ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday February 3, 2009
===================================================================
ADVERTISE RIGHT HERE FOR JUST $95 PER WEEK!

You can reach over 30,000 people in the greater Birmingham area
every day for one week for just $95. Your ad will appear at the top
of this e-forecast in one of our editions for seven straight days.

Spaces for 2009 are booking up quickly so make plans now to advertise.

This is not "spam" e-mail....every one of our 30,000 subscribers
has signed up to receive the e-forecast. It is read each and every
day, creating over 210,000 impressions throughout the week.

Contact bill.hardekopf@theweathercompany.com or call 205-985-9725
===================================================================

...More Very Cold Weather...

HOW ABOUT 17 THURSDAY MORNING: We sure have been turning our weather
eyes toward the north a lot lately from whence cometh our wintry
weather. We have had a whole series of cold fronts this winter. We
have another one moving through the state this evening. It crossed the
Canadian border very early yesterday and was moving into NW Alabama
early this afternoon. This is a fast-moving weather system and by
midnight the front should be moving into the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
These fast-movers are sometimes called Alberta Clippers, although I
would rather call them Winnipeg Windjammers.

Enough of that, we have got to get ready for another hard freeze. We
expect the average low across Central Alabama by morning to be near
20. It is going to feel colder than that because we will still have a
fairly stiff wind out of the north all night tonight and even stronger
during the day Wednesday. We have included a possibility of a few
snowflakes this evening, but do not plan to throw any snowballs. You
may not even see any. Even with mostly sunshine tomorrow, we will
struggle to get to the upper 30s and the wind chill will be in the
teens at times.

We have an interesting situation for Wednesday night and Thursday
morning. This arctic air is extremely dry—even drier than usual. We
look for the dew point to drop to as low as 2 degrees tomorrow
afternoon. A high-pressure area will be sitting right over Alabama
Thursday morning and, with those exceptionally low dew points, we have
lowered our minimum temperature to an average of 17. You know the story
—in some of the North Alabama valleys it could be 5 or 6 degrees
colder than that. Finally a warming trend starts Thursday afternoon
and it becomes more pronounced Friday and Saturday. The old
thermometer should reach the mid 60s Saturday, Sunday and Monday. It
looks like our dry weather will last at least until early next week.

GLOBAL ROAMING: Sure is good to see a number of Alabama residents in
Kentucky to help in ice storm recovery. This includes Alabama Power
crews and a lot of other volunteers. Too bad that a blast of cold air
had to move across that area today and parts of Kentucky were even
getting some more snow. It is going to be well down in the teens
tonight in the ice storm country. Great Smoky Mountain National Park
is going to have some real wintry weather also. As much as 2 to 12
inches of snow will accumulate from moderate to heavy snow showers
tonight through Wednesday with the bigger amounts in the high country.
Temperatures will drop to between zero and 15 during this time and the
wind chill as low as 15 below. The colder blast will be in the high
country.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I want to do a brief story tomorrow
about one of our readers whose small new dog has adopted their new
human baby and they are bonded forever. I love stories like that.
Little Miss Molly is so predictable. After her morning walk, she comes
in and has a treat and then goes to that portion of the carpet that
has sunlight and takes a sunbath. She washes her front paws during
that time. Then she starts following me around giving me that old
baseball look and I have to eventually give in. I must admit I love
every bit of it. Sometimes at night she sleeps so close to us that it
is just like one of those beanbags you heat in the microwave to warm
your feet. Life goes on.

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

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://cfc.abc3340.com/abc3340/7day.cfm
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

=========================================================
MAKI FRESH
Sushi Rolls and Japanese Grill

Now serving the freshest sushi rolls, rice bowls, salads and other
grilled dishes!

Daily Lunch Special
Roll, edamame, miso soup & drink $9.95

Two for Tuesdays
2 rolls for $10 & 2 sake carafes for $6.95

Thursday Special
2 rolls & sake carafe $14.95

Let us cater your next meeting or dinner party!
Open Sun-Thurs 10-9, Fri-Sat 10-10
Call ahead 205-970-3242
by Whole Foods on Hwy 280
http://www.makifresh.com
=========================================================

*******************************************************

TONIGHT
Windy and colder. a few evening flurries possible..
Morning Low 20
WIND: NW 10-16

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny, windy and very cold.
Morning Low 20 Afternoon High 38
WIND: NW 12-25

THURSDAY
Sunny. A morning hard freeze.
Morning Low 17 Afternoon High 49
WIND: N 5-10

FRIDAY
Sunny. A warmer afternoon.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 60
WIND: S 6-12

SATURDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 37 Afternoon High 65
WIND: S 7-14

********************************************************

Tonight on ABC 33/40:

6:00pm ABC 33/40 News
6:30pm Wheel of Fortune
7:00pm Homeland Security USA
8:00pm Scrubbs
9:00pm Primetime:
What Would You Do?
10:00pm ABC 33/40 News
10:35pm Nightline

*********************************************************
If you are interested in advertising on this E-Forecast, please
contact us at 205-985-9725 or bill.hardekopf@theweathercompany.com.
Ads reach over 30,000 subscribers each day, creating over 200,000
impressions each week. Just $95 per week!To subscribe or unsubscribe from the ABC 33/40 E-Forecast, go here:
http://www.jamesspann.com/eforecast.html