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Afternoon Edition For Tuesday February 19, 2008

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THE ALABAMA STORY: It is a story of some encouraging rain events in
the forecast, although nor right away. We expect another dry day
tomorrow with a milder afternoon. There will be a good chance of
showers Thursday, increasing in number Thursday afternoon and Thursday
night. Thursday night you will also hear some rumbles of thunder. The
showers and thunderstorms will continue on Friday and some of those
could be strong. A good chunk of Central Alabama should get over 2
inches of rain from this event. The showers will taper off and end
Saturday morning followed by dry weather on Sunday and most of Monday.
We may be in for another good rain event starting Monday night. We do
not see any unusually cold weather all the way through the weekend. In
fact, by Sunday and Monday, we should have high temperatures in the 60s.

TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE: Look for it tomorrow night. Thanks to Scott
Smith for reminding us and here are the times:

Partial eclipse begins at 7:43 p.m.
Total eclipse starts at 9:01 p.m.
Mid eclipse is at 9:26 p.m.
Total eclipse ends at 9:51 p.m.
The whole thing is over at 11:09 p.m.

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK: Even though the NWS is as busy as can
be with continuing storm surveys, it is being observed this week and
how timely. This is a good time to review your safety procedures in
case your community comes under a tornado or severe thunderstorm
warning. It is important that every family member needs to know where
to congregate when a warning is issued. Lightning is not used as a
criteria for severe weather regardless of how rapid the bolts are
shooting at you. Did you know that more people in the USA are killed
and injured by lightning in an average year than with severe
thunderstorms and flash floods combined? An average of 100 fatalities
and 500 injuries occur each year in the USA. Between 1995 and 2007, 22
Alabamians were killed by lightning and 121 injured. A lot of farm
animals are also victims.

NUTS AND BOLTS: It was 16 degrees colder this morning in the lower
48 than it was in all of Alaska…it was 31 below at Embarrass,
Minnesota and 29 below at Littlefork…the coldest in Alaska was 15
below at Nuiqsut…even good old Deadhorse had a balmy (for them) 9
below zero at midmorning…still 50 inches of snow on the ground at Nome
and Whittier, Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: 12:00 midnight took Little Miss Molly
for a walk. She would not do anything but look around. Late to bed,
late to rise. 10:40 a.m. she gets up. 10:42 a.m. she is ringing the
little backdoor bell so furious and so fast that it sounds like an ice
cream truck coming down the street and looks like a professional boxer
pounding away at his punching bag. I am very busy, but I drop
everything because she is the boss. She was determined to take
forever. She stopped at every single tree and slowly sniffed around
the base of each one. She sniffed every rock. Finally, at the far end,
she did her main bathroom duty and we headed back. She stopped at
every house where her friends live. Life goes on.....

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

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TONIGHT
Clear.
Overnight Low 36
WIND: SW 4-7

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. A warmer afternoon.
Morning Low 36 Afternoon High 64
WIND: SW 8-16

THURSDAY
A good chance of showers, becoming numerous during the afternoon and
night. A thunderstorm is also possible.
Morning Low 41 Afternoon High 59
WIND: SE 6-12

FRIDAY
Breezy with showers. Some strong thunderstorms also possible.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 68
WIND: S 12-25

SATURDAY
Cooler. Showers ending early.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 55
WIND: NW 7-14

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