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Afternoon Edition For Tuesday January 22, 2008

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HARD FREEZE BY FRIDAY MORNING: It has not been the most pleasant of
days across Alabama. Certainly not one that the Chamber of Commerce
would brag about. It has been a chilly raw day with intermittent rain,
however, over the northern part of the state, there were some icing
situations. Those were gradually going away by early afternoon. In the
Skyline area of Jackson County (up on a high plateau), icing on the
roadways caused several accidents. Icing also occurred on DeKalb
County road 117 in the Mentone area. Icing was reported at a number of
locations across Lookout Mountain in the Ft. Payne area and walkways
became very slippery on Monte Sano Mountain on the edge of Huntsville.
Earlier in the day, there was some icing in extreme NW Alabama.
This has not been a big rain event. Almost all of the amounts were
under ¼ inch. In fact, 0.10 to 0.15 were more common.

The winds aloft do not favor a rapid clearing, so we may see some
stubborn clouds hanging on for part of Wednesday and there could be
some leftover light rain hanging around over about the south half of
Alabama, mostly south of Birmingham.

Finally, another surge of arctic air will clear out the air on
Thursday with brisk NW winds and highs in the upper 30s. By Friday
morning, we look for an average low of 20 across Central Alabama with
some teens in the colder valleys. Even that clear, cold weather will
be short lived because we are forecasting showers to return to the
area on Saturday. So, if you do not like the current weather, hang on
for a little while.

LOOKING BACK: At this time in 1985, we were beginning to recover from
one of our worst cold waves (yes, I still like that term even though
it is no longer used). It was 10 in Birmingham on the morning of
January 22, 1985, but look at these low temperatures on the previous
morning:

14 below zero Russellville, Valley Head and Belle Mina
13 below Bridgeport
11 below Huntsville and Muscle Shoals
10 below Jasper
9 below Haleyville
8 below Winfield, Pinson
7 below Auburn
6 below Birmingham, Gadsden, Centreville
Even down near the coast it was 3 above in Mobile.

THE WORLD AROUND US: 32 below zero was the coldest in the lower 48
this morning at Worland, Wyoming. Coldest in Alaska was only 8 below
at Northway. They have had a remarkable recovery from their recent
bitter cold.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Molly's little boyfriend, the little
Yorkie from up the street, just walked across our driveway and used
our mailbox post for his bathroom. Good thing Molly was curled up
sound asleep , because she would have exploded in excitement. We saw
the Community Rabbit yesterday, but no sighting today. A cat or rabbit
surges her blood pressure to the top. Life goes on and there are very
few dull moments. I like that.....

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

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TONIGHT
Cloudy and cold with intermittent rain, mainly through the evening.
Overnight Low 36
WIND: N 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Variable cloudiness and cool. A slight chance of light rain, mostly
south of Birmingham.
Morning Low 36 Afternoon High 49
WIND: NW 5-10

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny, windy and colder.
Morning Low 27 Afternoon High 39
WIND: N 12-25

FRIDAY
Early morning hard freeze. More sun than clouds. Clouds increase at
night.
Morning Low 20 Afternoon High 49
WIND: NE 6-12

SATURDAY
Mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 51
WIND: SE 6-12

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