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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday December 13, 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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...Ridin' the Rails...

Greetings from Train Number 20, the AMTRAK Crescent, heading home to
Birmingham from New Orleans. Nothing could be finer that to enjoy
scrambled eggs in the diner while rolling along the trestles over Lake
Ponchartrain heading out of the Big Easy. Seven hours later, I will
be in the Magic City. Many thanks to J.B. Elliott for handling my
forecasting duties last night.

RETURN TO MILDER: It's hard to believe that we are less than two
weeks from Christmas. The holiday period is starting to come into
view of the voodooland crystal ball, and we will start to be able to
get some idea what our holiday weather conditions will be. For now,
the headline is a change to milder. Our temperatures will be heading
above normal in the coming week.

WEEKEND WEATHER: High clouds have been steadily streaming in from the
southwest all day, and skies will become mostly cloudy by morning.
Moisture levels are on the rise as southeasterly winds increase.
Sunday looks to be a mild, but cloudy day, with highs around 60
degrees. You will notice a breezy southeast wind, averaging 7-15 mph.
Dew points will be on the rise through the day on Sunday and we could
see a shower by afternoon. Sunday's weather will be a harbinger of
things to come in the week ahead as we get into a mild and moist
southwesterly flow for the next several days.

THE WEEK AHEAD: We have nearly filled our yearly quota for rainfall,
at least in Birmingham. It appears that central Alabama will add to it
in the week ahead, with average rainfall amounts around one half inch
during the coming five days. A persistent battle zone will set up
just to our northwest as we find ourselves under that southwesterly
flow. A strong ridge of high pressure will be anchored over the Gulf
of Mexico, cutting off the deep moisture. But the flow from the
Pacific will feed into a wavering frontal system that should approach
on Monday, increasing our shower chances. The front will slide into
Central Alabama briefly, before pushing back northward on Tuesday. A
disturbance passing to the north will trigger more showers and maybe a
storm by Tuesday afternoon, with a pretty good chance of rain Tuesday
night over the Tennessee Valley. The front will hang just to the
north through Wednesday, keeping us in chances of showers and perhaps
a storm or two. Thursday and Friday look mild and breezy with a
slight chance of showers. We may stay basically locked into that
pattern through Christmas, with the next big chance of rain coming
around the 28th.

GEMINIDS SKY SHOW TONIGHT – CANCELLED BY CLODUS? The current bright
full moon will dim the prospects of seeing up to 100 meteors from hour
from this year's Geminid meteor shower. The Earth is passing through
the remains of extinct comet Phaethon 3200. Tonight will feature the
best viewing, from about 10 p.m. until dawn. Unfortunately for us in
Central Alabama, clouds will be a problem.

ON THIS DATE IN 1962: Record cold in the Deep South. 12 degrees at
Jacksonville, 18 at Tampa and 35 at Miami were all records. 9
degrees at Blairsville GA established a state record for the month of
December. It was the coldest December weather of the 20th century in
Georgia and caused millions of dollars damage to crops.

Bill Murray

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UAB-Memphis Basketball
UAB Group Tickets Are Now On Sale!!!

Make plans now to see one of the most anticipated college basketball
games of the year. On February 26, the UAB Blazers take on the
Memphis Tigers, last year's runner-up in the NCAA Tournament.

Those who serve as group leaders of purchases of 25 tickets or more to
any of UAB's home games will also receive two upper level tickets
(a $30 value) to a game of your choice (other than Memphis). Between
now and December 17th, you will also automatically be entered to win
the grand prize, a Road Trip for Two to the Conference USA basketball
tournament in March. This package includes travel, lodging, and tickets
for the winner.

Call (205) 996-5219 for more information. Go Blazers!
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TONIGHT
Increasing high clouds.
Morning Low 26
WIND: SE 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy, breezy and milder. Slight chance of a shower by
afternoon into the overnight.
Morning Low 42 Afternoon High 60
WIND: SE 7-15

MONDAY
Mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 65
WIND: S/NW 6-14

TUESDAY
Mostly cloudy with occasional showers, maybe some thunder. .
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 70
WIND: S/SW 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Breezy and mild with scattered showers, perhaps a storm.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 70
WIND: SW 8-18

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8:00pm Surviving Christmas
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