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Afternoon Edition For Thursday January 7, 2010
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...The Arctic Express...

BITTER COLD NEXT FOUR NIGHTS: That does not mean that the daytimes will be delightfully warm. In fact, we believe the temperature will stay below freezing from now all the way through Saturday night and Sunday morning. This is a rather unusual winter event for Alabama. Overall, we have experienced some of the coldest weather in a number of years.

Snow spread into NW and West Alabama very early this morning and worked its way across the north and central counties as the day wore on. We had a large number of reports of light accumulations and even some icy roads and bridges. The wide band of snow moved east a little quicker than anticipated, so the total accumulation fell short of earlier projections. The temperature remained a few degrees above freezing most of the day and that allowed for some melting. That alone is creating a different problem. It means that when the temperature plummets tonight, the melted snow on the highways and bridges will quickly freeze into black ice. Much caution is advised because of that.

We will still have some more snow flurries Friday morning and even a few on Saturday, but overall the bitter cold will transition into the main weather story. For the next several nights we will have a damaging freeze capable of bursting water pipes if they are not well protected. We are calling for a low of 15 tonight, 12 for Friday night and 9 above zero for Saturday night. All precautions should have already been taken for those low temperatures. The wind chill will be below zero at times tomorrow and Saturday. Just a tiny bit of news: early next week after a low of 17 Monday morning, a relatively mild 45 for Monday afternoon.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: Difficult to tell which subject had the most conversation today—snow or football. Tonight in Pasadena, Alabama meets Texas for the BCS National Championship in the historic Rose Bowl Stadium. The weather could not be better. During the game it will be clear with temperatures in the 60s in the first half, lowering to the 50s in the second half.

ROAMING: The current arctic air outbreak is going to be historic. Numerous states are really having a battle with low temperatures and snow. Not surprised, because a huge high pressure area with a central pressure of 1051 MB keeps pumping globs of very cold air southward. The weather is unbelievable in the Midwest with near blizzard conditions. Huge lake-effect snows with all this. Some place in Western New York State has received over 60 inches of snow during the last week from lake-effect snow...cold temperatures this morning: a bitter 36 below zero at Havre, Montana and 20 below at Notak, Alaska...57% of the lower 48 states has a blanket of snow.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Yes, that little 8-pound girl had me out early this morning for what was supposed to be a half-mile walk. Little Miss Molly does not take well to sudden noises. About 100 yards up the track, after she had done her morning chores, she heard someone at a nearby house hammering. She stood at erect attention, slowly turned on her paws, and headed home. My guess is that it sounded like a firecracker to her. I was glad to see her head home because I was way behind on my work after being awake most of the night. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Much colder. A few evening snow showers. Wind chill under 10 at times. Watch for patchy ice.
Morning Low 15
WIND: NW 10-15

FRIDAY
A few morning flurries. Windy and very cold. Near zero wind chill at times.
Morning Low 15 Afternoon High 27
WIND: NW 12-25

SATURDAY
Breezy and very cold. A few flurries.
Morning Low 11 Afternoon High 28
WIND: N 10-20

SUNDAY
Sunny and very cold.
Morning Low 9 Afternoon High 34
WIND: NE 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. A little warmer in the afternoon.
Morning Low 17 Afternoon High 45
WIND: E 5-10

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Tonight on ABC 33/40:

6:00pm BCS Pregame with Mike Raita
7:00pm BCS Championship Game: Alabama vs. Texas
11:00pm ABC 33/40 News

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