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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER  TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1150 AM CST TUE MAR 30 2004

...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ILLINOIS RIVER ICE STATEMENT...

                    ICE COVER CONDITIONS  03/30/04
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER
                       UPSTREAM
LOCK/DAM  COVER  DEPTH  EXTENT   REMARKS
  POOL     (%)   (IN)    (MI)
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 1-3    NO ICE REPORTED   
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    NO MORE ICE MEASUREMENTS WILL BE TAKEN AT LAKE PEPIN
    THIS SEASON.
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 4-27   NO ICE REPORTED            


ILLINOIS RIVER SYSTEM (CHICAGO/ILLINOIS R)
   NO ICE REPORTED


 
DATA SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.MVR.USACE.ARMY.MIL/NAVDATA/ICERPT_0600.HTM 
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CURRENT CONDITIONS:
THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE OR NO ICE LEFT EXCEPT FOR WHAT MAY STILL 
REMAIN IN THE LAKE PEPIN AREA. WATER TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED UP 
NICELY INTO THE UPPER 30S AND 40S AT MOST LOCATIONS. BARGE TRAFFIC 
IS ONCE AGAIN MOVING UP AND DOWN THE ENTIRE RIVER BETWEEN 
MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA AND ST LOUIS MISSOURI.

OUTLOOK FOR NEXT 7 DAYS:
A GRADUAL WARMUP IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK WITH DAYTIME HIGHS CLIMBING
FROM THE 40S TODAY INTO THE 50S ABOUT FRIDAY. SOMEWHAT COOL 
OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BUT THEN MOST LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING
AFTER THAT....THEREFORE NO NEW ICE IS EXPECTED.  

THIS WILL BE THE LAST ROUTINE ICE STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS SEASON.
WE WILL RESUME ISSUING ICE STATEMENTS AGAIN NEXT SEASON AROUND MID
TO LATE NOVEMBER DEPENDING ON WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 

...DAM...

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