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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday March 23, 2008
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..Gorgeous Easter...
A beautiful Easter Sunday is in progress across Alabama today with a
good deal of sunshine and just some high clouds. Temperatures are
cooler than yesterday thanks to cold air advection occurring behind a
barely noticeable cold front that moved through on Saturday.
Temperatures will top out around 60 degrees this afternoon.

FREEZE WARNING: We are already into the growing season here in
Alabama. With cold high pressure building into Alabama, the
possibility exists for freezing conditions tonight and Monday night.
For that reason, a freeze warning has been issued for Central Alabama
for tonight. Readings will drop into lower to middle 30s tonight in
most locations. But in some areas, winds will relax enough to alow for
readings to drop below 32F for a few hours. Agricultural interests
and casual gardeners should take steps to protect any tender
vegetation that might be harmed by the prospective freeze. The same
conditions will exist tomorrow night, with even the potential for a
more widespread freeze by Tuesday morning as winds will be lighter. A
freeze watch is posted for now, but it will ikely be upgraded to a
freeze warning later.

THE WEEK AHEAD: Monday may be even cooler, with highs in the upper
50s, but a gradual warm up will continue through the week ahead. By
Tuesday, highs will be in the upper 60s and readings will be in the
lower to middle 70s by Wednesday. A pronounced southerly flow will
setup by Thursday in response to a developing storm system over the
Rockies that will be moving out onto the Central Plains. Our moisture
levels will be on the rise and it will feel quite springlike. Mostly
sunny to partly cloudy skies will prevail through Wednesday and it
should be dry. Expect a few more clouds Thursday and Friday, with a
chance of showers reappearing by Friday. Showers and storms will be
likely by Friday night and Saturday morning as that storm system lifts
out, dragging a cold front towards Alabama. Earlier model runs had
hinted that this system might stall over Alabama and wait on a
stronger system later in the weekend, but that idea disappeared on
overnight output. For now, this doesn't look like much of a severe
weather producer for Alabama, but any Spring system has to be watched.

DROUGHT UPDATE: Not much changed since last week in our drought
situation with the weekly Drought Monitor showing 69.0% of the state
in drought conditions. 34.1 percent of the state is still in D3-D4
drought conditions. That area is basically the northeastern third of
the state generally east of I-65 and north of I-85. One piece of good
news: the percentage of the state in D4, the worst drought condition,
is 1.5%, down from 4.2% last week. The D4 area encompasses eastern
Madison and western Jackson County.

ON THIS DATE IN 1987: A blizzard across the central and southern
plains. Twenty one inches of snow fell at Pampa, Texas. Winds gusted
to 78 mph at Dodge City, Kansas and Altus, Oklahoma. Forty six
counties in Kansas were declared a disaster area. It is recognized as
the worst blizzard in thirty years in Kansas.

Bill Murray

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TONIGHT
Partly cloudy. A light freeze possible overnight.
Afternoon High 60
WIND: N 3-6

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. A good chance of an overnight freeze.
Morning Low 33 Afternoon High 57
WIND: N 6-14

TUESDAY
Lots of sunshine.
Morning Low 31 Afternoon High 67
WIND: SE 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 72
WIND: S 6-12

THURSDAY
Breezy with a mix of clouds and sun.
Morning Low 51 Afternoon High 77
WIND: S 10-15

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