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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Wednesday December 3, 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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...Some Rain Tomorrow Morning...

A MILDER AFTERNOON: Temperatures will climb into the low 60s across
much of Alabama this afternoon with a good supply of sunshine through
scattered clouds. To the northwest, a cold front will approach Alabama
late tonight, and will bring our next weather change. Clouds will
increase shortly after sunset, and a few showers could enter the
northwest part of the state around midnight. We will have a chance of
showers from around midnight tonight through midday tomorrow, but rain
amounts should be generally light due to the lack of moisture. Most
spots will see a quarter-inch or less, and all of the rain should be
into Georgia by mid-afternoon tomorrow.
In the wake of the front, another surge of cool air moves into the
state from the north. We will struggle to reach the low 50s tomorrow
with a cool northwest breeze, and temperatures will be below freezing
by daybreak Friday. Friday will be a sunny and cool day.

CALM WEEKEND WEATHER: At this point the weather looks cool and dry for
the weekend, with ample sunshine Saturday and Sunday, along with highs
in the mid 50s and morning lows at or just below freezing. We will
also promise no rain for Saturday's SEC Championship Game in Atlanta;
dry, no wind, and a temperature close to 70 degrees. The fact that the
game is being played in the Georgia Dome sure makes confidence in that
forecast very high.

BRUTALLY COLD: The coldest air so far this season has invaded Alaska;
Chandalar Lake and Arctic Village dropped to 43 degrees below zero
yesterday morning. The high at Fairbanks was 25 degrees below zero.

ON THIS DATE IN 1983: The Iron Bowl at Legion Field in Birmingham
started in beautiful warm sunshine after a stormy night of very heavy
rains that caused severe flooding in the Birmingham area. 9.22 inches
of rain fell at the National Weather Service Forecast Office, which
was on Oxmoor Road at the time. During the second half, a line of
severe thunderstorms was approaching western Jefferson County and a
tornado warning was issued. The radar at Centreville showed a well
defined hook echo heading directly toward the stadium. Legion Field
Public Address announcer Simpson Pepper read the warning over the
loudspeakers but the game was not stopped. By ten minutes to go in the
game, the rain was coming down in torrents as Auburn tried to control
the ball and win the game in the horrible conditions as they clung to
a 23-20 lead. The rain began to fall so heavily that you could barely
see the field on the cameras. Fortunately, the storm did not produce a
tornado in western Birmingham, or the results would have been
catastrophic. But later, the same storm dropped an F3 tornado that
heavily damaged the Winn Dixie store at Oxford, killing two people. A
total of seven tornadoes touched down across the state that afternoon
and evening. Auburn went on to win the game 23-20.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Mostly sunny. Clouds increase tonight; showers possible after midnight.
Afternoon High 61
WIND: S 10-18

THURSDAY
A good chance of showers, mainly during the morning.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 52
WIND: N 10-15

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny and cool.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 52
WIND: N 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly to mostly sunny.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 53
WIND: NE 5-10

SUNDAY
A good supply of sunshine.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 54
WIND: E 5-10

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