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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday February 9, 2008
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...Nice Saturday Afternoon...

Skies have become mostly sunny across Alabama on this early February
Saturday. A disturbance passing to the north of the state has pushed
a weak cool front through the area. Winds have shifted to the
northwest and drier air is flowing into Alabama, chasing the few
clouds from the morning away. Temperatures will peak around 60
degrees despite the northerly winds. We are beginning to experience
the increasing warmth of an increasing sun as we head toward spring.

TONIGHT: Clear skies will continue overnight with a
light brotherly breeze continuing. Temperatures will fall in the
lower and middle 30s overnight.

SUNDAY: Sunday should be another nice day, with
temperatures warming to near 60 despite a sometimes breezy northerly
wind. Skies will be mostly clear.

THE WEEK AHEAD: Monday will see partly cloudy skies and
a southerly wind developing. A complex storm system will bring
showers back to Alabama during the day on Tuesday, with increasing
rain and a few storms Tuesday night into Wednesday. No severe
weather is expected for us as the low track stays to our south,
although there could be a few rumbles of thunder. Any severe weather
should be limited to the Gulf Coast. Rain will stay with us through
much of Wednesday, finally moving out on Thursday as the low pressure
systems moves out to the northeast. Drier and slightly cooler air
will move in for the weekend.

NATIONALLY: Low pressure moving through the Great Lakes
is bringing snow and blowing snow across the Upper Midwest, including
parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa down into the Chicagoland and
over into Michigan. Rain and snow showers are occurring ahead of the
associated cold front from Indiana and Ohio into the Northeast.

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ON THIS DATE IN 1994: A devastating ice storm struck
Mississippi, Louisiana and extreme northwest Alabama. Freezing rain
began falling across the area during the early morning
hours on the 9th and continued until midday on the 10th. Ice
accumulated 3-6 inches thick on exposed objects in the affected area.
Due to the weight of the ice, power lines, trees and tree limbs were
downed. Many trees fell on houses and automobiles. $1.3 billion of
damage is reported in Mississippi and $13.5 million in Louisiana.
Tremendous damage resulted in commercial timberland with 256,000 acres
damaged in Louisiana and 3.7 million acres damaged in Mississippi.
Twenty five percent of the pecan crop in Mississippi was damaged. Over
750,000 people in Mississippi and 100,000 in Louisiana were without
power on the 10th and 11th, some still without power a month later.
According to the National Weather Service, it was the worst ice storm
in Mississippi since a severe ice storm struck the state in January
1951 and the worst in Louisiana since 1983.

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TONIGHT
Clouds dissipate as a northwesterly breeze increases during the
afternoon.
Overnight Low 40
WIND: N/NW 6-15

SUNDAY
Abundant sunshine. A breezy northwest wind.
Morning Low 35 Afternoon High 59
WIND: NW 7-14

MONDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 62
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Becoming cloudy and windy with a chance of showers by afternoon.
Showers, perhaps a storm overnight.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 63
WIND: S 10-20

WEDNESDAY
Rain likely.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 57
WIND: E/NE 7-14

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