLIGHT TIMING DIFFS WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE...OVERALL EXPECT
PASSAGE DURING AFTN/EVE AS ARCTIC HIGH BUILDS SOUTH INTO PLAINS AND
VORT COMPLEX SHIFTS INTO MIDWEST IN NORTHWEST MID LEVEL FLOW.
TEMPS INITIAL CONCERN AND WITH SOME SUNSHINE TO START AND AMPLE MIXING
WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10-12 KTS ESP CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
ZONES WILL SIDE TOWARD WARMER MET GUIDANCE. FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING 
IN CONJUNCTION WITH MOISTENING LOW AND MID LEVELS SUGGEST/S 
QUICK SHOT OF -SN/--SN ALONG AND BEHIND FRONT BEFORE STRENGTHENING TEMP
GRADIENT SHOVES ACTIVITY SOUTH OF CWA OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS
SHOULD BE LIMITED MAINLY TO DUSTING TO FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH DUE TO
SPEED OF FRONTAL ZONE AND NARROW WINDOW OF COALESCENCE 
OF FORCING AND SATURATION. ATTENTION THEN SHIFTS TO WINDS/WIND CHILLS
AND LOW TEMPS. GRADIENT LIKELY TO KEEP WINDS IN 10-20 MPH RANGE 
MOST OF THE NIGHT WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE FOR A WHILE THIS EVENING.
SUBSIDENCE BEHIND DEPARTING VORT COMPLEX AND FRONT TO SCOUR OUT
MOST OF THE CLOUDS LEAVING CLEAR/PC SKIES EXCEPT IN THE S/E WHERE SKIES
MAY REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY. BRISK WINDS LIKELY TO SEND WIND CHILLS
CLOSE TO OR JUST INTO LOW END OF ADVISORY MAINLY NORTHERN 1/3 AS TEMPS
PLUNGE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. FOR NOW...WILL HIGHLIGHT 
WIND CHILLS IN ZONES AND LET DAY CREW RE-EVALUATE NEED FOR AN ADVISORY.

SUNDAY WILL SEE STRONG COLD ADVECTION AND BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS MAKING
FOR 'SUPER' CHILL. TEMPS TO STRUGGLE INTO THE 10-15 DEG F RANGE
WITH WIND CHILLS STAYING BELOW ZERO MOST...IF NOT THE ENTIRE DAYTIME PERIOD.

SUNDAY NIGHT...SURFACE RIDGE AXIS OVERHEAD DURING FIRST HALF OF NIGHT
TO PROVIDE NEAR IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING SETUP.
MODELS WITH LAST ARCTIC INTRUSION WERE TYPICALLY TOO COLD WITH LACK OF DEEP
SNOWCOVER...ESPECIALLY THE MAV GUIDANCE. THUS...WILL FOLLOW MORE
WITH MET/FWC BLEND...STILL BELOW ZERO MOST LOCALES BEFORE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS
EAST BY MON MORNING.

SOUTHERLY FLOW AND STRONG WARM ADVECTION TO COMMENCE ON MON SUPPORTING
CHC POPS. NEXT FEW SHIFTS MAY NEED TO BUMP POPS INTO LIKELY CAT
IF LLVL FORCING STILL AS ADVERTISED FROM 00Z RUNS. MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF SOME 
ON MAXES TO NO SURPRISE GIVEN USUAL BIAS OF TRYING TO LIFT OUT ARCTIC AIRMASS 
TOO QUICKLY...THEREFORE WON/T GO HOG WILD WITH WARMING GIVEN THIS AND 
EXPECTED PCPN. HOWEVER...MAV GUIDANCE LOOKS A BIT COOL WITH AMPLE MIXING...AND 
WILL STAY CLOSE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. 

NEXT FRONT SLATED TO ARRIVE ON TUE. GOING TEMPS MAY BE A BIT OPTIMISTIC
IF AVN/GFS FRONTAL TIMING IS CLOSE. ALSO AVN/GFS AND MRF GENERATING 
SOME LIGHT PCPN...BUT WON/T MAKE ANY CHANGES ATTIM DUE TO UNCERTAINTY WITH
FRONTAL TIMING. 

COORD WITH LSX...THANX!

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

05







From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan 25 11:37:56 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 05:37:56 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/25/03 5:37:56 AM
Message-ID: <200301251151.FAA18662@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 251150
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261130-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
548 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. A FAIRLY NARROW BAND OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES IS
EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. MOST LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE
LIGHT SNOW WILL RECEIVE JUST A DUSTING...ALTHOUGH A FEW SPOTS COULD
SEE A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION.

ASIDE FROM THE FLURRIES AND LIGHT SNOW...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL
OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO PLUNGE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BRISK WINDS AND COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS RANGING
FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW. SOME LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30
MAY SEE WIND CHILLS AT TIMES DROP TO AROUND 25 BELOW...AND MAY NEED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
ON SUNDAY...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS...TO PRODUCE BITTER COLD
WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW.

WARMER AIR WILL SURGE TOWARD THE AREA ON MONDAY...RESULTING IN
MODERATING TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF SNOW WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan 25 13:09:36 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 07:09:36 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] The ARRL Letter, Vol 22, No 04
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Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 5:10 PM
Subject: The ARRL Letter, Vol 22, No 04


> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 22, No. 04
> January 24, 2003
> ***************
>
> IN THIS EDITION:
>
> * +ARRL Board targets strategic planning, WRC-03
> * +League to debut Amateur Radio Today CD-ROM presentation
> * +Princess Marconi adds magic touch to 100th anniversary
> * +Logbook of the World gets limited testing
> * +G3YWX is Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award winner
> * +New 145 GHz DX record set
> * +Leonard award winners announced
> *  Solar Update
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course registration
>      FCC says power line communications technology shows promise
>      President Haynie to visit Tropical Hamboree
>      Contributing editor needed
>      Official WRTC 2002 video now available
>
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
>
> ===========================================================
>
> ==>ARRL BOARD DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PLANNING, WRC-03
>
> Establishing a timeline for future strategic planning, increasing ARRL
> membership and raising the level of awareness of Amateur Radio issues at
> World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 (WRC-03) were the primary topics
> as the ARRL Board of Directors met January 17-18 in Connecticut. Chief
> Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, cited a cooperative spirit and said
> the session's overall mood was upbeat. As a result of action taken at the
> meeting, the Board plans to convene a leadership seminar in July and a
> two-day strategic planning retreat in September.
>
> ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, said strategic planning--especially
> aimed at embracing new technologies--is vital for the League's health.
> "We're interested in planning for the League on a long-term basis to
> ensure that we're on the right track 5 to 10 years from now," he said. "We
> have to keep up with emerging technology." Haynie said he's excited with
> what the High-Speed Multimedia Working Group <http://www.arrl.org/hsmm/>
> and the Digital and Software Defined Radio committees have come up so far.
>
> The Board also created a new ad hoc committee, chaired by ARRL
> International Affairs Vice President Rod Stafford, W6ROD, to focus on
> recruiting and retaining members. "This committee is for the near term to
> explore ways to entice people to join the organization," Haynie said. The
> panel also will look at what the League can do to make the ARRL more
> attractive to potential members.
>
> The Board also discussed strategy for protecting Amateur Radio's interests
> at WRC-03 <www.fcc.gov/wrc-03/>, to be held in Geneva from June 9 to July
> 4. The hottest ham radio topic is 7 MHz and the objective of a worldwide
> 300 kHz harmonized amateur allocation. Sumner said the immediate need is
> to get the US Government to support a realignment of allocations for
> amateurs and broadcasters in ITU Regions 1 and 3. "The National
> Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA, which oversees
> the federal government's use of radio spectrum) thinks that Region 1 and 3
> administrators should take the leadership role on this issue and that we
> in Region 2 should make no proposal," Sumner said. "We're trying to change
> that view."
>
> Sumner says the US has a responsibility to represent the interests of
> amateur licensees whose 40-meter operation is severely impacted by
> high-power broadcasting stations elsewhere in the world. "The US did so in
> 1979 and 1992 and should do so again in 2003," he said.
>
> The Board also updated the League's legislative positions for the 108th
> Congress. ARRL will work for a re-introduction of The Amateur Radio
> Emergency Communications Consistency Act
> <http://www.arrl.org/govrelations/hr4720/>. Known last session as HR 4720,
> the bill deals with deed covenants, conditions and restrictions. Also set
> to be reintroduced is the Spectrum Protection Act.
>
> In other business, the Board adopted a 2003 budget; resolved to honor the
> Hospital Disaster Support Communications System
> <members.aol.com/emcom4hosp/> (HDSCS) of Orange County, California, with
> the ARRL National Certificate of Merit; and elected Tod Olson, K0TO, and
> John Kanode, N4MM, as honorary vice presidents.
>
> ==>ARRL ANNOUNCES "AMATEUR RADIO TODAY" CD-ROM PRESENTATION
>
> The ARRL soon will make available a new video presentation, Amateur Radio
> Today, that tells Amateur Radio's public service story to nonhams.
> Directed by Dave Bell, W6AQ, and narrated by former CBS news anchorman
> Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD, the presentation runs approximately six minutes.
>
> "We wanted to have something for people to take to nonhams and civic
> clubs," said ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP. Haynie also anticipates
> that the CD-ROM production will come in handy during his visits to Capitol
> Hill. Haynie recently wowed those attending the January ARRL Board meeting
> by playing--and distributing--draft copies of the disk. A slightly
> revised, final version is expected to be ready for distribution in early
> February.
>
> The presentation focuses on Amateur Radio's role in emergency
> communications. Copyrighted by ARRL, the presentation is intended for
> personal, noncommercial use as a tool to showcase Amateur Radio in a
> manner that nonhams can relate to.
>
> "Dozens of radio amateurs helped the police and fire departments and other
> emergency services maintain communications in New York, Pennsylvania and
> Washington, DC," narrator Cronkite intones in reference to ham radio's
> response on September 11, 2001. "Their country asked, and they responded
> without reservation." Amateur Radio Today also highlights ham radio's part
> in helping various agencies respond to wildfires in the Western US during
> 2002 and mentions ham radio in space.
>
> Haynie said he and Bell discussed the project, and Bell agreed to take it
> on. Alan Kaul, W6RCL, authored the script, and Keith Glispie, WA6TFD,
> edited the production. Haynie said Bell, Kaul and Glispie donated a lot of
> their own time and effort in making the the video presentation a reality.
>
> Amateur Radio "really is the best back-up communications system in the
> world," Cronkite says in his concluding remarks, adding, "and that's the
> way it is." That phrase was the one Cronkite always used to close out his
> nightly newscasts during his tenure with CBS.
>
> Individuals may order a copy of the Amateur Radio Today CD-ROM
> (approximately 70 MB) from the ARRL on-line catalog
> <https://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=8861>. Plans are under way to also
> make Amateur Radio Today available in other video formats if there is
> sufficient demand. ARRL will make the presentation available for
> downloading from its Web site as soon as the final version is available.
> All that's needed to show the presentation to a group is a laptop computer
> with a CD drive plus a large monitor or a video projector and screen.
>
> Bell, a Hollywood TV producer, is a past chairman of the ARRL Public
> Relations Committee. Kaul is an NBC Television producer. Bill Pasternak,
> WA6ITF, of Amateur Radio Newsline also assisted in the presentation's
> production.
>
> Because of copyright restrictions, Amateur Radio Today may not be
> broadcast, multicast or cablecast in any manner. Those seeking to
> distribute copies of Amateur Radio Today must contact ARRL for permission.
> To request permission, send your name and contact information and a brief
> description of the intended use to ARRL Editorial and Production Manager,
> 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111; permission@arrl.org.
>
> ==>AMATEUR RADIO BOOSTS MARCONI CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION INTO ORBIT
>
> The magic touch of a princess helped to put Amateur Radio center stage
> January 18 on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, during events marking the 100th
> anniversary of the first transatlantic wireless message transmitted by
> Guglielmo Marconi. For the occasion, Marconi's youngest daughter--Princess
> Elettra Marconi--launched greetings into space via an Amateur Radio on the
> International Space Station (ARISS) hookup to ISS crew commander Ken
> Bowersox, KD5JBP.
>
> "One hundred years ago today, my father, Guglielmo Marconi, sent the first
> wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Cod," Princess
> Elettra said from a packed auditorium at the Cape Cod National Seashore
> Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham. "In this same spirit of his
> achievement and also from Cape Cod I send this wireless greeting to you in
> space. Cordial greetings, good wishes and God bless you"
>
> Replied Bowersox from NA1SS, "It's wonderful to hear your voice across the
> radio waves. It's amazing how far our societies and radio communication
> have come in the past 100 years."
>
> On January 18, 1903, Marconi sent wireless greetings on behalf of
> President Theodore Roosevelt to Great Britain's King Edward VII. Events
> throughout the week leading up to the ARISS contact included two Amateur
> Radio special event stations. KM1CC operated from a National Seashore site
> not far from Marconi's original Cape Cod radio station, transmitting a
> commemorative message from President George W. Bush and retransmitting
> Marconi's original 1903 text. Another special event station, WA1WCC, was
> on the air from the former WCC shore station in Chatham, where Marconi had
> relocated operations after the ocean threatened to claim the antenna
> support towers of his original station. Princess Elettra also visited the
> WA1WCC special event site.
>
> Following Princess Elettra's introductory remarks, eight students from
> three Cape Cod high schools took turns firing a total of 18 questions at
> Bowersox as hundreds of visitors and some two dozen news media
> representatives looked on. Serving as mentor for the noontime Cape Cod
> contact was ARISS International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO. The students'
> curiosity ranged from research goals to whether Bowersox had any desire to
> undertake a trip deeper into space--perhaps to Mars.
>
> Bowersox said his wife has forbidden him to go to Mars--a comment that
> drew a chuckle from the audience--but said he'd volunteer for a deep-space
> mission if he could bring his family along.
>
> "I think someday we're going to leave Earth," Bowersox predicted in
> response to one of the students' questions. "We're going to move on out of
> our solar system out to the stars, and we're just taking the baby steps
> now. Your generation will take us a lot farther, I hope."
>
> Handling earth-station duties for the ARISS contact was Nancy Rocheleau,
> WH6PN, in Honolulu. A WorldCom teleconferencing arrangement made two-way
> audio available on Cape Cod. Students selected were from Provincetown High
> School, Cape Cod Technical and Vocational School and Nauset Regional High
> School.
>
> "The ARISS contact at the Marconi centennial event was a tremendous
> success," said Bauer. "I must say that this contact was one of the more
> impressive and awe-inspiring ARISS contacts we have accomplished." ARISS
> <http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov> is an international effort with support from
> ARRL, NASA and AMSAT.
>
> ==>LIMITED "LOGBOOK OF THE WORLD" TESTING IS A HIT
>
> The long-anticipated "Logbook of the World" (LoTW)--the ARRL's secure
> electronic contact-confirmation system--took a major leap toward public
> release this month with several weeks of limited--or "alpha"--testing.
> Dozens of Amateur Radio operators checked out a preliminary version of the
> LoTW software, which is still under development. Once it's ready, LoTW
> will provide a means for participants to qualify for awards such as DXCC
> or WAS without having to first collect hard-copy QSL cards.
>
> "This is cool!" exclaimed one alpha tester. "Slick!" declared another
> tester. "It's pretty neat so far. This looks like a good start."
>
> ARRL staffer Dave Patton, NT1N, said the limited test run was extremely
> helpful. "One of the main things that will come out of this phase of
> testing is a good package that will be ready to give to logging program
> developers to incorporate into their software," he said.
>
> ARRL Web and Software Development Manager Jon Bloom, KE3Z, explained that
> the League hopes that logging software vendors will choose to add value to
> their products by integrating LoTW client-side functions. "But the
> software we provide to individual amateurs will be sufficient for basic
> use of LoTW," he added. ARRL will not be releasing the LoTW server code,
> however.
>
> Linked via e-mail, the LoTW testers spent two weeks registering their call
> signs, uploading logs and attempting to push the system to extremes. One
> tester was amazed at its robust nature after he uploaded a complete
> station log of about 320,000 QSOs. "I sent this blob expecting it to croak
> the server, but it didn't!" he said.
>
> Logbook of the World Project Leader Wayne Mills, N7NG, says LoTW won't
> spell the end of QSL cards. Instead, he says, it will provide an avenue
> for increased speed and accuracy for hams chasing awards, as well as
> remove some chances for human error that can occur in the traditional
> process.
>
> "This is really a system to offer credits for awards," said Mills, who is
> also ARRL's Membership Services manager. Mills said LoTW will minimize
> opportunities to "game the system" or otherwise cheat--something that's
> not always possible to detect even with paper QSLs. He emphasized that the
> League has no plans to do away with accepting traditional QSL cards as
> it's been doing all along. "We're not replacing the whole paper QSL scheme
> with Logbook of the World," he said.
>
> Unlike electronic QSLing systems now in use, LoTW is not set up to
> exchange QSL "cards" via the Internet. The main idea is that ARRL will
> maintain a secure log database that will be constantly updated by DXers,
> contesters, DXpeditions and thousands of individual amateurs. Registering
> and uploading electronic logs cost nothing; the only time a user will
> incur a charge is when applying accumulated contact credits toward an
> award.
>
> LoTW beta testing for the general Amateur Radio public is expected to
> begin soon. The ARRL has not announced a specific inauguration date for
> Logbook of the World.
>
> ==>G3YWX WINS 2002 BILL ORR, W6SAI, TECHNICAL WRITING AWARD
>
> Ian Poole, G3YWX, is the winner of the 2002 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical
> Writing Award, which is sponsored and administered by the ARRL Foundation.
> Poole was chosen as the award's first recipient on the basis of his
> article "Understanding Solar Indices," which appeared in September 2002
> QST. The award's namesake, Bill Orr was an engineer, educator and
> communicator of extraordinary ability and a frequent contributor to QST
> and other ham radio magazines from the 1940s through the 1980s.
>
> "I was extremely delighted to be told I had won the award, and I feel that
> it is a great honor, especially as the award is named after such a great
> name in Amateur Radio," Poole said. "I also feel really privileged to have
> articles accepted by QST, because the magazine has a tremendous
> reputation." He will receive an engraved plaque and a check for $250,
> thanks to a fund established by Steve Cornell, K4AHA.
>
> "Understanding Solar Indices" looks at the three main solar
> indexes--10.7-cm solar flux, Ap and Kp--and shows how all hams interested
> in DX can use these numbers to their advantage. Poole's winning article is
> available on the ARRL Web site
> <http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/0209038.pdf>.
>
> QST Editor Steve Ford, WB8IMY, pointed out that the award criteria mandate
> that the winning article must exemplify the writing philosophy of Orr, who
> died two years ago. "The article should tell a technical story that
> appeals to a broad audience extending beyond those individuals who have a
> particular interest in the topic," Ford said. "In the opinion of the QST
> editorial department, 'Understanding Solar Indices' was a top choice."
>
>  An engineer, Poole has been a ham for more than 30 years and spends much
> of his time on HF SSB and CW. In addition to having written several books
> on propagation, VHF antennas and other topics, he has published more than
> 400 radio and electronics magazine articles. He's a long-time Radio
> Society of Great Britain (RSGB) member.
>
> ==>VIRGINIA AMATEUR GROUP SETS NEW 145 GHz DX RECORD
>
> Four amateurs from the Lynchburg, Virginia, area celebrated the new year
> January 12 by breaking their own distance record on 145 GHz and by
> confirming a fifth grid for VUCC <http://www.arrl.org/awards/vucc/> on yet
> another microwave band. Brian Justin, WA1ZMS; Pete Lascell, W4WWQ; Hal
> DeVuyst, KA4YNO; and G. P. "Geep" Howell, WA4RTS, spanned a nearly 80-km
> path to set a new North American and world DX record.
>
> "This claim should be the very first VUCC for that band, and it took two
> years of hard work to make it happen," said Justin. Both stations
> exchanged contact information using FSK-CW. All participants are members
> of the Lynchburg Amateur Radio Club (K4CQ), of which Justin is president.
> The group already has earned the first-issued VUCC awards on the 47 and 76
> GHz bands.
>
> Justin, who designed and built all of the equipment, set up his station in
> grid square EM96wx in Southwest Virginia. On the other end of the circuit
> was the W2SZ/4 station, with Howell, Lascell and De Vuyst. W2SZ/4 was at
> approximately 4000 feet above sea level in Virginia's Bedford County in
> grid square FM07fm. Lascell said while the team was setting up, he was
> able to snag a 20-meter contact with KM1CC, the Marconi special event
> station on Cape Cod. "A neat way to tie the bottom of the spectrum and the
> beginning of radio to a new frontier 100 years later," he said.
>
> Weather conditions were just right for the QSO to take place with little
> wind and an extremely low dew point and no haze. Both stations ran about 4
> mW of power and used one-foot dish antennas, which must be precisely
> aimed.
>
> Additional information is available on the Mt Greylock Expeditionary Force
> Web site <http://www.mgef.org>.
>
> ==>BILL LEONARD, W2SKE, PROFESSIONAL MEDIA AWARD WINNERS NAMED
>
> The ARRL 2002 Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award honors a group
> project. The winners are Assistant News Director Jill Valley and News
> Director Greg Schieferstein of KPAX-TV in Missoula, Montana. The Leonard
> award is given annually to a professional journalist (or group) for
> outstanding coverage of Amateur Radio in TV, radio, print or multimedia.
> The winners will receive an engraved plaque and a check for $500.
>
> KPAX-TV's winning submission was a news segment featuring Jenna
> Rettenmayer, KD7MAD, a Missoula high school senior on the air making a
> moonbounce (EME) contact. Rettenmayer decided to get her Amateur Radio
> license as her senior project.
>
> Members of the ARRL's Public Relations Committee, who judge the
> nominations each year, said they were especially impressed with the
> KPAX-TV piece. Not only did it feature a young woman who is interested in
> Amateur Radio, it captured a moonbounce contact--a communication mode
> that's outside the mainstream of typical hamming. The ARRL Board of
> Directors ratified the PR Committee's decision this week.
>
> In Amateur Radio circles, Bill Leonard is perhaps best remembered for his
> 1958 contribution to Sports Illustrated, "The Battle of the Hams," which
> describes the "sport of DXing." In November of 1996, Leonard was inducted
> into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame. Leonard died in 1994.
>
> Nominations are now being accepted for the 2003 Professional Media Award.
> For more information, including rules for entry and nomination forms,
> contact ARRL Media Relations Manager Jennifer Hagy, jhagy@arrl.org;
> 860-594-0328.
>
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
>
> Solar seer Tad "That Lucky Ol' Sun" Cook, K7VVV, Seattle, Washington,
> reports: Daily sunspot numbers and solar flux were down again this week.
> Average daily sunspot numbers for the week were down by more than 43
> points, and average daily solar flux dropped by more than 37 points.
> Current geomagnetic conditions are unsettled to active, with planetary A
> index for the past four days of the reporting period (through January 22)
> at 16, 17, 17 and 17. On Thursday it rose to 19, and it should stay
> unsettled for a few more days. Planetary A index for Friday through Monday
> is predicted at 20, 15, 20 and 15.
>
> Solar flux should decline for a few more days. Flux values predicted for
> Friday through Monday are 135, 130, 125 and 125. Sunday and Monday should
> have the minimum solar flux, and sunspot numbers for the near term then
> are expected to rise to a short-term peak around February 6 or 7.
>
> Sunspot numbers for January 16 through 22 were 135, 150, 148, 168, 184,
> 167 and 152, with a mean of 157.7. The 10.7-cm flux was 144.6, 141.7,
> 137.4, 130.2, 138, 133.6 and 129.5, with a mean of 136.4. Estimated
> planetary A indices were 7, 8, 12, 16, 17, 17 and 17, with a mean of 13.4.
>
> __________________________________
>
> ==>IN BRIEF:
>
> * This weekend on the radio: The CQ 160-Meter Contest (CW), the REF
> Contest (CW), the BARTG RTTY Sprint and the UBA DX Contest (SSB) are the
> weekend of January 25-26. JUST AHEAD: The  North American Sprint (SSB),
> the 10-10 International Winter Contest (SSB), the Delaware and Minnesota
> QSO parties, the FYBO Winter QRP Field Day and the Mexico RTTY
> International Contest are the weekend of February 1-2. See the ARRL
> Contest Branch page <http://www.arrl.org/contests/> and the WA7BNM Contest
> Calendar <http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html> for more info.
>
> * ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course registration:
> Registration for the first class in Radio Frequency Interference (EC-006)
> <http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/11/26/2/> and for the Satellite
> Communications (EC-007) course opens Monday, January 27, 12:01 AM Eastern
> Standard Time (0501 UTC). Registration will remain open through Sunday,
> February 2. Classes begin Monday, February 3. Registration for the ARRL
> Level III Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (EC-003) and HF Digital
> Communications (EC-005) courses remains open through Sunday, January 26. A
> new service now allows those interested in taking an ARRL Certification
> and Continuing Education (C-CE) course to be advised via e-mail in advance
> of registration opportunities. Send an e-mail to prereg@arrl.org. On the
> subject line of your message, include the course name or number (eg,
> EC-00#) in which you're interested. In the message body, include your
> name, call sign, e-mail address and the month you want to start the
> course. To learn more, visit the ARRL Certification and Continuing
> Education Web page <http://www.arrl.org/cce> and the C-CE Links found
> there. For more information, contact Certification and Continuing
> Education Program Coordinator Howard Robins, W1HSR, hrobins@arrl.org.
>
> * FCC says power line communications technology shows promise: According
> to an Associated Press report, the FCC's Office of Engineering and
> Technology has found that power line communications (PLC), which can
> enable high-speed Internet access over electric power lines, shows
> promise. The OET has said that PLC is "beginning to look like a viable
> alternative to cable and DSL connections to the Internet," AP reported. At
> present, no regulations prevent the use of electric power lines to provide
> Internet connections. The FCC wants to ensure that the technology does not
> cause interference problems with other services, however. Some PLC devices
> use digital signals that occupy spectrum into the upper HF range. These
> signals can be radiated efficiently by some electrical wiring, so there
> can be a significant potential impact on Amateur Radio. ARRL Lab
> Supervisor Ed Hare, W1RFI, chairs an IEEE C63 "RFI" ad hoc working group
> on the topic. "The problem with PLC is that if a company wants to supply
> Internet service via PLC, it's going to happen at HF, and it will
> radiate," Hare said. Last fall, the International Amateur Radio Union
> (IARU) Administrative Council noted the growing use of PLC for high-speed
> data and expressed concerns that PLC radiation could interfere with
> Amateur Radio reception. As a result of strong opposition from the Japan
> Amateur Radio League (JARL), Japan's government said last summer that it
> was too soon to allow PLC devices in that country between 2 MHz and 30
> MHz, due to its interference potential to other HF users. AP says two
> utilities, PPL of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Ameren of St Louis,
> Missouri, are working with consumers to test Internet access over power
> lines. PLC devices use overhead power lines and/or residential electrical
> wiring to communicate digital signals--for networking within a home or to
> provide Internet services to entire neighborhoods.
>
> * President Haynie to visit Tropical Hamboree: ARRL President Jim Haynie,
> W5JBP, will head the contingent of ARRL officers and staffers heading
> south to sunny Florida February 1-2 for the 43rd annual Tropical Hamboree
> in Miami. Haynie will hold an Amateur Radio forum at the event, held in
> conjunction with the ARRL Florida State Convention. ARRL International
> Affairs Vice President Rod Stafford, W6ROD, will be on hand to discuss ham
> radio on the international level--including this summer's World
> Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-03). RFI will be a hot topic as well.
> ARRL Lab staffer Mike Gruber, W1MG, will talk to Hamboree attendees about
> the causes and cures of RFI. ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, will
> attend the South Florida DX Association forum and be available for
> questions. Sponsored by the Dade Radio Club of Miami, the Hamboree is one
> of the largest regional Amateur Radio gatherings in North America. It
> kicks off Saturday, February 1 at 9 AM at the Fair-Expo Center in Miami
> and continues through the next day. Complete information is available on
> the Hamboree Web site <http://www.hamboree.org>, which also has contact
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sat Jan 25 22:18:54 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 16:18:54 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/25/03 4:18:54 PM
Message-ID: <200301252232.QAA19694@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 252225
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
425 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2003

THE SYNOPTIC PICTURE THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS A BROAD TROF AT 500H OVER
THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY...A RIDGE OVER THE WEST
COAST...AND A STRONG SHORT WAVE SWEEPING DOWN THRU THE DAKOTAS.  AT
THE SURFACE...A STRONG COLD FRONT...ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER WAVE...
IS MOVING THRU NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND WILL
EXIT SOUTHEAST BY MIDNIGHT.  A STRONG TEMPERATURE CONTRAST EXISTS
ALONG THE FRONT...WITH MID 30S AHEAD...DROPPING TO THE MID TEENS A
100 MILES BEHIND.  A NARROW BAND OF MODERATE SNOW IS FOLLOWING JUST
BEHIND THE FRONT.

THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN THIS PACKAGE IS IN THE SHORT TERM...
WITH ADVISORY CRITERIA WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING
IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA.  LOOKING FURTHER
AHEAD...MINOR DISTURBANCES MOVE THRU THE AREA IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS...
WITH A WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TAKING US OUT OF THE BITTER
COLD AFTER THE FIRST 36 HOURS.  PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE TRICKY AS
STILL NOT A LOT OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...ALTHO THE FETCH OFF THE
NORTHERN PACIFIC COULD BRING US AT LEAST SOME MEASURABLE SNOW
MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY/SATURDAY.  HOWEVER...TEMPS WILL HAVE
MODIFIED ENOUGH BY FRIDAY/SATURDAY TO PRECLUDE SNOW.

LOOKING AT THE SHORT TERM...THE SNOW BAND WILL MOVE THRU THE
FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING...EXITING SOUTHEAST BY MIDNIGHT.  A FEW
TENTHS OF AN INCH ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE LOCALLY.  WINDS WILL
INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25
THROUGH LATE MORNING.  THIS WILL COMBINE WITH NEAR ZERO
TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT NORTHWEST TO PRODUCE 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO
ADVISORY CONDITIONS.  TEMPERATURES WILL EDGE UP MIDDAY SUNDAY...
BRINGING OUT OF ADVISORY CONDITIONS...BUT WINDS WILL STILL BE BRISK
INTO MID AFTERNOON.  OVERALL...A VERY COLD DAY.

LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON
MONDAY...AND SHEAR ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT...WITH THE MAIN
PUNCH STAYING NORTH ON TUESDAY.  WEAK TO MODERATE VV'S...AT A JET
OVER THE AREA...WILL PROVIDE THE CHANCE FOR SNOW MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT...ALTHO CHANCES OF MEASURABLE NOT LARGE.  THE MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS AGREE...ONLY BARELY...THAT THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
THE AREA ON THURSDAY...STALL...AND FINALLY MOVE THRU IN THE FRIDAY
NIGHT OR SATURDAY TIME FRAME. AGAIN NOT HIGH CHANCES. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE MARGINAL SOUTH.

WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT TREND.  WILL BACK OFF ON HIGHS FOR
TUESDAY...AS CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE WEAK COLD FRONT WILL
TAKE THE EDGE OFF RISES.

.DVN...WIND CHILL ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FOR AREAS
NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WILLIAMSBURG TO IOWA CITY TO TIPTON TO
CLINTON TO MOUNT CARROLL.

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

REA





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sun Jan 26 08:21:03 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 02:21:03 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/26/03 2:21:03 AM
Message-ID: <200301260835.CAA11572@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 260833
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
230 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2003

RUNNING LATE WITH ISC GRIDS...SORRY! 

VORT MAX RESPONSIBLE FOR SNOW AND WIDESPREAD 1/2 TO 1 INCH AMOUNTS SOUTHERN
HALF NOW EXITING STAGE RIGHT. MAIN VORT LOBE DROPPING THROUGH
SOUTHERN MN AND WI. THIS FEATURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH LEFT EXIT REGION
OF 110+ KT UPPER JET CORE IN NORTHERN PLAINS GENERATING 
SECONDARY BAND OF SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES FOR SHORT TIME DROPPING BELOW 2 MILES
AT FEW SITES. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS ARCTIC AIR SURGING 
BACK INTO REGION WITH CENTER OF BITTER COLD DOME PUSHING INTO DAKOTAS.
STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT KEEPING WINDS IN RANGE OF 10-20 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH AT TIMES. 

VERY ACTIVE AND CHANGEABLE PATTERN UNFOLDING AS ADVERTISED WITH MANY FORECAST
CHALLENGES NEXT FEW DAYS. IMMEDIATE CONCERNS THIS MORNING ARE 
WITH SNOW CHCS EARLY ON AND POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMS...THEN FOCUS 
SHIFTS TO BRISK WINDS...WIND CHILLS AND TEMPERATURES. BEYOND...CONCERNS WITH 
SNOW CHCS LATE TONIGHT/MON AND ACCUMS WITH STRONG WARM ADVECTION...TEMPS AND 
PCPN CHCS LATE MON NIGHT/TUE.
 
NEAR TERM...FORCING IN FORM OF UPPER DIVERGENCE AND PVA TO RESULT IN
SHORT PERIOD OF SN/--SN EARLY THIS MORNING MOST LOCATIONS. NOWCASTING TOOLS 
SUGGEST BEST FORCING TO SLIDE E/SE FROM CENTRAL IA THROUGH CWA NEXT 
FEW HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMS OF FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. SN/--SN 
TO EXIT BY 12Z-15Z WITH MODERATE-STRONG SUBSIDENCE LEADING TO CLEARING 
SKIES DEPICTED ON SATELLITE COMING INTO FAR NORTHERN IA ATTIM. WILL BASE FIRST 
PERIOD WORDING ON LATEST RADAR/SATELLITE TRENDS. BRUNT OF ARCTIC BLAST
TO ROTATE THROUGH TODAY WITH TEMPS CONTINUING TO FALL INTO MID MORNING BEFORE
GOING STEADY THEN RISING FEW DEGS. GRADIENT TO KEEP WINDS IN 15 TO 25 MPH
RANGE THIS MORNING AND WHEN COMBINED WITH TEMPS NEAR ZERO...PRODUCES WIND CHILLS
NEARING 20 BELOW...BORDERLINE FOR ADVISORY (20-30 BELOW). 
SINCE HORSE ALREADY OUT OF THE BARN AND IT WILL BE CLOSE...WILL GO AHEAD AND
CONTINUE WITH WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING. CONDITONS WILL IMPROVE 
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE CENTER OF THE HIGH APPROACHES AND WINDS DIMINISH.

TONIGHT...WILL BE VERY COLD WITH MAIN CONCERN ON HOW LOW WILL WE GO THIS EVE
WITH CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND FRESH LIGHT SNOW COVER. 
CURRENT FORECAST UNDERCUTS GUIDANCE BY NEARLY CAT WHICH LOOKS GOOD AND WILL
STAY FAIRLY CLOSE. RIDGE AXIS QUICKLY DEPARTS OVERNIGHT WITH
SOUTHERLY WINDS AND WARM ADVECTION COMMENCING BRINGING INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND
STEADY OR SLOWLY RISING TEMPS. NEXT CONCERN BECOMES CHANCE OF SNOW. 
AVN/GFS AND ETA SATURATE COLUMN WESTERN 1/3RD OR SO BY 12Z MON AND ADVERTISE
DRY LOW LEVELS STILL YET TO OVERCOME ALONG AND EAST OF MISSISSIPPI.
FOR NOW WILL GO WITH FLURRIES AND CHANCE OF SNOW ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST
OF LINE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS TO MOUNT PLEASANT...AND WILL BRING MENTION OF FLURRIES
TO THE RIVER AND KEEP IT DRY FAR EAST. 

MONDAY - STRONG WARM ADVECTION AND DECENT FORCING SUGGESTS LIKELY POPS MOST
LOCATIONS FOR PERIOD OF SNOW WITH ACCUMS OF UP TO 1 INCH.
LATER MODEL RUNS WILL CLARIFY STRENGTH AND EXTENT OF MOISTURE BUT CAN/T RULE
OUT SOME 2-3 INCH AMOUNTS IF ALL COMES TOGETHER JUST RIGHT.
SOME HEFTY ADVECTION FOR SURE WITH META SHOWING H85 TEMPS ACROSS STATE OF
IA AT 18Z RANGING FROM -11C NORTHEAST TO +8C SOUTHWEST...WOW!
MY GUESS IS THAT SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO GENERATE MORE THAN JUST CLOUDS!
TEMPS MONDAY TO BE QUITE TRICKY. TEMPS PROBABLY STRUGGLE MOST OF THE
DAY WITH CLOUDS AND PCPN...THEN SURGE QUICKLY TOWARD SUNSET...WITH HIGHS
LIKELY OCCURRING AFTER DARK! 
 
NEXT CHALLENGE IS PCPN CHANCES LATE MON NIGHT-TUE. AVN/GFS MAY BE UP TO USUAL
TRICKS WITH QPF BOMB OVER CWA WITH AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1/3RD OF AN INCH.
HOWEVER...GIVEN STRENGTH OF ADVECTION AND POSITION OF HIGH OFF MID ATLANTIC
NEVER KNOW. MOST MODELS INDICATING SOME PCPN AHEAD OF FRONT JUST
QUESTION OF HOW MUCH. BASED ON THIS AND GUIDANCE POPS IN HIGH CHC TO 
LIKELY CAT FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH CURRENT DRY FORECAST AND WILL INSERT CHC POPS
AND LET DAY CREW RE-EVALUATE. PCPN TYPE WILL BE TRICKY AS WELL AND FOR NOW
WILL GO WITH RAIN/SNOW. 

DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS WILL LEAVE EXTENDED PRETTY MUCH ALONE. 

DMX...THANX FOR COORD!

.DVN...
IA...WIND CHILL ADVISORY THIS MORNING FOR AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OF ALINE FROM
WILLIAMSBURG TO IOWA CITY AND CLINTON.
IL...WIND CHILL ADVISORY THIS MORNING FOR AREAS NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE
FROM THOMSON TO FREEPORT.
MO...NONE.


MCCLURE








From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sun Jan 26 12:06:27 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 06:06:27 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/26/03 6:06:26 AM
Message-ID: <200301261222.GAA14614@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 261214
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-271100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
613 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY THIS MORNING NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
IOWA CITY...TO CLINTON AND FREEPORT...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
LINGERING FLURRIES AND POCKETS OF LIGHT SNOW OVER WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS WILL END SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. LITTLE ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO
THE REGION PROVIDING CLEARING SKIES AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES.
A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HIGH WILL RESULT IN
BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH
THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING
OF 15 TO 25 BELOW...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.
WIND CHILLS ELSEWHERE WILL BE BITTER COLD...BUT NOT AS DANGEROUS...
RANGING FROM 5 TO 15 BELOW. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE CENTER OF THE HIGH APPROACHES...AND WINDS
GRADUALLY DIMINISH.

TONIGHT...A WARM FRONT OVER THE PLAINS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EAST WITH
WARM AIR SURGING TOWARD THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
IN THE PLAINS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS WARM AIR...THEN MOVE ACROSS
IOWA. SOME OF THIS SNOW MAY MOVE INTO LOCATIONS...MAINLY WEST OF
A LINE FROM MONTICELLO...TO IOWA CITY AND FAIRFIELD WITHIN
A FEW HOURS OF DAYBREAK...WHERE MINOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
ELSEWHERE...FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ADVANCING EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM A FEW TENTHS TO AROUND
1 INCH. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE WARM AIR...IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE AROUND 2 INCHES...ESPECIALLY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
THROUGHOUT THE AREA...SO BE SURE TO STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND FORECASTS.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

05





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Sun Jan 26 22:09:21 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 16:09:21 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/26/03 4:09:20 PM
Message-ID: <200301262222.QAA06971@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 262218
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
418 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2003

THE SYNOPTIC PICTURE THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS THE SURFACE COLD FRONT
WELL EAST OF THE AREA...WITH A 1040MB HIGH BUILDING IN FROM THE
CENTRAL PLAINS.  A THIN SNOW COVER BLANKETS ALMOST THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA FROM LAST NIGHT'S 0.5 TO 1 INCH SNOWFALL. AT 500MB
THE TROF IS ALSO WELL EAST...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW BUILDING IN.

THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS THIS PACKAGE ARE IN THE FIRST 48
HOURS.  A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW MONDAY...WITH
FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING.  MORE
WIDESPREAD PRECIP WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...BUT
THIS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...EXCEPT NORTH...AND ON THE
TRAILING EDGE IN THE EVENING.

THE SHORT-TERM MODELS AGREE ON MASSIVE WARM ADVECTION TONIGHT...
MONDAY...AND TUESDAY...WITH A COLD FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  850MB
TEMPS WARM 20C IN 24 HOURS...FROM NEAR -18C AT 00Z THIS EVENING...TO
2C AT 00Z MONDAY EVENING.  VV'S IN THE MORNING MONDAY...IN RESPONSE
TO THE UPPER JET...AND ISENTROPIC LIFT...WILL BRING SNOW TO
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS...WITH UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY FROM CEDAR RAPIDS TO CLINTON NORTHWARD.  FORECAST
SOUNDINGS INDICATE GOOD PROFILE FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...INITIATING
IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. PRECIP WITH COLD FRONT TUESDAY WILL BE
MOSTLY RAIN AS 540 THICKNESS HEADS NORTH...EXCEPT NORTHERN TWO
TIERS OF COUNTIES...WHERE COULD SEE A MIX OR ALL SNOW.  BASED ON QPF
AMOUNTS...ANY SNOW NORTH COULD BE A FEW INCHES...BUT ALSO COULD BE
SLOPPY MIX.

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AGREE ON HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD WEDNESDAY...WARM
AIR ADVECTION ON THURSDAY...AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT SOMEWHERE IN THE
12Z FRIDAY TIME FRAME.  ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS INDICATED IN THE
SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY TIME FRAME. PER MEDIUM-RANGE TRENDS HELD OFF
PRECIP WITH THIS TIL SUNDAY.

HAVE STAYED PRETTY CLOSE TO CURRENT FORECAST. MID SHIFT CAN TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK AT POTENTIAL AND TIMING FOR ONSET OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
MONDAY...AS HAVE CURRENTLY LIMITED TO EVENING BUT COULD START
EARLIER.

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

REA





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Mon Jan 27 08:40:23 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 02:40:23 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/27/03 2:40:23 AM
Message-ID: <200301270853.CAA11448@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 270852
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
230 AM CST MON JAN 27 2003

DEAMPLIFICATION OF UPPER PATTERN WILL LEAD TO ZONAL/PROGRESSIVE PATTERN
WHICH WILL MEAN RETURN OF MILDER TEMPERATURES.
HOWEVER...THE TRANSITION WILL BRING UNSETTLED WX NEXT FEW DAYS WITH
CHALLENGES ON PCPN CHCS/TYPE. 

06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN WI THROUGH
WEST CENTRAL IL. IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS WITH
CLEAR SKIES/FRESH LIGHT SNOW COVER/LIGHT WINDS HAS ALLOWED TEMPS TO PLUNGE
INTO THE DEEP FREEZE RANGING FROM -2 TO -8 F. TEMPS THOUGH STARTING
TO RISE IN WESTERN SECTIONS WITH LIGHT S WINDS DEVELOPING AND WARM ADVECTION
MID/HIGH CLOUDS INCREASING. REGIONAL RADAR LOOP SHOWS BAND OF SNOW
ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG WARM ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT EXTENDING FROM
EASTERN DAKOTAS INTO WESTERN IA ATTIM. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE
SNOW REACHING GROUND WEST OF DSM FROM STORM LAKE...TO CARROLL AND AUDUBORN.
VISIBILITIES QUICKLY DROP TO AROUND 2 MILES AT ONSET.

NO SHORTAGE OF CONCERNS. NEAR TERM...CONCERNS WITH CHC OF SNOW...TEMPS AND 
POTENTIAL FOR -FZDZ THIS AFTN/NGT. THEN...FOCUS SHIFTS TO NEXT SYSTEM
TUE AND CONCERNS WITH PCPN CHCS/TYPE/AMOUNTS AND IMPACT ON TEMPS.
COULD BE LOOKING AT FREEZING RAIN/SLEET WITH SLICK TRAVEL AND POSSIBLE
ADVISORIES TUE WITH OVERRUNING PATTERN.

NEAR TERM...MONITORING PROGRESSION OF SNOW BAND IN WESTERN IA. FORCING
LOOKS TO BE DRIVEN MAINLY BY ISENTROPIC LIFT AND IS DEPICTED
WELL IN 285K SFC OF META. IMPRESSIVE BAND OF ISENTROPIC LIFT TO SHIFT
EAST ACROSS CWA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTN. CONDENSATION PRESSURE
DEFICITS LOWER TO 10 MB OR LESS WITH 30-35 KTS OF WIND 
PERPENDICULAR TO TIGHT PRESSURE SURFACES...SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING
BURST OF SNOW TO MANY LOCALES ESPECIALLY NORTHERN 2/3RDS OR SO.
CURRENT FORECAST HAS THIS HANDLED WELL WITH LIKELY POPS...AND SEE LITTLE
REASON TO CHANGE. QUICK MOVEMENT TO LIMIT ACCUMS TO LESS THAN 1 INCH.
STRONG LIFT DIMINISHES WEST OF RIVER BY LATE MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY AND
BY MID AFTERNOON IN THE FAR EAST. HOWEVER...WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT
STILL PRESENT ONCE DEEPER MOISTURE AND LIFT DEPARTS...AND MODEL SOUNDINGS
INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR -FZDZ BUT SEE NO EVIDENCE IN ANY OBS TO OUR WEST.
TEMPS WILL BE TRICKY WITH CLOUDS AND PCPN. WILL SEE SLOW...BUT GRADUAL RISE 
WITH MAXES FOR THE DAY COMING AFTER DARK AS CONTINUED WARM ADVECTION 
NUDGES TEMPS UP GRADUALLY TONIGHT. 

