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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday December 25, 2007
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...A Dry Wednesday...

A GOOD RAIN EVENT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY: Blame it on an upper-level
disturbance that became stronger overnight to the west of Alabama. The
circulation around that system brought in a good thick cloud cover and
moisture to the state. However, the only areas that benefited from any
rain was over the eastern third of the state. Even there, it was not
much. Most communities got only about ¼ inch of rain and by mid
afternoon the more significant radar returns had shifted into West
Georgia. West Alabama did not get any rain. There was also a few
reports of sleet over the eastern counties. Probably the most
significant report came from Cherokee County where the sleet was
described as briefly heavy. There were no accumulations or icing
problems at all. This weather system did create an explosion of
interest in the possibility of a white Christmas. That will have to be
postponed to another year. There was little or no chance of it
occurring this year.Clouds will gradually erode from west to east
tonight and temperatures will drop to near freezing. We look for a dry
day Wednesday with a mix of sun and clouds. High temperatures will be
close to 60 Wednesday and Thursday. As the day wears on Thursday,
showers will start moving in becoming numerous Thursday night and a
thunderstorm is also possible. The Storm Prediction Center has SW
Alabama under a slight risk for Thursday. This is from about
Tuscaloosa and Birmingham southwestward. We can finetune that later.
Showers and thunderstorms will also be prominent on Friday with some
beneficial rain likely. The showers should wind down Saturday morning
as it turns cooler.

HOW MUCH RAIN? The people in Washington that concentrate on how much
precipitation will occur in various weather systems, give a large part
of Central and NE Alabama 4 inches of rain between now and Sunday
morning most of that being later Thursday and Friday. We always
approach this possibility with some caution, especially in a drought,
but it does look like we are trending to more of a wet weather
pattern. A 4-inch rain total would be the greatest Christmas present
imaginable for Lake Purdy and numerous other Alabama reservoirs.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: 41% of the lower 48 states were covered by snow
on this Christmas morning. The south edge of the snow cover extends
from extreme North Oklahoma across Central Missouri and into the Great
Lakes. Cold temperatures this morning included 14 below at Alamosa,
Colorado and 29 below at Beaver, Alaska. Whittier, Alaska is always a
good place to check, if you want a lot of snow. They have 26 inches on
the ground. In the Wasatch Mountains of Northern Utah 20 more inches
of new snow in the last 24 hours at Alta, bringing the total on the
ground to 63 inches.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Our in-house motel has temporarily lost
some visitors until January 7 when our granddaughter and her family
(including two young babies) went back to Russellville to spend
Christmas with his family. The noise level is down by 63% today
because of that and Molly has been sleeping like a log all day. On two
walks late yesterday and this morning, she got to rub noses with the
little Yorkie up the street that she wants to marry. That is the
greatest Christmas present she could ask for. Nothing makes her
happier. My only Christmas present to Miss Molly were two old socks.
That made her as happy as me getting $500 of new clothes. Life goes
on. Happiness is relative.

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

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TONIGHT
Clouds gradually decrease.
Overnight Low 32
WIND: Light

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 59
WIND: SE 5-10

THURSDAY
A chance of showers, becoming more numerous Thursday night. A
thunderstorm is
also possible.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 61
WIND: SE 6-12

FRIDAY
Breezy with showers and possibly some thunderstorms. A beneficial rain
is likely.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 65
WIND: SE 10-20

SATURDAY
Showers, mostly during the morning. Breezy and turning cooler.
Morning Low 42 Afternoon High 57
WIND: NW 10-16

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