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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday January 30, 2008
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ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN TOMORROW: It seems like storm systems are
beginning to line up for a parade across the national weather map. We
cannot complain about this because it is bringing Alabama some much
needed rain. Even though the topsoil is in good shape now, the
reservoirs and streams and ground water have a long way to go.
The widespread windstorm last night also turned out to be a good rain
producer. Virtually all sections of the state received rain. Just a
few of the heavier amounts included:
1.40 at Haleyville
1.69 Bankhead National Forest
1.18 Moulton
1.31 Hamilton
Numerous communities received well over ½ inch to almost 1 inch,
including Anniston with 0.91, Tuscaloosa 0.77 and Birmingham 0.68.
Unfortunately, high winds covered much of the state uprooting numerous
trees and tearing down power lines. This was caused by a tightly wound
barometric pressure and thunderstorms were involved. That is most
unusual for us to get that much wind when we cannot blame it on a
thunderstorm.
A QUICK TURN AROUND: Clouds will return quickly tomorrow with rain
starting by afternoon. Rain, along with scattered thunderstorms, will
be widespread Thursday night, but ending fairly early on Friday. This
should be another good rain producer. We could get anywhere from 1.50
to possibly as much as 2 inches of rain. The Storm Prediction Center
has included almost the south half of Alabama in a Slight Risk for
some severe thunderstorms tomorrow. That depends greatly on how
quickly we could ingest lots of moisture and unstable air. The new
storm system is already developing to our west, with the low crossing
Oklahoma tonight and crossing Mississippi and Alabama Thursday night.
This will quickly pull lots of moist air northward. The showers will
end early Friday followed by clearing and cooler. Saturday will be the
nicest day of the week with sunshine and a high near 60.
THE HUGE TEMPERATURE DROP: All of that strong wind brought a rapid
plunge in temperature overnight. At Hanceville in Cullman County, it
was a mild 65 yesterday afternoon, but a cold 23 this morning with
much lower wind chill. That was fairly typical across North and
Central Alabama. At Hamilton, the drop was from 65 to 18. That 18 was
the coldest in the state this morning.
THE WORLD AROUND US: I cannot quit talking about the St. Louis story
where the temperature nosedived from a record 73 yesterday afternoon
to 11 above zero this morning—a quick drop of 62 degrees. Have not
seen anything like that in a number of years. In Chicago, it fell from
48 to 2 below zero. Cold temperatures this morning included 58 below
zero at Chalkyitsik, Alaska and 54 below at Ft. Yukon. A huge part of
the USA is having real problems with winter weather. Out in Utah,
another 15 inches of snow fell at Alta in the Wasatch Range bringing
their total on the ground to 113 inches.
MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I am convinced that Little Miss Molly
chalks up more mileage inside our home than she does on the walking
track. This is because she tries to stay out of the way of so many
people moving around and making noise. The extra people also take up
most of her ballpark. We do not get to throw the balls all the way
across the living area as much, because of so much stuff in the way. I
am going to make special effort to play with her more. Life goes on,
busy, busy, busy......
J.B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com
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TONIGHT
Mostly clear.
Overnight Low 30
WIND: E 3-6
THURSDAY
Clouds increase. Rain and scattered thunderstorms by afternoon, then
becoming widespread. Windy at times.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 55
WIND: SE 12-25
FRIDAY
Showers ending early. Clearing, breezy and cooler.
Morning Low 37 Afternoon High 48
WIND: NW 12-22
SATURDAY
Sunny with a nice afternoon warm up.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 61
WIND: SE 5-10
SUNDAY
Partly sunny and mild. A slight chance of showers by afternoon.
Morning Low 41 Afternoon High 63
WIND: S 5-10
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