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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday March 30, 2007

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ENCOURAGING CHANCE OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND: Cooler air from the
east forced its way westward across Alabama today. It is known as the
wedge. Temperatures were a lot cooler as compared to yesterday,
especially over the east half of the state. It was more than 20
degrees cooler in Birmingham than yesterday. Around 2 o'clock this
afternoon, it was only 60 degrees atop Mt. Cheaha. This made the day
much more comfortable than the record highs in the mid and upper 80s
Thursday.

While that news is welcome, it is by far not the most important
news. We are encouraged now that our chance for some beneficial rain
over the weekend is for real. In fact, we believe that many parts of
the state will get some amounts of between ¾ and 1 inch and some
places could get more late Saturday night and through Sunday morning.
It is also encouraging that another round of showers and
thunderstorms will arrive later Tuesday an increase Tuesday night.

A BIG COOL DOWN NEXT WEEK: A strong high pressure system will be
pushing a cold front through Alabama Tuesday night. This will bring a
significant cool down and highs by the middle of next week will only
be in the 60s. By around Thursday morning, we may see 40s for a low
and even some upper 30s in the valleys.

SEVERE WEATHER: Severe thunderstorms were pounding Texas today,
including some significant flash flooding. The central part of that
state was under a moderate risk. For Saturday and Saturday night, the
NWS has a slight risk of severe weather eastward as far as Louisiana
and Mississippi. We believe that Alabama can escape with little or no
risk, because our main showers and thunderstorms will arrive very
late Saturday night extending through Sunday morning. We could have
some strong storms. We will watch it.

AT THE BEACH: Most of Saturday will be dry, but showers and
thunderstorms will start Saturday night becoming numerous late
Saturday night and Sunday. There is only a slight chance of showers
on Monday and Tuesday. High temperatures will be consistently in the
mid and upper 70s.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: Way back in 1884, a very scary black tornado
struck Howard, South Dakota. It became famous because it was the
first tornado ever photographed in the USA. Hottest in the USA
yesterday was 90 at Albany, Georgia, Crestview, Florida and Edinburg,
Texas. It was 1 below zero this morning at Rawlings located on I-80
in South-Central Wyoming. It was 16 below at Eagle, Alaska. 225
inches of snow on the ground at Eagle Crest, which is a ski area near
Juneau.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I am off tomorrow and I am thinking
about dragging Little Miss Molly out of bed at daylight to go on a
long walk and then have a vigorous ballgame with her. That would
surprise her, because she often has to beg for the ballgames. I
wonder sometimes how it would be to exchange places with Little Miss
Molly. I would have to have a rope around my neck (leash) every time
I went outside. I would have to beg, at times, for a bathroom break.
Getting more concerned about the dog food situation. Going to watch
that very, very closely. Life goes on.....

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

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TONIGHT
Variable cloudiness. Pleasant temperatures.
Overnight Low 59
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny, breezy and mild. Chance of showers and possibly a
thunderstorm starting Saturday night.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon 78
WIND: S 10-16

SUNDAY
Showers and thunderstorms, numerous at times, during the morning.
Diminishing late.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 74
WIND: SW 8-16

MONDAY
Partly sunny and warm.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 83
WIND: SW 8-16

TUESDAY
Clouds increase. Chance of showers and thunderstorms by afternoon,
increasing at night.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 80
WIND: SW 8-16

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