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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday December 3, 2007

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A GENERAL FREEZE TONIGHT: Early this morning, the temperature was 37
at Muscle Shoals Airport, which represented a 33-degree freefall
overnight as colder air overspread the entire state. This afternoon
the cold front was pushing all the way into Central Florida. This will
leave a high pressure system to drift across Alabama tonight, which
means a general freeze for most of the north and central sections. It
may be one of those nights when we have a considerable variation in
temperature because the wind may not go completely calm in some of the
exposed areas until later tonight. Meanwhile, the better protected
valleys will go calm quicker and with dew points expected to be in the
low 20s by morning, we are calling for an average low across Central
Alabama of 26. It may be more like 30 or 31 on the ridges and a couple
of degrees colder in valleys like Ft. Payne Airport and Valley Head.

As the front moved across the state rather quickly overnight, a band
of showers was along and ahead of the front. There is an old saying,
"Do not forecast very much rain during drought." Again last night we
were short-changed. Most areas received about 1/5 of an inch or less.
One of the heavier amounts was 0.63 at DeSoto State Park. Now we must
look at a rather dry week ahead. There may be a small chance of some
showers about Friday, but the amounts look sparse this far ahead.
Temperatures this afternoon could not get out of the 40s over the
north part of the state. Quite a contrast to near 70 Sunday afternoon.

THE ATLANTA SITUATION: Again, they also were short-changed. Typical
rain amounts overnight in Atlanta included 0.19 at Atlanta Airport,
0.09 at Peachtree City and 0.27 at Marietta.

OUR WORLD OF WEATHER: It dropped to 15 below zero this morning at
Wahpeton, North Dakota. The coldest in Alaska was 40 below at
Northway. Temperatures have also fallen to around 40 below zero in the
Yukon Territory of NW Canada. Alabama can get some of its coldest
arctic outbreaks from Eastern Alaska and NW Canada. That is why we
watch that area closely all winter. We do not see any immediate threat
of a real arctic air mass reaching Alabama. This early season storm
has dumped heavy snow at a number of places in the Rockies north
eastward to Wisconsin and all the way into New England. The storm
deepened into a major low pressure area with a secondary center taking
over this morning off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It could produce
coastal winds up to 70 mph.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: A busy, busy weekend. Because of a
breakdown, I did not get home from Demopolis until very late Friday
night. I tippy-toed into the bedroom after 2:00 a.m. That amazing
little puppy keeps a time clock on me. She knew for sure that I had
been gone for too long. Even though she was sound asleep, she got up,
stretched as far as she could and yawned so widely that I could see
her tonsils in the dim light. All the while, her tail was swishing so
rapidly that her little rear end was sashaying. She gladly interrupted
her deep sleep to welcome me home like I had been gone for several
days. We had a big love session on the foot of the bed and we both
passed out. Life goes on.....

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

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TONIGHT
Clear and cold with a general freeze.
Overnight Low 26
WIND: N 4-8

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny. A cold early morning.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 59
WIND: W 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 61
WIND: NW 7-14

THURSDAY
More sun than clouds. Breezy and cooler.
Morning Low 37 Afternoon High 56
WIND: N 7-14

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. A small chance of a shower.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 65
WIND: NE 5-10

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