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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday December 8, 2007
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Patterned after the country's first White House in Philadelphia, it's
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part of the colonial-inspired American Village, in Montevallo, a half
hour
south of Birmingham, off I-65, Exit 234. Come experience this
Christmas treat!

Village and House: open 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m, Tuesday thru Saturday
December 4 - 8 and December 11 - 15
House only: open 1:00-4:00 p.m. on Sundays Dec. 9 and 16. Closed:
Mon., Dec. 3 & 10.

House and Village combo tour only $15 adults / $5 youth (5-17). House
only tour: $10 adults / no charge youth.

For information call 665-3535 or 1-877-811-1776, Opt. 2. Or check out
the website at http://www.americanvillage.org.

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...Warm Days Ahead..

Clouds have hung tough across much of Alabama on this Saturday. Dense
fog advected inland over South Alabama overnight, reducing
visibilities to near zero in many locations. Over Central Alabama,
visibilities dropped to less than three miles at times. Despite the
clouds, temperatures have warmed to near 70 degrees across Central
Alabama and will make the lower and middle 70s. If we had more
sunshine, locations might have threatened to hit 80.

OUR FORECAST: A large trough over the western United States is
causing a variety of weather problems as moist air overrides a colder
airmass in place from Central Plains into the Great Lakes states.
Freezing rain advisories and winter storm watches are in effect.
Heavy snow is expected in parts of the Rockies, especially over the
San Juans of southwestern Colorado where a foot of snow may fall.
Great news for skiers. Alabama will remain in a relatively warm and
moist airmass through midweek. There could be a shower at just about
anytime through tomorrow with the moist airflow and a weak front just
to our northwest. The chances for any rainfall in the Monday and
Tuesday timeframe look very small. We will threaten the record highs
for tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday, which are 74F, 73F and 76F
respectively. By Wednesday, a fairly strong low pressure system will
form over Arkansas and move northeast. As it does, rain and maybe a
few storms will form late on Wednesday. A band of showers and storms
will move through Alabama Wednesday night, ending from the west
Thursday morning. High pressure will build in for the remainder of
the week. A bigger rain system could affect Alabama around the 17th.

SHUTTLE LAUNCH FORECAST: Everything looks good weather wise for a
prospective launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on Sunday afternoon.
NASA engineers are still trying to determine whether or not to launch
because of a fuel gauge problem on the shuttle's external tanks.
Launch is now scheduled for 2:21 p.m. CST tomorrow. The weather
should be excellent with warm and partly cloudy conditions and light
winds.

SEVERE CYCLONE DAMAN: The island of Cikobia on the northern fringes
of the South Pacific island archipelago of Fiji was flattened on
Friday by severe cyclone Daman. The powerful tropical cyclone
flattened the island as all of its residents hid in caves. No one was
injured. The category four cyclone had top winds of 155 mph at the
time, but has since weakened. It is moving slowly westward, but will
curve around the east over the next few days as it continues to
weaken. The island is no stranger to severe tropical cylones having
experienced Kina in 1993, Gavin in 1997 and Ami in 2003. The prime
time for cyclones in the South Pacific is October through May.

ON THIS DATE IN 2002: Over one million residents of North Carolina
were still without power four days after the worst ice storm in
state's history glazed much of the state with up to an inch of ice.
The ice coated trees and power lines, brining them crashing to the
ground. At the height of the outage, over two million people were in
the dark, nearly double the number during 1989's Hurricane Hugo. A
tragedy began to unfold as residents used unorthodox methods to keep
warm. Over 100 people were hospitalized and two died from carbon
monoxide poisoning. One man died after using a charcoal grill to heat
his home and another died while using a generator in an enclosed sun
porch area. National Guardsmen went door to door to caution residents
about heating t heir homes improperly and to notify them about the
availability of shelters.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy and warm. A slight chance of a shower.
Overnight Low 56
WIND: S 6-12

SUNDAY
Morning clouds, but some afternoon sun. Record warmth.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 74
WIND: S 6-12

MONDAY
Partly cloudy and very warm.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 76
WIND: S 6-12

TUESDAY
A mix of clouds and sun. Continued very warm.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 76
WIND: S 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy. Showers and maybe a storm overnight.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 68
WIND: SW 8-16

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