ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday December 7, 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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A COLD RAIN FOR THURSDAY: The clouds have already moved in paving the way
for a wet day tomorrow. It will be a cold rain, but we still think it will
be only rain all across Central Alabama. Even in the extreme north it
appears that there will be little danger of any winter weather problems. The
rain will persist into Thursday night, but look for clearing weather Friday.
After that, dry weather through the weekend.

It will not be as cold tonight. Highs tomorrow with all that rain should be
in the low to mid 40s. Colder air will move in after the rain and drop lows
into the 20s Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning. See our day-by-day
forecast. All of this rain will be caused by a low pressure system forming
in the Gulf of Mexico and moving toward the NE. There are other ingredients
in the pie also spreading eastward from the Plains states. This was causing
the icy conditions across North Texas today, including Dallas-Ft. Worth. To
the north of Alabama, as much as 2 inches of snow may accumulate over NW
Tennessee.

It was cold across the state again this morning and a lot of places had the
heaviest frost so far this season. At Black Creek, in NE Etowah County, the
low was 18 and ABC 33/40 Weather Watcher, Vic Bell, said the frost looked
like snow. A few other lows:

22 in Pinson
23 in Cullman
24 in Huntsville
25 at Birmingham Airport
26 in Tuscaloosa

EVEN THE GRISLY BEARS SHIVERED: At the west entrance to Yellowstone Park
this morning, the official low was a bitter 45 below zero. That easily broke
the record for December 7. The weather is unusually cold over the Northern
Plains and Northern Rockies especially for this early in the season. There
was a record low of 27 below in Laramie, Wyoming this morning and 20 below
in Cheyenne. The coldest in Wyoming was 35 below at Farson. In Alaska, it
has actually "warmed up." The low at Beaver, Alaska was 29 below as compared
to 53 below zero just a few days ago. For you warm weather fans, it got up
to 85 in Marathon, Florida yesterday.

HURRICANE EPSILON: Let's try to ignore it and maybe it will go away. It was
still way out in the Atlantic and it seems certain to weaken soon. No threat
to land.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: A record amount of playing chase ball with
Molly yesterday. We played a lot and she curled up on my National Geographic
blanket on the couch for a long evening nap. She woke up at 11 pm with an
urgent request to go outside. Squatting on that cold grass woke her up
completely and when we came back in, she was raring to play. We then had the
longest chase ball session ever. I threw her favorite ball all the way
across the living area at least 50 or 60 times. She would chase it at
seemingly at 60 mph, run back with it and slam it on my shoe for me to throw
it again. She finally got so pooped that she diverted to the king-sized bed
with the ball still in her mouth and in seconds curled up and went to sleep.
We walked this morning on a very heavy frost. I have noticed that she does
her "business" in record time under those occasions.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Clouds thicken. Not as cold.
Morning Low 38
WIND: E 6-12

THURSDAY
A cold rain-steady at times and continuing in the evening.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 44
WIND: SE 7-14

FRIDAY
Clearing, breezy and colder.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 44
WIND: N 8-16

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny. A cold morning.
Morning Low 23 Afternoon High 51
WIND: NE 4-8

SUNDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 28 Afternoon High 52
WIND: NW 8-16

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