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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Tuesday December 2, 2008
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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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...A Slow Warming Trend...

DRY THROUGH TOMORROW: After a sub-freezing start, we expect a fairly
decent warm-up today, with most locations seeing a high close to 50
degrees. Certainly warmer that yesterday, but still well below the
average high of 59 for December 2. The warming trend continues to
tomorrow, as we push into the low 60s by afternoon. Dry air means
ample sunshine today and tomorrow.

OUR NEXT RAIN: Clouds return to Alabama tomorrow night ahead of an
advancing cold front, and we will mention a chance of showers with
that frontal passage. Looks like the best chance of rain will come
from about 12:00 midnight tomorrow night until 12:00 noon Thursday,
and rainfall should be on the light side due to limited moisture. Most
places will see a quarter-inch or less. The sky will clear late in the
day Thursday as yet another surge of cool and dry air pushes into
Alabama. Friday will be dry and cool with a sunny sky.

WEEKEND PREVIEW: A weak disturbance will move over the state on
Saturday, but at this point it looks like the air will be too dry to
support any significant chance of rain. So, we will just mention a few
scattered clouds on Saturday with a high in the mid 50s. The weather
on Sunday remains cool and dry with a good supply of sunshine and cool
temperatures.

SNOW DAY: Snow showers produced some light accumulation across parts
of North Alabama yesterday, mainly on grassy areas across counties
like Marion, Winston, Cullman, Marshall, and DeKalb. The heaviest snow
in the state came atop Lookout Mountain in the lovely community of
Mentone, where three inches were measured by late morning. Some
schools in DeKalb County closed due to some icing across the higher
elevations of the county. We even had reports of light snow as far
south as
Washington County, between Mobile and Meridian, Mississippi. Flurries
in the Birmingham metro area were very light and spotty.

ACROSS THE FRUITED PLAIN: Coldest spot in the nation yesterday was
Farewell Lake, Alaska with 39 below zero. Coldest in the continental
U.S. was zero at Bottineau, North Dakota. Warmest place was Rialto,
California with 89 degrees. Up in Fairbanks, Alaska, the high
yesterday was only two degrees; their forecast high today is only 13
below zero.

ON THIS DATE IN 1988: You've heard of the Rose Bowl. The Orange Bowl.
The Sugar Bowl. But the Hurricane Bowl? The University of Alabama had
been scheduled to play Texas A&M in College Station, Texas in
September, but Hurricane Gilbert caused the game to be postponed when
Crimson Tide coach Bill Curry refused to send his team to Texas. The
hurricane went into Mexico and ESPN cameras the next day at game time
showed brilliantly blue skies and fine weather at scheduled kickoff
time. When the game was replayed on December 1st, the Crimson Tide
destroyed the much-heralded Aggies 30-10.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Sunny and cool.
Afternoon High 50
WIND: SW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
A good supply of sunshine. Clouds return Wednesday night.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 61
WIND: S 10-18

THURSDAY
A good chance of showers, mainly during the morning.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 52
WIND: NW 7-14

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny and cool.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 51
WIND: N 6-12

SATURDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 55
WIND: E 6-12

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