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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday November 15, 2008

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Lots of folks awakened to the sound of roaring winds during the pre-
dawn hours across Central Alabama as a powerful cold front arrived.
Winds gusted to 31 mph at the Birmingham Airport, 37 mph at the
Bessemer Airport and 42 mph at Montgomery. Trees and power lines were
reported down across Lamar and Pickens Counties just before midnight.
Strong winds have continued through the day, averaging 10-20 mph and
occasionally gusting over 25 mph. Lake wind advisories are in effect
through tonight.

COLDER TREND: Much colder air aloft was providing a very typical post
frontal scenario across Alabama this afternoon. The colder air aloft
was allowing just enough instability to produce distinctive
stratocumulus clouds and popcorn showers. Intermixed in all of that
was a little dapple of sunshine here and there. Skies will gradually
clear tonight with clear skies expected by morning. Lows tonight will
drop into the lower and middle 30s. Northwest Alabama locations could
be a little lower. Sunday will be a brilliantly clear day with cool
temperatures around 50 degrees and a cool northerly breeze. A few
spots won't get out of the 40s. We will be flirting with a light
freeze over the next five nights, and Sunday night will be no
exception. Sunny skies will prevail on Monday and temperatures will
moderate back to around 60. But this will be short lived as another
shot of cooler air arrives Monday night and Tuesday highs may struggle
to get out of the 40s again. The coldest morning may be Wednesday
morning, with lows in the 20s. Another reinforcing shot will arrive
on Thursday. Dry conditions will prevail for the foreseeable future.
The idea of a powerful storm system in here in still on the table for
the day after Thanksgiving. But that is…that's right…voodooland!

SMOKY MOUNTAIN SNOWS: Moisture rotating around the strong surface low
over the Northeast U.S. will produce some snow tonight over eastern
Tennessee, western North Carolina and southwestern Virginia. Flurries
are forecast for Nashville. Cookeville is expecting snow showers. A
mix of rain and snow will fall in the Tri-Cities. In the higher
elevations of northeast Tennessee and SW Virginia in places like
Mountain City, a winter weather advisory is in effect for 1-3 inches
of snow above 2,500 feet. Spruce Pine and Cherokee are expecting up to
an inch. 1-5 inches is expected aboe 2,500 feet around Gatlinburg.

TORNADO FATALITIES LAST NIGHT: This same storm system brought deadly
tornadoes to northeastern North Carolina overnight. A strong warm
front lifted into eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia
after midnight. A strong mesovortex produced significant tornadoes in
an area 25 miles to the south and southeast of Raleigh. At 2:28 a.m.
EST, a tornado warning was issued by the NWS Raleigh. A tornado was
reported near Dunn 10 minutes later. At 3 a.m. EST, the tornado was
just southeast of Smithfield, where damage was reported. The town of
Kinly, on I-95, was mentioned in the original warning text at 2:28
a.m. The tornado hit there at 3:10 a.m. Tragically, there was a
fatality in Kenly. Damage was reported at Lucana ten minutes later.
Finally, another fatality occurred near Elm City in Wilson County. A
tornado watch is in effect across the Mid-Atlantic this afternoon as
the strong storm system and associated instability in the warm sector
creates the threat for tornadoes and damaging winds.

ON THIS DATE IN 2006: An outbreak of tornadoes across the Deep South
was the result of an unusually intense low pressure system near
Memphis, Tennessee. An early morning tornado near Hattiesburg, MS was
rated as an F3. Several tornadoes were reported across South Central
and Southeast Alabama, including one at Pintlala, south of
Montgomery. This same storm apparently caused damage near Taylor Road
in East Montgomery. Brundidge was also hard hit. A water tower
collapsed there and a fire station was flattened.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Becoming mostly clear. Colder.
Afternoon High 33
WIND: N 6-12

SUNDAY
Sunny and cool.
Morning Low 33 Afternoon High 50
WIND: N 6-12

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 60
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny and cool. Breezy at times.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 51
WIND: N 8-16

WEDNESDAY
Partly to mostly sunny. A cold start.
Morning Low 28 Afternoon High 60
WIND: NE 5-10

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