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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Sunday December 2, 2007
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...Showers In Our Future...

After a beautiful Saturday which saw temperatures warming to near 70
across Central Alabama, skies became cloudy overnight. There has been
quite an impressive moistening of the atmosphere since yesterday, with
dewpoints going from the 20s to the 50s in just 24 hours. By late
this afternoon, dewpoints across the area will be near 60, which is on
the muggy size. In addition to the clouds, a few showers will be
possible through the day today, but the main rain should come tonight.

SHOWERS TONIGHT: Fairly strong low pressure is approaching Milwaukee
this morning. A sharp trailing cold front is pushing toward Alabama.
Winds will pick up a bit through the day and it will feel a bit breezy
as well as a little humid. A band of showers will move across the
state this evening into the overnight. The rain duration will be
fairly brief. It looks now like rainfall amounts will be around a
quarter of an inch with some locations picking up one half inch.
Can't rule out a rumble of thunder, but it does not look likely.
Winds will pick up out of the west as the pre-frontal trough passes
tonight, averaging 10-20 mph during the overnight. Those winds will
shift to the northwest after midnight as the front moves through.
Temperatures will fall into the 40s by morning.

A RAW MONDAY: A chill northwest wind will usher in cooler and drier
air during the day on Monday. Skies should clear pretty quickly in
the morning. Temperatures will struggle to reach the 50s, but with a
good supply of sunshine, that could happen. Look for a light freeze
by Tuesday morning.

REST OF THE WEEK: Seasonably cool and mostly dry conditions will
highlight the rest of the week. The exception will be a passing
system on Wednesday that will briefly increase our clouds and could
bring a light shower to northern sections. It will mainly serve to
deliver a reinforcing shot of cool air and pushing highs back into the
50s for Thursday. High pressure over the Ohio Valley will move to the
East Coast by Friday, and our winds will turn back around to the
southeast, starting the warming and moistening process again.

Highs will edge back into the 60s for Friday and Saturday. But recent
runs of the GFS have kept the huge upper trough way back to the west
into the weekend, keeping us mainly dry. There could be a shower on
Saturday or Sunday, but it looks like the main rainfall will hold off
until late Sunday night into Monday the 10th. .

CRYSTAL BALL TIME: That rainfall event around the 10th looks like a
healthy one, with one inch rainfall amounts in the cards. Yeah right.
We will just have to wait and see. Out at the far edge of voodoo
land, the GFS still hints at a big system that could bring a
protracted wet period between the 15th and 17th, with more healthy
rainfall amounts.

ON THIS DATE IN 1982: A tornado destroyed a home south of Eastwood,
Missouri. The owners were uninjured, but one of them would be killed
by a tornado that hit their replacement mobile home on Christmas Eve.

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TODAY
Cloudy and a bit breezy with a few showers during the day, increasing
as we head into the evening. Becoming windy overnight.
Afternoon High 67
WIND: SE 10-18

MONDAY
Clearing and much cooler with a strong northwest wind.
Morning Low 42 Afternoon High 51
WIND: NW 10-20

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny after a light freeze.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 59
WIND: SW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Becoming cloudy with a slight chance of a shower. A bit breezy after
the front passes late in the day.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 62
WIND: W 6-18

THURSDAY
Clearing again.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 56
WIND: SW 6-12

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