[LeArc] HWODVN@ 1/26/03 6:06:26 AM

Sun, 26 Jan 2003 06:06:27 -0600

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.

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MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

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

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