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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday February 11, 2010
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...Winter Storm Warning...

WAITING ON THE SNOW: Lots of excitement among Alabama residents today awaiting some possible measureable snow that will affect a large part of north/central Alabama southward almost to the coast.

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Winter Storm Warning from midnight tonight all the way through 6:00 p.m. Friday for numerous counties in Central Alabama. Those areas extend all the way from Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Anniston southward into South Alabama including places like Montgomery and Troy. Further north a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect.

Even down in extreme south Alabama, the NWS in Mobile is warning of 2 to 4 inches in the Gulf Shores-Mobile area.

By Friday morning, the low-pressure area that we are very interested in, will be over the north/central Gulf south of Louisiana and over into the NE Gulf by nightfall Friday. That low will spread lots of moist air inland and our temperatures are already very cold. All of Alabama is either under a Winter Weather Advisory or Winter Storm Warning except the Tennessee Valley. The snow should taper off later in the day Friday.

BIRMINGHAM AREA: We believe that light snow will start before daybreak and become steadier as the morning goes on and diminish late Friday afternoon. We are now projecting 2-4 inches for this part of the state, which will also be true for the Tuscaloosa-Anniston area.
TRAVEL PROBLEMS: The ground is frozen and the infrastructure is thoroughly chilled. With temperatures expected to be in the mid 20s when the snow starts tomorrow morning, there could be some travel problems during morning drive. This is especially true on bridges and overpasses and elevated roadways.

BEYOND FRIDAY: Very cold Saturday morning with lows around 22 and highs only about 40 or so. More clouds move in Sunday with some rain by afternoon and probably some snow flurries Sunday night. On Monday, another glob of cold arctic air will be sweeping south eastward into the Deep South, including all of Alabama. We should have occasional snow flurries on Monday. High temperatures will struggle to get above freezing and a north wind of 15-25 mph may want you to move to South Florida.

ROAMING: This winter situation is a big event. Numerous counties all the way from the Texas-New Mexico border eastward to Georgia have some kind of winter weather problems with advisories, watches or warnings. Meanwhile, the Washington-Baltimore area continues to dig out. Baltimore has now received enough snow to make it the most ever in any one winter and as much as the last five winters combined. Cold temperatures this morning included 22 below at Embarrass, Minnesota, which was colder than Alaska where it was 16 below at Northway. The NWS Snow Survey this morning indicates that 63.5% of the lower 48 states is covered with a blanket of snow.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: We continue to get loads of e-mail about Little Miss Molly from, not only here in Alabama, but many states. Many of them are encouraging me to write a book about her and I will one day, because she is so easy to write about. I do not know what the title will be, but it may be something like—Molly and Me. In the six years or so that I have written about her in this small space each day, we have received over 5,000 e-mails from many different states and several foreign countries. I am so glad that so many people love their pets. I recommend at least one for every family. They are as relaxing as eating a Prozac sandwich. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Clouds thicken. Cold with a chance of light snow before daybreak.
Morning Low 27
WIND: N 5-10

FRIDAY
Snow with 2 to 4 inch accumulation, but heavier south of Birmingham.
Morning Low 24 Afternoon High 44
WIND: N 10-18

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. A very cold morning.
Morning Low 22 Afternoon High 42
WIND: NW 7-14

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy and cold with rain by afternoon. Flurries by night.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 46
WIND: NW 10-20

MONDAY
Windy and very cold with occasional snow flurries.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 34
WIND: N 15-25

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