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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Tuesday December 23, 2008
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...Very Mild Weather For Christmas...

WARMING UP FOR CHRISTMAS: More fast paced weather changes are ahead
for Alabama. We will see an increase in clouds today thanks to a
southerly flow; this will also means warmer afternoon temperatures
with most locations rising into the 50s today. A few sprinkles are
possible under the clouds today, and even some risk of morning sleet
showers, but the low levels remain very dry and most of the day will
be dry. Rain chances will increase late tonight and tomorrow as the
moisture deepens, and a surface front approaches.

That front should go stationary somewhere around here Christmas Day as
the front becomes parallel to the upper air low, meaning a mild and
wet weather pattern through the end of the week. Occasional showers
and a few thunderstorms are likely on a daily basis through Friday,
with very mild afternoons. Temperatures will soar into the upper 60s
tomorrow, which is around 15 degrees above average values for late
December in Alabama. The weather could be slightly cooler on Christmas
Day if
the front stalls south of Birmingham, but even then we are talking
highs in the low 60s.

WEEKEND PEEK: A strong storm system coming out of the Plains states
will bring more showers and storms to Alabama over the weekend; this
has the potential for bring strong to severe storms to the west of the
state Friday night into Saturday, in places like Louisiana, Arkansas,
and the western parts of Mississippi and Tennessee. At this point it
looks like the severe weather threat will diminish by the time the
storms move into Alabama since the upper support will be so far north,
and instability values rather marginal.

Once again, the front will be parallel to the upper air low, and it
could stall out over Central Alabama late in the weekend; if this
happens it will keep mild and wet weather in our forecast into early
next week. We will just have a hard time getting cold air down in here
for a long period of time with this upper air pattern.

ON THIS DATE IN 1989: An epic cold wave was diving south to the Gulf
Coast. 122 cities across the central and eastern United States
reported record low temperatures for the date. 41 of the cities also
record lows for the month of December, some which had only been set
the day before. The temperature fell to 11 degrees at New Orleans and
Lake Charles LA, 4 below zero at San Angelo TX and 26 below zero at
Topeka KS, all establishing all-time record lows for those locations.
The pressure at the center of the anticyclone reached an amazing 1061
millibars. Meanwhile, a strong storm moving across the Florida
peninsula produced heavy snows along the Carolina coast. 15 inches of
snow fell at Wilmington NC and 13.3 inches at Cape Hatteras NC. It was
the first white Christmas of record from Florida to North Carolina.
Birmingham's low was 1 degree.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Mostly cloudy, breezy, and warmer. A few sprinkles possible.
Afternoon High 54
WIND: SE 10-18

WEDNESDAY
Periods of rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Windy at times.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 68
WIND: S 10-20

THURSDAY
Mostly cloudy with a few showers, mainly during the morning. A little
cooler.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 61
WIND: NW 7-14

FRIDAY
Warmer with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 71
WIND: SW 7-14

SATURDAY
A good chance of showers and storms. Very mild.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 70
WIND: SW 10-15

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