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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Wednesday March 18, 2009
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A NEW LAKE COMMUNITY

Horizons on Logan Martin Lake in Pell City, Alabama is a new lake
lifestyle community. As of this month, we have available for sale and
occupancy, 4 upscale town homes and 31 prime lake lots.

The community is unique in that there are 15 acres of common lake
property with 3000 feet of shoreline.

There is an 8 foot wide boardwalk the entire 3000 feet, ready
for your morning or evening walk. The clubhouse is complete
and includes an upstairs and downstairs great room and kitchen,
an exercise room, 12 foot covered porch all around, pool,
showers and much more.

You can buy your lot and plan your dream home and start enjoying all
the amenities today. Launch your boat on our private launch, dock at
your private space or just sit on the boardwalk and tan. Enjoy the
pool, take a shower before dinner and plan your own get together at
the 4000 square foot club house.

Check us out at http://www.horizonsloganmartinlake.com or call
ReMax Realty Pros at 205-884-6000
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...Back Into The 70s This Afternoon...

SPECTACULAR SPRING WEATHER: While the official arrival of spring, the
vernal equinox, is still a couple of days away (it happens this year
at 6:44 a.m. CDT on March 20), those of us in the weather business
consider spring from the first day of March to the last day of May. It
will certainly look and feel like spring today with lots of sunshine
and a high in the mid 70s. About the only negative thing now is the
high pollen count, which will continue on through April.

COLD FRONT TOMORROW EVENING: We will continue to mention some risk of
isolated showers tomorrow afternoon and evening in response to a cold
front moving through, but moisture will be very limited, and the
dynamics are not especially impressive. Rainfall will be light and
spotty, and many places won't get enough rain to measure. All of the
showers will be out of here by midnight tomorrow night. In the wake of
the front, cooler air slips in here Friday with afternoon highs back
in the mid 60s. That cool air is also going to be very dry, so Friday
and the weekend will feature sunny days and clear nights. The coolest
morning will come at daybreak Saturday, when the colder valleys across
North and Central Alabama could reach the 30s with some risk of
scattered light frost. Most places will see a low close to 40 degrees.
Afternoon highs should be in the upper 60s Saturday, and close to 70
on Sunday.

VOODOO COUNTRY: Global computer models hint our next major rain event
will be in the March 26-27 time frame, but we all know there isn't
much skill in a specific forecast beyond seven days. It would not be
surprising to get another good rain event before the month is over
since March is usually our wettest month of the year.

ACROSS THE FRUITED PLAIN: Hottest places in the nation yesterday were
both in Texas; the communities of Laredo and Pecos reported a high of
90. Very cold air has returned to Alaska; coldest spot in the nation
was Deadhorse, AK with -47.

BAMA SHAKER: A small magnitude 2.2 earthquake was centered near
Ragland in St. Clair County last night at 6:27 CDT… no damage but a
few folks felt it east of Birmingham.

ON THIS DATE IN 1925: The infamous Tri-State Tornado races 219 miles
across three states (Missouri, Illinois and Indiana) to become the
deadliest single tornado in U.S. history, leaving 695 people dead. 234
died at Murphrysboro IL (most tornado fatalities ever at a single
city) at 148 at West Frankfort IL. 200 people were seriously injured.
In some places the storm's path was one mile wide. 16 students in a
school at West Frankfort were left unharmed by the twister even though
the building was leveled and the children were blown 150 yards. Easily
an F5 tornado. Forward speed of twister was 73 mph at one point.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Mostly sunny and mild.
Afternoon High 75
WIND: S 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. A few isolated showers by late afternoon.
Morning Low 51 Afternoon High 74
WIND: SW 6-12

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny and a little cooler.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 66
WIND: NW 8-16

SATURDAY
Sunny. A chilly early morning.
Morning Low 41 Afternoon High 68
WIND: N 5-10

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 70
WIND: E 5-10

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