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Morning Edition For Friday February 13, 2009
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...More Rain Late Today And Tonight...

THE ALABAMA STORY: It was February 13, 1899. I wonder what Alabamians
were thinking? People were waking up to the coldest weather of their
lifetime. At Birmingham, the temperature dropped to 10 below zero.
Official records at that time were taken downtown. There was no such
think as the airport weather station and no records from places like
Pinson. In the NWS Office at 11 West Oxmoor Road, we had those
official records at one time. They were crude by the standards today,
in fact, the records were scribbled by hand into a journal with about
12 days of record on one page. There were no hourly observations. I
did notice that the observer had scribbled in red ink on the February
13 data that in some outlying areas of Birmingham people had called in
temperatures of 13 and 14 below zero.

If Pinson records were available then, I feel sure we would have had
15 or 16 below. It had to be a great shock, because early that month
temperatures were in the mid 70s and later after the cold wave
temperatures again reached the 60s and 70s. That had to be the mother
of all cold waves or possibly the grandmother of all cold waves.

BACK TO THE PRESENT: Not a real easy forecast over the next few days
due to the swings between dry weather and rain. Most of today will be
pleasant with a high in the60s. Clouds will gradually increase. We
could even see a few showers later in the day, but there should be an
increase in showers tonight with possibly a thunderstorm mixed in. We
do not think this will be a severe weather event. The rain should end
fairly early Saturday morning with the sun breaking through for the
rest of the day. Sunday and Monday should be partly sunny with cool
nights and tolerable days. Our coolest morning should be next Tuesday
in the mid 30s and showers will increase again by around Tuesday
night. Temperatures reached well into the 60s across North Alabama
yesterday and even some 70s down south. A nice warm 76 in Dothan. We
look for highs in the mid 60s today.

GLOBAL ROAMING: It is so tragic that the ice storm country had to
endure extremely high winds Wednesday—the same day we were having high
winds in Alabama. Gusts were as high as 70 mph in parts of Northern
Kentucky still recovering from a historic ice storm. Very high winds
occurred all the way into the northeast. USA temperature extremes
Thursday included a low of 49 below zero at Point Lay, Alaska to a
high of 86 at Laredo, Texas and Palm Beach, California.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: In the Thursday afternoon edition, I
mentioned that Molly was 6 years old and could be halfway through her
life. I made an error. She is not 6 until next August. I got scolded,
by several people, for thinking that way. Several mentioned that Molly
should live to 16 or older. I sure hope so. I need her every day. Life
goes on.

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

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TODAY
Clouds increase. Showers and some thunderstorms arrive tonight.
Afternoon High 66
WIND: SE 4-8

SATURDAY
Showers ending early. Becoming partly sunny.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 64
WIND: W 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny and cooler.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 59
WIND: NW 6-12

MONDAY
A mix of sun and clouds. Cool.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 54
WIND: N 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain late with showers increasing at
night.
Morning Low 36 Afternoon High 59
WIND: SE 6-12

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