HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 452 AM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST MON DEC 21 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WEAK CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING A ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW TO MUCH OF
THE REGION TODAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM
NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH TO THE
SOUTH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THE AREA MOST
LIKELY TO SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34
THROUGH THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR...WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT
THE REGION FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...BRINGING
POSSIBLY A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TO
THE OUTLOOK AREA. THERE REMAINS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY WITH THE
EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS AHEAD OF THE CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAY...ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS
CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER
REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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