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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday December 11, 2007

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A COLDER WEEKEND: If weather was a smorgasbord, there is more than
enough to satisfy any weather fan over the next few days. This
includes another unseasonably warm day again tomorrow with possible
record highs. Showers will arrive on Thursday and knock the
temperature down a bit. By Friday, cooler air will have overspread the
area then, the main weather feature. A low-pressure system will
develop and move NE through East Alabama on Saturday and all the way
through Philadelphia by Sunday. This will allow colder air to spill
into Alabama behind the low. Our best chance of rain will come on
Saturday because of that and we could get as much as ½ to ¾ of an inch
if we are lucky.

SNOW QUESTIONS ARE FLYING: We do not see any significant snow event
for Alabama, especially here in the central part of the state. As the
rain tapers off Saturday night and early Sunday morning, there is the
possibility of a brief change over to light snow or flurries. By that
time, most of the moisture will be out of here. Probably the better
chance of that happening will be over the higher terrain of NE
Alabama. A big note of caution: this is only Tuesday and we are
speaking of late Saturday and early Sunday morning, so a lot can
change. We will watch it closely. This system will pull much colder
air into the state late in the weekend. Look for low temperatures in
the mid 20s both Sunday and Monday morning with a high on Sunday only
in the mid 40s. A number of Alabama locations recorded record highs
again yesterday. Just a few samples included 80 in Livingston and
Helena, 81 in Evergreen, Robertsdale and Florala and 82 in Montgomery.

MIDDLE USA SKATING RINK: The Daily Oklahoman, a legendary newspaper
in that state, reports that hundreds of thousands of people in
Oklahoma remain without power as the storm continues. Officials add
that this is the worst overall power outage in Oklahoma history. At
least 15 people have died in the state, mostly from traffic accidents.

Oklahoma is just a part of the story. Conditions were just as bad in
Kansas, Missouri and other parts of the Midwest. The main threat was
spreading NE today all the way into Northern Illinois and Lower
Michigan. The coldest temperature in the lower 48 this morning was 12
below zero at Stanley, Idaho and in Yellowstone National Park. Coldest
in Alaska was 8 below at Arctic Village. I am sure you would love to
be at Barter Island just off the arctic coast of Alaska, where it was
15 degrees with east winds gusting to 48 mph and a wind chill below
zero.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Have about decided that I might wrap up
a bunch of old socks in Christmas paper and let my little 9-pound pal,
Little Miss Molly, tear into it on Christmas morning. Those two old
socks that she stole a few days ago have become her favorite thing to
play with. On several occasions I have looked behind me and she would
be following me with a sock hanging from her mouth wanting to do a tug-
of-war. Each day the rest of this week I will mention some other
people who love their dogs just as much as I and some of the funny
things they do. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Partly cloudy and mild.
Overnight Low 58
WIND: S 4-7

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. More unseasonable warmth.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 77
WIND: SW 7-14

THURSDAY
Mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 68
WIND: SW 7-14

FRIDAY
A mix of sun and clouds. Turning colder.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 53
WIND: N 6-12

SATURDAY
A good chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Colder and rain
may briefly change to flurries before ending late at night.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 55
WIND: S 8-16

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