ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday November 23, 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. Email: lhopson@americanvillage.org
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OVER TWO INCHES POSSIBLE FROM ENTIRE STORM SYSTEM: This still looks
like the best upcoming rain event that Alabama has seen in many moons,
but we hate to count our chickens before they hatch. Here is the
general situation. An upper level disturbance develops in the west and
moves east. That spins up a low pressure area over the west Gulf of
Mexico. By late Saturday, the low will be near Houston. By daybreak
Monday, the low will be near Memphis. During this transition, it will
have pulled a warm front north from the Gulf of Mexico. The atmosphere
will be loaded with moisture due to our dear friend the Gulf. All of
this will translate into widespread precipitation across the Gulf
States over the next several days. It will be too warm for any threat
of snow. In fact, temperatures will warm to the 60s by Monday and
Tuesday.

When will all of this rain occur? Here in Central Alabama, we think
light rain will start late tomorrow and gradually become widespread
Saturday night. Look for a good chance of showers and thunderstorms
Sunday and a few of those could be severe and rain could be heavy at
times. If we had to pinpoint a 12-hour span, we would say that the
most widespread rain and storms and the heaviest rain will be Sunday
night and Monday morning. During that timeframe, there will still be
the risk of a few thunderstorms becoming severe.

HOW MUCH RAIN? There is a special unit in the National Weather
Service in Washington that specializes in predicting where and how
much precipitation will fall over a 5-day period. Their latest output
hints that over 2 inches and possibly 3 across Central Alabama during
the entire event. If we could even get half that much, we would throw
a party. They also project as much as 3 inches in NW Georgia, which
would be a great blessing to parched Atlanta. We all want water and we
want it badly.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: For the high school playoff games tonight, it will
be clear with very little wind. About 40 degrees at kick off, but
lowering to the mid 30s by the fourth quarter. For the Auburn/Alabama
game in Auburn Saturday night, cloudy cool weather with temperatures
in the 40s. There may be a cold rain by game time. If not, it should
start at some point during the game.

OUR WORLD OF WEATHER: There was 1 inch of snow on the ground in the
Great Smoky Mountains that occurred overnight. The 1 inch was on Mt.
LeConte and Newfound Gap. There is going to be a widespread wet
weather event over the next few days covering a huge area from Texas
to the Carolinas and NE into New England. This includes some snow in
New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle, but mostly rain across the Gulf
States and up through the Mid-Atlantic States. There is even a
potential for the critical water shortage areas around Atlanta and
North Georgia to receive 1 to 3 inches of rain. The lowest temperature
in the lower 48 this morning was at Laramie, Wyoming and Bozeman,
Montana where it was 10 below zero. A bull moose almost stepped on me
before daybreak while camping in a canyon west of Bozeman. We
immediately folded our sleeping bags and took off. Life goes on......

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

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear and cold.
Overnight Low 32
WIND: E 4-6

SATURDAY
Clouds increase. Rain develops by late afternoon and becomes
widespread Saturday night.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 54
WIND: E 7-14

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some strong
to severe storms possible at night.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 58
WIND: SE 8-16

MONDAY
Windy with numerous showers and storms. Some could be severe—mainly
through the morning.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 67
WIND: SW 15-30

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 63
WIND: N 5-10

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