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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday February 4, 2009
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...Another Very Cold Night...

TAKE HEART, IT WILL NOT BE COLD FOREVER: We certainly had an overdose
of arctic air in the last 24 hours and we must endure another very
cold night tonight. That will be the worst of it. The old beat up
thermometer should recover to the mid 40s Thursday afternoon to near
60 on Friday and in the mid to upper 60s by the weekend.

The dew point is still extremely low across the region. It will not
feel as cold tonight because the wind will not blow nearly as much. In
fact, later tonight and into tomorrow morning the wind will be
practically calm because a nice high-pressure area will be parked
right over us. Translation: the temperature will drop like a rock
after the sun goes down and by daybreak it could be just as cold as it
was this morning, but without that menacing wind chill.

THE RAIN SITUATION: We look for dry weather on through the weekend.
Our next chance of rain should be about next Monday and Tuesday, but
not a big rain event at that time.

THE BITTER COLD OF LAST NIGHT: Numerous low temperatures are on the
ABC 33/40 BLOG. Some of the hourly reporting stations did not report
their final low until noon today. Among those: it was 17 at Birmingham
Airport, 16 at Anniston and Huntsville, and 18 at Cullman and Shelby
County Airport. A few of the colder temperatures in the entire state
this morning included 9 at Hamilton; 12 at Vernon and Remlap; 13 in
Lincoln, Cottondale; and 14 at Crossville and Scrougout. It was bitter
cold all the way into South Alabama, even Fairhope and Brewton had 25,
Mobile 26 and Gulf Shores 28.

STORM ALERT 2009: Episode number two is at the brand new Trussville
Civic Center Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. It is a very nice facility,
but still get there early to get a good seat. The 33/40 weather team
will be doing the program and you should be out of there by around
8:15. There are some prizes during the event.

SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: Some extremely cold weather overnight,
including 22 below zero atop Mt. LeConte in the Great Smokies with 6
inches of snow. That is not the all-time low for LeConte because on
January 21, 1985 it was 31 below at the same location. It was 12 below
at Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina this morning.

GLOBAL ROAMING: This continues to be a winter to remember in many
areas. It was 36 below zero this morning at Babbitt, Minnesota where
there is 2 feet of snow on the ground. It was 53 below in Tanna,
Alaska. Valdez has 46 inches of snow on the ground. Yesterday the wind
chill dropped as low as 93 below at Hooper Bay, Alaska while the
temperature was 54 below. In the Kentucky ice storm region, it was 11
in Louisville this morning and they are expecting 9 above zero tonight.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: It was not a thunderstorm. There was no
lightning for hundreds of miles. There was not even any sudden loud
noises. Instead, a long time before daybreak today our fire alarm went
off and it makes the worst noise you can imagine. Little Miss Molly
was dead to the world. Translation: sound asleep. Brinks called from
Dallas right away and the Trussville Fire Department was automatically
notified. The whole gang jumped out of bed. Little Miss Molly was
racing through the house scared to death and looking for one of her
safe places from thunderstorms. The piercing noise was in all of those
places. It took a long time to calm her down. Turned out that a candle
was left burning upstairs and it set a small piece of fabric afire.
Brinks cancelled the Fire Department run. We are lucky and life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Clear and very cold.
Morning Low 16
WIND: N 4-8

THURSDAY
Sunny. A morning hard freeze.
Morning Low 16 Afternoon High 46
WIND: SW 5-10

FRIDAY
Sunny. A warmer afternoon.
Morning Low 25 Afternoon High 60
WIND: SW 8-16

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. A mild afternoon.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 66
WIND: S 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny and pleasant.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 67
WIND: S 6-12

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