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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday March 24, 2008
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AN OVERNIGHT FREEZE: It is a late in the season freeze, but all
means not that unusual. We have had a freezing frost as late as April
23 and we have had mid 20s as late as mid April. In most years, you
could feel safe planting as early as about April 10 to 15. We should
also mention that around this time in 1924, March 24 and 25,
Birmingham was covered with a 7-inch blanket of snow. Down in Central
Alabama at Greensboro, there was the unusual sight of robins and
mockingbirds dancing around in the snow. Were they surprised!
BACK TO THE PRESENT: Would you believe there were a few snow
flurries over part of NE Alabama and NW Georgia in the middle of the
night? Vick Bell, the 33/40 Skywatcher at Black Creek in NE Etowah
County, reported some flurries in the middle of the night. Early this
morning, temperatures dropped as low as 25 at Muscadine in NE Alabama,
27 at Mumford, 28 at Lincoln and Black Creek, 30 in Weaver and Muscle
Shoals, 31 in Huntsville, 32 in Moody, Birmingham and Cullman.
The low temperatures tonight will be similar and, in some cases, a
degree or so lower. Here in Central Alabama we are looking for an
average low of 29. Tonight will be a marked example of temperature
inversions. By tomorrow morning, some of the colder valleys could be
as cold as 25 degrees and the ridge tops more like 35 or even 37. It
is a night when you should protect tender vegetation. By tomorrow, the
high-pressure area will move off to the east and a south wind will set
in. Temperatures will snap back to the mid 60s Tuesday afternoon and
the rest of the week will have 70s. Our next chance of any rain will
be Friday night and not much at that. We do not see any more freeze
threats all the way through the middle of next week.
After a series of storms, seemingly one after the other, our weather
has turned dry again. The Birmingham deficit as of today for the month
of March is already approaching 2 inches. We hope that we are not
drifting back in to a dry weather format for good. We are probably not.
WEATHER NOTEBOOK: Major, major flooding coming down the Mississippi.
One of the most extensive flood areas now is Eastern Arkansas caused
by the Mississippi and other tributaries. There is an excellent series
of photographs on the 33/40 blog contributed by Dennis DeShazo in the
vicinity of Pocahontas. Flood warnings go all the way down the
Mississippi. The crest at 39 feet is expected in East Baton Rouge next
Monday. If it goes one foot over that, it will spill over the
protective levee and cause widespread flooding on the LSU campus…22
below zero was the coldest in the lower 48 this morning at Presque
Isle, Maine…there is 32 inches of snow on the ground at Caribou and
they have now received 186 inches this season, which is an all-time
record.
MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: So busy, busy today that I have not
spent one minute playing with Little Miss Molly. When she crawled out
of bed this morning, she went to everyone in the house wagging her
tail and greeting them. I was busy running errands much of the morning
taking my wife to rehab and my granddaughter to work. Our grandson was
injured a few days ago falling face down on the concrete breaking his
nose and chipping a tooth. He is still under the care of a doctor. So,
Little Miss Molly has been shoved aside temporarily. I am going to
play with her this afternoon even if I have to skip a meal. She does
not ask for much…someone once said that there is no psychiatrist in
the world equal to a puppy licking your face. I believe that. Molly
is my psychiatrist, psychologist—you name it.......
J.B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com
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TONIGHT
Clear with an overnight freeze.
Overnight Low 29
WIND: N 4-6
TUESDAY
Sunny. After a morning freeze, a milder afternoon.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 65
WIND: S 6-12
WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 42 Afternoon High 71
WIND: S 7-14
THURSDAY
Partly sunny, breezy and mild.
Morning Low 51 Afternoon High 75
WIND: S 8-16
FRIDAY
Breezy and warm. A slight chance of a shower Friday night.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 77
WIND: SW 8-16
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