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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday October 14, 2009
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...Gloomy, Gloomy, Gloomy...

BIG CHANGES FOR THE WEEKEND: I have always loved rain. I love a rainy
day. I even call myself a rain-monger. Now I am doing some soul
searching and am about to change my mind about so much rain.

Early today Brian Peters did a study of the history of September and
October rain for the Birmingham area. At the airport where official
records are kept, October has totalled 6.17 inches as of this morning.
His study showed that we are a long way from the wettest October ever
which was almost 12 inches in 1995. That can be directly blamed on
Hurricane Opal. Like September, if this October enters the top 10
wettest ones, it will do it without the help of a tropical storm. The
full story from Brian is on the 33/40 BLOG.
Rain was widespread across Alabama overnight and lingered in the south
much of this morning and early afternoon. There were some cases of
flash flooding during the night, but it did not turn out to be a
significant flood event as we earlier expected. Here is a small sample
of 24-hour rain amounts:

1.57 Cullman Airport
1.06 Ft. Payne Airport
0.81 Cottondale (now 62.29 for the year so far)
1.13 Scrougout (an amazing 67.05 so far this year.)

NOW WE TALK ABOUT SOME RELIEF: Not immediately mind you, but the
situation is looking much better for the weekend. We may see a few
showers around tonight, but mostly low clouds and some fog and maybe
even some drizzle. Translation: dreary. More showers and some
thunderstorms will occur Thursday and then Thursday night noticeably
cooler air forces its way into our area. We only expect a high of 58
Friday. There could be a little early morning drizzle. Saturday should
have about half sunshine and clouds, but quite breezy and cool. When
you get up Sunday morning, if you live in a low-lying area in North or
NE Alabama, if you look real closely you might see a trace of frost.
We are calling for a low of 39 Sunday morning at Birmingham Airport,
which means Pinson may have about 36 and some of the NE Alabama cold
spots 34 to 36. If the wind stays too strong it will negate those
temperatures. Daytime highs over the weekend will be rather cool.

NORTH AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO: We take a look at Barrow, Alaska to begin
our global roaming today. The sun will not rise tomorrow until 9:50.
Barrow is now losing 10 minutes a day as they head toward a long
stretch of 24-hour darkness. Big, big storm on the west coast. Surely
there were a lot of mudslides in the last 24 hours because as much as
10 inches of rain fell in the Southern California mountains. Wind
gusts to 71 mph as Reno.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: We never did hear thunder last night, so
Little Miss Molly actually got a good amount of sleep.
We have had a number of play sessions with the little Yorkie, Dino,
her first love. Yesterday, for the first time ever, Molly showed some
jealousy. I was down on the ground petting Dino. He turned upside down
for a belly rub. A minute later, Molly charged in and made him move so
she turned over for a belly rub. She was jealous. I wish I had 50
acres fenced in to adopt 50 dogs, giving each one a full acre to roam
and play. Would have to sell my house, my beloved 96 Olds to feed
them, but I sure would have fun. Every day now when I go out to the
mailbox, I take Molly in my arms and stand outside for a few minutes
so she can see the whole world from an elevation of 6 feet. She scans
the whole street and does not miss anything. I cannot imagine looking
at the world from only 6 inches off the ground as she does. Life goes
on.

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

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TONIGHT
Cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Some fog developing.
Morning Low 61
WIND: SE 4-7

THURSDAY
Cloudy with a good chance of showers and some thunderstorms.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 70
WIND: SW 6-12

FRIDAY
Breezy and much cooler. Some morning drizzle.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 58
WIND: N 10-20

SATURDAY
Partly sunny, breezy and cool.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 56
WIND: NW 10-20

SUNDAY
Sunny. A cold early morning.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 62
WIND: NE 5-10

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