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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday January 4, 2006
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OUR ROLLER COASTER THERMOMETER: Would you believe it was below freezing in
parts of NE Alabama this morning, but it is above 70 degrees this afternoon
over parts of West and South Alabama? That is the way our thermometer has
been behaving the last several days.

Still another cold front is getting close to the state this afternoon. It
will move across during the night and by morning temperatures will be in the
upper 30s and lower 40s. Clouds will be in and out Thursday with highs only
in the lower 50s. A reinforcing supply of colder air will be here Friday
with highs all across North Alabama barely getting up to 40. There could
even be a few snowflakes scattered about Friday morning, although we have
not mentioned them formally in our forecast. Our coldest temperature should
be in the mid 20s Saturday morning, but we expect quite a bit of sunshine
over the weekend. By Sunday the thermometer will bounce back to the lower
60s.

TRAVELING EVERYWHERE: A hot 92 in Laredo, Texas yesterday. Some cold
temperatures this morning included 14 below zero in Caribou, Maine, 25 below
in Northway, Alaska, 29 below in extreme Northern Canada, 52 below at
Summit, Greenland, and 68 below at Ojmjakon, Siberia.

THE SAGA OF RINGOLD: It is a small town on US-82 in North Texas east of
Wichita Falls. When the town was laid out way back in 1892, lots were
selling for $50 to $75. The population peaked at over 400 in its heyday, but
it dropped off to 100 in the early 90s. Ringold fell victim to the recent
vicious grass fires in North Texas and Oklahoma. Essentially, most of the
town is gone. It is a sad story. Even some of the livestock was burned to
death. I feel connected to Ringold and a lot of other towns on US-82 in
North Texas. We traveled that way almost every year in the 60s and early 70s
visiting family and relatives in Colorado, Arizona and Utah. I well remember
coming through Ringold in the middle of the night once under a full moon.
The little community seemed so peaceful. Since December, those fires have
burned about one-quarter million acres in New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma
destroying some 250 homes and killing 3 people.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I think Little Miss Molly became disgusted
with me late last night. I, like a bunch of other people, became glued to
the Penn State-Florida State Orange Bowl. No playtime for Molly and she did
not really get to go to bed for good until well past midnight. Looks like
tonight will be a repeat with the Rose Bowl. I have tried to play with her a
lot every chance I got today, but with so much on my plate, it is only a few
minutes at a time. She loves those 30-minute wild play sessions where both
she and I end up with our tongues hanging out. I am still addicted to that
little girl.

There is an old saying that my goal in life is to be as good as my Molly
thinks I am. We are still well bonded. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Partly sunny and cooler.
Morning Low 39
WIND: NW 4-7

THURSDAY
Variable cloudiness and cooler.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 53
WIND: NW 7-14

FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy, breezy and colder.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 41
WIND: NW 10-18

SATURDAY
Sunny with a cold morning.
Morning Low 25 Afternoon High 51
WIND: N 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny and warmer.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 62
WIND: SW 7-14

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