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WARMER DAYS AHEAD: After another cold night, a nice warming trend is ahead. We are projecting highs in the mid to upper 50s tomorrow, low to mid 60s Wednesday, and around 70 on Thursday. The weather will remain mostly dry, although a few isolated showers could show up during the afternoon on Wednesday and Thursday, mainly over the Tennessee Valley of extreme North Alabama.
NEXT RAIN: A cold front will ease into Alabama on Friday, and the 12Z run of the GFS is different that the 00Z run we showed you this morning on Weather Xtreme video. This time, the front hangs up as a wave of low pressure forms on the front to the west. This, if correct, will mean a continued risk of showers and storms Friday night and into Saturday. While severe weather doesn’t look likely, some pretty generous rain amounts will be possible with a two day event.
The rain should end during the pre-dawn hours Sunday, with a clearing sky during the day Sunday. The air will be cooler, but nothing too cold for early March in Alabama.
VOODOO LAND: Still no sign of any seriously cold air or severe weather problems through March 12, but we all know that voodoo is just that. Expect the weather to be very changeable for the next few weeks.
STORM ALERT 2009: We will be in Cullman this week… the show is Thursday night at 7:00 at the Cullman Civic Center. This is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Alabama, and if you come out to our show you will learn everything you need to know to keep your family safe during the spring tornado season, which begins next week.
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I had a great time today visiting the 3rd graders at Centre Elementary School in Cherokee County; be looking for them on the Pepsi KIDCAM today at 5:00 on ABC 33/40 News! The next Weather Xtreme video will be posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow…
