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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday January 25, 2010
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...March Winds in January...

THE ALABAMA STORY: It is a story of changeable weather and also some difficult forecast challenges toward the end of the week that may involve some wintry precipitation. Again, I am getting the wagon before the mule, so we will go back to the beginning. A nice break from wet weather through Wednesday. It will be below freezing by daybreak. Tuesday will be cool all day, but lots of sunshine although breezy. Wednesday will also feature mostly sunshine, but clouds move in at night.

WHEN DOES ALL THE ACTION BEGIN: We believe that will be Thursday, Friday and maybe Saturday. Weather models, which we have to be friendly with, are changeable during that period of time. By Thursday a cold front will be pushing southeast toward Alabama. A key factor is a low-pressure area that will be over Central Mississippi by Friday morning. That will give us another windy day with south winds gusting over 30 mph frequently. Our showers will start on Thursday with showers and some thunderstorms increasing Thursday night. Sharply colder air will arrive Friday and we will see a changeover to wintry precipitation Friday night and into Saturday morning. It is absolutely too early to define the situation very clearly. It is a situation where we must say stay tuned. We believe the low by Wednesday morning will be in the low to mid 20s.

STATE-WIDE SOAKING: We had another one of those yesterday and those came fairly often during 2009. Here are just a few of the Sunday totals.

2.14 Guntersville

1.82 Birmingham Airport

3.75 Arkadelphia

3.21 Scrougeout

3.06 Cordova

GLOBAL ROAMING: The snow pack in the Western USA is mind-boggling. The series of storms last week dumped over 90 inches of snow in the high country along the California/Nevada border and also on the slopes of the San Francisco Peaks in Northern Arizona. The two highest peaks in the state are near Flagstaff and the Snow Bowl had as much as 93 inches on the ground. News reports vividly told of the major flooding in California and Southern Arizona. A very dramatic rescue of a dog about to drown in Los Angeles. A fireman descended from a helicopter and grabbed him. USA temperature extremes included 85 Sunday at Fort Myers. Florida and 14 below this morning at Durango Colorado. Coldest in Alaska was 38 below at Beaver Creek.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Over this weekend there was another one of those events which meant no sleep for most of Saturday night and Sunday. Little Miss Molly did not understand that. She watched almost every move I made and had a constant supply of balls in the living area floor trying to tempt me into a game. I finally gave in last night, right in the midst of a football game I wanted to see. I played with her so long, she begged off and took a nap. That is rare. We have already had three walks today. She likes to determine which direction we go when we step out the door. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear and colder.
Morning Low 30
WIND: W 6-12

TUESDAY
Sunny, breezy and cool.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 49
WIND: W 12-20

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny, but clouds increase at night.
Morning Low 27 Afternoon High 56
WIND: SE 4-8

THURSDAY
Cloudy with a chance of showers and some thunderstorms, increasing at night.
Morning Low 36 Afternoon High 59
WIND: SE 10-16

FRIDAY
Windy and colder. Good chance of showers. Wintry precipitation possible at night.
Morning Low 40 Afternoon High 46
WIND: S 15-30

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