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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Sunday February 24, 2008
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...More Storms In Our Future...

What a miserable day on Saturday. Persistent low clouds, thick fog
and drizzle kept temperatures in the 40s and even some 30s on Saturday
afternoon. Just after mid-afternoon, it was 39F at Birmingham and
Gadsden and 42F at Tuscaloosa. Just to the southeast, where skies
cleared, temperatures warmed nicely, like they were supposed to
everywhere. While it was 42F at Alexander City, it was 60F at
Columbus, Georgia, just sixty miles away.

FOR YOUR SUNDAY: A passing upper level disturbance has spread more
clouds into the area this morning. It is starved for moisture though,
and any showers associated with it will be isolated and on the light
side. But we will start the day cloudy again in most locations. The
clouds should not be as persistent today, breaking up during the
morning hours and highs should be around 60.

NEXT STORM SYSTEM: The warm up will begin in earnest on Monday with
southeasterly breezes pumping temperatures to near 70F and above in
many locations ahead of a developing low pressure system over the
Central Plains. The Gulf will be open, but the southerly flow will
not be as strong as with the past couple of systems. So the moisture
will not be as good, and as goes the moisture, so goes the instability
to great degree. Showers and storms will enter Alabama ahead of a
strong cold front Monday night, likely after midnight. It looks like
for now that the ingredients will not be there at the same time to
produce significant severe weather, but it is a situation worth
monitoring. Storms and rain will end from the west Tuesday morning.
Rainfall amounts will be around three quarters of an inch.
Temperature profiles will plunge on Tuesday with thickness values
supporting snow well down into Central Alabama by Tuesday night.
There could be enough residual moisture to produce snow flurries
Tuesday night across northern sections.

REST OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND: Wednesday will be miserable, much
like yesterday, with wraparound cloudiness, chilly northwest winds and
d temperatures. Readings will stay in the 40s all day with wind chill
values in the 30s. Temperatures will moderate into the end of the
week, although there will be a couple of decent freezes, especially
Thursday morning.

SIERRA SNOWS: Two to three FEET of snow is expected along with
blizzard conditions in the Sierra Mountains of California overnight.
Snowfall rates of four inches per hour were occurring as a powerful
upper low crashes onto the California coast with very high moisture
levels.

BRRRR!!! On this date in 1905, the mercury plunged to -18F at
Valley Head in Northeast Alabama. The reading would stand as the
state's record cold reading until 1966.

ON THIS DATE IN 1870[: Professor Cleveland Abbe began preparing the
Western Union Telegraph Company's Weather Report, a plotted daily
weather map issued 6 days a week. The cooperation of the telegraph
companies was critical to the survival of our early national weather
network. They provided free transmission time and priority handling
for weather messages.

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TODAY
Morning clouds, maybe a shower. Then partly sunny.
Afternoon High 60
WIND: NW 5-10

MONDAY
Partly cloudy and warm. Clouds increase during evening. Showers and
storms after midnight.
Morning Low 41 Afternoon High 69
WIND: SE 5-12

TUESDAY
Rain and storms ending. Then windy and colder. Maybe a little light
snow or flurries, especially over northern sections.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 53
WIND: W/NW 12-25

WEDNESDAY
Clearing, breezy and chilly.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 45
WIND: NW 7-14

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 57
WIND: W/S 5-10

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