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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday December 15, 2007
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...Big Changes For Alabama...

.TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE TONIGHT: Early this morning a low-pressure
area was already getting its act together over SE Texas. As the day
goes on, the low will become better organized as it starts moving
toward the NE. This is going to be a big newsmaker for many areas,
including some areas that do not need any more big weather news. The
track of the low should be up across Louisiana and Mississippi today,
passing across NW Alabama and Middle Tennessee early tonight. By
tomorrow, it will be battering New England. A warm front will be
moving north from the Gulf of Mexico leading a big upsurge of
moisture. Showers were already breaking out early this morning in
Arkansas and Louisiana. They will spread across Alabama as the day
goes on.
We believe the best chance for rain for Central Alabama will be this
afternoon and tonight. There could also be a few thunderstorms
involved. Behind the low, cold air will spill southeastward and the
change to colder should start in Central Alabama between nightfall and
midnight tonight. This whole area is still in an

Exceptional drought area, so even a small amount of rain is very
valuable. We will be lucky to get around ½ inch of rain from this
storm, but up in North Alabama some communities, with a bit of luck,
could get over 1 inch.

There is a chance that before all of the moisture moves out there
could be a change over to a few snow flurries very early Sunday
morning. We think most of those will be over the north third of the
state, maybe a few as far south as Birmingham. No accumulation.
Sunday will be a very uncomfortable day with north winds gusting as
high as 30 mph and high temperatures will struggle to get into the
lower 40s. By Monday morning, we are sticking with our 26-degree low
for Central Alabama. A high-pressure area will be over us at the time.
Some of the colder valleys could easily chill to as low as 22. That
will represent a huge drop in temperature, since it was near 80 early
in the week.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: This is going to be a vicious storm for parts
of the Great Lakes over into the NE states. Some of the heaviest snow
will be across Upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. An
example, at Saranac Lake in Upstate New York, it was expected to be
about 7 below zero this morning and then they will get 18 to 24 inches
of new snow over the weekend.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: The SWAC Championship Game is at 1:00 this
afternoon at Legion Field in Birmingham. It will be televised on ESPN
Classic. Jackson State will be playing Grambling State. The
temperature at kick off should be around 66 and remaining in the 60s
for the whole game. Brisk south winds 10 to 20 mph. There is a chance
of showers, even at kick off, but showers will be increasing later in
the game.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I am so far behind on so many different
things that I do not know east from west or north from south. For sure
I am going to reserve some time today for my little 9-pound stick-
tight pal known as Little Miss Molly. She has followed me like a
shadow the last two or three days, because I have not played a single
ballgame with her nor have I had a tug-of-war with her newfound
pleasure which is a pair of my old socks. Life goes on. I just wish it
would slow down a bit, but not much chance.

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

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TODAY
Mostly cloudy. Showers increasing this afternoon and tonight. A few
thunderstorms later today.
Afternoon High 67
WIND: S 10-15

SUNDAY
Clearing, windy and much colder. A few early snow flurries, mostly
extreme north.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 44
WIND: NW 15-25

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. A cold morning.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 51
WIND: W 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 59
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 33 Afternoon High 61
WIND: SE 5-10

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