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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday December 12, 2007

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SOUTHERN LIVING SHOWCASE HOUSE at
THE AMERICAN VILLAGE in Montevallo

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Open for just a few more days through Sunday, December 16, come see the
house inspired by history and the history that inspired a Nation!
Patterned after
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tradition and furnished
as a contemporary home. The house is part of the colonial-inspired
American
Village, in Montevallo, a half hour south of Birmingham, off I-65,
Exit 234. Come
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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.

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BELOW FREEZING BY SUNDAY MORNING: We all knew this spring in December
weather could not last forever. That is the nature of the weather
beast in Alabama from November at least through March. There are
always some big changes lurking just around the corner.

We did not set a bunch of new record highs this afternoon due to a
persistent cloud cover. In fact, by midday some showers had moved into
the extreme north and NW part of the state giving some communities
about ¼ inch of rain. At mid afternoon, those showers were still
remaining close to the Tennessee border.

There will be some showers around the area tonight. We look for a good
chance of showers Thursday as a cold front pushes toward the state.
The front may already be in NW Alabama early tomorrow morning and
moving across Central Alabama by midday. This will bring us a good
chance of showers Thursday and then turning colder Thursday night. By
Friday, the weather will start to change again. A low pressure system
is expected to move northward to near Memphis Saturday morning and all
the way to New England by Sunday morning. So, we will have occasional
showers and even some thunderstorms on Saturday and then change to
much colder Saturday night. There may be some leftover light
precipitation Sunday morning which could spawn a few snow flurries
over about the north third of the state for a time very late Saturday
night and Sunday morning. They should be insignificant. We think that
the better chance of those will be closer to the Tennessee River,
especially over extreme NE Alabama. By Monday morning, a high pressure
area will be over Texas to Alabama with temperatures again down in the
20s.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Tropical Storm Olga has been downgraded to a
tropical depression. She will move west and then NW across the
Caribbean staying south of Cuba. It is interesting that the center is
expected to be over the extreme Southern Gulf of Mexico off the NE tip
of the Yucatan Peninsula by midday Saturday. She is way out of season.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: Reports say now 27 people have died in the vast
skating rink of the middle USA. The ice storm has been rated as the
worst in history for some areas. Especially hard hit have been states
like Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. It was estimated today that one
million homes and businesses were without power. It will take days and
days to restore that. The clean up for millions of downed trees and
limbs will be enormous. Coldest in the lower 48 this morning was 19
below zero at Big Piney, Wyoming and in Alaska, the cold spot was
Arctic Village with 8 below.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: James Spann has a saying that when it
comes to thunderstorms, expect the unexpected. I say that too about
Little Miss Molly. This was her PBS day (Puppy Beauty Shop). She
smelled so good when she got home. One of the neighbors dogs, normally
restrained by an electric collar, had gotten loose. She is a beautiful
yellow lab. We knew the dog and took her in until her owner got home.
Her owner came by to get her at the same time as Little Miss Molly got
home. The big dog came strolling through our living area on the way
out through the garage just as Little Miss Molly came in through the
garage. You should have seen the commotion. My little pal almost had
another cardiac arrest. Life goes on.....

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

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TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers.
Overnight Low 59
WIND: S 5-10

THURSDAY
Mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers. Colder Thursday night.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 67
WIND: W 7-14

FRIDAY
Partly sunny daytime with a chance of showers Friday night.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 57
WIND: NE 6-12

SATURDAY
Windy with occasional showers and scattered thunderstorms. Much colder
Saturday night.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 59
WIND:SW 12-22

SUNDAY
Breezy and colder with a few morning snow flurries north.
Morning Low 28 Afternoon High 44
WIND: N 10-20

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