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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday December 6, 2008
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...Cool Weather Continues...

A chilly start to the morning across Alabama. Some morning lows
included: 20F at Crossville, 21F at Decatur, 23F at Muscle Shoals,
Fort Payne and Tuscaloosa, 24F at Huntsville, 25F at Anniston, 26F at
the Birmingham Airport, 27F at Calera, 28F at the Cullman Airport and
30F at Selma.

SPRINKLES: A few light precipitation returns showed up on radar this
morning across the Tennessee Valley. They are associated with a
fairly potent disturbance swinging southeastward in the upper flow.
The disturbance doesn't have much to work with in the way of moisture,
so it is mainly producing a thick layer of clouds. No official
reports of precipitation hitting the ground were received through
noon., but I would not be surprised to hear of a few light sprinkles.
Temperature profiles were warm above the surface, and as surface
readings were generally above freezing, any sprinkles that did occur
didn't cause any freezing or frozen precipitation problems.

WEEKEND OUTLOOK: Skies were fairly cloudy across Alabama at late
morning. These are the clouds from the disturbance. They will help
to hold temperatures down today, and some spots will likely not make
it out of the 40s. Skies should clear tonight, and temperatures will
fall back well into the 20s. Sunday will be sunny, but chilly, with
highs staying in the 40s.

THE WEEK AHEAD: A complicated forecast. Our winds turn southerly
Sunday night. Monday is dry with temperatures in the 50s. Clouds
will be on the increase late with a shower possible by morning. It
will become breezy overnight and Tuesday will be windy with increasing
rain and thunderstorm chances. There could be a few strong storms;
especially the further south you go, but severe weather does not look
to be a widespread problem. The best chance for rain should come
during the overnight hours when rainfall could be heavy. Two inch
rainfall amounts look possible with this system. The rain should end
from the west early Wednesday morning, but residual moisture will
produce some light rain during the day with falling temperatures and a
chill northwest wind. The GFS hints at a little wintry precipitation
Wednesday night across portions of the area. That is plausible, but
the model runs have been inconsistent. Thursday looks like a sunny
but raw day, with readings hanging in the 30s all day. Look for some
of the coldest readings so far this season by Friday morning with
highs remaining in the 30s on Friday also. A quick transition leads
to rain by late Saturday.

ON THIS DATE IN 2003: New York City and much of the Northeast was
engulfed in a major winter storm that was dumping heavy snows over a
wide area. In the Big Apple, it was the biggest early season snow on
record. Central Park picked up fourteen inches of snow, while up to
twenty four inches fell in Bronx County at Riverdale. Temperatures in
the twenties and winds of up to thirty five mph prompted blizzard
warnings. The Boston area even harder hit with up to thirty inches of
snow reported at Peabody, just north of the city during the two day
storm. The big winner in the snow Olympics was Pinkham Notch, NH,
where a whopping fifty two inches was measured. The huge nor'easter
responsible for the adverse weather deepened as it moved slowly along
the coast, reached a minimum central pressure of 988 millibars.

ON THIS DATE IN 2004: Ignoring the calendar, which said that the
North Atlantic Hurricane Season was officially over, Tropical Storm
Odette formed in the western Caribbean Sea. The fifteenth named storm
of the season, Odette was the first December Atlantic tropical storm
since Tropical Storm Lili in 1984 and the first December named storm
ever in the Caribbean.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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Sunday, December 14

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TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy. A small chance of a few light sprinkles.
Morning Low 24
WIND: W/NW 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny and brisk.
Morning Low 27 Afternoon High 49
WIND: N 7-14

MONDAY
Partly cloudy. Clouds increase late.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 56
WIND: S 8-18

TUESDAY
Windy with showers and thunderstorms becoming likely. Rainfall could
be locally heavy.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 62
WIND: S 12-25

WEDNESDAY
Windy with falling temperatures. A little light rain or some flurries
left over. A wintry mix overnight?
Morning Low 36 Afternoon High 50
WIND: NW 10-20

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