HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 340 PM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 345 PM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL ACCOMPANY AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING
BRIEF BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. HOWEVER...THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL THAT SOME AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20
COULD SEE A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW PERSIST FOR A LONGER
PERIOD OF TIME... RESULTING IN LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. THE AREA THAT STANDS THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING
THESE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF A
DUBUQUE...TO FREEPORT LINE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDWEST BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS SYSTEM
MAY PRODUCE SOME SNOW IN THE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING. EARLY INDICATIONS SUGGEST AT LEAST SOME LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW LATE TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...AS A STORM SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS THE MID AND
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE AMOUNTS AT
THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...ANY REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE
RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES WOULD
BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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