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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Wednesday November 19, 2008
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...Temperatures Remain Below Average...

COOL DAYS; COLD NIGHTS: A persistent northwest flow aloft will keep
temperatures across Alabama below average for the next five days.
Following a hard freeze this morning, we expect a high today in the
mid 50s with a sunny sky. Tonight won't be as cold, but we will be
close to freezing by early tomorrow morning with most places seeing a
low between 28 and 34.

Yet another shot of cold, dry air blows into Alabama tomorrow night
and Friday; the high Friday will drop into the upper 40s, and we are
expecting lows in the 20s early Saturday morning. The weekend will
remain dry with highs mostly in the 50s.

LONG RANGE: Medium range computer model guidance suggests we will be a
little warmer next week as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday. We
have seen decent evidence that a good rain or thunderstorm event
should be shaping up toward the end of next week, but there isn't much
skill in trying to be too specific beyond seven days. We will be able
to bring you a reliable Thanksgiving week forecast on our Friday
forecast packages.

ACROSS THE FRUITED PLAIN: Hottest place in the nation yesterday was
Riverside, California with 93 degrees. Coldest was Bettles, Alaska
with 22 below zero. In the lower 48, the coldest spot was Upson,
Wisconsin with 2 degrees above zero. While much of the eastern U.S.
was in unusually cold air, mild weather was the story out west under
an upper ridge. The high Denver was a balmy 78. Great Falls, Montana
reported a high of 67, but by Friday they won't get out of the 30s as
cold air drops south from Canada. Rain was rather hard to find
yesterday, but lake effect snows continued around the Great Lakes.
Yesterday's high in Northway, Alaska was 5 degrees below zero, which
followed a low of 21 below.

ON THIS DATE IN 1998: "Mr. Tornado," famed tornado researcher Theodore
Fujita passed away after a long illness on this date. Fujita was 78.
He developed the famous Fujita scale which is used to classify the
damage caused by tornadoes. Fujita also discovered microbursts -
sudden, severe downdrafts that can result in 150 mph winds on or near
the ground - after studying the starburst patterns of trees uprooted
by tornadoes. He blamed microbursts for the 1975 Eastern Airlines
Flight 66 crash at New York's Kennedy Airport. The discovery,
controversial for years before it became accepted among
meteorologists, led to installation of Doppler radar at airports to
improve safety. Dr. Fujita worked with our own J.B. Elliott when
studying the April 4, 1977 F5 Birmingham tornado.

DID YOU KNOW? Cherrapunji, India got 366 inches of rain in only one
month, July, 1861. If there had been no runoff, that is more than 30
feet of water, deeper than lots of lakes or rivers.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Sunny and cool.
Afternoon High 56
WIND: SW 6-12

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 33 Afternoon High 57
WIND: NW 7-14

FRIDAY
Sunny, breezy, and colder.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 49
WIND: N 10-15

SATURDAY
Sunny with a cold morning.
Morning Low 27 Afternoon High 53
WIND: NE 5-10

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 59
WIND: SE 5-10

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