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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday February 13, 2008

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DANDRUFF SIZE DOUGHNUTS: That is about as big as the snowflakes got,
although some larger ones were reported around Cullman. I feel sure if
someone from Buffalo could look in on us via remote video today they
would roll in the snow laughing. Amazing the excitement and adrenalin
a few flakes can trigger in the Deep South.

It was my fault that we had not mentioned flurries in our early
morning forecast. We thought there could be some over the extreme
north, but certainly not as far south as Greensboro. We find it also
difficult at times to forecast clearing behind a cold front. It often
throws us a curve like it did today.

Temperatures were still in the 20s this afternoon across the
Tennessee Valley with brisk NW winds, but most of the snowflakes had
left town. It will be clearing this evening and by daybreak,
temperatures should be in the lower 20s over a good part of North
Alabama and maybe some upper teens in the normally colder locations.

That was quite a change of temperature overnight. One example, which
was typical: at Birmingham, the temperature plunged 47 degrees
overnight from a high of 73 yesterday to a low of 28 later this morning.

A DAY OF SUNSHINE: We can sort of give you a written guarantee on
that and temperatures will rebound to near 60 in the afternoon, which
will feel like summer as compared to today. Down the road we expect
some more showers to arrive late Friday and Friday night. There will
be a chance of showers also on Saturday, but our next big rain event
will come on Sunday. The projection is for a significant low-pressure
area to be over Louisiana early Sunday pulling a warm front north from
the Gulf of Mexico. The low will move NE and deepen into a major
storm. You know the routine. By Monday, this is going to bring a major
problem to the Mid-Atlantic and NE states.

THE WORLD AROUND US: Have you ever seen so many multi-car pileups
weather related as we have had in the last month or so? There was one
earlier this week on a major interstate in Wisconsin that involved
dozens of cars and took forever to clear. In fact, officials launched
an investigation to see why it took so long. USA temperature extremes
included 89 yesterday afternoon at Falfurrias in South Texas to 23
below zero this morning at Upson, Wisconsin where there is 23 inches
of snow on the ground. The low in Alaska was 35 below at Kaltag. It
has been a long time since I have noticed so much of Alaska under so
much of a snow cover. There was 40 inches more on the ground this
morning at Whittier, Valdez and Nome.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: According to Newsweek that came
yesterday there are an estimated 72 million dogs in the United States
and each one produces an average of 274 pounds of "you know what."
That means a lot of little blue scoops are busy. In the five years
that I have walked Little Miss Molly, I can truthfully say that I have
failed to clean up after her only a very few times and that would be
when I would lose it in the darkness at night. I became known in the
community as the "king of poop." I do not want to write about that too
much, because I promised some reader's requests that I would quit
writing about Miss Molly's bathroom habits, although it is only nature
taking its course. Life goes on anyway......

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

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TONIGHT
Clearing and cold.
Overnight Low 21
WIND: N 4-7

THURSDAY
Sunny. A cold morning. A milder afternoon.
Morning Low 21 Afternoon High 59
WIND: S 5-10

FRIDAY
Clouds increase. Scattered showers late, but a better chance at night.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 62
WIND: S 6-12

SATURDAY
Partly sunny with a chance of showers.
Morning Low 42 Afternoon High 57
WIND: SE 5-10

SUNDAY
Windy with increasing showers along with some strong thunderstorms.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 63
WIND: S 15-30

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