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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday December 27, 2008
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...Severe Weather Possible...

Friday was a gray but mild day across Central Alabama. The clouds
broke up enough for a few peeks of late afternoon sunshine in a few
areas. Temperatures warmed into the 60s and even lower 70s, which is
some 12-16 degrees above average for late December. Tuscaloosa posted
a high temperature of 72F, which tied the record for the date.

MORE RECORD HIGHS TODAY? Widespread 70s are expected across Central
Alabama today. This will be record territory again. Some of the
record highs for
December 27th across include: 74F at Birmingham, 78F at Tuscaloosa,
75F at Anniston, 74F at Gadsden, 76F at Pinson, 75F at Talladega, 75F
at Clanton, 71F at Hamilton and 75F at Jasper. Skies will be mostly
cloudy, although there will be a few breaks in the clouds during the
late morning and afternoon.

SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL: With the warmth often follows severe
weather, and today will be no exception. Severe weather is expected
over a wide area to the west of Alabama today from eastern Texas and
Oklahoma through Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, western Mississippi,
Tennessee and Kentucky into southern Illinois and Indiana. There has
been talk that there might even be a moderate risk with the potential
for significant tornadoes, especially over the southern part of the
risk area over Texas and Louisiana. The slight risk area comes up to
the Northwest corner of Alabama. The event should morph into a squall
line even during the overnight. This fact and the fact that it will
be arriving during the late night hours will be in our favor, and the
severe weather potential will be limited. There will still be the
potential for severe weather overnight, especially north of the I-59
corridor with damaging winds being the greatest threat. But with
thunderstorms, and especially with low instability and high shear
events like this one, expect the unexpected. And set that new
Weatheradio Santa brought on alert overnight. Showers will continue
into Sunday morning and it will be cooler.

PAPA JOHNS BOWL FORECAST: Monday will be the Papa Johns Bowl at
Legion Field. Fine weather is expected for the 2 p.m. kick off
between NC State and
Rutgers. It will be sunny with a kickoff temperature of 61F. Grab
some tickets and go!

REST OF THE WEEK AHEAD: Tuesday will also boast sunshine filled skies
and slightly above average temperatures. Wednesday will feature a
cold front that will be accompanied by showers mainly over southern
sections of the area. As has been the case quite frequently recently,
the front will run out of steam as it runs up against the big
subtropical ridge. As another trough swings by on Thursday night and
Friday, showers will develop again over the state. The rain should
leave Saturday, leaving dry and seasonably cold conditions for Sunday
and Monday morning. The next rain chance comes early in the next week.

ON THIS DATE IN 1996: Dense fog in the Tampa Bay area caused a series
of chain reaction accidents on the soaring Sunshine Skyway Bridge,
involving 50 vehicles. One person was killed and 24 injured. The
1280-foot span across the mouth of Tampa Bay was closed in both
directions.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Mostly cloudy, windy and warm. Showers and thunderstorm late Saturday
night. Some could be strong to severe.
Afternoon High 76
WIND: S 15-25

SUNDAY
Breezy and cooler. Showers diminishing by afternoon.
Morning Low 51 Afternoon High 58
WIND: NW 8-16

MONDAY
Sunny skies.
Morning Low 37 Afternoon High 61
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Sunshine.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 64
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Becoming cloudy. Chance of shower, mainly south.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 56
WIND: W/NW 6-12

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