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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday March 30, 2006
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MORE WARM AFTERNOONS: Not much change in our thinking about daytime
temperatures across Alabama. Every afternoon should see the thermometer top
out somewhere between 78 and 83 over the next 7 to 9 days. The warmer
temperatures will be Sunday and Monday.

The precipitation side of the forecast is not quite as definite. We
should stay dry tonight and most of Friday. We believe the best chance of
showers and some thunderstorms will be later in the afternoon Friday, but
more so Friday night. The Storm Prediction Center has about the NW 1/3 of
Alabama under a slight risk of severe weather late tomorrow. We did not
mention it here in Central Alabama, but we will take a closer look at that
tonight or tomorrow. Still looks like the better chance to our north.

Saturday should also have some scattered showers or possibly a
thunderstorm. We think those will thin out greatly on Sunday, but show up
again Monday afternoon and evening. A cold front will still try to reach
this area later Saturday, but it has little chance of moving through the
state. Instead, it will go back north as a warm front Sunday leaving us in
the warm sector over the weekend. See our day-by-day forecast.

SEVERE WEATHER: The Storm Prediction Center was expecting a
significant outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes this afternoon
and tonight. The areas mainly affected are NW Arkansas, Southern Iowa,
Central and Eastern Kansas, Central and Western Missouri, SE Nebraska,
Central and Eastern Oklahoma.

WEATHER NUMBERS: 92 in Laredo was the national hot spot
yesterday...20 was the low this morning in the lower 48 in Ely, Nevada and
Lake Tahoe...41 below zero was the coldest in Alaska at Chandalar Lake where
the wind chill dropped as low as 52 below zero ...San Francisco has
experienced rain on a record 24 days this month...one of the lowest
temperatures in Alabama this morning was 34 in Ft. Payne. Most lows were in
the 40s...Birmingham gets precipitation on an average of 117 days each year.
Compare that to Phoenix with only 36...Marble Bar in West Australia once had
a heat wave so severe that the temperature was 100 or hotter on 165 days in
a row.

DID YOU KNOW: that a couple of years ago, the head of the
Turkmenistan national weather office was fired by the country's president
for inaccurate forecasts? Oops!

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I have played so much ball with Little
Miss Molly the last few days that I feel like a pitcher for the New York
Yankees. Some have gone extra innings. The little girl never gets enough.
Only thing, after fielding the ball and bringing it back to me 5 or 10 times
in a row, she then wants me to chase her all over the house and snatch the
ball from her...the birds were singing so loudly this morning that we heard
them before we stepped outside. We saw our first robin and our first
cardinal of the year...that same mockingbird was perched in the top of the
same tree running his mouth constantly. Maybe he was trying to direct
traffic..we also met two worms coming down the track and I was able to pull
back on Molly's leash before she scooped them up...yuck...Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Mostly fair.
Morning Low 56
WIND: S 6-12

FRIDAY
Clouds increase. Breezy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly
late afternoon and night.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 78
WIND: SW 10-20

SATURDAY
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 77
WIND: W 8-16

SUNDAY
Partly sunny and warm. Only a small chance of a shower.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 81
WIND: SW 7-14

MONDAY
Breezy and warm. Scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly
afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 80
WIND: W 10-16

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