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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday January 3, 2006
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THE ALABAMA STORY: It was a story of exceptionally mild weather Monday, but
a change to cooler for today. Those high temperatures across the state
yesterday were more common to early May than early January. Just a few of
the highs included,

81 in Selma, Montgomery, Wilsonville
80 in Prattville, Mobile
79 in Livingston
78 in Hamilton, Horseshoe Bend, Wadley
77 in Birmingham, Talladega, Alexander City
74 in Huntsville

The same old problem persisted today-low clouds inviting themselves down
into the northern counties and not wanting to go home. This meant the
temperatures across the Tennessee Valley were quite a bit cooler than
further south. Most of that cloudiness should break up tonight leaving us
mostly clear.

We still do not see any major change to colder until next weekend when
morning lows on Saturday should be in the 20s. After that another warm up.
Please see our day-by-day forecast for all of the details.

TROPICAL STORM ZETA: It is hanging on like glue. It (we do not know if it
is a he or a she) actually grew stronger over the last day or so with
sustained winds now 65 mph-only 9 mph short of hurricane strength. The
position was about 1,400 east of the Leeward Islands moving WSW at 5. Will
we still have a tropical storm to bug us at Easter? Or a year around
tropical storm? Of course not.

A TREMENDOUS CONTRAST: Between the Central and Southern Plains with roaring
grass fires and the west coast where they would absolutely love to turn off
the spigot. The reports of mudslides and flooding way too numerous to list.
In Ventura County, over 10 inches of rain has fallen in the last 48 hours at
Cisar Peak and 8.55 inches at Los Prietos in Santa Barbara County. Near San
Francisco, the town of Kentfield received 28.55 inches during December,
which was 400% of normal!...temperature contrasts 91 in Laredo and 90 in
Alice, Tex. Monday and a low this morning of 15 below at Presque Isle, Maine
and 25 below at Chandalar Lake, Alaska.

A BAD, BAD EARLY JANUARY TORNADO: It happened at Warren, Arkansas on
January 3, 1949. 57 persons were killed and 435 injured. On that same day, a
school bus driver paused long enough to let an F3 tornado cross the road in
front of him near Haynesville, Louisiana.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Poor Little Miss Molly. She did not enjoy
ringing in the New Year at all! She does not like sudden loud noises. I took
her out at 10:30 p.m. New Year's Eve hoping to let her do her business
before the noise set in. We were part way up the walking track when some
people in an adjacent neighborhood decided to fire early. They sent up one
of those rockets that explodes about 100 feet in the air. It sounded like
the beginning of World War III. It scared the living night lights out of
Molly and she was no longer interested in going to the bathroom. She jumped
completely off the ground and ran back and parked on my foot with her little
paws on my knee begging me to pick her up. She was shaking like a leaf and
it took her a long time to settle down. The fireworks kept sounding until
about 2:30 a.m. She had a fitful night of sleep. Guess who else did not get
enough sleep also, bu life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear.
Morning Low 37
WIND: Calm

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. A mild afternoon.
Morning Low 37 Afternoon High 68
WIND: SW 7-14

THURSDAY
Variable cloudiness, breezy and cooler.
Morning Low 40 Afternoon High 54
WIND: NW 8-16

FRIDAY
Breezy and cold. A few light showers or snow flurries possible.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 43
WIND: N 10-15

SATURDAY
A morning freeze. Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 25 Afternoon High 49
WIND: N 5-10

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