NEXT SYSTEM FOLLOWS QUICKLY IN BEHIND FOR TUE. CYCLOGENESIS TO OCCUR IN THE
CENTRAL PLAINS BY 12Z TUE WITH AID OF RRQ OF 110 KT H3 JET.
OVERRUNNING PCPN EXPECTED TO BREAK OUT AND SURGE EASTWARD WITH MODELS
VARYING ON AMOUNTS AND PLACEMENT OF QPF. ETA OVERALL IS VERIFYING BEST WITH 
LLVL MOISTURE ALONG TX GULF COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. AVN/GFS BRING 
40+ DEG DEWPTS AS FAR NORTH AS NORTHERN MO DURING DAY ON TUE...WHICH LOOKS 
A BIT AGGRESSIVE GIVEN FLOW RELATIVELY WEAK AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONTAL ZONE. 
IN FACT STRONGEST FLOW FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN MO. THEREFORE...LIKE 
LIGHTER ETA QPF AMOUNTS OF ROUGHLY .10 TO .20. FORCING SUPPORTS 
LIKELY POPS ALREADY ADVERTISED. CONCERN THEN IS WITH PCPN TYPE AND POTENTIAL
FOR FREEZING RAIN EPISODE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW ELEVATED WARM NOSE
AROUND 4KFT BEFORE DEEPER SATURATION OCCURS...SUGGESTIVE OF POTENTIAL
FOR PCPN TO BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY SLEET. WILD CARDS - IMPACT
OF LIGHT FRESH SNOW COVER ON BLYR AND PCPN ONSET. GFS AND ETA SOUNDINGS 
INDICATE NEARLY ISOTHERMAL LOWER LAYER FOR MLI AND BRL...SO COULD BE BOUNCING 
AROUND ON PCPN TYPES. IN THE NORTH LOOKS COLD ENOUGH FOR MAINLY SNOW WITH
POSSIBLY SOME -FZRA. EXPECT THE WARM LAYER TO BE OVERCOME EVENTUALLY FROM 
DYNAMIC COOLING AND COLD ADVECTION IN AFTN/EVE TO CHANGE PCPN OVER TO ALL SNOW 
BEFORE ENDING. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME LIGHT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMS MAKING 
FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND WILL HIGHLIGHT IN MORNING HWO. HPC HAS AREA OUTLOOKED
IN LOW THREAT FOR .25 INCH. IF MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE THEN MAY HAVE TO 
CONSIDER WINTER WX ADVISORY AT SOME POINT NEXT COUPLE SHIFTS. 

NO MAJOR CHANGES TO EXTENDED DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS.

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

05







From learc@mailman.qth.net  Mon Jan 27 11:33:36 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 05:33:36 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/27/03 5:33:36 AM
Message-ID: <200301271147.FAA12245@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 271145
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-281100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
544 AM CST MON JAN 27 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SNOW OVER CENTRAL IOWA...WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES AT TIMES MAY BE REDUCED TO
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 MILES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A DUSTING
TO NEAR 1 INCH. SOME ROADS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL
BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE...SO KEEP
THAT IN MIND IF YOU ARE HEADING OFF TO WORK OR SCHOOL.
THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT...LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS...SPREADING
A WINTERY MIXTURE EASTWARD INTO IOWA...POSSIBLY AFFECTING LOCATIONS
NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 TOWARD DAYBREAK. ELSEWHERE...A FEW
PATCHES OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

A WINTERY MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION APPEARS LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA...WHICH MAY RESULT IN ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...
ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34. ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...THE
PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN
BEFORE GOING OVER TO RAIN DURING THE DAY...AS WARMER AIR SURGES
NORTHWARD AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. NORTH OF HIGHWAY
34...THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...THE PRECIPITATION IS
LIKELY TO GO BACK AND FOURTH BETWEEN SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH SOME ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WILL SEE THE PRECIPITATION
LIKELY FALL MAINLY AS SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AT
TIMES...WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW
POSSIBLE.

BE SURE TO STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Mon Jan 27 20:51:17 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:51:17 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/27/03 2:51:16 PM
Message-ID: <200301272104.PAA23572@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 272053
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
250 PM CST MON JAN 27 2003

MAIN FCST CONCERN IS POTENTIAL FOR WINTERY MIX ON TUE AND NEED FOR
ADVISORY. WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW JUST ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AND
REINFORCE WARM WEDGE ALOFT ACRS THE AREA THROUGH TUE MORNING...
BEFORE H85 COLD FRONT STARTS TO DROP SOUTH AGAIN LATER TUE AFTERNOON.
PROBLEM IS COLD GROUND AND SLOWER WARMING AT SFC. SFC TEMPS WILL
CLIMB OVERNIGHT AS SOUTH BREEZE CONTINUES...WITH TEMPS REACHING MID
20S BY 12Z ACRS THE NORTH...AND UPPER 20S SOUTH...MUCH LIKE ONGOING
PACKAGE ALREADY ADVERTISING. LEAD VORT DROPPING IN FROM NORTHERN
PLAINS...ALONG WITH ONGOING BRISK WAA IN LOW TO MID LEVELS MAKING
FOR PLENTY OF UVM'S/POS OMEGAS LATE TONIGHT FOR AT LEAST MID CLOUD
GENERATION ACRS THE NORTH HALF AS NIGHT PROGRESSES. FCST SOUNDINGS
AND PROG LIFTING MECHANISMS SUGGEST SPOTTY FREEZING DRIZZLE
POSSIBLE ACRS THE NORTH LATE TONIGHT...AND WILL ADD THREAT. PREFER
GFS VORT HANDLING AND SFC FEATURE DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT AND INTO
TUE...WHICH PRODUCES NICE ROUND OF LOW TO MID LEVEL FORCING TO THE
NORTH OF DEVELOPING WAVE ON INCOMING COLD FRONT...RIGHT OVER THE
NORTHERN 2/3'S OF THE DVN CWA. THIS COMBINED WITH ROBUST
ISENTROPIC LIFT...LOOKING AT 295 K SFCS...WILL MAKE FOR A CATEGORICAL
PRECIPITATION EVENT FOR TUE OVER MOST OF THE CWA. FCST SOUNDINGS AND
WARM WEDGE ALOFT...PAINT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET PICTURE FOR THE
MORNING OVER NORTHERN 2/3'S...BEFORE COOLING ALOFT FROM INCOMING CAA
FROM THE NORTH...AND DYNAMICAL COOLING PROCESSES MAKE A SWITCH OVER
TO ALL SNOW. POTENTIAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF COURSE DEPEND ON SPEED OF
SWITCH OVER FROM RAIN AND SLEET ALOFT...TO A FROZEN STATE TO
MAKE MOST OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE. INITIAL THOUGHTS SUGGEST SWITCH OVER
TO OCCUR LATE ENOUGH FOR ONLY 1-2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION...BUT
LINGERING FORCING AND SOME DENDRITIC POTENTIAL COULD ADD UP TO
RATHER NARROW SWATH OF 3 INCHES FROM WEST OF CLINTON...TO MOUNT
CARROLL AND STERLING BY EARLY EVENING. THUS WITH SOME ICING
POSSIBLE...AND FOLLOWING LIGHT SNOW OVER THAT...FEEL NEED FOR
WINTER WX ADVISORY TUESDAY GENERALLY FROM I-80 ON NORTH FOR TRAVEL
IMPACT. NIGHT SHIFT WILL HAVE TO ACCESS THREAT FURTHER SOUTH...BUT
FEEL SFC TEMPS TO RECOVER TO ABOVE FREEZING BY TIME BULK OF PRECIP
REACHES DOWN THERE...BUT SOME SLEET MAY IMPACT THOSE AREAS AS WELL
WITH ONSET. LINGERING SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN THE EVENING FROM NORTH-
TO-SOUTH WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. WILL BANK ON
PRECIP AND CLOUD COVER TO KEEP TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE MID 30S ON
TUE(MAYBE TOUCH WARMER ACRS SOUTH)...WITH INCOMING COLD AIR AND
SOME CLEARING TO DROP TEMPS INTO THE TEENS BY WED MORNING.

.LONGER RANGE(THU-MON)...LOOKS LIKE SOME TEMP RECOVERY ON BACKSIDE
OF RETREATING RIDGE FOR THU...BUT FEEL SLOSH BACK EFFECT WITH
SOUTHEAST SFC FLOW FROM RIDGE CENTER...TO KEEP TEMPS FROM WARMING
ABOVE THE MID 30S. WAVE DROPPING ACRS THE MN ARROWHEAD WITH TRAILING
TROUGH DOWN ACRS THE LOCAL AREA TO BRING PRECIP THREAT FOR THU NIGHT.
MRF HAS COOLER LLVL THERMAL PARAMETERS FOR ALL SNOW THREAT..WHILE
ECMWF WARMER WEDGE ALOFT MAY SUPPORT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN...
DEPENDING ON SFC TEMPS. WILL GO CHANCE OF SNOW OR ZR FOR NOW. WILL
CONTINUE LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW THREAT INTO MAINLY FRI MORNING PER
EXTENDED GFS AND ECMWF...AS WAVE DIGS AND SETTLES ACRS THE SOUTHERN
GRT LKS AND OH RVR VALLEY. WOULD EXPECT PRECIP AND CLOUD COVER TO
KEEP TEMPS IN MID 30S FOR FRI HIGHS. MEDIUM RANGE MODEL ENSEMBLE OF
SOLUTIONS OVER THE WEEKEND START TO DIVERGE IN HANDLING EXTENT OF
FLATTENING/ZONAL FLOW PATTERN...INCLUDING WARMING AND NEXT BIG PIECE
OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST WAVE ENERGY THAT WILL EVENTUALLY PROPAGATE THRU
THIS FLOW. IN ANY CASE...WARM UP LOOKS ON TAP WITH LOW TO MID 40S
LOOKING REASONABLE FOR SAT...EVEN WITH EXPECTED BOUT OF WAA
PRECIP/RAIN. UKMET AND EURO FARTHER NORTH WITH DEVELOPING LOW CENTER
FROM ABOVE MENTIONED INCOMING WAVE...WITH PLACEMENT OVER THE NORTHERN
PLAINS...WHILE MRF OVER CENTRAL KS AT 12Z SUN. FEEL MRF MAY BE TOO
QUICK TO ROLL SUCH A STRONG FEATURE OUT TOWARD THE CWA ON SUNDAY...
AND WILL PLAY IT AS A MAINLY DRY AND CONTINUED STRONG WAA DAY...
50 DEGREES MAY BE CONSERVATIVE. IN-BETWEEN SOLUTION WOULD
CREATE POSSIBLE SET UP FOR SEVERE WX THREAT ACRS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
AND INTO THE MID MS RVR VALLEY LATE SUN AND SUN NIGHT...WHILE SNOW
STORM RAGES ACRS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS...INTO MN. WILL
ANXIOUSLY AWAIT FURTHER RUNS. TOO FAR AWAY FOR DETAILS...BUT LOCAL
CWA MAY GET DRY SECTORED SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH JUST SOME COOLING WRAP
AROUND MIXED PRECIP ON MON BEHIND DEPARTING SYSTEM.


COORDINATED WITH ARX...DVMX...THANX!

.DVN...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TUESDAY FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
IA...INDEPENDENCE AND DUBUQUE DOWN TO SIGOURNEY TO WAPELLO
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TUESDAY FOR NORTHWEST IL...GENERALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80.
MO...NONE.

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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Tue Jan 28 00:05:09 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 18:05:09 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] WQAD E-WARN : WSWMLI
Message-ID: <001301c2c660$ecf7ad50$54040640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>




> >From WQAD.com and StormTrack 8000 Weather Center
> 
> WWUS43 KDVN 272247
> WSWMLI
> 
> URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
> 418 PM CST MON JAN 27 2003
> 
> ...WINTERY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO IMPACT THE AREA ON 
> TUESDAY...
> .A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH TOWARD THE AREA ON TUESDAY...WITH 
> PRECIPITATION FORMING OUT AHEAD OF IT. A SURGE OF WARM AIR FROM 3 TO 
> 5 THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE...WILL ALSO OCCUR AHEAD OF THE 
> FRONT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. THIS WARM AIR ALOFT WILL ALLOW THE 
> PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS RAIN AND SLEET...BUT TEMPERATURES AT THE 
> SURFACE TUESDAY MORNING WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ALSO...THE 
> GROUND IS FROZEN FROM THE RECENT ARCTIC OUTBREAKS. THUS...THERE IS A 
> RISK OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY. COLDER AIR 
> WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... 
> ALLOWING THE RAIN TO SWITCH OVER TO A WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW AND 
> SLEET...EVEN WITH TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE RISING TO...OR JUST 
> ABOVE FREEZING. THE FREEZING RAIN...ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW FALLING ON 
> TOP OF LIGHTLY GLAZED SURFACES...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
> CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. THUS A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN 
> ISSUED.
> 
> A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER 
> CONDITIONS INCLUDING LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN 
> AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. THE WEATHER WILL BE A NUISANCE, BUT TRAVEL 
> STILL POSSIBLE, IF YOU ARE CAREFUL.
> 
> 
> IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-
> 281000-
> BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLINTON IA-
> DELAWARE IA-DUBUQUE IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-
> JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MERCER IL-
> MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-
> WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
> SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...STERLING...ROCK ISLAND...PRINCETON...
> MOUNT CARROLL...MOLINE...KEWANEE...GALENA...FREEPORT...ALEDO...
> WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...VINTON...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...MUSCATINE...
> MARENGO...MAQUOKETA...MANCHESTER...IOWA CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
> DUBUQUE...DAVENPORT...CLINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...BETTENDORF...
> ANAMOSA...MONMOUTH AND WASHINGTON MILLS
> 
> ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY... 
> FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CAUSE A LIGHT GLAZING TUESDAY MORNING 
> THROUGH MIDDAY. THEN THE RAIN WILL SWITCH OVER TO SNOW AND SOME 
> SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 
> 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA BY TUESDAY EVENING. 
> SOME LOCATIONS FROM CLINTON...TO MOUNT CARROLL...TO NORTH OF 
> PRINCETON ILLINOIS MAY EXPERIENCE 2 TO 3 INCH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS 
> BY MID TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE THE SNOW EXITS TO THE SOUTHEAST. 
> OTHER AREAS FROM IOWA CITY...TO WEST OF DUBUQUE...MAY RECEIVE ONLY 
> AN INCH OR LESS.
> 
> $$
> 
> 12
> 
> 
> WWWW
> 
> E-Warn is a free public service from WQAD.com and StormTrack 8000
> Weather Center. 
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Tue Jan 28 09:45:03 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 03:45:03 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/28/03 3:45:03 AM
Message-ID: <200301281000.EAA09753@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 280955
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
355 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2003

EVERYTHING STILL COMING TOGETHER FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENT 
ACROSS FORECAST AREA TODAY. 00Z SOUNDING SHOWS VERY WARM AIR PACIFIC 
AIRMASS ABOVE H9 AFTER STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION ALOFT OVER THE PAST 
24 HOURS. 00Z ANALYSIS SHOWED H85 THERMAL RIDGE EXTENDING NORTHEAST 
FROM 4 CORNERS WITH 5 C OVER DVN. FLOW ALOFT WAS NEARLY ZONAL WITH 
PLENTY OF MOISTURE SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND UPSTREAM 
SHORTWAVE PUSHING INTO DAKOTAS. THIS WAS ALIGNED WITH ENTRANCE 
REGION OF 150KT JET AT H3. THIS WAVE WILL MOVE ALONG TIGHT 
BAROCLINIC AXIS ACROSS NORTHERN PLAINS...SENDING IT BACK SOUTH 
ACROSS FORECAST AREA TODAY. RESULTING LOW LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS AND 
STRONG UVV WILL WRING OUT PRECIPITATION OVER FORECAST AREA BY 
AFTERNOON. TIMING AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION PRIMARY FORECAST 
CHALLENGE.

