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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday December 19, 2007

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TWO GOOD RAIN EVENTS NEXT FEW DAYS: As we continue to struggle
through one of the greatest droughts in history, we grasp with straws
any evidence of getting some good rain amounts. We have two chances of
getting a good rain in the next few days. The first event will be
mainly from tomorrow afternoon through Thursday night. We look for an
average of between ½ and 2/3 of an inch of rain across Central Alabama.

A temporary break on Friday. Another batch of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly Saturday afternoon and continuing Saturday
night. A few of those showers may linger into Sunday morning. Some of
our latest model data is now hinting at some wet weather for Christmas
Day. We will address and finetune that in a later forecast.

A warm front will start northward across Louisiana and SW Alabama
tonight bringing in a good supply of moist air. A low should be
centered over Arkansas and Mississippi Thursday. That is the main
source of our rain event. On Saturday, a low over Texas will move NE
quickly pulling a cold front across Alabama on Sunday, so we will have
a good chance of showers and maybe some thunderstorms, mainly Saturday
afternoon and night and extending into Sunday.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: It is really getting cold in Alaska. The
temperature dipped to a bitter 49 below zero this morning at Huslia.
The wind chill today has been as low as 70 below across Northern
Alaska. The high in Fairbanks yesterday was 6 below and that is the
third latest in 103 years that they had to wait this long to have a
high temperature below zero. This is quite a change for Alaska. The
first half of December averaged an impressive 13 degrees warmer than
normal at McGrath. At Barrow, on the north coast, the sun will not
rise again until 1:12 p.m. on January 23. Stateside the cold spot this
morning was Presque Isle, Maine with 20 below zero. The Storm
Prediction Center has a slight risk for severe weather for most of
Louisiana and part of East Texas this afternoon. Tomorrow, the slight
risk area shifts eastward to affect most of Louisiana, the south half
of Mississippi and even into the Mobile area.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: This is a real early look and definitely subject to
change. It looks like mild temperatures in the 60s for the Papa
John.com bowl game at Legion Field in Birmingham Saturday. The game is
between Cincinnati and Southern Miss. At some point during the day,
showers should arrive. We will be more precise later.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Recent news reports say that the dog
that was skinned alive in North Cullman County a couple of weeks ago
may not have been the victim of a deranged person. Instead, he may
have gotten caught in a piece of machinery. I sure hope that no person
could stoop that low. For the third night in a row, Little Miss Molly
had a nightmare in the middle of the night. Have tried my best to find
more time to play with her the last few days. She misses me. I came
home from an errand yesterday. My grandson offered Molly a treat,
which is normal when some of us come home. She refused to take it from
him and insisted that I give it to her. Good sign that she really
misses me. Life goes on.....

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

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TONIGHT
Cloudy with only a slight chance of a shower.
Overnight Low 49
WIND: SE 4-8

THURSDAY
Cloudy with a good chance of rain, mainly afternoon and night. A
thunderstorm also possible.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 60
WIND: SE 6-12

FRIDAY
Becoming partly sunny.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 65
WIND: SE 6-12

SATURDAY
Cloudy and breezy with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly
afternoon and night.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 64
WIND: S 10-18

SUNDAY
Windy and cooler, but lingering morning showers.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 50
WIND: W 12-22

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