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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday December 8, 2005
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WALK THROUGH NATIVITY
BIRMINGHAM'S BEST FAMILY CHRISTMAS EVENT!
Wed., Thurs., & Fri., Dec. 14, 15, 16 from 6:45 - 8:45 p.m.
Briarwood Presbyterian Church, I-459 at the Acton Road exit

Image yourself a shepherd, pause beside the wise men, or linger in front of
the manger as you walk through one of Birmingham's most poignant Christmas
depictions. Take your time as you stroll along the level, one quarter mile
walk through 10 live scenes with animals.

Afterwards drop by the fellowship hall for coffee and hot chocolate while
the kids enjoy petting the live animals of Christmas.

Early admission for handicapped or nursing home groups driving through:
6:30 until 6:45 p.m., Thursday and Friday nights.

No charge. Information: 205-776-5379 or http://www.briarwood.org
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COLDER FOLLOWS THE RAIN: That rain that we advertised that was supposed to
last most of today was slow about arriving. The rain that was to move up
from the Gulf of Mexico was shunted to the NE into Georgia. However the rain
from the west moved into North and West Alabama this morning and spread
eastward.
Colder air was following on its heels. The colder air will start spilling
into North and West Alabama early tonight and then overspread the state.
For the most part, the rain will end before temperatures drop to worrisome
levels. There is a chance, however, that with a little leftover moisture
there could be a few snow flurries over extreme North Alabama as the night
goes on. We do not think there will be problems.

Sunshine returns Friday and then look for dry weather all the way into early
next week. Another cold front of sorts will come through Sunday with a
little cloudiness, but no precipitation. We may not see another
precipitation event until the middle of next week.

THE NATION'S GROWING ICEBOX: It has not been this cold in parts of the
Northern USA in a number of years. Today the freeze extended all the way
down to the Rio Grande. The snow field has also expanded with the snow cover
down into Oklahoma, North Texas, Missouri and Illinois. Northerly winds
blowing off of that will hold our temperatures down more than the weather
models advertise. The real bitter cold was over the Northern Plains and
Northern Rockies this morning. The coldest in the entire USA, counting
Alaska, was 42 below zero at West Yellowstone, Montana. It was 35 below in
Big Piney, Wyoming. A few other lows, all of them records for December 8,
included 2 below in Chicago, 10 in Abilene and 3 below in Amarillo, Texas.
In Alaska, an amazing warm up. The low was a relatively mild 8 below zero at
Deadhorse.

GOODBYE HURRICANE SEASON: Cheers are in order. What was once Hurricane
Epsilon, faded rapidly overnight and will pretty much be history in a day or
two. The National Hurricane Center has posted its last advisory and the
harried forecaster wrote, "good riddance" in the headline of the advisory.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Someone asked me today if Little Miss Molly
had ever seen snow and how she reacted. She did see a few small flakes last
winter. The minute we stepped out the back door, she looked up in amazement
and leapt off the ground trying to grab every snowflake
individually...before daylight today I heard that familiar thump on my
king-sized bed. Little Miss Molly had become airborne landing on the bed,
came up to me and sniffed to make sure it was me. I played dead again and
she retreated and plopped down on both my feet and went sound to sleep. One
thing is for sure-she cannot be peeved at me for not playing with her a lot
lately. I believe we have played a record amount the last two days, but it
is never too much for that little girl. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Rain ending and turning colder.
Morning Low 27
WIND: NW 7-14

FRIDAY
Becoming mostly sunny. A cold day.
Morning Low 27 Afternoon High 43
WIND: N 6-12

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny. A cold morning.
Morning Low 21 Afternoon High 49
WIND: W 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny, breezy and turning colder again.
Morning Low 28 Afternoon High 46
WIND: NW 10-15

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 50
WIND: N 5-10

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