00Z ETA AND GFS HAS COME INTO CLOSER AGREEMENT THAN PREVIOUS RUNS 
WITH QPF PLACEMENT CLOSE AND ONLY MINOR DIFFERENCES IN OMEGA FIELDS 
AND FOLLOWED BLEND. Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE...FRONTOGENESIS AND STRONG 
UPPER DIVERGENCE ALL COME TOGETHER ACROSS CWFA AROUND 15-18Z. 
CRITICAL THICKNESS VALUES INDICATE MAINLY SNOW OVER NORTHERN TIER OF 
COUNTIES...PERHAPS STARTING WITH BRIEF PERIOD OF IP OR ZR AT ONSET 
BY MID MORNING. FURTHER SOUTH...MODEL SOUNDINGS SUPPORT MIX OF SLEET 
AND ZR THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL ZONES CHANGING TO SNOW AS COLD 
AIR ADVECTION INCREASES AT H85 WITH BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTH AND 
DYNAMIC PROCESSES COOLING SATURATED LAYER. WHILE SOUTH LOOKS TO BE 
ALL RAIN AT ONSET...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE 
FREEZING WITH COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES CAUSING SOME ICE ACCUMULATION 
EARLY. OVERALL THINKING FROM PREVIOUS PACKAGE NOT MUCH DIFFERENT 
EXCEPT FOR LATER ONSET AND FASTER CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN NORTH. WITH 
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGE OVER IN CENTRAL 
AND NORTH WILL KEEP CURRENT ADVISORY GOING WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 
IN 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. SATURATION AND LIFT ON 285K SURFACE SHIFTS TO 
SOUTHEAST OUT OF AREA EARLY EVENING AND DO NOT EXPECT ANY ADDITIONAL 
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.

ANOTHER H5 SHORTWAVE PUSHES THROUGH FROM NW ON WEDNESDAY...BUT NOT 
ENOUGH MOISTURE TO SUPPORT ANYTHING MORE THAN CLOUDS. FURTHER 
OUT...STRONGER WAVE ARRIVES ON FRIDAY PRECEEDED BY WARMUP. NOT MUCH 
TIME TO DIVE INTO EXTENDED AND LITTLE CHANGES EXPECTED TO CURRENT 
GRIDS BEYOND DAY 3. 

COORDINATED WITH ARX...LOT AND ILX...THANKS.

.DVN...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
IA...INDEPENDENCE AND DUBUQUE DOWN TO SIGOURNEY TO WAPELLO
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY FOR NORTHWEST IL...GENERALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80.
MO...NONE.

DLS







From learc@mailman.qth.net  Tue Jan 28 11:45:56 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 05:45:56 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/28/03 5:45:55 AM
Message-ID: <200301281159.FAA04226@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 281157
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-291200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
557 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2003

...A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 BY MID
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW BY MIDDAY. FROM HIGHWAY 30 SOUTH TO HIGHWAY 34...THE
MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING WITH A CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW OCCURRING IN THE AFTERNOON. FURTHER SOUTH...RAIN WILL
BEGIN AROUND MIDDAY AND MAY BEGIN WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING
RAIN. FREEZING PRECIPITATION MAY RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A
TENTH OF AN INCH BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TAKES PLACE. THE
GREATEST RISK FOR ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
ALSO NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE SNOW EXITS THE AREA THIS EVENING. AMOUNTS
OF A DUSTING UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVES OVER THE REGION. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE A COLD FRONT
TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THERE IS A
CHANCE OF SNOW OR POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
FRIDAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS WILL OCCUR AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD RELAY INFORMATION ON SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

SHEETS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Tue Jan 28 13:38:05 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 07:38:05 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Hazardous Weather Outlook
Message-ID: <000401c2c6d2$7d731100$eb040640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>

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 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
 557 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2003
=20
 ...A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TODAY...
=20
 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
 NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.
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 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
=20
 FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 BY MID
 MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER
 TO SNOW BY MIDDAY. FROM HIGHWAY 30 SOUTH TO HIGHWAY 34...THE
 MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING WITH A CHANGE
 OVER TO SNOW OCCURRING IN THE AFTERNOON. FURTHER SOUTH...RAIN WILL
 BEGIN AROUND MIDDAY AND MAY BEGIN WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING
 RAIN. FREEZING PRECIPITATION MAY RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A
 TENTH OF AN INCH BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TAKES PLACE. THE
 GREATEST RISK FOR ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
 ALSO NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
 WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE SNOW EXITS THE AREA THIS EVENING. AMOUNTS
 OF A DUSTING UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.
=20
 THE PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
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 THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THERE IS A
 CHANCE OF SNOW OR POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
 FRIDAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS WILL OCCUR AS AN UPPER LEVEL
 DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.
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 .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Tue Jan 28 22:05:01 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 16:05:01 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/28/03 4:05:01 PM
Message-ID: <200301282215.QAA27145@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 282215
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
414 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2003

SYNOPTIC PICTURE LATE THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS BROAD 500MB TROF OVER THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY WITH A RIDGE WEST...AND A SHORT WAVE
RIDING DOWN THE NORTHWEST FLOW OVER DVN.  AT THE SURFACE THE COLD
FRONT THE SWEPT THRU THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING EXTENDS FROM
SOUTHERN MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW
AND SLEET BEHIND THE FRONT IS PROGRESSING SOUTHWARD...WITH THE MAIN
BRUNT NOW MOVING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.  FREEZING RAIN AT THE
ONSET OF THIS PRECIPITATION HAS CAUSING VERY SLIPPERY ROADS ACROSS
THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TIL 7 PM FOR THE I-80
CORRIDOR...WHERE SNOW IS STILL FALLING ON SLICK ROADS.  FURTHER
SOUTH AN INCH OR SO OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED.  LACK OF
SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN SOUTH AT ONSET WILL PRECLUDE THE NECESSITY
OF AN ADVISORY.  UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 THIS EVENING.

THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS THIS PACKAGE...OTHER THAN THIS
EVENING...ARE COLD FRONTS IN THE FRIDAY AND SUNDAY TIME FRAMES.
500MB FLOW WILL BECOME ZONAL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH
DISTURBANCES EVERY OTHER DAY OR SO.  THIS WILL TEND TO MODERATE
TEMPERATURES. ON THE OTHER HAND...THE INCREASED SNOW COVER WILL
TEND TO SUPPRESS TEMPERATURES A CATEGORY OR TWO.

THE SHORT-TERM MODELS AGREE ON THE COLD FRONT MOVING WELL SOUTH OF
THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN.  A HIGH WILL
MOVE OVERHEAD WEDNESDAY...AND SHIFT EAST ON THURSDAY AS WARM AIR
ADVECTION DEVELOPS.  THE MEDIUM-RANGE MODELS AGREE ON A COLD FRONT
FRIDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A SHARP 500H TROF...AND A SECOND COLD FRONT
SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE MRF FAVORING SUNDAY EVENING AND THE
UK/EUROPEAN FAVORING MONDAY MORNING.

WILL STAY CLOSE TO CURRENT FORECAST.  THE REPLENISHED SNOW COVER
WILL AFFECT TEMPERATURES...IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION...OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES WHETHER OR NOT OUR ADVERTISED
WARM-UP IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE ENOUGH TO MELT SNOW.

.DVN...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TIL 7 PM FOR KEOKUK...WASHINGTON...
LOUISA...MUSCATINE...AND SCOTT COUNTIES.
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TIL 7 PM FOR ROCK ISLAND...MERCER...
HENRY...BUREAU...AND PUTNAM COUNTIES.
MO...NONE.

REA

WWWW


From learc@mailman.qth.net  Wed Jan 29 03:36:08 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 21:36:08 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/28/03 9:36:08 PM
Message-ID: <200301290346.VAA15231@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 290344
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
940 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2003

UPDATE JUST SENT TO ADJUST WORDING FOR -SN ENDING OVER SOUTHERN 
CWA.  ALSO CLEARING MAKING GOOD PROGRESS SOUTH ARCOSS SW WI.  META 
925MB RH PROGS SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON RH FIELDS OVER WI.  
HOWEVER CLOUDS HOLDING BACK ACROSS SOUTHERN MN.  HAVE ADJUSTED SKY 
CONDITION WORDING FOR MORE CLOUDS AND BUMPED UP TEMPS A CATEGORY 
OVER THE NWRN CWA.  

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

DLF





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Wed Jan 29 09:13:34 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 03:13:34 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/29/03 3:13:34 AM
Message-ID: <200301290924.DAA06795@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 290922
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
322 AM CST WED JAN 29 2003

LOW CLOUDS CLEARING FROM NORTH EARLY THIS MORNING AS DRIER AIR 
PUSHES SOUTH AHEAD OF SURFACE HIGH MOVING INTO NORTH DAKOTA. COLD 
FRONT THAT PRODUCED PRECIPITATION OVER AREA NOW WELL TO SOUTHEAST. 
WEAK SHORTWAVE UPSTREAM MOVING THROUGH SOUTH DAKOTA PRODUCING -SN 
PROGGED TO REMAIN TO WEST OF CWFA TODAY. INITIAL FORECAST CHALLENGE 
IS TEMPERATURES AS CANADIAN HIGH SETTLES OVER AREA...THEN CHANCES 
FOR PRECIPITATION WITH NEXT SIGNIFICANT SYSTEMS THURSDAY 
NIGHT/FRIDAY AND SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. 

SHORT TERM MODELS SIMILAR WITH SURFACE HIGH BUILDING SOUTHEAST TO 
CENTER OVER SOUTHEAST IA AROUND 00Z. WEAK MID LEVEL FORCING 
ASSOCIATED WITH DAKOTAS SHORTWAVE WILL STAY WELL TO WEST WITH MAIN 
IMPACT BEING SOME MID AND HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE WEST BY AFTERNOON.
SOME VERY WEAK MID LEVEL FORCING REACHES INTO SOUTHEAST IA BY LATE 
AFTERNOON AND COULD PRODUCE FLURRIES...BUT WITH JET LEVEL 
CONVERGENCE WILL LEAVE OUT. ARCTIC AIRMASS OVER MN WILL CONTINUE TO 
PUSH SOUTH TODAY AND WITH SNOW COVERING MOST OF CWFA...WILL BE 
DIFFICULT TO WARM MUCH. WENT CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE. TONIGHT...WITH 
HIGH OVERHEAD WILL SEE RAPID COOLING IN EVENING BEFORE RETURN FLOW 
DEVELOPS AND TEMPERATURES BECOME STEADY OR RISE SOME. CONTINUED 
ABOUT A CATEGORY BELOW MOS AND CLOSE TO META 2M TEMPS WITH 
WIDESPREAD LOWS IN SINGLE DIGITS. THURSDAY WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT WARM 
UP WITH SW FLOW AHEAD OF DEVELOPING HIGH PLAINS CYCLONE AND SHOULD 
BE ABLE TO REACH INTO 30S DESPITE COLD START.

ALL MODELS KEEP LOW WELL TO NORTH WITH COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH 
AROUND 12Z FRIDAY. BIG QUESTION IS PRECIP TYPE. DESPITE SNOW COVER...
THINK TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS SOUTH IN EVENING. 
THERE...FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE RAIN...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH ZR 
OR S WORDING. NORTH OF I-80...STILL LOOKS LIKE MAINLY S. RAISED POPS 
UP INTO 40 TO 50 RANGE.

PATH OF STRONGER CYCLONE ON SUNDAY SIMILAR BETWEEN LATEST GFS AND 
ECMWF...BUT SIGNIFICANT TIMING ISSUES REMAIN. BOTH AGREE WITH LOW TO 
TRACK MAINLY NORTH...KEEPING MOST OF CWFA IN WARM SECTOR BEFORE 
FROPA TO INDICATE RAIN INITIALLY ON SUNDAY AND THEN SNOW IN WRAP 
AROUND ESPECIALLY NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS IS IN 
LINE WITH CURRENT FORECAST AND NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE. 

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

$$
DLS









From learc@mailman.qth.net  Wed Jan 29 11:38:49 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 05:38:49 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/29/03 5:38:49 AM
Message-ID: <200301291149.FAA07434@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 291147
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
547 AM CST WED JAN 29 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW LATE
THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MAINLY SNOW BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY MORNING AS
A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THIS COULD CREATE SLICK DRIVING
CONDITIONS. SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AT THIS TIME ON THE TIMING AND
LOCATION OF THE WINTERY PRECIPITATION.

A POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION EVENT MAY
IMPACT THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
TRACKS FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THIS MAY BRING
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA. CONDITIONS COULD ALSO BECOME WINDY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH. SIGNIFANT IMPACTS ON TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE AND THOSE WITH
TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WATCH FOR UPDATED INFORMATION IN LATER FORECASTS
AND OUTLOOKS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

SHEETS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Wed Jan 29 12:32:40 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 06:32:40 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/29/03 6:32:40 AM
Message-ID: <200301291243.GAA19264@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 291242 CCA
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
642 AM CST WED JAN 29 2003

...CORRECTED TYPO...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW LATE
THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MAINLY SNOW BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY MORNING AS
A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THIS COULD CREATE SLICK DRIVING
CONDITIONS. SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AT THIS TIME ON THE TIMING AND
LOCATION OF THE WINTERY PRECIPITATION.

A POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION EVENT MAY
IMPACT THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
TRACKS FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THIS MAY BRING
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA. CONDITIONS COULD ALSO BECOME WINDY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH. SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE.  THOSE WITH
TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WATCH FOR UPDATED INFORMATION IN LATER FORECASTS
AND OUTLOOKS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

SHEETS







From learc@mailman.qth.net  Wed Jan 29 19:18:19 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:18:19 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/29/03 1:18:18 PM
Message-ID: <200301291929.NAA26776@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 291927
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
125 PM CST WED JAN 29 2003

.OVERVIEW...NEXT SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN MN MOVING SE
AT 25-30 MPH.  UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWS EMBEDDED UPSTREAM DISTURBANCES
IN NW JET WITH LIMITED RIDGING PER HEIGHT RISES. SATELLITE SUPPORTS THIS
WITH LOTS OF LOW CLOUDS SOUTH AND WEST OF FORECAST AREA. IMPACT OF
YESTERDAY/S SNOWCOVER EVIDENT WITH TEMPS 3-5 DEGREES LOWER THAN DRY
LOCATIONS DESPITE LOTS OF SUNSHINE AT 18Z. SURFACE RIDGE TO PASS ACROSS
AREA BETWEEN 01Z AND 07Z PER AWIPS DISTANCE TIME FEATURE...MAX
RADIATIONAL COOLING AT THOSE TIMES TONIGHT.

TIMING CLOUD RETURN TONIGHT AND IMPACTS ON TEMPS NEAR TERM ISSUE
WITH FRIDAY PRECIPITATION TYPE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...THEN MONDAY
SYSTEM MEDIUM RANGE ISSUE...

.DIAGNOSIS AND DAYS 1-3...BIGGEST ISSUE IS NEARBY LOW CLOUDS WHICH
WILL MERGE CURRENT 18Z TRENDS WITH GFS-AVN/NGM WORKING BEST.  THUS AS
SFC HIGH SLIDES EAST WILL SEE CLOUDS RETURN MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TO
SW SECTIONS. THUS LOWS MOST AREAS TO BE EARLY WITH SLOWING RISING
TEMPS DUE TO CLOUDS AND INCREASING SOUTH WINDS.  TREND SLIGHTLY BELOW
EAST AREAS TONIGHT WITH EARLY RADIATIONAL COOLING AND SNOW AND NEAR TO
JUST ABOVE SW AREAS.  TOMORROW...SOME CLEARING FROM SW BY MID DAY AND
TAKE TEMPS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW MODEL BLEND DUE TO CLOUDS AND SOME
SNOW IMPACTS MOST AREAS EXCEPT SW.  THEN...EARLY FRIDAY AM GETS TRICKY
WITH DIVING SYSTEM OUT OF NW WITH REASONABLE CONFIDENCE MOST AREAS TO
GET LIKELY POPS DUE TO GENERAL TRACK...FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
AND FORCING. PROBLEM IS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS AND THUS TYPE...WILL TRY
LOOK AT 18Z ETA BUT PLAN FOR NEAR AVN/UKMET LOW LEVEL TEMPS OR RAIN WITH
SOME MIXTURE SOUTH AND MIXTURE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS WITH SNOW FAR
NE. UPDATE HWO FOR THIS EVENT BUT APPEARS POPS TO BE GENERALLY LESS THAN
1 TO 15 HUNDREDTHS...IF SIGNIFICANT ICING MORE PROBABLE THEN MID SHIFT
NEEDS TO CONSIDER ADVISORY.   NOT COMFORTABLE ETA HAS YESTERDAY/S SNOW
PROPERLY PER ETA 2M TEMPS DON/T SHOW COOLING FROM SNOWCOVER ALONG/SOUTH
HIGHWAY 30 AT 18Z.  THIS AFOREMENTIONED POINT AND NEXT SYSTEM TRIPLE
POINT PASSING TO SW SHOULD LIMIT LOW LEVEL WARMING...THUS RISKING TEMPS
STAYING COLDER THAN WARMER ETA AND EVEN A BIT COOLER THAN AVN-GFS.
AFTERWARDS...THEN...QUIET WEATHER WITH TEMPS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE
GUIDANCE BLEND.

.EXTENDED (SUN-WED)...MODELS SUGGEST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO UPPER FLOW
WITH MORE LATE WINTER EARLY SPRING REGIME WITH RIDGING IN SE CONUS
FOR MORE FAVORABLE MOISTURE INFLOW (GULF OPEN) AND MAJOR STORM TRACK
OVER REGION FOR FIRST TIME QUITE A WHILE BY MONDAY.  ALL MEDIUM-RANGE
MODELS AGREE ON VIGOROUS STORM MONDAY AND THUS GO LIKELY POPS.  EXACT
LOW TRACK UNCERTAIN BUT ALL SUGGEST...LOW NEARBY OR OVER AREA FOR
COPIOUS RAINS LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY CHANGING TO SNOW LATE MONDAY OR
EARLY TUESDAY. WILL TRY NOT GET TO SPECIFIC AND MENTION THIS FOR NW
2/3 AREA WITH JUST RAIN SE 1/3.   TYPE SYSTEM NORMALLY GENERATES
WIDESPREAD .5" TO 1.0" LIQUID OR LIQUID EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS WHICH WOULD
PUT SOME MOISTURE BACK IN OUR DRY SOIL.  UPDATE HWO HERE AS WELL...
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MODELS RESOLVE/PHASE THINGS NEXT 2-3 DAYS.

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

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Wed Jan 29 21:49:56 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:49:56 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/29/03 3:49:55 PM
Message-ID: <200301292200.QAA06763@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 292157
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
355 PM CST WED JAN 29 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

A SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO THE MIDWEST THURSDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A
WINTERY MIX TO THE REGION. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AND END FRIDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME IT
APPEARS THAT AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 SHOULD SEE MAINLY
LIGHT SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. FROM HIGHWAY
20 SOUTH TO A MARENGO...MUSCATINE...ALEDO LINE...INCLUDING THE I 80
CORRIDOR...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY.
AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE SHOULD SEE RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET AT THE ONSET.

DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD BECOME SLICK OVERNIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING
COMMUTE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. LATER FORECASTS WILL MORE
CLEARLY DEFINE THE WINTER WEATHER HAZARD AND AREAS WITH GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR MINOR SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS.

SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE
AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN LATE SUNDAY...WITH A HALF
INCH OF RAIN OR MORE EXPECTED BEFORE THE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE
MONDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AS THE COLD AIR
MOVES IN LATE MONDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF A FREEPORT TO IOWA CITY AXIS.
A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE LOCATION
AND AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FOR
UPDATES AS THE TIMING AND TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM BECOME MORE
CLEAR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

NICHOLS/33





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Wed Jan 29 23:23:17 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Don Johnson)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:23:17 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Why send WQAD thing when it's same as weather bureau warning from ESDA?
In-Reply-To: <001301c2c660$ecf7ad50$54040640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>
Message-ID: <000b01c2c7ed$6b0fcf50$b0040640@kathys>


-----Original Message-----
From: learc-admin@mailman.qth.net [mailto:learc-admin@mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Tony Coniglio
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 6:05 PM
To: LEARC Reflector
Subject: [LeArc] WQAD E-WARN : WSWMLI


See http://www.qsl.net/learc/ for club information.

Membership Dues are due.  

Next meeting February 11, 2003.

Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
Net time is 8:00 PM local time.






> >From WQAD.com and StormTrack 8000 Weather Center
> 
> WWUS43 KDVN 272247
> WSWMLI
> 
> URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
> 418 PM CST MON JAN 27 2003
> 
> ...WINTERY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO IMPACT THE AREA ON
> TUESDAY...
> .A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH TOWARD THE AREA ON TUESDAY...WITH 
> PRECIPITATION FORMING OUT AHEAD OF IT. A SURGE OF WARM AIR FROM 3 TO 
> 5 THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE...WILL ALSO OCCUR AHEAD OF THE 
> FRONT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. THIS WARM AIR ALOFT WILL ALLOW THE 
> PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS RAIN AND SLEET...BUT TEMPERATURES AT THE 
> SURFACE TUESDAY MORNING WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ALSO...THE 
> GROUND IS FROZEN FROM THE RECENT ARCTIC OUTBREAKS. THUS...THERE IS A 
> RISK OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY. COLDER AIR 
> WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... 
> ALLOWING THE RAIN TO SWITCH OVER TO A WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW AND 
> SLEET...EVEN WITH TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE RISING TO...OR JUST 
> ABOVE FREEZING. THE FREEZING RAIN...ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW FALLING ON 
> TOP OF LIGHTLY GLAZED SURFACES...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
> CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. THUS A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN 
> ISSUED.
> 
> A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER
> CONDITIONS INCLUDING LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN 
> AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. THE WEATHER WILL BE A NUISANCE, BUT TRAVEL 
> STILL POSSIBLE, IF YOU ARE CAREFUL.
> 
> 
> IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-
> 281000-
> BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLINTON IA- 
> DELAWARE IA-DUBUQUE IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL- 
> JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MERCER IL- MUSCATINE 
> IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL- WASHINGTON 
> IA-WHITESIDE IL- SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...STERLING...ROCK 
> ISLAND...PRINCETON... MOUNT 
> CARROLL...MOLINE...KEWANEE...GALENA...FREEPORT...ALEDO...
> WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...VINTON...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...MUSCATINE...
> MARENGO...MAQUOKETA...MANCHESTER...IOWA CITY...INDEPENDENCE... 
> DUBUQUE...DAVENPORT...CLINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...BETTENDORF... 
> ANAMOSA...MONMOUTH AND WASHINGTON MILLS
> 
> ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY...
> FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CAUSE A LIGHT GLAZING TUESDAY MORNING 
> THROUGH MIDDAY. THEN THE RAIN WILL SWITCH OVER TO SNOW AND SOME 
> SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 
> 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA BY TUESDAY EVENING. 
> SOME LOCATIONS FROM CLINTON...TO MOUNT CARROLL...TO NORTH OF 
> PRINCETON ILLINOIS MAY EXPERIENCE 2 TO 3 INCH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS 
> BY MID TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE THE SNOW EXITS TO THE SOUTHEAST. 
> OTHER AREAS FROM IOWA CITY...TO WEST OF DUBUQUE...MAY RECEIVE ONLY 
> AN INCH OR LESS.
> 
> $$
> 
> 12
> 
> 
> WWWW
> 
> E-Warn is a free public service from WQAD.com and StormTrack 8000 
> Weather Center. To sign up for other WQAD E-Warn products, or to 
> unsubscribe, go here: http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?s=446617
> 
_______________________________________________

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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 30 01:34:08 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:34:08 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/29/03 7:34:08 PM
Message-ID: <200301300144.TAA21787@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 300143
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
740 PM CST WED JAN 29 2003

UPDATE SENT ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO REFLECTING CURRENT CLOUD TRENDS 
DEPICTED ON THE 11-12 MICRON IR LOOP.  SC HAS SPREAD EAST COVERING 
MUCH OF CWA WEST OF THE MS AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.  CONTINUOUS 
CLOUD FIELD EXTENDS WEST WELL INTO NE. PROFILERS SHOWING 925/850 
WINDS FROM THE WEST OVER CENTRAL IA AND ERN NE...SO CLOUDS SHOULD
REMAIN OVER THIS AREA THE REST OF THE NIGHT. TEMPS SHOULD BE AT 
THEIR MINS WHERE CLOUDS ARE NOW IN PLACE AND EXPECT THEM TO INCH UP 
SLOWLY REST OF THE NIGHT.  ALSO BROKE OF BUREAU AND PUTNAM CO IN NW 
IL.  STRATUS CAUGHT UNDER SURFACE RIDGE OVER MUCH OF IL HAS CHANGED 
LITTLE LAST SEVERAL HOURS AND WITH HIER CLOUDS MOVING IN FROM WEST 
THESE COUNTIES SHOULD NOT SEE MUCH...IF ANY CLEARING.  

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

DLF







From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 30 09:39:34 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 03:39:34 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/30/03 3:39:34 AM
Message-ID: <200301300950.DAA25748@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 300948
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
347 AM CST THU JAN 30 2003

PRECIPITATION TYPE AND COVERAGE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MAIN 
CHALLENGE AS STRONG WAVE PUSHING INTO BC MOVES THROUGH...THEN EVEN 
MORE IMPRESSIVE SYSTEM CONCERN FOR SUNDAY/MONDAY.

SURFACE RIDGE AXIS THAT MOVED OVER WED HAS SHIFTED TO AXIS FROM  
GREAT LAKES TO EASTERN KS. SIGNIFICANT STRATUS TRAPPED UNDER RIDGE 
CONTINUES TO SOUTHEAST...WHILE HIGHER SC DEVELOPED IN H85 WARM AIR 
ADVECTION TO COVER MOST OF FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. WEAK 
MID LEVEL WAVE SEEN ON WATER VAPOR EVEN PRODUCING -SN OVER CENTRAL 
IA...THANKS DMX FOR HEADS UP...AND WILL ADD FEW FLURRIES FOR EARLY 
MORNING PERIOD. EXPECT SOME PARTIAL CLEARING IN SOUTH THIS MORNING 
AS PROFILERS SHOW SOME DRIER AIR TRYING TO NUDGE IN FROM S. MOSTLY 
CLOUDY WILL SUFFICE BY AFTERNOON ENTIRE AREA AS HIGHER CLOUDS STREAM 
IN FROM W AND UPGLIDE DEVELOPS ON ISENTROPIC SURFACES. MODELS HAVE 
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WITH QPF AS SHORTWAVE PASSES THROUGH 
TONIGHT. ALL HAVE SURFACE WAVE TO NORTH WITH COLD FRONT AFTER 12Z 
FRIDAY. HOWEVER...QPF VARIES SIGNIFICANTLY WITH AVN/UK SHOWING 
WIDESPREAD COVERAGE DEVELOPING BY 06Z...WHILE META RUNS FROM BOTH 
00Z AND 06Z INDICATED MORE NARROW OMEGA AND QPF ALONG AND EAST MISS 
RIVER DEVELOPING AFTER 06Z. WITH DECENT UPPER DIVERGENCE AND MID 
LEVEL QG FORCING...MAIN FACTOR WILL BE SATURATION PROCESS. 
ISENTROPICS SHOW BEST CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFECITS OCCURRING IN 
NORTH. WENT ALONG WITH COMPROMISE...WITH GFS COVERAGE...BUT AMOUNTS 
SKEWED DOWNWARD CLOSER TO META. AS FOR PRECIP TYPE...CRITICAL 
THICKNESS VALUES AND MODEL SOUNDINGS SUPPORT MAIN IDEA IN GOING 
FORECAST WITH MAINLY RAIN IN FAR SOUTH AND MIX IN CENTRAL...WITH 
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TOWARD MORNING OVER ALL BUT FAR SOUTH. IN 
NORTH...MAINLY SNOW EVENT WITH SOME SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED IN AT 
ONSET. SURFACE TEMPERATURES STILL A WILD CARD AND WILL COUNT ON 
ENOUGH WARMING TO PREVENT SIGNIFICANT ZR EVENT AND HOLD OFF ON 
ADVISORY. WILL BE A QUICK SHOT OF FORCING IN NORTH TO LIMIT SNOWFALL 
AMOUNTS TO 1 TO 2 INCHES. WILL KEEP FLURRIES GOING FOR FRIDAY 
MORNING...AS H5 SHORTWAVE QUICKLY PASSES TO EAST.  

