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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday May 16, 2008
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...A Soaked Alabama...

NO DUST STORMS TODAY: It appears that every square mile of Alabama
has wet soil today. Extensive rain spread east across the state
beginning before daybreak yesterday. By last night, the rain had moved
east into Georgia. Extreme South Alabama did not get much. However,
this morning a broad zone of heavy showers and thunderstorms moved
ashore and produced very heavy rain over Mobile and Baldwin Counties
that amounted to several inches in a short time. This afternoon, most
of that rain had shifted eastward into North Florida and South Georgia.

Meanwhile, cool weather was the story across the rest of
Alabama today as clouds hung on stubbornly after the big storm system.
Those clouds should gradually break up late today and tonight and much
of the state should be mostly clear by tomorrow morning. With much
drier air spreading into the state, we are still looking for a low of
49 across Central Alabama at daybreak. Saturday should be very
pleasant with upper 70s for a high and with lower humidity.

We have introduced a chance of a shower or thunderstorm
on Sunday as a disturbance passes north of the state. It does not look
like an all-day rain and probably the better chance will be in the
afternoon. Later we may have to also include some showers and
thunderstorms about next Tuesday, but until the picture becomes
clearer, we left them out.

RAIN AMOUNTS: We will not repeat a long list of rain
amounts from yesterday. They were extensive and very encouraging and a
big enemy for any drought. Please go to the ABC 33/40
Weather Blog and you will see two long lists. Numerous communities got
well over 1 inch and several places in West Alabama got over 3 inches.

THE BIRMINGHAM SURPLUS: Yes, we said surplus. That word
almost sounds strange after carrying a deficit most of last year and
part of this year. As of this morning, the 2008 total at Birmingham
Airport was 24.71 inches, an excess of 1.88. That is nearly 2-1/2
times more rain than we had received on this same date a year ago.

RANDOM THOUGHTS: 8.39 inches of rain at Liverpool,
Louisiana from these latest storms…temperatures will be as high as 92
in NW Washington tomorrow, including the normally cool Seattle area…
San Francisco had 97 yesterday…extremes in the last 24 hours: 109 in
Death Valley and 25 this morning in Alamosa, Colorado and in
Yellowstone National Park…it was 16 in Deadhorse, Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: A most pleasant early walk with my pal,
Little Miss Molly, this morning. It was pleasantly cool. About two
doors away, Molly heard a muffled bark because the dog was inside the
house. Only thing—Molly did not know which house, so she ordered me to
stop at the edge of the backyard of the next three houses so she could
plop down and wait for the dog to come out. It never happened. The Old
Crow Motel looks better than it has in several years. Maybe it was
hungry for rain. Even the Old Crow Creek had a nice flow this morning.
The whole countryside is lush and green. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Clearing and cool.
Overnight Low 49
WIND: N 4-7

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and pleasant.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 78
WIND: W 8-16

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of a shower or thunderstorm, mostly afternoon.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 79
WIND: W 10-18

MONDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SW 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SW 6-12

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