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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday December 4, 2008
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...Back To Dry Weather...

NEXT RAIN EVENT EARLY NEXT WEEK: And looking ahead, that rain event
early next week looks rather significant. So much so, that we may get
over 1 inch of rain. The timing on it now looks like Tuesday into
Wednesday. We will update the thinking on that as we go along. Back to
present weather, a cold front was pushing across the state this
afternoon causing a big contrast in temperature. At one point, it was
in the mid 30s over the extreme NW and around 70 down in the SE corner
of the state around Dothan. That slow-moving cold front brought
extensive rain to Alabama today and most communities received more
rain than we earlier expected. In fact, the

0.73 at Birmingham Airport reduced the deficiency for the year to only
0.55. These are a few rain totals so far today, mostly since before
daybreak:
0.67 Greystone Cove (North Shelby County)
0.50 Gadsden Airport
0.63 Tuscaloosa Airport
0.73 Birmingham Airport and Shelby County Airport
0.51 Anniston Airport
0.90 Reform
0.96 Millport in South Lamar County
0.86 Coker in West Tuscaloosa County

This afternoon, most of the rain had pushed over into the extreme
eastern part of the state. It will be clearing tonight and
temperatures will fall to freezing or lower over much of North and
Central Alabama. With almost total sunshine Friday, we expect highs to
be around 48 to 50. Mostly sunny dry weather can be expected until that
significant rain event arrives next Tuesday and Wednesday.

SECONDARY SEVERE WEATHER SEASON: This year it has been pretty much a
no-show. For several years in a row, we had more severe thunderstorms
and tornadoes in our autumn season than we did in the spring. Any time
we have temperatures well below normal that often eradicates any
threat of severe weather.

WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS: 4 inches of snow was still on the ground on
Mt. LeConte in the Smoky Mountain National Park this morning. It was
mostly old snow. 21 was the low this morning in Gatlinburg. 8 below
zero was the low at Sparta, Wisconsin. 20 below zero was the coldest
at Arctic Village, Alaska—quite a warm up for them, because they have
been as cold as 47 below the last few days. 102 is the hottest
temperature since noon today around the world at Guiria, Venezuela. 46
below reported at several Russian stations. 25 is how many nights were
below freezing in December 1963. 75 nights had below freezing during
the year 1963, which is a record for Birmingham Airport.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I need to take a course in dog smarts,
because Little Miss Molly studies me closely and now has me captivated
under her paws. I can walk through the living area dying for a cup of
coffee and she will come roaring at me with a couple balls in her
mouth demanding that I play ball. She has all of her balls stored in a
single pile and she can sling them everywhere in a matter of seconds.
When she does that, she is running over with excitement and, of
course, I have no choice but to put down my coffee, let it get cold
and play several innings with her. It also gets me behind on my work,
but I do not care, just so that little 9-pounder is happy. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jb.elliott@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
Clearing and colder.
Morning Low 30
WIND: N 6-12

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny and cool.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 49
WIND: N 7-14

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. A cold early morning.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 53
WIND: W 7-14

SUNDAY
Sunny.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 49
WIND: N 6-12

MONDAY
Partly sunny. A milder afternoon.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 55
WIND: SE 6-12

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