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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday November 18, 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 Late In the Week...

It is a cloudy, dreary looking day across Alabama on this Sunday. A
weakening upper level trough that is moving out of Texas will spark a
few showers across the area today. There is an outside chance that
you could hear a few rumbles of thunder, especially south and west of
a line from Tuscaloosa to Clanton. Rainfall amounts will be light.
The showers will exit to the northeast overnight.

THE WEEK AHEAD In the wake of today's disturbance, weak surface
pressure will settle over Alabama for Monday and Tuesday. With a good
supply of sunshine, the mercury will be on the rise. After highs
today near 70, readings will edge into the lower 70s tomorrow and the
middle to upper 70s on Tuesday. The changes will come at midweek.
The trough now over the Pacific Northwest will dig southeastward.
Meanwhile the surface high over the South will shift east, putting
Alabama in a good, moist southerly flow. As a surface low develops to
our west and intensifies while moving northeast, showers and storms
will increase across Alabama on Wednesday. They will become
widespread and stronger Wednesday night into early Thanksgiving Day.
We are starting to get a little concerned about the possibility of
severe weather, especially Wednesday night. Just a heads up to pay
close attention to weather forecasts in the middle of all of your
holiday preparations this week. The strong cold front will push
through the area around turkey time on Thursday putting an end to the
rain by lunch, but a few showers will possibly linger through Thursday
night with cooler and breezy conditions. Friday's huge shopping day
looks to be sunny and but cool and raw with a brisk northerly wind.
There are still indications that we will get back into a damp weather
pattern by the weekend with a low developing over the western Gulf.
Look for big wet weather systems around the 27th and December 1st.

HOLIDAY TRAVEL ALERT: The good news is that getting to Grandma's
house across the U.S. should not be the problem that it can be this
time of year. Denver can be a big headache at Thanksgiving for
travelers, and it will snow there starting Tuesday night, but it does
not look like a big storm for now. Still, check forecasts if you are
traveling through DIA. Heavy rain will affect places like St. Louis
and Cincinnati on Wednesday, with heavy snow to the north of Chicago,
but missing O'Hare. By Thanksgiving, the action shifts to the
Northeast, but affects should be limited and the big hubs should be
fine. Weekend forecasts look ok across the country.

NATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: A strong onshore wind over Southeast Texas and
Southwest Louisiana pumped copious amounts of moisture into that
region yesterday, producing widespread rain and storms. Flooding was
reported over parts of Fayette and Gonzalez Counties east of San
Antonio last night. Radar estimates indicate that as much as four to
six inches fell in the areas around LaGrange and Farm to Market Road
77 from LaGrange to Schulenburg was under water. The rainfall was
slowly diminishing this morning. An approaching storm system brought
warm air to the Pacific Northwest where the 63F reading at Portland,
OR was a record for the date. It was 67F yesterday in Flagstaff, AZ,
also a record. Winter Storm Watches are in effect for SE Oregon,
northern Idaho and western Montana where up to a foot of snow may fall
between tonight and Monday afternoon.

ON THIS DATE IN 2002: Litchfield County, Connecticut suffered its
greatest power outage ever as a major winter storm brought a
combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain to the area. Over fifty
percent of the county was without electivity at the height of the
storm, leaving 100,000 people in the dark. Schools were closed for
several days, and it took over a week to restore power to everyone.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TONIGHT
Showers diminishing.
Overnight Low 53
WIND: Light

MONDAY
Clouds break early, then partly cloudy and very mild.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 72
WIND: S 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy and warm.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
A good chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SW 5-10

THURSDAY
A raw day. Morning showers ending then mostly cloudy, windy and cool.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 59
WIND: NW 6-12

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