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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday March 20, 2008

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A MOSTLY DRY PERIOD: After that nice widespread rain yesterday, our
weather will now settle down to an uneventful period to where we will
have cool nights and comfortable afternoons and little or no chance of
rain into early next week. We have mentioned a small chance of light
rain on Monday. Even that might not happen. One of our main weather
models keeps us dry all the way through next Thursday. Nothing that
far out is sealed in stone, however. When you wake up tomorrow
morning, the temperature will be in the upper 30s, but it will recover
to the low 70s during the afternoon. Another cold front, hardly
noticeable, will slip through here Saturday morning and afternoon
temperatures will back off 5 degrees or so to the upper 60s. Probably
our coolest daytime will be next Monday with highs in the 50s.

That was a very beneficial rain for most of the state yesterday. A
few locations that got an inch or more included Alexander City,
Clanton, Jasper, Sylacauga, Dearmanville, Anniston and Montgomery.

WEEKEND AT THE BEACH: A lot of people are on Spring Break and the
weather looks good into early next week for the Alabama/NW Florida
coast. Mostly sunshine through the weekend with highs between 68 and
75 and lows mostly in the 40s and 50s.

WEATHER NOTEBOOK: A real flood tragedy continues to unfold in the
midsection of the nation into the Midwest. This morning at least 33
counties in South Missouri were under some type of Flood Warning.
There are Flood Warnings in numerous counties in NE Texas, Arkansas,
into Southern Illinois and Southern Indiana. Significant flooding is
going to unfold along the mighty Mississippi River. Galatia, Illinois
received 11.30 inches of rain from this storm system and Cape
Girardeau in SE Missouri over 13 inches. Meanwhile, further north, a
Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the Chicago area. Snow starting
after midnight tonight and continuing Friday will dump up to 8 inches
of new snow…cold temperatures this morning, 1 above zero at Crane
Lake, Minnesota and 45 below at good old Deadhorse, Alaska. They have
been the coldest of all 50 states for several days in a row. Their
wind chill was running 69 below…22% of the lower 48 had a snow cover
this morning. Of course, the real deepest snow is over the high
country of the West. Just two examples, Togwotee Pass in NW Wyoming
had 87 inches on the ground at an elevation 9,610 feet. We crossed
that once en route to Rogers Pass, Montana and the snow was twice as
deep as our automobile. Lizard Head Pass at 10,223 feet in SW Colorado
had 64 inches. Crossed that pass once in August with 2 inches of new
snow.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I truly believe that dogs make us
better people. There is something about a little creature with those
bright eyes, constantly twitching tail and around-the-clock
cheerfulness that rubs off on us all. I took an hour-long nap on the
couch last night almost cheek to cheek with Little Miss Molly and it
was so delightful. Every few minutes she would take a deep breath and
occasionally stand up and stretch and plop down right against my cheek
again. When she first got up this morning, I have never seen her so
anxious to go to the bathroom. She whapped the little bell on the back
doorknob so hard that it was swinging widely. She hit that bell five
times before we could find the leash. Too bad some of the mean old
leaders around the world that want to do us harm cannot be around
Little Miss Molly for a week. She would tame them greatly. Life goes
on and I hope for a long time with that little girl.......

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

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TONIGHT
Clear. Scattered light frost in outlying areas.
Overnight Low 38
WIND: Light

FRIDAY
Sunny. A mild afternoon.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 73
WIND: S 6-12

SATURDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 68
WIND: NW 7-14

SUNDAY
More sun than clouds. Cooler.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 61
WIND: N 6-12

MONDAY
Partly sunny and cool. A small chance of rain.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 56
WIND: NE 7-14

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