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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday December 5, 2007

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SEARCHING FOR RAIN: We will be searching, but I am afraid we won't
find too many raindrops around here for the next seven days. All of
the action today is to the north of Alabama, where snow continues fall
in a broad zone from roughly Cincinnati to Washington, D.C. The snow
is the result of an Alberta Clipper, a weather system that originated
in Canada (most systems like this have an origin in the province of
Alberta). It produced snow totals generally in the 2 to 6 inch range
yesterday and last night across the Midwest; the heaviest amount was
from Duluth, Minnesota, where 15 inches covers this city this afternoon.

A surface boundary/cold front that extends south from this disturbance
will pass harmlessly through Alabama tonight, and bring a fresh supply
of cool and dry air in here tomorrow. Temperatures across Alabama this
afternoon are generally in the mid 60s (Birmingham is reporting 64
degrees at early afternoon), but maximum values tomorrow should be ten
degrees cooler thanks to the air coming across the snow fields north
of our state. We will be close to freezing early tomorrow morning.

WEEKEND WARM-UP: Look for some very mild weather this weekend; we will
be close to 60 on Friday, and lows 70s are expected for both Saturday
and Sunday. Southerly winds will also bring increasing moisture levels
to the state, but with no well defined trigger for rain, we still
believe most of the weekend will be dry. There could be a few rogue
showers in isolated spots, but for now the chance of really
significant rain looks very small Friday through Sunday.

BIG WINTER STORM AHEAD FOR THE SOUTHWEST U.S.: Winter storm watches
have been posted for a large part of the southern Rockies as an
intense early season winter storm will form Friday over the southwest
part of the nation. This will bring some big time snow amounts to the
ski resorts, making the skiers happy. Snow is likely down into the
mountains of Arizona and New Mexico by Friday night and Saturday, and
heavy rain is possible for low elevations. Phoenix will have a much
better chance at beneficial rain this weekend than Birmingham; in fact
some of the Arizona desert areas could see over two inches of rain.

NEXT WEEK: The big winter storm out west will kick out across the
nation's heartland early next week, but it will be weakening, and the
trailing front will bring just a few showers to Alabama by the middle
of next week on Wednesday. Unfortunately, it sure doesn't look like a
major rain event. Birmingham's rain deficiency for the year is 23
inches on the nose, and Tuscaloosa is over 29 inches below normal for
2007. Unless we get seven inches of rain in the next four weeks, 2007
will be the driest year on record for Alabama.

ROAMING: Grand Forks, ND reported 8.1 inches of snow yesterday,
breaking the daily snow record for December 4 set in 1926. Coldest
places in the nation this morning were Chandalar Lake and Arctic
Village, Alaska with 33 degrees below zero. And, no Miss Molly story
today; J.B. is fighting off the "crud"; hopefully he will be back in
the saddle before the week is over!

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TONIGHT
Mostly fair and cold with a light freeze.
Overnight Low 31
WIND: N 4-8

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny and cool.
Morning Low 31 Afternoon High 54
WIND: E 6-12

FRIDAY
Occasionally cloudy and warmer.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 60
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny and unseasonably mild.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 72
WIND: S 5-10

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy and mild. An outside risk of a shower.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 73
WIND: S 6-12

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