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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Thursday February 28, 2008
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...A Warming Trend Begins...

A NICE WARM-UP: After a sub-freezing start, a warming trend begins
across Alabama this afternoon as we reach the mid 50s. The air will be
very dry, so we expect a good supply of sunshine through scattered
clouds. The warming trend continues tomorrow as we head toward the 60
degree mark by mid-afternoon.

Clouds will increase tomorrow in advance of a weak cold front; that
front should bring a round of showers, and possibly a thunderstorm,
late in the day tomorrow and tomorrow night. Looks like the best
chance of showers will come from about 4:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m., and
rain amounts should average around one-quarter of an inch. No severe
weather is expected this time with the main dynamics passing well to
the north of Alabama, and very limited instability.

NICE WEEKEND AHEAD: The weekend looks dry and mild, with partly to
mostly sunny weather Saturday and Sunday and highs in the 60s. Some
parts of West Alabama might touch the 70 degree mark Sunday afternoon
as the warm-up continues.

WILD WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK? The next big weather event for Alabama
comes early next week. A strong, phased upper air trough will support
a cold front that is expected to move through here Monday night. This
should bring a round of strong to severe thunderstorms Monday night,
followed by a sharp change to colder weather on Tuesday. Some computer
model runs have shown a deep, cold core upper low developing over
Alabama and Georgia on Tuesday; if this happens a strong surface low
will develop to the east of Alabama, and that feature in combination
with dynamic cooling from the cold core upper low could bring some
snow to parts of the Deep South. Way too early to be really specific
here, but the situation sure needs to be watched closely.

LOOKING BACK AT TUESDAY MORNING: In the midst of a widespread area of
damaging straight line winds, the National Weather Service in
Birmingham has identified three small tornado tracks; they are in
Leeds, Pell City, and the Highland Lakes community in the northern
part of Shelby County. The entire event is classified as a "derecho",
which is defined as a widespread and long-lived, violent convectively
induced windstorm that is associated with a fast-moving band of severe
thunderstorms usually taking the form of a bow echo. One person was
killed in Leeds due to a tree falling onto a mobile home.

ROAMING FAR AND WIDE: Grand Beach, Michigan was buried with 18.5
inches of snow yesterday.As of yesterday, there was a whopping 17
inches of snow on the ground in East Tennessee atop Mt. LeConte and 12
inches on Newfound Gap. There was 5 inches on the ground at the
national part headquarters near Gatlinburg (Sugarland Center). Tampa
Bay, Florida was soaked with 1.41" of rain. The coldest spot in the
nation was Deadhorse, Alaska with 37 degrees below zero.

James Spann
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TODAY
Mostly sunny and warmer.
Afternoon High 55
WIND: SW 5-10

FRIDAY
Increasing clouds. A good chance of showers and possibly a
thunderstorm Friday night.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 61
WIND: S 10-18

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and mild.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 64
WIND: W 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 40 Afternoon High 70
WIND: S 10-20

MONDAY
Windy and mild. Showers and strong storms arrive late in the day and
Monday night.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 71
WIND: SW 15-30

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