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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday March 19, 2008

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EATING AWAY AT THE DROUGHT: We sure have been chasing our drought
lately, chipping away at his influence on our state. The drought has
still not been eliminated, but there has been some marked improvement.
An example is the sample rain reports today:

1.14 Anniston Airport
1.47 Montgomery
0.71 Troy
0.89 Auburn
0.66 Tuscaloosa Airport

Many other communities received over an inch of rain, but most areas
were favored with ¾ to 1 inch. The wind was also a big factor in our
weather today. Even where there were no thunderstorms, strong south
winds gusted frequently over 40 mph. A few stronger gusts:

51 mph Mt. Cheaha Skycam
51 mph Downtown Birmingham Skycam
43 mph Cullman Skycam

A slow-moving broad line of showers and thunderstorms moved slowly
across the state this morning and by midafternoon most of those were
over in Georgia. Fortunately, we escaped a severe thunderstorm or
tornado watch. Instead, we got beneficial rain.

Sharply cooler air was moving into the state this afternoon. A few
leftover shower this evening are possible, otherwise it will be
clearing overnight, breezy and colder. By morning, look for some low
temperatures in the upper 30s which will be a noticeable change from
yesterday and today.

THE EASTER WEEKEND: Mostly sunshine for Thursday and Friday. For
Easter weekend, highs will be mostly in the 60s and we see some
showers returning to the state Sunday night.

WEATHER NOTEBOOK: It was 49 below zero in good old Deadhorse, Alaska
this morning with a wind chill of 73 below. If I stood outside with my
cup of coffee, I would be chomping on coffee cubes in no time flat…
coldest in the lower 48 was 1 at Presque Isle, Maine where they have
had a tremendous winter with a huge overdose of snow…the main USA
story today is severe flooding in the midsection of the country,
especially in Arkansas, Missouri and parts of Illinois…would you
believe that Cape Girardeau in SE Missouri has received 12.35 inches
of rain in the last few days? In North Arkansas, Silver Hill has
received 10.55 inches…helicopter rescue was underway today in parts of
Northern Arkansas.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: My Little Miss Molly thinks she should
be a nurse to the whole family, neighbours and strangers. The
Trussville Fire Department and medics were at our house today because
of a neighborhood youngster being injured in a fall. Those guys were
here in no time flat. The youngster is okay, but I thought Little Miss
Molly was going to have a nervous breakdown. I put her in my office.
She wanted on the desk so she could see out the window. She kept
racing back and forth across my desk, scattering all my weather work.
I finally got her under control by hugging her. Earlier she had gotten
soaked on her morning walk. She looked like a drowned rat when she got
home. That always excites her and she went on an energy explosion,
racing through the house and sliding on the carpet trying to dry
herself off. Life goes on......

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

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TONIGHT
A few evening showers. Clearing, breezy and colder overnight.
Overnight Low 39
WIND: SN 10-15

THURSDAY
Sunny. A chilly early morning.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 67
WIND: N 5-10

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 69
WIND: W 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of a shower at night.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 60
WIND: NE 7-14

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