HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 702 PM CST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST THU DEC 31 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...TONIGHT
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE
EXPECTED... WITH STORM TOTALS GENERALLY AVERAGING 1 TO 2 INCHES.
LATE TONIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE
AREA BRINGING SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLY AREAS OF
DRIFTING SNOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH ON THURSDAY AND
PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED SLICK SPOTS
ON AREA ROADS.
VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL SURGE INTO THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. WIND CHILLS BY SATURDAY MORNING MAY REACH 20 BELOW ZERO
IN SOME LOCATIONS SUCH AS CEDAR RAPIDS...IOWA CITY AND DUBUQUE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
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