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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday March 1, 2008
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...In Like A Lamb, But...

March is not living up to its reputation for starting off
stormy and ending in a tranquil fashion. But just wait. The lion
will roar by Monday and wild weather will be with us through much of
the week ahead. We will deal with severe weather and heavy rain,
followed by a sharp change to colder as well as a chance of snow
showers early in the week.

FOR YOUR WEEKEND: Leap Day 2008 featured a southeast
bound cold front that pushed an area of showers through Alabama
overnight. Rainfall amounts were light, but we will take anything
that we can get. Skies are clearing behind the front this morning and
northerly winds are filtering in drier air. With lots of sunshine
today, temperatures will warm into the lower and middle 60s. Tomorrow
promises to be even warmer, with highs generally reaching 70 degrees.

UH OH: Another powerful weather system will start to
affect Alabama by Monday. It will feature a powerful upper trough/
upper low. Rain and storms will break out Monday afternoon and Monday
night. It will be very windy. For severe weather, the key will be
the track of the surface low. For now it looks like the greatest
threat will be over Southeast Alabama south and east of Montgomery.
Cold air will start to spread into Alabama after midnight Tuesday.
Our temperatures will be in the 30s on Tuesday with strong winds and
the possibility of snow showers. A big snow is likely over parts of
Tennessee and Kentucky. While snow accumulations seem unlikely with
warm ground and temperatures slightly above freezing, with a big upper
level low directly over us, the dynamic cooling could overcome these
factors and produce a significant snow. It will be interesting to
watch this situation unfold.

SECOND SYSTEM: A cold front will settle down into
Alabama on Thursday. Meanwhile, low pressure may be developing over
the western Gulf of Mexico. This could set up a cold, overrunning
rain or icing even for parts of North Alabama late Thursday night into
Friday morning. It takes a special set of ingredients to come
together for a freezing rain event, but when it does, the results can
be disastrous. We will have to monitor the situation for the
possibility of something in that time frame. Colder and drier air
will spread in for the weekend.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME NEXT WEEK: We all will have to
spring forward next weekend as our Congress induced Daylight Saving
Time starts early again. I have to admit that I like it better. How
about you?

DID YOU KNOW? This will be the earliest Easter most of
us have ever experienced. You would have to be 95 to remember the
last time Easter occurred on March 23rd. The earliest that it can
occur is March 22nd, but that has never happened.

ON THIS DATE IN 1997: Thirty people died in a tornado
outbreak that stretched from Arkansas and Mississippi to Ohio and West
Virginia. Twenty three Arkansans died in the onslaught, the worst in
the Natural State since May 1968. Arkadelphia, AR was hard hit, as
was Little Rock. Ahead of the system, it was 81F at Bristol, Tennessee.

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TODAY
Mostly sunny.
Afternoon High 64
WIND: N 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny breezy and warmer.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 70
WIND: S 10-18

MONDAY
Windy and mild with showers and storms, mainly late afternoon into
overnight. Some may be severe.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 71
WIND: SW 15-30

TUESDAY
Breezy and colder. Chance of snow showers, mainly during the morning.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 38
WIND: NW 10-20

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny and warmer.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 59
WIND: NE 5-10

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