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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday February 6, 2009
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...The Warming Is Underway...

NO MORE TEETH-CHATTERING COLD: Just to show you how this young month
has been so far, at Tuscaloosa Airport the first five days of February
averaged 9 degrees colder than average. That is significant. We are
through with that for a while and now we go into a marked trend
upward, so much so that we expect highs over the weekend to be in the
upper 60s and probably 70 or better in parts of West and South
Alabama. Same story on Monday and Tuesday.
Meanwhile, lows at night will avoid the freezing mark like the plague
and by Sunday and early next week the lows will only be in the 40s.
Some NE Alabama valleys could drop to near 32 tonight. It looks like
mostly sunshine for Saturday and most of Sunday.

OUR NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN: We may have some showers by as early as
Tuesday, more so in the afternoon and evening. It still looks like our
better chance of showers will come at midweek covering parts of
Wednesday and Thursday. By Wednesday, a strong low-pressure area will
be moving across East Oklahoma and Arkansas. This will pull lots of
moisture north from the Gulf of Mexico. Those showers will probably
end early on Thursday as a cold front comes in from the northwest.
This may turn into an active situation at midweek and we most likely
will have some thunderstorms involved. Too early to tell if it will be
a severe weather risk. We can finetune that early next week. After
that cold front moves through late Wednesday night or Thursday
morning, we do not expect anything to compare with our recent cold
weather. Instead, the lows will be in the 30s or 40s and highs around
58 and 60.

HUGE TEMPERATURE CONTRAST: During the night, that high-pressure area
shifted toward the east and the wind began to stir, especially in
exposed areas. Some of the Alabama valleys remained mostly calm all
night. This led to big contrasts in morning low temperatures. It was
as much as 11 degrees colder way down in South Alabama than it was at
Birmingham Airport. Even in Jefferson County, it was 23 in Pinson
which was 13 degrees colder than Birmingham Airport.

GLOBAL ROAMING: Parts of China experiencing the worst drought in over
half a century. No rain in over 100 days for parts of North and
Central China. About
4.3 million people and 2 million livestock facing a shortage of
drinking water. 36% of the lower 48 with a snow or ice cover today
compared to 42% one month ago. In Alaska, Valdez has received 187
inches this season and Juneau 127 inches—more than double their
average. Cold temperatures this morning: 21 below at Whitefield, New
Hampshire and 37 below at good old Deadhorse, Alaska.

STORM ALERT 2009: The next one will be next Thursday evening at the
CHS building in Jasper. When I wrote the morning edition, I mistakenly
said it would be in Oxford. The one in Oxford will be on February 19.
As we always say, come early to get a good seat. They all start at
7:00pm and dismiss at 8:15 sharp.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: We had such an active ballgame with
Molly last night (I know you get tired of excess ballgame talk). She
would run all the way to the front door, retrieve the ball and come
back seemingly at 80 mph, dump the ball at my feet and proceed past me
and vigorously ring the little backdoor bell like she needed to go.
Only thing, she did not need to go. She was just trying something
extra to make the ballgame more interesting. At one point, she stood
on her two hind legs and popped the bell so hard it sounded like a
come-to-lunch dinner bell in the cotton fields of Hale County. In
those good old days, farmers may be working a mile away from home at
lunchtime, but that bell could be heard for two miles. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Clear and cool.
Morning Low 38
WIND: S 3-6

SATURDAY
Sunny and mild.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 67
WIND: S 10-16

SUNDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 69
WIND: SW 6-12

MONDAY
Partly sunny and mild.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 70
WIND: S 7-14

TUESDAY
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 66
WIND: SW 10-15

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