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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday December 25, 2009
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...Finally A Dry Day...

A CHILLY CHRISTMAS: Temperatures will struggle to reach the 40s across Alabama on this Christmas afternoon. We even had a few snow flurries at scattered locations over about the northern third of the state—most of the flakes were real small.

The clouds should mostly move out of the area tonight paving the way for a widespread freeze. By morning we are calling for an average low of 27 across Central Alabama, but surely some of the North Alabama valley locations will be several degrees colder. Saturday should be mostly sunshine and a few degrees warmer in the afternoon.

THE WEEK AHEAD: Starting Saturday, we should have 4 or 5 dry days in a row. That will be nice because the entire state is waterlogged. All of that rain yesterday amounted to well over 1 inch in almost every part of the state. High temperatures will recover to the upper 40s Sunday and Monday and maybe to 50 Tuesday afternoon. However, nights will be cold with mid and upper 20s Monday morning and Tuesday morning.

RAIN SCORECARD: That 1.47 inches of rain at Birmingham Airport overnight swelled the total for December to almost 6 inches and for the year-to-date an amazing 71.49 inches. This is a remarkable surplus of 18.58 inches. All of that is not good news. A story in The Birmingham News this morning advised that 66 of the 67 counties in Alabama had been declared a disaster area by the Department of Agriculture. This is because of so much damage to crops from a very wet year. So our friend, the Gulf of Mexico, who furnishes us with most of our rain, can sometimes let us down.

TREMENDOUS SNOW PACK: It is still early in the winter and we do not know what January and February will throw at us. This morning the Daily Snow Survey by the NWS showed 63% of the lower 48 with a snow cover. Rather unusual for this early in the winter and it is also the most so far this season. The blanket of snow is solid from the north half of Texas all the way to the Canadian border. All of the Great Lakes area and the Upper Midwest are also covered. In the East, the snow is solid from Western North Carolina all the way to Maine.

ROAMING: Oklahoma was one of the hardest hit states by blizzard conditions yesterday. At one time, they were under a state of emergency with all interstates in the Oklahoma City area closed. Temperature extremes in the last 24 hours show 81 at a number of South Florida locations yesterday to lows this morning of 25 below zero at Jordan, Montana and 22 below at Arctic Village, Alaska.

A NOTE OF THANKS: I sure want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and sincere thanks for reading and using our daily weather material. I have received dozens of good wishes including wishing Little Miss Molly a Merry Christmas. I could not be more thankful for the people in our weather group that I am a part of. They are professionals and easy to work with. I would not have it any other way. Let us not forget for a minute to pray for our military forces in far flung danger spots and for sure their families back home.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly begged like crazy for one of my sausage balls this morning. She pounded my leg with her little paws and when I saw her little eyes I almost cried. I petitioned the majority owner to let me give her just one, but I was denied. We will have a houseful of folks this afternoon and for the second time in 3 days, Molly will be on the move almost constantly trying to stay out of the way of grandkids who like to chase her. Life goes on—a bit hectic at times.

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

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TONIGHT
Very windy. Showers and thunderstorms, some strong, with heavy rain. Gusts to 45 mph. Colder by morning.
Morning Low 27
WIND: W 4-8

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny, but clouds increase at night.
Morning Low 27 Afternoon High 46
WIND: SW 8-16

SUNDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 31 Afternoon High 47
WIND: W 6-12

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. A cold morning.
Morning Low 28 Afternoon High 47
WIND: NW 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 50
WIND: NE 5-10

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