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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday January 2, 2008

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DEEP FREEZE AGAIN TONIGHT: Tonight will clearly be our coldest so far
this season. In fact, we may see some of the coldest temperatures in
about four years. We already had a deep freeze last night. The lows
tonight will average about 5 or 6 degrees colder. The very strong high-
pressure area containing this arctic cold will be moving over this
area tomorrow. This means the wind will diminish considerably later
tonight allowing temperatures to chill even more. We are calling for
an average low across Central Alabama of 15. As usual, this means that
some of the traditional cold spots may be closer to 10. This includes
such locations as Valley Head, Bridgeport, Ft. Payne and possibly even
Pinson.

A gradual warming trend starts tomorrow afternoon, but we will still
have another hard freeze Thursday night with many communities dropping
to around 20. Finally, a better warming trend starts on Saturday with
highs in the upper 50s and by Sunday the lower 60s. Our weather looks
dry all the way through the weekend.

Some snow showers moved down across NE Alabama overnight and early
today. At Mentone, on Lookout Mountain in DeKalb County, there was a
light dusting on roofs and the ground. Strong winds uprooted a tree
that fell across a truck and golf cart.
EARLY MORNING LOWS: We have dozens of cold temperatures we could
mention. Space does not permit, so check the ABC 33/40 Blog for an
exhaustive list. Here are a few examples:

15 Hamilton, Mt. Cheaha Skycam
16 Mentone
17 Vinemont, Springville
18 Decatur, Hamilton, Muscadine

In some of the larger communities, it was 21 at Jasper and Birmingham,
22 in Anniston, 25 in Tuscaloosa and 27 in Montgomery.

OUR WORLD OF WEATHER: The official NWS snow survey showed 47% of the
lower 48 states covered by snow this morning. Even in the Great Smoky
Mountains, there was 5 inches on the ground atop Mt. LeConte where the
temperature plunged to 6 below zero. Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina had
4 inches of snow and Beech Mountain 3 inches. Big snow over the
weekend over the NE with 14 inches at Wilton, Maine. Concord, New
Hampshire now has 23 inches on the ground. Burlington, Vermont has
received 51 inches of snow already this winter and Grey, Maine (near
Portland) 47 inches. Cold temperatures this morning included 29 below
zero at Alamosa, Colorado and 35 below at Noatak, Alaska. In
Fairbanks, January is normally the coldest month of the year. Their
average high is zero and average low 20 below zero. In the past, they
have been as cold as 66 below zero in Fairbanks in January 1934.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Even I, the warmest natured guy north of
the equator, put on a coat and pullover cap this morning for a half-
mile walk with Little Miss Molly. She had her bright red sweater on
and looked as cute as could be. She met the joy of her life, the
little Yorkie, on the track and they did not care how cold it was,
they stopped to check each other out and went round and round playing.
Even when we came back down the track, Molly stopped behind the little
Yorkie's house and cried for him again. She stops behind everyone's
house that she thinks will come out and love her regardless if the
temperature is 70 or 10 above zero. Life goes on.....

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

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TONIGHT
Clear. Another hard freeze.
Overnight Low 15
WIND: N 5-10

THURSDAY
Sunny. Our coldest morning so far.
Morning Low 15 Afternoon High 41
WIND: N 5-10

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny. Another very cold morning.
Morning Low 20 Afternoon High 52
WIND: SE 6-12

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny. A milder afternoon.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 58
WIND: SE 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 42 Afternoon High 61
WIND: S 6-12

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