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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday December 8, 2009
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...A Stormy Time...

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT: I have been in weather a few years (a big few) and I do not believe I have ever seen so many counties in the USA under winter storm threats--all the way from the Rocky Mountain West to New England. More about that later, but now I need to focus my thoughts on Alabama where we will have a severe weather threat late today and tonight. The Storm Prediction Center has all of the state under a Slight Risk.

The threat has become a little more serious as things evolved today. This includes the possibility of some tornadoes. It appears that the better chance of that would be over about the south half of the state. However, it is an evolving story, so we must watch everything closely.

A very complex low-pressure system over the SW will grow even stronger and move steadily toward the NE. By daybreak tomorrow, it should be centered near Chicago. It will be pulling a cold front eastward, which will move into our state early tomorrow, possibly even late tonight. Here is how we believe things will shake out for Alabama:

Windy tonight, in fact some gusts over 30 mph at times. Thunderstorms will become numerous at times with locally heavy rain and some of those storms may become severe. The thunderstorms will end early Wednesday followed by clearing and we look for much colder weather Wednesday night. Thursday will probably be our prettiest day with mostly sunshine, but sharply colder. Highs will struggle to get out of the mid 40s with early morning lows in the upper 20s. Even colder Friday morning with lows in the mid 20s. More clouds will be moving in during the day and a cold rain will arrive either late in the day or Friday night.

Saturday looks to be one of those days that the Chamber of Commerce does not brag about. Rain may become widespread with highs only in the upper 40s.

HOW MUCH RAIN FROM ALL THIS MESS: Somewhere between 1 and 2 inches in the storms tonight and about another 1 inch on Saturday. This will continue to swell our rain total for the year, which is already at 67.33 inches, almost a 17-inch surplus.

BIG WEATHER EVENTS: Every single county in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire is under various winter weather advisories and warnings. A lot of those warnings are for raging blizzards. I do not remember seeing that before. The National Weather Service in Des Moines is calling this an epic winter storm. Extremely high winds gusting to 50 or 70 mph with tons of snow will create huge drifts. In Iowa, the drifts may reach 15 to 18 feet and that is fairly typical from where the storm came out of the West. 52 inches of snow at Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado. Flagstaff, in Northern Arizona, got 20 inches of new snow and up to 4 feet in the mountains of Southern Utah…cold temperatures this morning included 33 below zero in Havre, Montana, 8 below at Northway, Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: We have had Molly over 7 years and she has never been sick until last night when she was sick all night. We were so concerned that we headed to see her vet at the Argo Animal Clinic this morning and we are glad we did. It seems to be a respiratory problem and she had the early signs of pneumonia. She upchucked about 8 times during the night and the vet said it was coming from her lungs. She seems to be feeling some better this afternoon. We cannot stand to see her not being her old self. Life goes on—much more enjoyable when Little Miss Molly is herself.

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

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TONIGHT
Windy. Thunderstorms, numerous at times, with heavy rain. Some storms severe.
Morning Low 53
WIND: S 15-30

WEDNESDAY
Thunderstorms end early. Windy and clearing. Much colder Wednesday night.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 59
WIND: W 12-25

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny and sharply colder.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 46
WIND: N 8-16

FRIDAY
Clouds increase. A cold rain starts late.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 45
WIND: E 7-14

SATURDAY
An uncomfortable day with a widespread cold rain.
Morning Low 36 Afternoon High 48
WIND: SE 10-15

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