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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday January 23, 2010
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...Wedge Makes For Cloudy, Cool Saturday...

The dreaded easterly wedge is wreaking havoc with temperature forecasts across Central Alabama on this late January Saturday. The wedge is a cold and generally moist airmass that seeps down the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains and makes the turn into Georgia and Alabama. Today, it is accompanied by a rather thick deck of stratus clouds that is keeping temperatures in the 40s and 50s. This is a far cry from the mid to upper 60s that we expected today with a good dose of sunshine. The wedge may make you don a jacket this afternoon, but we will probably be thankful for it tonight.

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT OVERNIGHT? A line of storms will enter western Alabama after midnight tonight and progress across the state through the overnight hours as a storm system moves into the Great Lakes. It should get windier as we go through the afternoon and evening hours wit southerly winds averaging 10-20 mph and occasionally gusting to 30 mph or higher. With strong wind fields in place, there is a slight chance that there could be isolated wind damage reports with the line. But lower instabilities means diminished chances of severe weather. Still, monitor later forecasts and have your reliable source for weather information on alert through the overnight hours, because, as we always say with thunderstorms, expect the unexpected.

SUNDAY: Showers and storms should be east of I-65 by Sunday morning. Skies should remain mostly cloudy and there could be a few showers through the rest of the day. With milder air, highs on Sunday may make the 60s. Things will begin to change Sunday night, as colder air starts to invade the state. Highs on Monday and Tuesday will likely be stuck in the 40s. Expect lows below freezing Tuesday and Wednesday. Another storm system should bring rain back to Alabama Thursday night, with more cold for Friday.

WEST COAST GETTING A BREAK: After a stormy week, the West is getting a bit of a break. This week's rains were beneficial to central California. Areas around San Francisco and San Jose are now at 100-125% of normal for this rainy season, which they are halfway through according to Jan Null from Golden Gate Weather. They need to continue to have heavlthy rainfall totalas to keep making a dent in the major drought they have been in for three years. Good luck!

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WEATHERBRAINS: Les Lemon will be the Guest WeatherBrain this week. He is famous for the Lemon Technique, a method of identifying severe thunderstorms. He was also instrumental in the development of the NEXRAD Doppler Radar network. Follow the show on Twitter @weatherbrains. Listen at www.WeatherBrains.com or subscribe at iTunes. It's free!

ON THIS DATE IN 1971: Prospect Creek Camp in the Endicott Mountains of northern Alaska recorded the coldest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. with -79.8 degrees F (rounded off to -80 degrees F.) There have been colder unofficial readings, but this is the official reading. Follow my weather history tweets on Twitter.com @ wxhistorian.

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TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy and breezy. Temperatures rise after dark. Rain and storms arrive overnight.
Morning Low 42
WIND: SE 12-22

SUNDAY
Rain and storms ending during the morning.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 62
WIND: SW 12-25

MONDAY
Mostly cloudy. Sharply colder.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 47
WIND: NW 10-20

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny after a cold morning.
Morning Low 28 Afternoon High 48
WIND: NW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 55
WIND: NW 5-10

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