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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Friday March 20, 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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...First Official Day of Spring...

VERNAL EQUINOX: The spring season officially arrived at 6:44 this
morning, when the sun was directly over the equator on the journey
northward. We will have approximately 12 hours of daylight, and 12
hours of darkness today, a day with some pretty decent weather for mid
to late March. Temperatures will be cooler thanks to a dry cold front
that passed through late yesterday; the high today will be in the mid
to upper 60s. We will drop to near 40 degrees early tomorrow; some of
the colder valleys could reach the 30s with some potential for
scattered, light frost. The rest of the weekend will be rain-free,
with mostly sunny, pleasant days. Afternoon highs tomorrow and Sunday
will be generally in the 67 to 70 degree range, right at seasonal
averages.

NEXT WEEK: We should stay dry Monday and Tuesday, but wet weather
returns Wednesday and Thursday with a cold front drifting down into
our state. For now, the chance of a major severe weather problem looks
small, but rain totals of one inch or more will be possible. And, we
continue to see some evidence of a late season cold snap after that
rain event and the end of the month. Still too early to forecast the
coldest days and the extent of the freeze danger.

LATE SEASON COLD SNAPS ARE COMMON: April 23 is the latest that we have
ever had 32 degrees or lower at Birmingham and that was a low of 30 on
April 23, 1986. We have had a number of queries lately about when it
will be safe to plant vegetables and other items. Remember, these
figures are based on Birmingham Airport. Some of the outlying colder
valleys, especially in NE Alabama, could have frost later than that. I
figure we will have at least one or two more freeze threats between
now and mid-April.

ON THIS DATE IN 1998: No watch and no warning were in effect when a
tornado struck the area around Gainesville, GA during the early
morning hours. Two schools and dozens of homes were in the path of the
fast moving twister that killed 14 people. Two other people were
killed in the late afternoon in Stoneville NC as a tornado heavily
damaged the business district of the town of 3,000 people. A little
over two weeks later, an F5 tornado would kill 32 people in the
western part of the Birmingham metro area on April 8.

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN: This is flood safety week… flooding is the
Number 2 weather killer in the United States, ahead of tornadoes and
severe weather, and is the costliest weather-related disaster we face.
While much of the focus remains on thunderstorms and tornadoes,
flooding can often be an underrated killer. A variety of flooding and
related events place Central Alabama at risk throughout the year.
Flooding can result from a number of weather systems including slow-
moving or stationary frontal systems, inland moving tropical cyclones
and intense summertime thunderstorms. These systems can produce flash
flooding in low lying flood prone areas and along small creeks and
streams, as well as river flooding along mainstreams.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Sunny and a little cooler.
Afternoon High 67
WIND: N 5-10

SATURDAY
Sunny. A chilly early morning.
Morning Low 40 Afternoon High 69
WIND: NE 5-10

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 70
WIND: SE 5-10

MONDAY
A good supply of sunshine.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SW 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly sunny and breezy at times.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 73
WIND: S 10-20

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