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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday April 15, 2009
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...Two More Sunny Days...

SHOWERS BY THIS WEEKEND: Temperatures this afternoon up over NE
Alabama were only in the 50s—a lot cooler than had been expected for
today. We can blame that on a problem that we have had for years
trying to determine how quick clearing takes place behind a cold
front. That front that moved through Alabama is now down to South
Florida and even down to the Yucatan Peninsula. However, there was a
glob of lower clouds that persist from extreme North Alabama all the
way up to Ohio and Pennsylvania. Those clouds were slowly eroding in
North Alabama, so overall we will have a clear cool night.

In places where the clouds gave up early, it was rather chilly this
morning. Lows were in the upper 30s and 40s. We only mention some lows
in the 30s:

34 Cottondale
37 Centreville, Lafayette
38 Tuscaloosa, Marion
39 Alabaster, Livingston, Opelika

Looks like mostly sunshine Thursday and much of Friday. Clouds return
on Saturday and we will need to mention a chance of showers and maybe
even a few thunderstorms. During the daylight hours we think most of
those will be limited to the west side of the state. There will be an
increase in showers Saturday night.

OUR MAIN RAIN EVENT: Starting at some point Saturday night through
Sunday, there will be a good chance of showers and thunderstorms with
brisk south winds gusting up to 25mph. Much of Central Alabama should
receive a storm total of between 1 and 2 inches of rain. That will
simply add to our surplus. We are still more than 2 inches wetter than
average for 2009 in Birmingham as of today. After the storms, another
change to cooler starting Monday and still another cold front comes
through. By Tuesday morning, we should be down in the low 40s again.

ROAMING FAR AND WIDE: Sure hoping for no more gravity waves in those
weekend storms. There is a slight risk of severe weather tomorrow from
West Texas north through the Texas Panhandle and continuing north into
East Colorado and West Kansas. It was 93 yesterday afternoon in Pecos,
Texas. That town has cornered the market on the daily hot spot. Cold
temperatures this morning included 16 in Berlin, New Hampshire and
Mammoth Lake, California and 16 below zero at Point Lay, Alaska. In
the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, a freeze this morning atop
Mt. LeConte with a low of 26. Whittier, Alaska has 94 inches of snow.
Around the lower 48, only 12% of the land area had a snow cover this
morning compared to 22% a month ago.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: It is always a very funny happening when
Little Miss Molly comes home after spending all day at the Puppy
Beauty Shop. She looks only half her size. She looks so tiny that her
head looks like a small apple, but those eyes get to me. She gets
overjoyed as soon as she recognizes our street. Yesterday she jumped
on the king-size bed while I was trying to take a nap and went through
all kinds of maneuvers—turned upside down to rub her back, flipping
over and over, digging vigorously with her front paws and then
becoming airborne and racing into the living area. Today she still
smells good and looks so cute with that tiny pink ribbon in her hair.
I try not to have eye-to-eye contact. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Clear and cool.
Morning Low 43
WIND: NE 4-8

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 72
WIND: E 7-14

FRIDAY
Breezy. More sun than clouds.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 74
WIND: SE 10-18

SATURDAY
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm,
mainly west. Showers increase at night.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 71
WIND: S 10-18

SUNDAY
Windy with a good chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 71
WIND: S 12-25

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