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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Friday November 30, 2007
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CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT at AMERICAN VILLAGE
Fri., Nov. 30 and Sat., Dec. 1 from 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Give your family a memorable early American Christmas. The colonial
American Village in Montevallo is all decked out and aglow for
Christmas by Candlelight. Father Christmas leads the Grand Lighting of
the Village and a Family Christmas parade.

The Colonial Chapel resounds with Christmas music. Stroll down Village
lanes lit by hundreds of luminaries. Warm yourself by Washington's
army's crackling campfire, and warm your hearts by this unique
Yuletide experience.

Admission: $10 adults; $5 ages 5-17; free, 4 and under. PLUS.enjoy
the Wynfrey's Christmas Feast in the Barn. Just add $35 for adults,
13 and up, and $12.95 more for children's buffet. Reservations
encouraged.

Call 205-665-3535 or toll-free 1-877-811-1776 and Select Option 2
(Special Events). Website: www.americanvillage.org.

I-65 Exit 234.
E-mail: lhopson@americanvillage.org.
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...Rain Returns Sunday Night...

A NICE WARM-UP TODAY: After a low well down in the 30s this morning,
we expect another nice warm-up across Alabama today with ample
sunshine and a high in the mid 60s. The weather will be very similar
tomorrow, with a partly sunny sky and a high well up in the 60s,
fairly comfortable for late November and early December in Alabama.

TO THE WEST: A major storm system will form during the next 24 hours
on the lee of the Rockies, and promises to bring a large area of snow
and ice to the general area from western Kansas to the western Great
Lakes, where winter storm watches are in effect for places like Omaha,
Des Moines, and Minneapolis/St. Paul. The primary low pressure center
associated with the system will move into the Great Lakes region late
Sunday, and will drag a cold front in our general direction. Moisture
levels will begin to increase tomorrow night and Sunday, and few
showers could break out Sunday afternoon. It still looks like the main
round of showers and storms associated with the front will come from
about 6:00 p.m. Sunday through 6:00 a.m. Monday. We are still
projecting average rain amounts of one-half inch, and the severe
weather threat looks minimal with only marginal instability.

Sharply colder air moves into Alabama Monday; we will have a gusty
northwest wind during the day along with temperatures falling into the
40s. A pretty decent freeze can be expected by early Tuesday with lows
down in the mid to upper 20s.

LONG RANGE: The primary American global computer model, the GFS,
continues to advertise the chance of some beneficial rain for Alabama
and the Deep South in the December 7-9 time frame.

HURRICANE SEASON WRAP-UP: Today marks the end of this year's hurricane
season. As a whole, the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season produced a
total of 14 named storms, including six hurricanes, two of which
became major hurricanes. All in all, one hurricane, one tropical storm
and three tropical depressions struck the United States: Tropical
Depression Barry came ashore near Tampa Bay on June 2; Tropical
Depression Erin hit southeast Texas on August 16 and Tropical
Depression Ten came ashore along the western Florida panhandle on
Sept. 21; Tropical Storm Gabrielle hit east-central North Carolina on
Sept. 9, and Hurricane Humberto hit the upper Texas coast on Sept. 13.
For the first time in recorded history, two Category 5 hurricanes made
landfall in the Atlantic Basin during the same season. Hurricane Dean
hit the Yucatan Peninsula near Costa Maya on Aug. 21 with 165 mph
winds, followed by Hurricane Felix on Sept. 2, near Punta Gorda,
Nicaragua, with 160 mph winds.

The 2008 hurricane season begins June 1.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://abc3340.com/weather/7day.hrb
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

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TODAY
A good supply of sunshine.
Afternoon High 63
WIND: N 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 66
WIND: SE 5-10

SUNDAY
Mild and breezy. An afternoon shower possible; showers and
thunderstorms arrive Sunday night.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SW 10-20

MONDAY
Rain ends early in the day. Breezy and sharply colder with
temperatures falling into the 40s.
Morning Low 42 Afternoon High 58
WIND: NW 12-22

TUESDAY
Sunny with a cold morning.
Morning Low 27 Afternoon High 59
WIND: N 5-10

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