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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday December 23, 2007
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...Raw Day...

Skies were clearing rapidly at late morning across Alabama. The thick
stratocumulus cloud deck was slowly thinning and breaking up into
discrete gray-white puffballs. As the drier air works further
eastward, the skies quickly become blue. Winds were slowly
diminishing across the area and will continue out of the west
northwest and northwest through the afternoon, averaging some 6-15
mph. The cold front responsible for the colder air is over Central
Georgia. The intense area of low pressure is over the Great Lakes
states, centered near Iron Mountain, Wisconsin, where the barometer
had dropped to 28.96 inches, as strong as a category one hurricane.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS: Much of the area picked up rainfall over the past
twenty four hours, but rainfall amounts were on the light side. Top
rainfall reports from around Central Alabama from last night: 0.52 at
Blountsville in Blount County; 0.51 at Vincent in Shelby County; 0.49
at Blue Pond in Cherokee County; 0.48 at Roanoke and Jordan Dam; 0.43
in South Pinson and Inverness; 0.42 in Ashby; 0.39 in Trussville; 0.35
in Kimberly; 0.32 in Cordova; 0.31 at Logan Martin; 0.27 in Jemison;
0.24 in Muscadine; 0.19 at Holt Lock and Dam. At the Birmingham
Airport, 0.27 inches fell, 0.48 at the Shelby County Airport and 0.36
inches fell at Pinson.

LIGHT FREEZE TONIGHT: With clear skies and light winds, the mercury
will drop below freezing across much of the area tonight.
Temperatures will generally be in the upper 20s, with a few of the
normally colder locations normally colder.

MOON AND MARS: From http://spaceweather.com.

Please don't miss
this: At sunset on Sunday, Dec. 23rd, the full Moon and Mars will
rise in the east less than two degrees apart. So close together, the
two brightest objects in the evening sky look absolutely dynamite.
The display will be visible all night long, even from brightly lit
cities, and requires no telescope to enjoy.. We will have another
skyshow tomorrow night, but clouds may be a problem.

THE WEEK AHEAD: Some changes in the forecast since last night. The
GFS, our main weather model, has now dropped the idea of showers on
Christmas Day. It now looks like we will have increasing clouds late
in the day tomorrow after a sunny start. Christmas Day looks like it
will be cloudy as a decent disturbance swings through. Wednesday will
feature a short lived ridge over us, but a stronger disturbance will
be headed our way by Thursday. Clouds will be on the increase once
again by then and showers may reach western sections of the area by
late afternoon. Rain should be on the increase into Friday and some
decent rainfall amounts may fall. A second wave of rain will likely
be with us into Sunday. Keep your fingers crossed.

ON THIS DATE IN 1994: A "hybrid" low-pressure system which was a
cross between a tropical storm and typical winter nor'Easter roared
out of the Gulf of Mexico and across New England on the 23rd and
24th. Hurricane force winds were felt in coastal areas. Winds gusted
to 88 mph at Walpole, MA. Nantucket recorded a wind gust to 84 mph.
4.85 inches of rain fell in Plymouth
MA
. - Bill
Murray

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TONIGHT
Clear and chilly overnight with a light freeze.
Overnight Low 39
WIND: NW 5-12

MONDAY
A clear and frosty start. Increasing clouds late in the day.
Morning Low 28 Afternoon High 56
WIND: N 5-10

TUESDAY
Mostly cloudy.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 58
WIND: NE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny skies.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 62
WIND: SW 6-12

THURSDAY
Increasing clouds late in the day again. Chance of an afternoon
shower. Rain increases overnight.
Morning Low 37 Afternoon High 54
WIND: SE 6-12

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