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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Tuesday December 29, 2009
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...Very Cold Weekend Ahead...

An active weather pattern will continue across Central Alabama for the next several days. We will experience a decent rain event as we get ready to wrap up a very wet 2009, then some of the coldest air we have seen in a while this weekend.

FOR YOUR TUESDAY: A little ridge of high pressure has bulged over the South this morning, giving us another bright and sunny day. It will still be chilly today, with high topping out around 50 degrees. Meanwhile, a trough over the western states will be rolling eastward. Low pressure will start to for along the Texas coast by Wednesday morning. This low will track along the Gulf Coast spreading rain into Alabama Wednesday afternoon and night. Rainfall amounts will average about one inch.

NEW YEAR'S EVE FORECAST: The rain will move out early Thursday, but skies will remain mostly cloudy during the day ahead of a secondary disturbance. This is the disturbance we thought might produce some snow across the Southland, but it looks like now that temperatures will be warm and moisture too sparse for anything but a little spotty light rain, possibly changing over briefly to a little light snow or flurries late Thursday night and early Friday morning.

SOME VERY COLD AIR AHEAD: Colder air will start to flow into Alabama behind the second disturbance. Despite clearing skies on Friday morning, temperatures will struggle to reach forty degrees. It will also be quite windy on Friday with northwesterly winds averaging 12-25 mph. Lows by Saturday morning will be well into the lower 20s, with some teens in the normally colder spots. We will only briefly go above freezing during the day Saturday, setting the stage for a very cold night. Many spots will see teens by Sunday morning. Sunday looks like a repeat performance of Saturday as very cold air continues to engulf the state.

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
Mostly sunny. Clouds increase overnight.
Afternoon High 48
WIND: N 6-12

WEDNESDAY
A chance of rain by afternoon, increasing during the evening.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 48
WIND: SE 7-14

THURSDAY
Cloudy with a good chance of rain.
Morning Low 42 Afternoon High 52
WIND: SE 10-15

FRIDAY
A few flurries or a little light snow early, then clearing, windy and colder.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 38
WIND: NW 12-25

SATURDAY
Partly cloudy and very cold.
Morning Low 21 Afternoon High 39
WIND: NW 8-16

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