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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Wednesday December 30, 2009
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...Extreme Cold Ahead...

Some extremely cold air is heading toward Alabama over the next ten days. It will be important that Alabamians monitor forecasts and outlooks over the next week in order to properly prepare for the possibility of a potentially damaging and protracted cold spell.

FINISHING TOUCH ON A WET YEAR: A trough over the western U.S. will be moving eastward over the next two days, spinning up a low pressure system over the western Gulf of Mexico. This low will spread rain into Alabama from the west this afternoon. Rain will become likely tonight. Rainfall amounts will average about half an inch across central sections of the state.

NEW YEAR'S EVE FORECAST: It will be mainly over by Thursday morning, although a few showers will linger through the day and into the overnight. Colder air will begin to flow into Alabama by Thursday afternoon and any leftover precipitation Thursday night will change over to light snow showers or snow flurries. No accumulation is expected, but it's not out of the question. The moon won't look any different New Year's Eve, if you get to see it at all through the clouds, but it will just be a special full moon. It will be a Blue Moon. The true definition of a Blue Moon is the second full moon in a month. Since the lunar cycle takes 29.5 days, this translates into an extra full moon in a month once every two and one half years. But it is really special when it occurs on New Year's Eve. That will happen this year. It is first time that has happened since 1990.

INTENSE COLD: Next week, we will see a setup that will bring some of the coldest air we have seen in a while in Alabama. A big upper low will find itself stranded over the Northeast and eastern Canada. Also stuck in the traffic jam will be a huge Arctic high over Central Canada. The flow between these systems will funnel extremely cold air southward from the Arctic Ocean over a deep snow cover and into the heart of the southern U.S. This pattern will not change for several days due to a big blocking high over Greenland. This will allow several reinforcing shots of cold air to lock us in the deep freeze for much of the next ten days. We could see four to five days of lows in the teens next week. We could also not get above freezing Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The storm track stays suppressed to the south because of the intensity of the Arctic airmass. But if any storm systems do spin up, it could mean snow for the Deep South. The real story definitely will be the cold.

WEATHERBRAINS: I went back this afternoon and listened to Episode 204 with Accu-Weather's Joe Bastardi this afternoon. He was a great guest. And you get a bonus with that show: Alabama native Todd Foisy of the Alaska Weather Show. It's like extra innings in baseball. No show this week because of the two shows last week. We will be back on January 5th with Guest Hannah Bayman, a Weather Presenter across the pond for the BBC. Follow us on Twitter @weatherbrains.

ON THIS DATE IN 1894: The town of Frostproof, Florida was incorporated in 1886. Local real estate developers, intent on attracting citrus farmers to the area, lobbied to have the town named Frostproof. While popular opinion favored another name, the real estate agent who volunteered to deliver the towns official application to the U.S. Postal Service changed the application to read Frostproof. Frostproof was anything but, and a devastating freeze affected the area on this date, causing severe damage to agricultural interests across much of the state. Another bad freeze occurred the following February and was followed by another a couple of years later. The town petitioned to have its name changed, but it would be changed back in 1906 and is still called Frostproof today. Follow my daily weather history tweets on Twitter. I am @wxhistorian.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
A chance of rain by afternoon. Rain becomes likely during the evening.
Afternoon High 52
WIND: SE 6-14

THURSDAY
Cloudy with a chance of showers. Rain may change to light snow and flurries overnight.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 54
WIND: W/NW 6-18

FRIDAY
Chance of light snow or flurries early. Clearing and windy with steady or falling temperatures.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 36
WIND: NW 12-25

SATURDAY
Partly cloudy and very cold.
Morning Low 24 Afternoon High 42
WIND: N/NW 8-16

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny and very cold.
Morning Low 21 Afternoon High 39
WIND: N/NW 6-12

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