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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Thursday November 22, 2007
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...Strong Storms Tonight; Colder Tomorrow ...

AN ICY WIND: Cold air from the Polar regions will invade Alabama today
with a very brisk northwest wind, gusting at times to 30 mph.
Temperatures will go absolutely nowhere; in fact, we expect
temperatures to fall from the low to mid 50s at daybreak into the mid
to upper 40s during the day. Any lingering showers will end by mid-
morning, and the sky will begin to clear slowly during the late
afternoon hours. We will be very close to freezing by daybreak
tomorrow. We are forecasting a good supply of sunshine for the big
shopping day tomorrow with cool temperatures holding in place.

RAIN AGAIN THIS WEEKEND: On Saturday, clouds will return quickly to
Alabama as moist air from the Gulf of Mexico runs up and over a
shallow layer of cool air near the surface. This "overrunning" pattern
should bring widespread rain to the state Saturday afternoon and
Saturday night. At the onset of the precipitation, the rain will
evaporate before reaching the ground, and this is a cooling process
that will set the stage for a cold and wet Saturday night.

IRON BOWL: Rain is likely for the Alabama/Auburn game down in Lee
County Saturday night, and it will be a cold rain. Temperatures should
be in the mid 40s with a very chilly east wind of 10 to 15 mph.

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT? A warm front is expected to surge northward
through Alabama Sunday night, putting most of the state in the warm
sector of the storm system by Monday. The forecast strength of the
upper trough and the associated wind fields would suggest some risk of
a potent severe weather threat for our state late Sunday night or
during the day Monday. On the positive side, much of Alabama should
receive two to three inches of rain Saturday through Monday.

FLASH BACK TO 1950: On Thanksgiving Day 1950, football fans at Legion
Field were watching the Crippled Children's Clinic High School
Championship Football game. Many of them were in short sleeves. It was
a springlike 70 degrees. Meanwhile, the U.S. Weather Bureau (as it was
known then) had already issued a stern warning of a massive cold wave.
However, the warning sounded so drastic that people in Alabama could
not believe it and many ignored it. Some folks on the radio scoffed at
the forecast. There was no weather radio in those days. The next
morning on November 24, they did believe it. Here in Birmingham, the
ground was white with snow and blown about by the wind and with
temperatures in the mid 20s. That night the temperature bottomed out
at 5 above zero at Birmingham Airport, so the temperature had a free
fall of 65 degrees in only 38 hours. 14 persons in Alabama died from
the extreme cold. One man was found frozen to death lying in the snow
on Sand Mountain in Jackson County. The other 13 died in house fires.
There was extensive freeze damage over the whole state, especially to
plumbing and automobile radiators.

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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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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TODAY
Showers ending during the morning. Windy and sharply colder with
temperatures falling into the 40s.
Afternoon High 52
WIND: NW 12-22

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny and cool.
Morning Low 33 Afternoon High 54
WIND: N 5-10

SATURDAY
Clouds return. Rain becoming widespread during the afternoon,
continuing Saturday night.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 50
WIND: E 10-16

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 55
WIND: SE 8-16

MONDAY
Breezy with a good chance of strong thunderstorms.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 67
WIND: SW 12-22

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