ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday November 19, 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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A RAW THANKSGIVING DAY: It is that time of year when weather systems
march across the weather map faster and with more energy. This is also
our secondary severe weather season because of that. The weather will
be changing quickly across Alabama the next several days. This
includes two seemingly good rain events where we could get a total
from the two systems of between 1 and 2 inches.

But, first things first. Dry weather continues tonight and Tuesday.
Meanwhile a cold front will be pushing south through the central part
of the nation. As it gets closer, some showers will arrive Wednesday
morning becoming more widespread Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday
night. Our best estimate now is for the cold front to move through
Central Alabama Thursday morning bringing an end to the showers and
turning sharply cooler. Thursday is Thanksgiving, of course, and it
looks rather raw with high temperatures falling into the 50s and NW
winds of 12 to 25 mph. The cold front will drop the temperature into
the mid 30s Friday morning, but Friday should be dry and mostly sunny.

OUR SECOND RAIN EVENT: It all depends on a low pressure system
developing over the NW Gulf of Mexico and spreading moisture inland
aloft over the cool air. We believe the rain will become widespread by
Saturday afternoon and extend through most of Sunday. In fact, some of
the rain could last into Monday. It is too early to be specific, but
it looks generally wet for the Alabama/Auburn game in Auburn Saturday
night. We will be able to be more specific about that by Wednesday.

OUR WORLD OF WEATHER: The coldest in the lower 48 this morning was 5
above zero at Saranac Lake in Upstate New York. I do not have any
specific numbers to prove it, but I believe that location has been the
coldest spot on more mornings than any other place in the 48 states.
Saranac Lake is in a beautiful part of mountainous Upstate New York.
The hottest yesterday was 90 at Indio, California.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: With our 11-month old great grandson,
Brandon, (living with us), has taken to Little Miss Molly's tiny bell
hanging on the back doorknob. He rares back and slams it against the
door like he is trying to put someone out at first base. It makes a
terrific noise and Little Miss Molly comes running. She is totally
perplexed that someone else is using her bathroom alarm.

FINAL THOUGHTS: Please excuse this personal item, but I wanted to pay
a tribute to my long-time Rook partner, who died suddenly of a heart
attack recently. Her name was Frances Slye, wife of Glenn Slye, in
Vestavia. She and I were partners playing against Judy and Glenn for
over 12 years. We met most Friday nights to play Rook. In all those
years, she never fussed at me one time for my rather wacky playing. It
was an enjoyable run and we will miss her dearly. Another friend of
ours, Gary Morgan, described Frances as the "ultimate lady" and I
agree. She was 79, but more alert than a 60-year old. She was also a
better Rook player than me.....

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

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear.
Overnight Low 52
WIND: S 3-6

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. Unseasonably warm.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 76
WIND: S 5-10

WEDNESDAY
A chance of showers and thunderstorms becoming more widespread in the
afternoon and at night.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SW 7-14

THURSDAY
A raw day. Morning showers ending, then windy and much cooler.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 58
WIND: NW 12-25

FRIDAY
Fair, breezy and colder.
Morning Low 35 Afternoon High 54
WIND: NE 7-14

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