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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday February 28, 2008

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SHOWERS LATER FRIDAY: It was another very cold night across Alabama
with a freeze all the way to the coast. Here are some of the coldest
temperatures:

14 Grantley (North Cleburne County)
15 DeSoto State Park
16 Muscadiine
17 Rainbow City
18 Ft. Payne, Lincoln, Concord/Hueytown, Kimberly, McCalla
19 Munford, Moody, Hamilton, Cottondale

The other lows varied upward to 30 at Mobile Regional Airport. It
will not be nearly as cold tonight. We are calling for an average low
of 34 across Central Alabama, however the dew point is still rather
low. That means that some of the colder valleys over on the east side
of the state and especially in NE Alabama will drop to the upper 20s.
A warming trend becomes more pronounced Friday and by Sunday and
Monday the old thermometer will be flirting with 70.

UPCOMING RAIN SITUATION: Some showers will arrive Friday afternoon
becoming more numerous Friday night. This does not look like a big
rain event. Most areas will get ½ inch or less. The showers should end
very early Saturday. Our main rain event, and some possible severe
weather, will come later Monday, Monday night and extending into
Tuesday morning. Some parts of the state will get between 1.50 and
2.00 inches of rain. There is also going to be a risk of some severe
thunderstorms with that event. That is a bit down the road, so we can
zoom in on that with more accuracy as it gets closer. It appears that
our very active February will continue that way into March.

SOME GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE: Birmingham is no longer in the
Exceptional Drought category (D4). Only 15% of Alabama is now in an
Exceptional Drought. That extends roughly from Cullman, Blount, Etowah
and Cherokee Counties northward. One week ago, 35% of the state was in
the Exceptional Drought. One month ago it was 42% and as recent as
October 23, 2007, 64% was exceptional. That is progress, but we must
remember that the drought is a long way from being over.

THE WORLD AROUND US: The Great Smoky Mountains and the higher
terrain of NE Tennessee and Western North Carolina continues to be a
winter wonderland. More snow fell in the last 24 hours. In Great Smoky
Mountain National Park a very impressive 22 inches of snow was on the
ground on Mt. LeConte this morning with a temperature of 1 below zero.
No worry about mosquitoes. 12 inches was on the ground at Newfound Gap
with a temperature of 6 above. Gatlinburg still had 5 inches on the
ground. In the NE corner of Tennessee, there was 7 inches at Mountain
City, 9 to 11 inches in the Trade community and 12 inches on Stone
Mountain.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: One of the most pleasurable wake up
times with Molly this morning that I have ever seen. When she was
younger, she would wake up and immediately go full speed ahead. Now
she stretches and yawns for 3 or 4 minutes. Even then she might curl
up and go back to sleep. This morning I was walking through the master
bedroom just as she opened her eyes. Even though she was barely awake,
she turned upside down saying she needed a belly rub. She let out a
slow moan and groan that lasted at least 3 minutes. She captures me
with that. Life goes on......

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

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TONIGHT
Partly cloudy and not as cold.
Overnight Low 34
WIND: S 4-8

FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers starting in the afternoon and
increasing at night.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 61
WIND: S 10-20

SATURDAY
Showers ending early and clearing.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 62
WIND: N 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny, breezy and warmer.
Morning Low 37 Afternoon High 70
WIND: S 10-20

MONDAY
Windy with showers and thunderstorms, numerous at night with some
strong storms.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 71
WIND: SW 15-30

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