GFS HAS SLOWED SYSTEM IN SUNDAY/MONDAY TIMEFRAME TO MORE CLOSELY 
AFREE WITH UK AND ECMWF. PATH OF SURFACE LOW INIDATED BY GFS ACROSS 
MO INTO CENTRAL IL MORE FAVORABLE SNOW FOR CWFA SNOW EVENT. MADE 
ONLY MINOR CHANGES WITH TIMING AND PRECIP TYPE. OTHERWISE LITTLE 
CHANGES TO EXTENDED WITH BIG WARMUP AHEAD OF SYSTEM SATURDAY. 

COORDINATED WITH ARX...THANKS.

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

DLS









From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 30 11:35:10 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Dave Nissen)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 05:35:10 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Why send WQAD thing when it's same as weather bureau
 warning from ESDA?
References: <000b01c2c7ed$6b0fcf50$b0040640@kathys>
Message-ID: <005201c2c853$a660d5c0$29c690cf@0018403116>

Good point Don.

Perhaps I am different than anyone else, but I usually only get to check my
e-mail in the mornings and sometimes in the evenings. Today I had to wade
through about 8 messages with the weather as the subject matter that were
older than dirt for terms of weather.

I find it interesting that none of the messages were earth shattering and
nothing severe was forecasted, that is of course unless I missed something.

Would it be possible to filter the thing somehow? I mean after all it is
winter in Illinois and it gets cold and snows.. I fail to see the need for
something to read to tell me this.. Now high winds, heavy lighting, and
possible tornados are another matter.

73
Dave de W9COP
No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message.
However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Johnson" <ka9sqb@macomb.com>
To: <learc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:23 PM
Subject: [LeArc] Why send WQAD thing when it's same as weather bureau
warning from ESDA?


> See http://www.qsl.net/learc/ for club information.
>
> Membership Dues are due.
>
> Next meeting February 11, 2003.
>
> Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
> Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: learc-admin@mailman.qth.net [mailto:learc-admin@mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Tony Coniglio
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 6:05 PM
> To: LEARC Reflector
> Subject: [LeArc] WQAD E-WARN : WSWMLI
>
>
> See http://www.qsl.net/learc/ for club information.
>
> Membership Dues are due.
>
> Next meeting February 11, 2003.
>
> Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
> Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > >From WQAD.com and StormTrack 8000 Weather Center
> >
> > WWUS43 KDVN 272247
> > WSWMLI
> >
> > URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
> > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
> > 418 PM CST MON JAN 27 2003
> >
> > ...WINTERY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO IMPACT THE AREA ON
> > TUESDAY...
> > .A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH TOWARD THE AREA ON TUESDAY...WITH
> > PRECIPITATION FORMING OUT AHEAD OF IT. A SURGE OF WARM AIR FROM 3 TO
> > 5 THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE...WILL ALSO OCCUR AHEAD OF THE
> > FRONT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. THIS WARM AIR ALOFT WILL ALLOW THE
> > PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS RAIN AND SLEET...BUT TEMPERATURES AT THE
> > SURFACE TUESDAY MORNING WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ALSO...THE
> > GROUND IS FROZEN FROM THE RECENT ARCTIC OUTBREAKS. THUS...THERE IS A
> > RISK OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY. COLDER AIR
> > WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
> > ALLOWING THE RAIN TO SWITCH OVER TO A WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW AND
> > SLEET...EVEN WITH TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE RISING TO...OR JUST
> > ABOVE FREEZING. THE FREEZING RAIN...ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW FALLING ON
> > TOP OF LIGHTLY GLAZED SURFACES...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
> > CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. THUS A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
> > ISSUED.
> >
> > A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER
> > CONDITIONS INCLUDING LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN
> > AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. THE WEATHER WILL BE A NUISANCE, BUT TRAVEL
> > STILL POSSIBLE, IF YOU ARE CAREFUL.
> >
> >
> > IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-
> > 281000-
> > BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLINTON IA-
> > DELAWARE IA-DUBUQUE IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-
> > JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MERCER IL- MUSCATINE
> > IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL- WASHINGTON
> > IA-WHITESIDE IL- SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...STERLING...ROCK
> > ISLAND...PRINCETON... MOUNT
> > CARROLL...MOLINE...KEWANEE...GALENA...FREEPORT...ALEDO...
> > WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...VINTON...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...MUSCATINE...
> > MARENGO...MAQUOKETA...MANCHESTER...IOWA CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
> > DUBUQUE...DAVENPORT...CLINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...BETTENDORF...
> > ANAMOSA...MONMOUTH AND WASHINGTON MILLS
> >
> > ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY...
> > FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CAUSE A LIGHT GLAZING TUESDAY MORNING
> > THROUGH MIDDAY. THEN THE RAIN WILL SWITCH OVER TO SNOW AND SOME
> > SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM
> > 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA BY TUESDAY EVENING.
> > SOME LOCATIONS FROM CLINTON...TO MOUNT CARROLL...TO NORTH OF
> > PRINCETON ILLINOIS MAY EXPERIENCE 2 TO 3 INCH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
> > BY MID TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE THE SNOW EXITS TO THE SOUTHEAST.
> > OTHER AREAS FROM IOWA CITY...TO WEST OF DUBUQUE...MAY RECEIVE ONLY
> > AN INCH OR LESS.
> >
> > $$
> >
> > 12
> >
> >
> > WWWW
> >
> > E-Warn is a free public service from WQAD.com and StormTrack 8000
> > Weather Center. To sign up for other WQAD E-Warn products, or to
> > unsubscribe, go here: http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?s=446617
> >
> _______________________________________________
>
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>
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>
>           WB9TEA - 444.300
>
> Meetings on the second Tuesday of the month.
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>
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>
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>
>           WB9TEA - 444.300
>
> Meetings on the second Tuesday of the month.
> 7:00 PM at the American Red Cross Building in Macomb.
>
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 30 11:30:36 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 05:30:36 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/30/03 5:30:36 AM
Message-ID: <200301301141.FAA18893@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 301139
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-311200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
539 AM CST THU JAN 30 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA
AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP BEFORE MIDNIGHT NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20...WHILE A MIX OF RAIN
AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM HIGHWAY 20 SOUTH TO THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR. SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. FROM THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR
SOUTH...THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS A MIX OF RAIN AND WET
SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO ALL
SNOW BY SUNRISE ACROSS THE AREA.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH FURTHER SOUTH.
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...AS ANY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS EXPECTED TO
BE BRIEF. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURE TRENDS DURING DAYLIGHT AND EVENING
HOURS TODAY WILL BE CRITICAL AND THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT
THE AREA. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN OR
SNOW EARLY MONDAY...THEN CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW BY AFTERNOON.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EVENT FOR A LARGE
PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. IN ADDITION...WINDY CONDITIONS MAY
DEVELOP AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. MUCH
UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THIS STORM SYSTEM.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FOR UPDATES AS THE SPECIFICS OF
THE STORM SYSTEM BECOME MORE APPARENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

SHEETS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 30 15:03:35 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:03:35 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] ARLB009 ARRL asks FCC not to Rush to Judgment
Message-ID: <008201c2c870$c4924d90$2f040640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>

Rush to Judgment


> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB009
> ARLB009 ARRL asks FCC not to Rush to Judgment
> 
> ZCZC AG09
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 9  ARLB009
> >From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  January 29, 2003
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB009
> ARLB009 ARRL asks FCC not to Rush to Judgment
> 
> The ARRL has registered mixed feelings about the FCC's Spectrum
> Policy Task Force Report, issued last November. In comments filed
> this week, the League called the report a positive first step in
> developing a comprehensive spectrum management approach. At the same
> time, the report fails to address the needs and goals of the Amateur
> Service and urged the FCC to not abandon longstanding allocation
> policies that are based on engineering.
> 
> The report's orientation toward commercial services makes it not
> wholly applicable to the Amateur Service, which cannot pay for
> spectrum access. ARRL said there's not been enough time to study the
> report's recommendations thoroughly, much less deploy them
> immediately.
> 
> The ARRL said it was "encouraged," however, that the FCC had worked
> to involve all portions of the telecommunications industry in
> developing a spectrum policy. ARRL asked the FCC to consider greater
> use of "negotiated rulemaking" to expedite allocation decisions.
> 
> In its initial comments to the Spectrum Policy Task Force filed last
> June, the ARRL said marketplace forces should not determine Amateur
> Radio spectrum allocations and that interference management is a
> technical, not an economic, issue. 
> 
> The ARRL's comments on the FCC's Spectrum Policy Task Force Report
> in ET Docket 02-135 are available on the ARRL Web site at,
> http://www.arrl.org/announce/regulatory/et02-135/arrl-comments.html .
> NNNN
> /EX
> 

From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 30 16:05:34 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:05:34 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/30/03 10:05:28 AM
Message-ID: <200301301616.KAA15382@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 301611
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1000 AM CST THU JAN 30 2003

HAD BRIEF SHOT OF --SN HERE AT OFFICE A WHILE AGO...AND GOT A REPORT OF
SLEET IN DEWITT. WSR-88D SHOWS WEAK RETURNS EXTENDING FROM
MAQUOKETA...TO MORRISON AND PRINCETON. THIS IS DEPICTED WELL ON META 285K
ISENTROPIC SFC WHICH SHOWS LIFT EXITING FAR N/E BY 18Z. 
WON/T UPDATE ZONES FOR PCPN DUE TO ISOLATED AND LIGHT NATURE...AND WILL
CONTINUE TO HANDLE IN SHORT TERM FORECASTS (NOWMLI).
MOST AREAS TO SEE AT LEAST SOME SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON BASED ON
SATELLITE TRENDS. ANTICIPATE MINOR CHANGES TO TEMPS/WINDS WITH LATE MORNING
ZONE UPDATE.

SYSTEM STILL ON TRACK NEXT 24-36 HRS WITH PCPN DEVELOPING LATER THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. BASED ON MOISTURE AND STRENGTH OF FORCING 
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS LOOKING LIKELY FOR TONIGHT/FRI FOR PORTIONS OF THE
AREA. VARIOUS THERMAL PARAMETERS SUGGEST SNOW OR MAINLY SNOW ALONG AND 
NORTH OF I-80...WITH WINTERY MIX IN THE SOUTH. ATTIM IT LOOKS LIKE AMOUNTS 
OF 1-3 INCHES LIKELY WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...STILL PERUSING LATEST MODEL
DATA THOUGH.


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

MCCLURE






From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 30 22:04:44 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:04:44 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/30/03 4:04:43 PM
Message-ID: <200301302215.QAA23471@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 302209
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
405 PM CST THU JAN 30 2003

.OVERVIEW...VERY ABBREVIATED DUE TO SOFTWARE UPGRADE.  STRONG SHORT
WAVE DIVING SE FROM PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL PASS LATER TONIGHT.
ADJUSTED LOW LEVEL THERMAL FIELDS SUPPORT MAINLY SNOW WITH SOME SLEET
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH SOME
FREEZING RAIN TO MISSOURI BORDER.  RATIOS OF 1:8 TO 1:10 SUGGEST
2-4" WITH LOCALLY 5 NORTH AND 1 TO 3 SOUTH WITH MINOR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/8 INCH POSSIBLE.  WILL GO WITH WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY 9 PM TIL 9 AM FRIDAY ALL BUT SOUTH ROW COUNTIES.  FLURRIES
AND DRIZZLE FAR SOUTH TIL LATE MORNING OR POSSIBLY LATER.

NEXT SYSTEM COMING FROM SW LATE SUNDAY AND MAINLY MONDAY.  UKMET AND
ECMWF MOST CONSISTENT AND OMINOUS.  WENT WITH GOOD WAA AHEAD OF
SYSTEM BE OPEN ALL INDICATIONS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION
WITH SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW...MAINLY NW 1/2.  THEN COLD REST OF WEEK
WITH CHANCE OF SNOW MID WEEK. ALL MODELS SUPPORT IT TO BE A
SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM. WILL UPDATE HWO FOR TONIGHT AND ALSO EARLY WEEK
SYSTEM.

.DVN...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 9 PM TIL 9 AM FRIDAY.
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 9 PM TIL 9 AM FRIDAY...ALL EXCEPT
HANCOCK AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES.
MO...NONE.

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 30 22:12:04 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:12:04 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/30/03 4:12:04 PM
Message-ID: <200301302222.QAA29329@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 302214
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-311100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
413 PM CST THU JAN 30 2003

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MID EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
FOR ALL BUT SCOTLAND AND CLARK COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND
HANCOCK AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MID TO LATE
EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES
FRIDAY MORNING.

LOCATIONS ROUGHLY NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 INCLUDING CEDAR RAPIDS...
DUBUQUE...CLINTON...FREEPORT AND STERLING ROCK FALLS...THE PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY AS SNOW...WITH SOME SLEET POSSIBLY MIXING
IN AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY MID MORNING FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR TO JUST NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 34 INCLUDING THE QUAD CITIES...IOWA CITY...PRINCETON...
WAPELLO AND WASHINGTON...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE
FORM OF SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH
ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN 1/8 INCH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED
SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 TO NEAR A LINE FROM MILTON...TO KEOKUK...
TO LA HARPE AND GOOD HOPE...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN
THE FORM OF A WINTERY MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1/8 INCH...WITH
SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT
THE AREA. RAIN WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS
COLDER AIR FILTERS IN ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM. THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A LINE
FROM STERLING ROCK FALLS ILLINOIS...TO KEOKUK IOWA. IN ADDITION...WINDY
CONDITIONS APPEAR LIKELY TO DEVELOP AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH THE TRACK AND
TIMING OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND
OUTLOOKS FOR UPDATES...AS THE SPECIFICS OF THE STORM SYSTEM BECOME MORE
APPARENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

MCCLURE





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Thu Jan 30 22:24:00 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:24:00 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Level 1 Emergency Course Registration
Message-ID: <001801c2c8ae$4a3b9a40$0a060640@yourm5d4u9r2uv>




> Registration will open Monday, February 3, at 12:01 AM Eastern Time
> (0500) for the on-line Level 1 Emergency Communications course.
> (EC-001).
> 
> Registration will remain open through the weekend of February 8-9, or
> until all available seats have been filled--whichever comes first.  The
> class will begin Tuesday, February 18.  During this registration period,
> approximately 200 seats are being offered to ARRL members on a
> first-come first-served basis.
> 
> For more information contact Emergency Communications Course Manager Dan
> Miller, K3UFG, dmiller@arrl.org or phone 860-594-0340.
> 
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Fri Jan 31 03:58:37 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:58:37 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/30/03 9:58:36 PM
Message-ID: <200301310409.WAA15591@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 310408
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1005 PM CST THU JAN 30 2003

UPDATE JUST SENT WITH THE PRIMARY CHANGE TO DOWNPLAY THE FREEZING 
RAIN THREAT FROM THE I80 CORRIDOR SOUTH.  SURFACE TEMPS HAVE WARMED 
INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S MOST AREAS WITH LOW 30S NORTHEAST. 
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15KTS TO CONITNUE OVERNIGHT AND SHOULD HELP 
OFFSET EVAPORATIVE COOLING NEAR THE SURFACE.  ALSO NOTED DEWPOINTS 
RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S WHERE RAIN HAS STARTED IN SW IA AND NW 
MO.  PCPN HAS BEEN BLOSSOMING LAST COUPLE OF HOURS OVER WRN HALF OF 
IA AHEAD OF VORT MOVING OUT OF SRN NE. MESO ETA SHOWS VORT ROTATING 
NE ACROSS ERN IA AND LAYING OUT A SWATH OF A QUARTER INCH OR BETTER 
LIQUID QPF OVER NRN CWA.  MODELS ALSO CONTINUE TO SHOW RAPID COOLING 
IN THE LOW LEVELS OVER ERN IA BETWEEN 06Z AND 09Z AS LIFT/PCPN 
INCREASES.  FEEL MOST AREAS WILL SEE PCPN WILL BEGIN NEXT SEVERAL 
HOURS AS RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX ALONG AND SOUTH OF I80 AND FREEZING 
RAIN/SNOW NORTH.  BELIEVE ANY FREEZING RAIN WILL BE BRIEF IN 
DURATION. NO CHANGE TO GOING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WITH 2-5 INCHES
BY MORNING NORTH AND 1-2 INCHES FAR SOUTH.

