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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday April 17, 2009
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...A Stormy Sunday...

THE ALABAMA STORY: It is a story of more changeable weather as we
have yet another storm system that will be approaching from the west.
By Sunday morning, an active low-pressure area should be centered over
Arkansas and Missouri with a cold front down to about Shreveport and
San Antonio. That same system will be pulling a warm front northward
from the Gulf of Mexico. Translation: while we do not expect very many
showers Saturday, we look for a lot of them on Sunday. A few of those
thunderstorms on Sunday could be strong to severe—the better chance of
that during the afternoon. By Monday, the cold front will be moving
out of Alabama, although we will have some leftover scattered showers,
mostly Monday morning.

LOOKING FOR GOOD WEATHER: That should come by midweek next week with
cool mornings and pleasant afternoons. We look for lows across North
and Central Alabama in the low to mid 40s Tuesday morning and nearly
that cool Wednesday morning. Humidity will be lower and both Tuesday
and Wednesday should have quite a bit of sunshine.

A-DAY GAMES: Both Auburn and Alabama will have those games tomorrow.
We believe little or no chance of rain for the Auburn area. There will
be a chance of some showers in Tuscaloosa Saturday afternoon. It might
be advisable to take your rain gear.

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK: The Storm Prediction Center has posted a
Slight Risk for the east half of Texas northward through the Texas
and Oklahoma Panhandle for this afternoon and tonight. A Tornado Watch
was in effect for SE Texas including the Houston/Galveston area.
Tomorrow much of Louisiana and East Texas will be under a slight risk
northward through parts of Oklahoma and Kansas. Finally, on Sunday,
the SPC has posted a Slight Risk for all of Mississippi, Alabama and
West Georgia and all of Tennessee, except the NE part around Bristol,
Kingsport and Knoxville.

LOOKING ACROSS THE FRUITED PLAIN: We are still playing this game of
watching the snow depth at Whittier, Alaska and guessing when it will
all be melted. About two weeks ago they had 104 inches on the ground.
Now it is down to 90 inches. 94 was the hottest yesterday in Laredo
and Harlingen, Texas. Cold spots this morning included 12 above zero
at Grand Canyon Airport on the South Rim of Grand Canyon in Northern
Arizona. In Alaska, it was 8 below zero at Arctic Village and good old
Deadhorse.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I need to go back to my original family
game plan concerning holidays and birthdays. Because I had to work
around-the-clock shifts and change off days every month, we often
celebrated birth weeks instead of days and it was not unusual to
celebrate Christmas offset two or three days on each side of December
25. Sure have enjoyed my 77th birthday today. Long time friend, Chuck
Biddinger, treated me to lunch earlier this week and today Jason
Simpson met me in Trussville for another birthday meal. Sure do
appreciate the numerous good wishes. But, this is supposed to be about
Little Miss Molly. It is so much fun to watch her awaken every
morning. Her yawns are twice as big as her mouth. While she is doing
that, she will take her front paws and pull herself across the carpet
or the bed with her tummy rubbing on the floor to do her own belly
rub. This morning, as soon as she woke up, she got a 15-minute rub
down and belly rub from the majority owner and me. We are saddened
with our friends in Hueytown who lost 13-year-old little Miss Honey
this week. She was a jewel of a dog.

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

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Mark your calendars to go to Regions Park Stadium, May 20-24
to see some big time college baseball.

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TONIGHT
Fair.
Morning Low 49
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Clouds increase. A slight chance of showers by afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 73
WIND: S 7-14

SUNDAY
Breezy with showers and thunderstorms. A few storms strong to severe.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 72
WIND: S 12-22

MONDAY
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers, mostly during the morning.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 68
WIND: NW 10-16

TUESDAY
A cool early morning. Becoming mostly sunny.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 67
WIND: NW 8-16

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