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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday December 14, 2007

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SOUTHERN LIVING SHOWCASE HOUSE at
THE AMERICAN VILLAGE in Montevallo

Come explore Southern Living's Showcase House at the American Village.
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
the country's first White House in Philadelphia, it's built on
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
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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MUCH COLDER LATE IN WEEKEND: A very subtle and unnoticed thing
happened Wednesday when we obtained one extra minute of daylight in
the evening. Sunset changed from 4:40 p.m. to 4:41. This is the time
of year when we generally have our shortest days and the transition is
ever so slow. More pressing at the moment is our change to colder over
the weekend preceded by some decent rain amounts Saturday and Saturday
night. It will all unfold like this: a low pressure area will form
over East Texas and move to North Louisiana by daybreak Saturday.
During the day the low will cross Alabama and then speed up the east
coast. This is going to give much of Alabama a rain event. Model
guidance, that tries to estimate the amount of rain, shows about ½
inch across Central Alabama. We believe that some parts of North and
NW Alabama may receive over 1 inch of rain. The rain will taper off
Saturday night as colder air sweeps in from the NW. There is still a
chance that the diminishing rain could change over to some snow
flurries Sunday morning before ending over about the north half of the
state. The ground is quite warm. We do not foresee any accumulation
across Central Alabama. At the most, a few of the ridges in NE Alabama
could get a light dusting. It will be clearing late in the day Sunday
and temperatures will struggle to get above 40 over the north. Winds
will gust as high as 30 mph, so the change will be very noticeable.

There will be a major temperature swing from 80 early in the week to
26 by Monday morning. According to my fourth grade arithmetic, that is
a 54-degree change.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: The SWAC Championship Game between Grambling State
and Jackson State will be played Saturday afternoon at Legion Field in
Birmingham and televised by ESPN Classic. For the 1:00 p.m. kick off,
the temperature should be near 66 with south winds 10-20. there may be
a slight chance of a shower at kick off, but a better chance of
showers by late in the game.

OUR WORLD OF WEATHER: Winter Weather Advisories of some type are
posted all the way from NE New Mexico to Maine. Some of the heaviest
snow will be over New England where Boston could get an additional
foot over the weekend after already getting 1 foot. As much as 3
inches of snow may fall along the Kansas/Oklahoma border, but no
serious additional freezing rain is expected in that area. Cold
temperatures this morning 23 below zero at Agassiz, Minnesota and 35
below at Chandalar Lake, Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Tina Nibblett from Gardendale gave me
permission to tell about her and her daughter, Robin, having to go
through a very sad event losing their 11-year-old Shih-Tzu named
Scooby November 14. The puppy died in Robin's arms. She was real
healthy and playful until she was 10. Health problems developed and
eventually her kidneys failed. Their vet worked for over a year to
make her well. She would go on out-of-town vacations with the family.
Tina said that she has not cried that much since her mother died. They
buried Scooby next to their front porch. Robin bought a plaque and put
it on her grave because we wanted to honor her. They received
condolences from a lot of friends. Robin used to ask for prayer for
Scooby at church when she was sick. After Scooby died, their minister
sent them a sympathy and so did their vet. I wanted to tell this story
today to encourage people to spend as much time as they can with their
pets because there is no creature on earth as faithful.,,,,

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

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TONIGHT
Not as cool. Clouds increase late.
Overnight Low 48
WIND: E 5-10

SATURDAY
Breezy and mild. Chance of rain by afternoon, becoming widespread late
in the day and at night. A few thunderstorms.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 68
WIND: S 10-20

SUNDAY
Windy and much colder. A few snow flurries before clearing.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 44
WIND: NW 15-25

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

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

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