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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday February 17, 2006
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A COLD WEEKEND: Lots on our weather plate today. In a nutshell, it
spells a cold weekend with a risk of some freezing rain and sleet, mainly
over the northern one-third of the state. Colder air has been fighting its
way into the state all day, but it was still mild down south this afternoon.
By morning, temperatures should be in the low and mid 30s over the north
part of the state. Meanwhile, we expect some more precipitation to arrive
after midnight. It may be a mix of light freezing rain and sleet over the
north portions. The NWS has a Winter Storm Watch for about the north
one-third of the state. All of that may change late this afternoon and
tonight, so stay tuned. Check our BLOG often over the weekend as we will
have frequent updates. Further north there could be some light accumulations
of ice or sleet, especially across the Tennessee Valley.

The winds aloft are still not cooperating with the arctic air. They
remain out of the west or WSW. This allows occasional minor disturbances to
bring precipitation across and over the colder air. We probably won't see
very much sunshine for the next several days. By Sunday afternoon, it should
warm up enough to mostly eliminate the threat of frozen precipitation.

Another good chance of rain by Monday as temperatures moderate even
more.

FRIDAY'S FINAL THOUGHTS: That is a bitter cold bubble of air over
the north and central part of the country. It has brought some big changes.
Yesterday afternoon it was 87 in Ft. Worth. By midday today it was in the
mid 30s...92 at Bouquillas Ranger Station in Big Bend National Park was the
hot spot yesterday...contrast that sharply with Seeley Lake, Montana where
it was 34 below this morning. The wind chill was as low as minus 55...high
winds in
the NE this afternoon, including New York, where gusts were exceeding 50
mph.

DID YOU KNOW? That the temperature at Birmingham Airport has not
been below 23 all winter? In fact in January, normally our coldest month, it
got no lower than 28. That is extremely unusual. Shall we go ahead and
forecast 400 zillion bugs to bug us this summer?

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: My goodness. Little Miss Molly slept
in this morning until 9:30...maybe she is getting lazy or maybe we are
keeping her up too late. The poor little girl sure does suffer interrupted
sleep patterns because of us...I got up at 5:30 and there were 12 of her
toys scattered about the living area. I stepped on one of the squeaky toys
and was afraid I had awakened the whole family...great walk this morning. A
new couple in our community met us on the walking track. They remembered
Molly's name from meeting her once before. Both paused and loved her a long
time. Shortly thereafter another Shih-tsu, visiting this week, was coming
down the walking track with Patty her "grandmother." Both dogs jerked us
forward so fast to meet and play that I thought we were going to have a
head-on collision.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Cloudy and colder with a chance of rain, mainly after midnight.
Morning Low 35
WIND: N 6-12

SATURDAY
Breezy. A cold rain, steady at times. May mix with some freezing rain or
sleet Saturday night.
Morning Low 35 Afternoon High 38
WIND: N 10-16

SUNDAY
Chance of light freezing rain or possible snow flurries early. Scattered
light rain during the afternoon.
Morning Low 27 Afternoon High 40
WIND: NE 6-12

MONDAY
Mostly cloudy. A good chance of rain.
Morning Low 36 Afternoon High 48
WIND: NE 6-12

TUESDAY
Clouds persist and still a chance of rain.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 52
WIND: E 6-12

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