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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday March 29, 2007

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GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE WEEKEND: Another warm afternoon
across Alabama as temperatures were getting well into the 80s. Before
the day is over, a few locations may have near record highs for March
29. But take heart, cooler air arrives tomorrow. It is the old wedge
effect that we love to see occasionally, however it is difficult to
forecast. This happens when cooler air pushes down the Atlantic
Seaboard and then westward across South Carolina and Georgia into
Alabama. We sometimes call it a backdoor cold front. This should
bring us at least a 10-degree drop in temperature Friday. Over on the
east edge of Alabama, the temperature may have trouble getting above
70. In fact, I will go out on a limb somewhat and say that the high
atop Mt. Cheaha tomorrow will be about 66. There is a slight chance
of a few light showers with that transition, although we did not
include them in the forecast. At 2 o'clock this afternoon,
temperatures were only in the 50s over much of South Carolina and
even some 40s in parts of North Carolina. There is a chance that our
75 forecast for tomorrow for Central Alabama may be a bit too warm,
but that can be adjusted later.

FINALLY, SOME CRITICALLY NEEDED RAIN: There are increasing
indications that much of Alabama will get some beneficial rain late
in the weekend. It still looks like Sunday will be the target day for
the best chance of rain and the biggest amounts. If we had to say so
now, we think that the best chance of rain will be from mid to late
morning Sunday through much of Sunday night. Across Central Alabama,
the total rain from the entire system could be somewhere between ½
and 1 inch.

TORNADO OUTBREAK: An amazing 65 tornado reports yesterday and
overnight from the Texas Panhandle straight northward to extreme
Western Nebraska. That number will be reduced, because it is near
certain that some of the reports were about the same tornado. At
least 4 people were killed, including 2 at Beaver, Oklahoma and 1 at
Holly, Colorado in the extreme SE part of the state.

AT THE BEACH: Generally pleasant temperatures all the way through
next Tuesday with highs around 78 along the edge of the water, but
lower 80s inland. Most of Friday and Saturday will be dry, but there
will be a good chance of showers and thunderstorms on Sunday, then
generally dry from Monday through next Wednesday.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: A real bona fide blizzard over the Northern
Rockies in the last 24 hours. An amazing 58 inches of snow fell in
the last 24 hours at Hobbs Park, Wyoming. That is an elevated remote
station. 42 inches fell at Townsend Creek in the same state. The wind
gusted as high as 62 mph at Buffalo in Eastern Wyoming during the
period of heavy snow. In the Texas Panhandle, a tornado actually
moved across an automated weather facility knocking it out of
service, but not before recording a 3-second gust to 127 mph.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Spring is bursting out all over. Even
the Old Crow Motel, which is the tallest tree on our walking track,
looks healthy. It is a dilapidated old tree and we know it cannot be
around many more years. It is one of the favorite locations for Miss
Molly and me when out walking, because there is a wide open area
where she can run and play. Dogwoods are exploding. I think Little
Miss Molly might be a weather girl at heart, because she wants to be
up at all hours. A midnight ballgame last night wound her down, so
she could sleep. Life goes on.....

J.B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Partly cloudy and mild.
Overnight Low 57
WIND: SE 4-7

FRIDAY
Partly sunny and cooler.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon 75
WIND: SE 7-14

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. A slight chance of a shower at night.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 78
WIND: S 8-16

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers and thunderstorms,
continuing at night.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 75
WIND: SW 8-16

MONDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 81
WIND: S 6-12

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