FXUS63 KDVN 220341
AFDDVN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
941 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009

.UPDATE...
SNOW IS OVERSPREADING THE AREA...AND IS COMING DOWN BETWEEN A
QUARTER AND A HALF OF AN INCH PER HOUR...BASED ON VISIBILITY AND
RADAR RETURNS. NO REPORTS OF AMOUNTS HAVE COME IN AS OF YET. SNOW
IS FALLING APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM WILLIAMSBURG TO
MUSCATINE. WHILE NO REPORTS HAVE YET BEEN RECEIVED...EXPECT THAT
THERE IS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN OR PERHAPS SLEET ON THE
SOUTHERN FLANKS OF THIS SNOW...GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE ABOVE
MENTIONED LINE. RADAR RETURNS INDICATE THAT SOME
SCATTERED...ALMOST CONVECTIVE LOOKING SHOWERS ARE MOVING ACROSS
THIS AREA...AND THESE RETURNS MAY NOT BE REACHING THE GROUND. AS
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING...WILL HAVE TO
WATCH THIS AREA CAREFULLY FOR ICING POTENTIAL.

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.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY 
     AFTERNOON FOR BENTON-BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-
     JONES-LINN.

IL...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY 
     AFTERNOON FOR JO DAVIESS.

MO...NONE.
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