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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday April 14, 2009
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...Good Riddance To Gravity Wave...

VERY PLEASANT WEATHER AHEAD: We do not care for gravity waves. I
would enjoy going through life without ever seeing another one, but
they are a fact of life in the world of weather. We have always had
them. I remember several of them in the 50s, 60s and 70s while I was
still in the Weather Service. We knew basically why they occurred, but
we certainly did not know much about them and we had never heard the
term gravity wave at that time.

Tim Coleman and some of his associates at UAH in Huntsville will be
doing a post-mortem study on our gravity wave Sunday night and Monday.
It will make an interesting read.

BACK TO THE PRESENT: We see zero chance of another gravity wave the
rest of this week (those are rare, by the way). Instead, we are
looking forward to some sleep catching-up weather the rest of the
week. One of the most difficult forecast problems in the world of
weather in this part of the country is to determine how quickly or how
slow the sky will clear after a cold front passes. That is something
that requires some more research also. There seems to be no set rule.

Our cold front that moved through during the night was over in Georgia
today, but a solid deck of clouds was hanging tough over the north two-
thirds of Alabama and northward. We expect those clouds to break up
tonight and become clear. This will allow the old front porch
thermometer to fall to 41 by daybreak and some of the NE Alabama cold
spots could be as low as 36 or 38. The real nice weather is Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday with mostly sunshine, less humid and highs between
67 and 75.

OUR NEXT RAIN EVENT: Some widely scattered showers and storms showing
up on Saturday and increasing in number Sunday and Sunday night. We do
not really need the rain. As of today, Birmingham now has a surplus of
2.21 inches so far in 2009. We have received over 20 inches of rain—
almost exactly 3 inches more than we had on this same date last year.

ROAMING: Tom Waller is one of our weather fans at Columbus Air Force
Base in Mississippi. He was involved in search and rescue after the
vicious Guin tornado in 1974. He reports that Columbus also had the
gravity wave Sunday night. They received over 2 inches of rain in an
hour with gusts to 60 mph. Mature trees were uprooted all over the
place. They received 10 inches of rain in 2 days. Tallahassee has
received 10 inches of rain so far this month including 3.38 in the
last 24 hours. Harlingen, Texas had 100-degree heat Monday. Coldest
this morning 16 at Berlin, New Hampshire and Redmond, Oregon. 10 below
zero at good old Deadhorse, Alaska. Our daily check on Whittier,
Alaska shows 93 inches of snow still on the ground.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly is a strange little
animal in some ways, but as sweet as they come. This was her day to go
to the PBS (Puppy Beauty Shop) for a trim. As soon as we took her to
the garage and she saw the car, she started shaking with fear because
she knew where she was going. Once she gets there she relaxes. On the
way home this afternoon, she will be bobbing that head around looking
for our street. She recognizes it immediately and that little tail
goes to wagging. She will smell so good and look so cute with a little
ribbon around her neck. Life goes on gravity wave or no gravity wave.

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

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TONIGHT
Clearing and cooler.
Morning Low 41
WIND: NW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Sunny. A cool early morning.
Morning Low 41 Afternoon High 67
WIND: NW 10-15

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 72
WIND: E 6-12

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny. Breezy.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 75
WIND: SE 10-16

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. About a 1 in 3 chance of a shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 74
WIND: S 8-16

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