.DVN...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY FRIDAY.
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...ALL EXCEPT     
HANCOCK AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES.
MO...NONE.

DLF




WWWW


From learc@mailman.qth.net  Fri Jan 31 10:06:37 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 04:06:37 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/31/03 4:06:37 AM
Message-ID: <200301311017.EAA13839@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 311016
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
416 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2003

COMPLEXITY OF FCST HAS ME RUNNING WELL BEHIND. BRIEFLY. CURRENT
SYSTEM HAS FINALLY SATURATED ATMOSPHERE ALLOWING PRECIP TO REACH
THE GROUND. ONCE SATURATED...PRECIP GOES FROM RAIN...TO SLEET...TO
SNOW ALL WITHIN AN HOUR. RADAR TRENDS SHOW PRECIP FALLING APART BUT
NEXT WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH LOW NOW MOVING INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. SNOW
AMOUNTS TO BE CUT BACK AS WELL. LIKELY TO ONLY SEE 1-2 WITH
ISOLATED 3 AMOUNTS. AS SUCH HAVE DROPPED MUCH OF ADVISORY AND ONLY
KEPT WHERE IT MIGHT VERIFY. PRECIP TO RAPIDLY SHUT OFF AFTER 15Z AS
BEST QG FORCING/OMEGA MOVES EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA.

TONIGHT RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION WITH WINDS DROPPING OFF. NOT
TOTALLY SURE BUT SOME PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP AS TEMPERATURES
APPROACH DEW POINTS IN LIGHT WINDS. QUIET WX SATURDAY AS WAA
DEVELOPS. SATURDAY NIGHT COULD GET REAL INTERESTING. WEAK SURFACE
CONVERGENCE...COMBINED WITH NEUTRAL TO WEAK DOWNWARD MOTION...AND
WAA OVER COLD GROUND/SNOW COVER SHOULD CAUSE DENSE FOG TO DEVELOP.
ETA AND TO SOME EXTENT AVN DEVELOP A SATURATED LAYER FROM THE
SURFACE TO ABOUT 950 MB SATURDAY NIGHT. SUNDAY WAA COMBINED WITH
STEEP LAPSE RATES TO BRING A GOOD WARM UP. GIVEN STILL DAMP GROUND
SHOULD EASILY SEE 20 DEGREE SPREAD IN HIGHS ACROSS CWFA.

DUE TO DIFFICULT PERIOD 1...DID NOT TOUCH THE EXTENDED. GLOBAL
MODELS HAVE SLOWED SYSTEM DOWN BUT IT STILL LOOKS REAL INTERESTING
FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. NEXT ARCTIC SHOT TO ARRIVE SECOND HALF OF NEXT
WEEK...RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME I THOUGHT IT WOULD 2 WEEKS AGO.

.DVN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TIL 9 AM.
IA...IAZ040>042-051>054-066.
IL...ILZ001-002-007-009.
MO...NONE.

SF

WWWW


From learc@mailman.qth.net  Fri Jan 31 10:07:37 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 04:07:37 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/31/03 4:07:37 AM
Message-ID: <200301311018.EAA14043@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 311017 CCA
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
416 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2003

COMPLEXITY OF FCST HAS ME RUNNING WELL BEHIND. BRIEFLY. CURRENT
SYSTEM HAS FINALLY SATURATED ATMOSPHERE ALLOWING PRECIP TO REACH
THE GROUND. ONCE SATURATED...PRECIP GOES FROM RAIN...TO SLEET...TO
SNOW ALL WITHIN AN HOUR. RADAR TRENDS SHOW PRECIP FALLING APART BUT
NEXT WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH LOW NOW MOVING INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. SNOW
AMOUNTS TO BE CUT BACK AS WELL. LIKELY TO ONLY SEE 1-2 WITH
ISOLATED 3 AMOUNTS. AS SUCH HAVE DROPPED MUCH OF ADVISORY AND ONLY
KEPT WHERE IT MIGHT VERIFY. PRECIP TO RAPIDLY SHUT OFF AFTER 15Z AS
BEST QG FORCING/OMEGA MOVES EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA.

TONIGHT RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION WITH WINDS DROPPING OFF. NOT
TOTALLY SURE BUT SOME PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP AS TEMPERATURES
APPROACH DEW POINTS IN LIGHT WINDS. QUIET WX SATURDAY AS WAA
DEVELOPS. SATURDAY NIGHT COULD GET REAL INTERESTING. WEAK SURFACE
CONVERGENCE...COMBINED WITH NEUTRAL TO WEAK DOWNWARD MOTION...AND
WAA OVER COLD GROUND/SNOW COVER SHOULD CAUSE DENSE FOG TO DEVELOP.
ETA AND TO SOME EXTENT AVN DEVELOP A SATURATED LAYER FROM THE
SURFACE TO ABOUT 950 MB SATURDAY NIGHT. SUNDAY WAA COMBINED WITH
STEEP LAPSE RATES TO BRING A GOOD WARM UP. GIVEN STILL DAMP GROUND
SHOULD EASILY SEE 20 DEGREE SPREAD IN HIGHS ACROSS CWFA.

DUE TO DIFFICULT PERIOD 1...DID NOT TOUCH THE EXTENDED. GLOBAL
MODELS HAVE SLOWED SYSTEM DOWN BUT IT STILL LOOKS REAL INTERESTING
FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. NEXT ARCTIC SHOT TO ARRIVE SECOND HALF OF NEXT
WEEK...RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME I THOUGHT IT WOULD 2 WEEKS AGO.

.DVN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TIL 9 AM.
IA...IAZ040>042-051>054-066.
IL...ILZ001-002-007-009.
MO...NONE.

$$
SF



WWWW


From learc@mailman.qth.net  Fri Jan 31 14:18:07 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (Tony Coniglio)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:18:07 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] ARLB010 New FCC consumer e-mail service now available
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From learc@mailman.qth.net  Fri Jan 31 14:48:38 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:48:38 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/31/03 8:48:37 AM
Message-ID: <200301311459.IAA25942@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 311457 CCA
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
850 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2003

WILL BE EXTENDING WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11:00 AM CST FOR BUCHANAN
DELAWARE AND DUBUQUE COUNTIES. CALL TO DUBUQUE COUNTY SHERIFF/S 
OFFICE INDICATES MODERATE SNOW MIXED AT TIMES WITH RAIN...WITH STILL REPORTS
OF CARS IN DITCHES. MANY SECONDARY ROADS SLICK AND SNOW COVERED.
HAVE REPORTS OF 2-3.5 INCHES IN BUCHANAN AND AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES IN DELAWARE
COUNTY...WITH ROADS SLICK IN SPOTS. REST OF ADVISORY WILL LET EXPIRE 
AS TEMPS HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING...THUS LIMITING PROBLEMS...THOUGH
STILL EXPECT WAVES OF RAIN/SNOW MIX WITH POSSIBLY SOME SLEET 
THROUGH LATE MORNING. 

.DVN...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM BUCHANAN...DELAWARE AND 
DUBUQUE COUNTIES.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.

$$

05








From learc@mailman.qth.net  Fri Jan 31 19:35:11 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:35:11 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] Forecast Discussion : MLI@ 1/31/03 1:35:11 PM
Message-ID: <200301311945.NAA19573@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FXUS63 KDVN 311944
AFDMLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
140 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2003

.OVERVIEW...FIRST...A FEW WORDS ABOUT YESTERDAY/S DEBACLE.  IT IS
THIS FORECASTERS VIEW IT IS NO SOLACE THAT ALL MODELS GENERATED OVER
A THIRD OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION...AND MOST NEAR TO JUST ABOVE
.5".  IT IS OUR JOB TO CORRECTLY DIAGNOSE THESE MODEL ERRORS. DESPITE
TRIMMING DOWN BY 25-35% ON MODEL SNOW AND QPF AMOUNTS AND ADJUSTING
FOR SPURIOUS AND BOGUS QPF TYPES...THIS STILL LEFT AMOUNTS THAT WERE
20 TO 80 PERCENT TOO HIGH (AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 20 GOT 2-3+ INCHES)
DEPENDING ON LOCATION! THE REASON FOR THIS WAS OBVIOUS...CONCEPTUALLY
A DIVING MAIN VORT MAX UPSTREAM GENERATED PRECIPITATION IN MISSOURI
(WHICH IT SHOULD HAVE...DESPITE THE MODELS MISSING THIS) AND CUT OFF
THE MOISTURE FEED. THIS FORECASTER SHOULD HAVE BETTER DIAGNOSED
THIS...BUT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE...FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

NOW FOR THE FORECAST...DESPITE RIDGING UPSTREAM...LOTS OF LOW CLOUDS
NOTED BACK TO MISSOURI RIVER BASIN...AND STRONG PACIFIC JET SUPPORTS
BAROCLINICITY AND FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING.  THUS ANY CLEARING
APPEARS TO SHORT LIVED.  WEAK MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOWERS WITH
SURFACE LOW NOW DEPARTING SOUTHEAST.  LARGE PRESSURE FALLS OVER HIGH
PLAINS IN LINE WITH MORE PACIFIC ENERGY TO LIMIT CLEARING AND THUS
SUPPORTING MORE CLOUDINESS.  NEXT PACIFIC SYSTEM STILL WELL OFFSHORE
BUT LARGE SCALE FEATURES HANDLED OK.

.DIAGNOSIS AND DAYS 1-3...LOW CLOUDS ARE HANDLED REASONABLY WELL MOST
AREAS EXCEPT WHERE ARE SHALLOW.  WILL USE BLEND OF ETA AND GFS-AVN
WITH SOME INPUTS FROM UKMET AND NGM.   THIS SUPPORTS CLOUDY MOST
AREAS TONIGHT WITH SOME PARTIAL CLEARING SOUTHWEST LATE.  THEN...
DESPITE A PERIOD OF SOME SUNSHINE POSSIBLE MANY AREAS.  LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE SHOULD KEEP OR BRING BACK IN LOW CLOUDS.  THUS WILL RAISE
MIN TEMPS TONIGHT WITH ETA 2M RIDICULOUSLY TOO COLD...TO A CATEGORY
ABOVE FWC/MAV BLEND.  USING MODEL JET ENERGETICS...SATURDAY TO SEE
LOTS OF LOW CLOUDS WITH SE TO E WIND AND WILL KEEP TEMPS IN MID 30S
TO LOWER 40S WITH FAR SOUTH POSSIBLY HIGHER NEAR SURFACE WARM FRONT.
MAY SEE AREAS OF FOG IF CLEAR OUT BUT RIGHT NOW DON'T SEE IT TONIGHT.
ALSO SOME CONCERN FOR FOG LATER SATURDAY EVENING BUT WILL JUST ADD
PATCHY FOG FOR NOW AND PASS TO LATER SHIFTS.  SUNDAY APPEARS WARM
FRONT TO STRADDLE AREA ALONG I-80 FOR 20-25 DEGREE GRADIENT OR MORE
FOR HIGH TEMPS.  ALSO KEEP AREAS OF FOG NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WITH
CHANCE OF RAIN.  NEXT PACIFIC SYSTEM MODELS STILL DIVERGE WITH LARGE
UNCERTAINTY ON PHASING.  BEST ESTIMATE OF MODEL CONSENSUS AND JET
ENERGETICS SUPPORT SURFACE LOW(S) PASSING FAR SE SECTIONS MONDAY.
LIKELY TAKE ANOTHER 24 PLUS HOURS TO SEE IF COMES OUT IN ONE PIECE OR
FRAGMENTED...WITH REGIME THIS WINTER WILL TAKE MORE CONSERVATIVE
LEANING ON QPF.  THUS FOR MONDAY...RAIN TO SNOW SOUTHEAST WITH
MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS.  CENTRAL AREAS WILL GO LIKELY POPS WITH RAIN
CHANGING TO SNOW EARLY AND LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS.  WILL SCALE BACK TO
CHANCE NW BUT PHASING PROBLEMS AND LACK OF RESOLUTION OF NW UPPER
TROUGH SUGGEST THIS A TAD TOO DRY MANY MODELS. THUS...OUR SOLUTION
IS MIDWAY BETWEEN GFS-AVN AND UKMET WITH MINOR INPUTS FROM ETA.
TEMPS TO SLOWLY FALL MOST DAY MONDAY. WILL UPDATE HWO TO REFLECT
LATEST STORM THINKING.

.EXTENDED (TUE-FRI)...ALL MODEL SUPPORT GOING BACK INTO ARCTIC AIR.
KEY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH (IF ANY) SNOW WE GET AND IMPACTS ON TEMPS.
LARGE SCALE FORCING SUPPORTS AT LEAST SOME MOST AREAS SO WILL USE
THIS TO OFFSET NORMAL MEX/FMR COLD BIAS.  CHANCE OF SNOW WITH NEXT
UPPER TROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK.

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

NICHOLS





From learc@mailman.qth.net  Fri Jan 31 21:45:28 2003
From: learc@mailman.qth.net (learc@mailman.qth.net)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:45:28 -0600
Subject: [LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/31/03 3:45:27 PM
Message-ID: <200301312156.PAA10922@ecom1.wiu.edu>

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


FLUS43 KDVN 312153
HWODVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-011100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
353 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WARM AIR FLOWING OVER A COLD
GROUND WILL MELT THE REMAINING SNOW COVER...SATURATING THE
LOWER ATMOSPHERE. THIS MAY RESULT IN DENSE FOG FORMING OVER PORTIONS
OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
IMPACT THE AREA. RAIN WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE DAY...AS COLDER
AIR FILTERS IN ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM. AT THIS TIME...IT
APPEARS AS THOUGH THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 4 OR MORE INCHES OF
SNOW...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM THE QUAD CITES...TO KEOSAUQUA IOWA.
FROM THE QUAD CITIES TO DUBUQUE...LIGHTER AMOUNTS APPEAR LIKELY...
WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
MANCHESTER IOWA...TO MARENGO IOWA. IN ADDITION...WINDY CONDITIONS
APPEAR LIKELY TO DEVELOP AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH THE TRACK AND TIMING OF
THIS STORM SYSTEM. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS
FOR UPDATES...AS THE SPECIFICS OF THE STORM SYSTEM BECOME MORE
APPARENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN (ALL LOWER CASE)

$$

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