ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday March 11, 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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...Thermometers Backing Down...

A WET PERIOD FOR ALABAMA: This time of year we often see quick and
significant changes in the weather because of the transition of a new
season. The old backyard thermometer has been working overtime to
register warm temperatures lately. In fact, it reached 84 yesterday
afternoon in Moundville and 83 in Montgomery. Today a change is
underway. A cold front pushed into NW Alabama before noon and was
pushing SE across the state this afternoon. This is not one of those
bitter changes to colder where you will have to dig out the heavy
coats, but by tomorrow, high temperatures will be some 25 degrees
lower than they were the last few days.

The weather is going to do a balancing act over the next few days and
this could complicate the forecast somewhat. To explain that, the
front will reach the Alabama coast by daybreak. It is expected to
stall very close to the Alabama/NW Florida coast and wait on a low-
pressure area to form along the front on the Central Texas coast. That
low will move to South Louisiana by nightfall tomorrow and will
continue moving generally eastward.

So, what does all this maneuvering mean for Alabama? It will almost
certainly spell periods of rain over the next several days. Some
scattered light rain should spread into Central Alabama tomorrow. The
rain will become more extensive Friday, Saturday and Sunday. One of
our models, the North American Model, suggests 2.54 inches of rain for
Birmingham by late Sunday. One of our other key models seems to think
we could get 3.00 inches by Sunday morning. In our forecast, we are
going to indicate over 1.50 inches between now and Sunday. We could
see some thunderstorms thrown into the mix by Saturday. We do not
think that conditions will be favourable for any severe weather. For
the next three nights, our low temperatures will be in the 40s and
highs will be in the 50s. Up in the Tennessee Valley we could have
some low temperatures between 35 and 40 tomorrow night.

AT THE BEACH: High temperatures mostly around 70 for the next several
days with a good chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly Saturday
and Sunday. Some students are already taking Spring Break.

CONTRASTING WEATHER: Little Rock tied their record high yesterday
with 78 and now a Winter Storm Watch is posted for parts of Northern
Arkansas tonight and Thursday. It will involve freezing rain and
sleet. NWS in Little Rock says there could be up to ¼ inch ice
accumulation, but mainly on elevated objects, such as trees, power
lines and overpasses. This is nothing like their severe ice storm
several weeks ago.

A DRY START: The National Climatic Data Center reports that the first
two months of this year were the driest since such records began back
in 1895. This does not mean that everybody is dry, but they average
the two-month rain amounts from thousands of gauges all across the
country and came up with an average of 2.69 inches for the entire
eight weeks.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I have been writing this little segment
for over 5 years and I bet I have received well over 100 e-mails from
people saddened by the loss of their pets. Most of the time I suggest
that they do not wait too long to get another dog. Stephanie Gossett
had to have their two great dogs, Abby and Baxter, put down two years
ago. They thought they were poisoned by anti-freeze, but they found
out later that the dogs died from faulty dog food. She only waited one
month before adopting a 45-pound red Siberian husky that she named
Sophie. She says that Sophie is still a joy and cracks her up every
day. Sophie does like Molly when she prepares a place to lay down by
scratching and then plops her 45 pounds down, which definitely wakes
you up. She takes a Sunday afternoon nap with her on the couch and she
gets more of the couch than Stephanie does. Glad that Stephanie is
enjoying her newer dog. I do not know what I would do if I lost Little
Miss Molly. I could kick myself for going many years without a dog
after we had bad luck with three. Life goes on.

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

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FREE HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO
MARCH 11

Are you ready to get fit? Get started by attending the free Health &
Wellness Expo on Wednesday, March 11 at Hunter Street Baptist Church,
2600 John Hawkins Parkway in Hoover. The Expo is open from 3:00 to
6:00 p.m. at the church.
Princeton Hoover will provide free health screenings or information
about blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), bone density, glucose/
cholesterol, dermascan, vision, hearing and balance.
Medical specialists will answer questions and there will be
information about Sleep Study. The American Red Cross will provide
blood typing.
A back and shoulder massage chair will be available and participants
can try a free group fitness sampler class and tour the fitness room.
Visit http://www.hunterstreet.org or call the Church Office for more
information, 205.985.7295.
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TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy and cooler.
Morning Low 43
WIND: N 10-15

THURSDAY
Cloudy and cool. Light rain at times.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 54
WIND: NE 8-16

FRIDAY
Cool with occasional rain, steady at times.
Morning Low 41 Afternoon High 56
WIND: NE 6-12

SATURDAY
Cloudy with showers, numerous at times. A thunderstorm possible.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 61
WIND: SE 7-14

SUNDAY
Cloudy. Occasional rain.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 63
WIND: S 8-16

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