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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Thursday January 4, 2007
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...Another Good Soaking...

An unsettled, wet weather pattern is setting up for Alabama and the
Deep South for the next four days. There will be some decent breaks in
the rain, but you sure need to keep the rain gear handy. Look for
showers to slowly increase across the state today, with widespread
rain and a few thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow morning. This lead
system should produce average rain amounts of one to two inches across
the state, with isolated totals over two inches over the southwest
part of the state. As we have discussed all week, the risk of severe
weather for this part of Alabama is minimal with very little
atmospheric instability. Any severe storms should be confined to the
immediate Gulf coast region. The rain should diminish from west to
east during the midday hours tomorrow, but the far eastern counties
could see periods of rain well into the afternoon hours.

WEEKEND WEATHER: I still think most of the day Saturday will be dry.
Having said that, there will still be some residual moisture around,
which means a few isolated showers will form, but there will be very
little forcing. Some sun is possible at times on Saturday, and the
weather will remain very mild with afternoon temperatures well in the
60s. However, on Sunday, rain should become widespread again with a
second wave coming in from the west. Rain is likely much of the day
Sunday and into Sunday night, and an additional one inch of rain is
possible. Hopefully we will get away with no major flooding problems,
but it will be something to watch.

NEXT WEEK: The latest model data suggests the rain will move out of
the state Sunday night, with cooler air slowly moving in on Monday.
The sky should clear slowly from west to east Monday, with a decent
amount of sunshine by Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Looks like
we will have the potential for a light freeze Tuesday and Wednesday
morning, but still nothing unusually cold for early January in
Alabama.

NEW COLD AIR BUILD-UP: We continue to watch with interest the build up
of bitterly cold Arctic air over much of Alaska and the western part
of Canada. The mercury dropped to 50 degrees below zero early
yesterday morning in Umiat, Alaska. How much, if any, of that brutally
cold air winds up in the Deep South later in the month remains to be
seen.

We have a weather watcher, Todd Foisy, in Girdwood, Alaska (Todd is
originally from Birmingham); he reported a high yesterday of 19
degrees with 58 inches of snow on the ground. Snow was increasing
again at his location last night.

ROAMING: Eugene, Oregon was soaked with 2.12" of rain yesterday. Up
the road at Seattle, the total was 1.01". Florida continues in the
midst of a winter warm spell; hottest places in the nation were all in
the Sunshine State where Fort Myers, Naples, and Punta Gorda all
reached 85 degrees.

James Spann jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Cloudy with developing showers. Rain and a few thunderstorms tonight.
Afternoon High 67
WIND: S 7-14

FRIDAY
Periods of rain and a few storms, diminishing by afternoon.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 68
WIND: SW 10-15

SATURDAY
Breezy with a mix of sun and clouds. A few isolated showers possible.
Most of the day rain-free.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 67
WIND: S 10-20

SUNDAY
Cloudy with more rain during the afternoon and nighttime hours.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 59
WIND: SE 7-14

MONDAY
Cooler with gradual clearing.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 54
WIND: N 10-15

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