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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday November 30, 2008
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...A Little Touch Of Winter...

All that turkey is just about gone. The leftover dressing and
macaroni and cheese is history. The sweet potato and pecan pie is
history. We are down to the bottom of the Tupperware dish of sausage
balls. As J.B. recently said, "I never met a sausage ball I didn't
like." It has been a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I hope that
yours has been special, as well.

SNOWFLAKES? Boy, that's a powerful storm system that dominates the
eastern two thirds of the U.S. this afternoon. From its perch on the
Illinois/Indiana state line, it commands the weather over an area from
Montana to Maine and Minnesota to South Texas. Its circulation will
rotate moisture and disturbances across Alabama through Monday
evening, until the system finally lifts out to the northeast. Right
now, an area of drier air at about 10,000 feet is rotating across the
northern half of Alabama, effectively shutting over precipitation and
giving us a little sunshine. But at the same time, a vast reservoir
of colder air aloft is also flowing into the state. By late this
afternoon, the airmass will be cold enough for any precipitation that
falls to fall as a rain/snow mix and eventually all snow. Deeper
moisture is rotating east through Arkansas and Mississippi, and echoes
are showing up n radars to the west. These rain and snow showers will
head our way this evening and overnight. They will last into tomorrow
morning, and perhaps into the afternoon. Lows tonight will drop into
the upper 30s, and pretty much stay there on Monday, giving us a raw day

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: No problems are expected from the snow showers,
because surface temperatures are expected to stay above freezing until
late Monday night. Grassy surfaces might pick up a dusting however.

REST OF THE WEEK: Some changes on the morning GFS run. It shows
less of a transition to southerly winds on Tuesday, perhaps limiting
the moisture available to a developing storm system over the lower
Mississippi Valley. Rain is still expected to spread into Alabama
Wednesday night, and we still will hopefully see between one half and
one inch of rain. The GFS has become less bullish on a weekend system.

MIDWEST TRAVEL HEADACHES: This is one of the busiest travel days of
the year, marking the end of the Thanksgiving holiday. The big low
pressure system that is
rapidly deepening over Indiana will bring heavy snow and travel
difficulties to northern Illinois, southern Michigan and southeastern
Wisconsin.

ON THIS DATE IN 1996: The month of November ended with an amazing
18.79 inches of rain at Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii,
which is the third wettest month in history there, and the wettest
November ever. The normal is just 3 inches. Airport data dates back
to 1946, but downtown data, which correlates well to the airport, goes
back to 1874. Only February 1904 with 23.50 inches and March 1951
with 20.79 inches were wetter. Amounts from other parts of Oahu were
near 30 inches, even in some of the normally drier locations around
the western half of the island.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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HUNTER STREET CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
Sunday, December 14

Celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ at "Beautiful Savior", a
Christmas pageant at Hunter Street Baptist Church. It will
be presented at 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday,
December 14.

This will be a morning of glorious music, pageantry and ballet.
Everyone is welcome. There is no charge. Childcare is available
for children, birth to K5.

Hunter Street is located three miles west of the Riverchase
Galleria at 2600 John Hawkins Parkway in Hoover. For more
information, call 205.985.7295 or visit http://www.hunterstreet.org
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TONIGHT
A few peeks of sun this afternoon, but clouds thicken again. Light
rain, mixing with snow overnight.
Morning Low 50
WIND: NW 10-18

MONDAY
Breezy and cold with a chance of light snow showers.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 41
WIND: NW 8-16

TUESDAY
Sunny with a cold morning. A breezy south wind develops.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 51
WIND: W/S 6-12

WEDNESDAY
A mix of sun and clouds, but increasing clouds overnight. Rain arrives
before morning.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 54
WIND: S 7-14

THURSDAY
Rain during the morning, with clearing by late afternoon.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 54
WIND: NW 7-14

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