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Afternoon Edition For Thursday February 4, 2010
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...Another Soaking...

FAST-MOVING ALABAMA WEATHER: Alabama weather will not get boring in the next several days. Things are moving too fast and changes will come rather often. Today, the main feature is a cold rain. That can be mostly blamed on a low-pressure area that was still under development over the NW Gulf of Mexico this afternoon. A high-pressure system along the Atlantic Seaboard was feeding some easterly winds across the area keeping temperatures on the cool side. In fact, as midafternoon approached, temperatures were in the chilly 40s over North and Central Alabama and only in the low 50s down south. To our east there were even some mid 30s over extreme North Georgia.

Rain was widespread this afternoon all the way from East Texas to Tennessee, North Georgia and part of the Carolinas. Almost all of Alabama was getting rain with the heaviest rain in the central part. By daybreak Friday, that low-pressure area should be over SE Alabama and NW Florida and by Saturday morning it will move all the way to the North Carolina coast. This will bring Alabama some more quick changes. For tonight, a steady cold rain will be widespread and heavy at times. Here in Central Alabama, we estimate the 24-hour total by tomorrow morning will be around 1.25 inches. The rain will persist Friday morning, but diminishing by afternoon.

Clouds may persist most of Saturday, but without rain. Brisk NW winds will be bringing noticeably colder weather with highs only in the 40s and wind gusts up to 25 mph at times. The clouds will be slow to break up, but we should start seeing some sunshine by Sunday afternoon. Please do not get used to that, because clouds will move back in Monday with a chance of rain Monday night and the rain will become widespread again on Tuesday. Another front will be approaching Tuesday approaching an increase in rain. Much colder air will arrive by the middle of next week with lows at night dropping into the 20s.

STORM ALERT 2010: It comes to Walker County Thursday night, February 11 at Bevill State Community College in Sumiton. Doors open at 5:00 and the program starts at 7:00 and you can be out of there by 8:15. On Thursday, February 18, the first ever program for Hale County will be at the Moundville High School Gym.

AROUND THE USA: The same low-pressure area that is giving Alabama all the rain will be a real headache for many states up the Atlantic Seaboard and into the Midwest. This includes places like Washington, D.C. where several inches of snow will accumulate. A mix of freezing rain and sleet may cause real travel problems in places like Western North Carolina and Virginia as well as the elevated terrain in NW South Carolina. Richmond has already received 18 inches of snow this season—three times the average amount. Washington has received 27 inches, also three times the average. Cold temperature this morning included 40 below at Ft. Yukon, Alaska and 8 below at Watertown, New York and Bryce Canyon, Utah.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I know from reading my columns that you probably think that I consider Little Miss Molly the greatest dog in the world. I definitely do not, but that little 9-pound animal is a great part of my life. Every time I have gone through the living area to get coffee this morning, there was no Little Miss Molly to wag her tail and greet me. She is spending the day at the PBS (Puppy Beauty Shop) getting caught up on her shots and a haircut. When she gets home late this afternoon, she will be so full of enjoyment and will greet us like she had been gone for a week. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Breezy with a steady cold rain, heavy at times.
Morning Low 43
WIND: E 10-20

FRIDAY
Rain during the morning, diminishing by afternoon.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 53
WIND: NW 8-16

SATURDAY
Cloudy, breezy and colder.
Morning Low 36 Afternoon High 45
WIND: NW 12-22

SUNDAY
Clearing by afternoon.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 49
WIND: NE 6-12

MONDAY
Clouds increase. A chance of rain Monday night.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 52
WIND: SE 6-12

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