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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday February 28, 2006
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MARCH COMING IN LIKE A COWARD: We all know that March has a bad
reputation around here for storms and wildly fluctuating temperatures. We
will get the latter and later we will certainly get some storms. The weather
looks rather benign into the early part of the weekend. All evidence at this
time points to our best chance of rain, along with some thunderstorms, on
Sunday. Best chance of those will be across North Alabama.

Meanwhile, if you're tired of cold weather, the next several days
are custom ordered for you with highs in the lower 70s Wednesday and
Thursday and backing off a few degrees to the 60s on Friday and Saturday.
While there will be a few showers late Thursday or Thursday night, they
should be quite light followed by clearing weather Friday.

Low temperatures this morning were generally in the 30s and low 40s.
One of the lowest was 30 at Black Creek in NE Etowah County.

ACTION ON THE WEST COAST: We are pleased to see that we have people
from all 50 states and numerous foreign countries logging on to read our ABC
33/40 BLOG. This morning, Robert Buell, reported 2.10 inches of rain in the
last 24 hours in his "tiny corner of the world" 45 miles east of downtown
Los Angeles. It took him two hours and ten minutes for a 25-mile commute
yesterday. Elsewhere in California, there was 4 inches of rain at Crescent
City in the NW, 3.69 at Blue Canyon in the Sierra-Nevada Mountains and 2.84
in Yosemite National Park.

TUESDAY TIDBITS: 18 inches of new snow overnight at Crater Lake,
Oregon bringing the total on the ground to 147 inches...for the second
morning in a row, Upstate New York was the coldest with 18 below at
Watertown...40 below was the coldest in Alaska this morning at Wainwright
where the wind chill was 57 below.

DID YOU KNOW?...that officials estimate that 15 million cubic yards
of debris are still to be removed from the Mississippi Gulf Coast alone due
to Hurricane Katrina that moved ashore six months ago and devastated New
Orleans and the Mississippi and Alabama coast. That is amazing...final
edition of STORM ALERT 2006 tonight at 7 at the Northport Civic Center. Come
early for a good seat.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Sometimes my little pal, Little Miss
Molly, looks at me disgusted when I laugh at her too much and I should not
have laughed this morning. She was having so much fun on her morning walk
with her hair blowing in the wind, when she suddenly saw a middle-sized
white object cross the walking track 50 yards away. She was convinced it was
a new dog in the community and she wanted to welcome it. She started whining
and jerking me forward as fast as she could go. The closer she got, the more
cautious she became. It was a large white plastic bag that had bounced
across the track and lodged in the hedgerow. Getting within 15 feet, Molly
started a low growl and wagging her tail slowly. Suddenly a gust of wind
rustled the bag a bit. She jumped backwards and headed for home. The poor
little girl was spooked and I could not stop laughing..life goes on with all
its ups and downs and Molly has lots of those.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Fair and mild.
Morning Low 50
WIND: SW 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny, breezy and warmer.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 73
WIND: SW 10-18; gusty

THURSDAY
Clouds increase. A few showers late in the day or at night.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 72
WIND: W 10-16

FRIDAY
Clearing and cooler.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 65
WIND: N 7-14

SATURDAY
Partly sunny with pleasant temperatures. Clouds increase Saturday night.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 68
WIND: SE 6-12

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