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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Wednesday March 19, 2008
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...Storms To Start The Day...

STORMY START: A band of strong to severe thunderstorms will work
through Alabama this morning; the storms should enter the far western
counties of the state around daybreak, reaching Birmingham by mid-
morning, and then moving into Georgia around the lunch hour. While the
primary threat from these storms will come from damaging straight line
winds, a few isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out. Heavy rain is
also likely with the storms; most communities will see at least one
inch of rain, and some isolated areas could see up to two inches. The
heavier totals are expected to be over the northern third of Alabama.

The rain will end quickly early this afternoon, and tonight the sky
will become clear as drier air returns to the state. Temperatures will
also be cooler; we should be in the upper 30s by daybreak tomorrow.
The rest of the week will feature very pleasant weather, with mostly
sunny mild days and clear cool nights.

EASTER WEEKEND: It is looking more and more like we can drop the
chance of showers on Easter Sunday. A disturbance passing north of
Alabama on Saturday will help to pull cooler and drier air into our
state with northerly low level flow, so there won't be much moisture
to work with on Sunday as an upper air system passes over Tennessee.
We expect a high in the 60s on Saturday, then dropping into the cool
50s on Sunday. Early morning lows will be well down in the 30s both
Sunday and Monday morning.

FINAL FROST? Many questions this time of the year from folks wanting
to do some yard work. Just keep in mind the average date of the last
freeze in Birmingham is March 23, but we have seen freezing
temperatures as late as April 23. If you really want to be safe from a
late season cold snap/freeze, I suggest you want until April 15. It
can get pretty cold around here in late March and early April, and we
have had some pretty big snow events during the first week in April
over the years. Six inches of snow fell on Birmingham April 3, 1987!

SPRING ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT: The vernal equinox is just after midnight
tonight… spring begins at 12:48 a.m. CDT March 20. Today and tomorrow
we will have approximately 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of
darkness as the sun is directly over the equator. The amount of
daylight will continue to increase until the summer solstice on June 20.

WIND AND RAIN: Flash flooding was serious problem for parts of the
Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex yesterday, where 2 to 5 inches of rain
came down in a short amount of time. Some of the most serious flooding
was in Lancaster, just south of Dallas. Other big rain totals
yesterday included 5.28" at Springfield, MO, 5.00" at Evansville, IN,
and 2.36" at Cincinnati. Strong non-thunderstorm winds resulted in
many power outages across Northeast Louisiana last night, and some
structural damage was reported in Monroe. A tornado touched down last
night near Holland, MO, in the southeast part of the state.

James Spann
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TODAY
Windy with morning thunderstorms; some severe. Clearing and colder
tonight.
Afternoon High 69
WIND: SW 15-25

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 67
WIND: N 5-10

FRIDAY
A good supply of sunshine.
Morning Low 40 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 67
WIND: NW 6-12

SUNDAY
Cooler with a mix of sun and clouds.
Morning Low 35 Afternoon High 57
WIND: N 7-14

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