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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday December 8, 2007
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...Unseasonably Warm...

The next few days will feature unseasonable warmth across
Alabama. Today will see highs generally around 70 degrees. It would
be much warmer except
for the persistent deck of low clouds and dense fog that is present
this morning.

NEAR RECORD WARMTH: Today's record (79F) is not in any
danger unless dramatic clearing happens. Clouds will probably subvert
a record setting day tomorrow again as clouds will hang tough again
for the better part of the morning. But Sunday's record of 74F will
be much more attainable. Same for Monday's record of 73F and perhaps
Tuesday's record of 75F.

RAIN CHANCES: A moist airmass and ripples in the
southwesterly flow aloft will trigger a few light showers across the
area today. But rain chances and amounts will be small. Showers
could be a little more numerous tomorrow, but still, rainfall will be
spotty and light. Not much change is expected through Tuesday with
warm days and mild nights. The big western trough will weaken and
lift out early in the week and push a weakening cold front our way
Wednesday night into Thursday. We expect a quarter inch of rainfall
with this system, not enough to scratch the surface of our drought.
High pressure will build in for the end of the week and start of the
weekend.

LONG RANGE LOOK: Out in voodooland, a good looking rain
system looks like it might affect Alabama and the South around the
17th, followed by another one just before Christmas. It would take a
five to six inch rainfall event to bring our lakes and reservoirs back
to their normal winter levels.

WESTERN WINTER STORM: A plethora of winter weather
advisories, watches and warnings are in effect for a wide area of the
nation this weekend. A fairly significant ice storm could affect
areas from Oklahoma to Illinois.

SATELLITE OUTAGE: Engineers have isolated the problem
with the GOES-12 satellite that surfaced during a maneuver this week.
They will put the satellite back into normal operations on Monday.
The GOES -10 satellite has been used to provide coverage of the
eastern U.S. and western Atlantic since the failure. .

2008 ATLANTIC HURRICANE FORECAST: The Colorado State
team has issued their long range forecast for tropical cyclone
activity next summer. They are calling for 13 named storms and 7
hurricanes of which 3 will go on to become major hurricanes. This is
slightly above the long term averages of 10, 6 and 2 respectively.

SHUTTLE LAUNCH FORECAST: NASA Managers have pushed the
launch of the Shuttle Atlantis back to Sunday. Weather conditions at
the Cape are predicted to be very good tomorrow, with partly sunny
skies after a foggy start. Winds will not be a problem.

ON THIS DATE IN 1963 Pan American Flight 214, a Boeing
707, crashed in open country east of Elkton, Maryland after being
struck by lightning, killing all eighty one persons on board. The
lightning apparently caused an explosion in one of the outboard wing
tanks.

Bill Murray
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TODAY
Low clouds and some dense fog greet the day. Sunshine later. Warm.
Afternoon High 70
WIND: S 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy with record warmth. A chance of a shower.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 73
WIND: S 6-12

MONDAY
Mostly cloudy. A shower possible.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 74
WIND: SW 7-14

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of showers.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 74
WIND: SW 8-16

WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy. A period of rain overnight.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 68
WIND: SW 7-14

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