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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday October 15, 2009
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...Significant Changes Ahead...

FIRST REAL DOSE OF AUTUMN: Central Alabama is losing 2 or 3 minutes a
day of daylight, which is just another indicator of the change in
season. Driving across the countryside this morning, I noticed a few
trees have reached their maximum color, but most of them have not
started. By the time this weekend is over and starting next week, you
should see a faster change in color thanks to some very chilly
temperatures.

Again I am getting the wagon before the mule, because we have some
thunderstorms in progress across parts of the state this afternoon.
Most of those have been across the central counties. At mid-afternoon
there was considerable lightning in those storms south of Birmingham
and north of Clanton. All of those are moving toward the east.

The wind will shift around to the north later this evening, probably
before midnight. That will be the lead of sharply cooler weather that
will spread over much of the state by daybreak. By the time you go to
school or to work tomorrow morning, you will probably have some
temperatures in the 40s over West Alabama and even some 50s down south.

Unfortunately, we will not see immediate clearing behind this front
and clouds will persist much of tomorrow even with a brisk NW wind.
There could even be some patchy light drizzle early tomorrow morning.
However, after today, we do not expect any more heavy rain and pesky
thunderstorms all the way through at least the middle of next week.
This is a tremendous blessing since the entire state is waterlogged,
streams are high and crops are being affected by too much rain.

WEEKEND FROST? The wind early Saturday will be too brisk to allow any
frost formation, even though some valley temperatures will be low
enough. There could be some scattered light frost in the protected
valleys Sunday morning and maybe a better chance Monday. Even so, it
should not be a killing frost because temperatures will not be that
cold. We are calling for lows in the upper 30s in the Tuscaloosa,
Birmingham, Anniston corridor Monday morning. The big high-pressure
system at that time will extend from Alabama to Pennsylvania, so
little or no wind Monday morning will help the frost chances.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: Looks good for Friday night high school games. This
time you will not need to take rain gear, instead some cool weather
gear. The temperature will be in the 50s through the game. In college
football, South Carolina will be at Alabama and Kentucky at Auburn for
an evening game withkick off about the same time. We expect fair, dry,
chilly weather with temperatures in the 40s.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I do not know how many years I will be
on this year, but my ambition is to live as long as Moses or at least
hang in there with Andy Rooney from 60 Minutes. Strangely enough,
Little Miss Molly is not aging, but getting younger the way she acts.
Her stamina blows my mind. Last night she became impatient for me to
throw the first pitch and went on a wild romp over a period of 15
minutes at seemingly 40 mph from the bedroom to the living area and
back and tossing balls to me. Later we had a vicious ballgame. She
suddenly stopped and went kaplooey on the carpet and went sound
asleep. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly this evening. Much cooler
overnight.
Morning Low 49
WIND: N 7-14

FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy, breezy and cooler. Some light drizzle early.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 56
WIND: N 10-18

SATURDAY
Breezy and cool. More clouds than sun.
Morning Low 40 Afternoon High 56
WIND: N 12-25

SUNDAY
Sunny. A cold early morning.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 59
WIND: NE 7-14

MONDAY
Sunny. Another cold morning. Could be some scattered valley frost.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 70
WIND: E 5-10

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