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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday December 11, 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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...The Talk of the Day - Snow...

EVERYBODY THINKING SNOW: Based on our communications today, everybody
in the whole wide world (well, let us just say Alabama) is thinking
about snow. That one word gets more people excited than any word in
Webster's Dictionary. And snow we have on the menu. There has been an
old saying among weather circles for many years that "a cold-core low
is a weather man's woe." That saying is as right as way. Sometimes,
when dealing with those, I want to jump off Little River Canyon.
However, I love weather too much and I want to live.

NOW THE FACTS: It is amazing how much snow fell overnight and this
morning all the way from SE Texas across South Louisiana and into
Central Mississippi late this morning and this afternoon. Some light
snow was beginning to spread into West Alabama this afternoon,
including some flurries 6 miles south of Russellville. Sleet has been
reported in Pickens County. Around Brookhaven, Mississippi there was 8
inches and an estimated 6 to 10 inches on the ground south and east of
Brookhaven. More than 4 inches of snow covered part of South
Mississippi this morning. Baton Rouge reported numerous accidents due
to their early morning snow cover. Even Houston got slightly over 1
inch of snow and there was some snow on the ground at Galveston.

As the low-pressure area moves NE tonight, we think the best chance of
snow will be across West/Central and Central Alabama with maybe 1 to 2
inches accumulating. Much of that will be along and south of the I-59
corridor. Since most of that will be occurring after dark, do not be
surprised to see just a few slippery travel spots, especially in the
higher terrain. With sunshine returning tomorrow, whatever is on the
ground will vanish quickly. The National Weather Service also has a
Winter Weather Advisory for a number of NW Alabama counties.

REST OF THE WEEKEND: We should have mostly sunshine Saturday and
Sunday with highs in the mid to upper 50s. Next chance of showers
about Monday.

LIGHTNING IS FRIGHTENING: The Mayor of Hollywood, which is a small
town near Scottsboro in Jackson County of NE Alabama, was knocked down
from the force of a lightning bolt that struck in front of the
Hollywood City Hall Tuesday night. The mayor is also a volunteer
firefighter. He was in a bay in the fire department preparing to go
out on an emergency call when the lightning struck making a hole in
his office wall and knocking him off his feet. He was not seriously
injured. Do not mess with lightning.

WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS: Several Tornado Watches in the Carolinas and
Virginia this afternoon, part of our same storm system. Our low-
pressure area will move up the Atlantic coast into the NE and may even
be labelled a nor'easter before it leaves the USA. 8 below zero was
the low this morning at Flag Island and Warroad, Minnesota. 20 below
zero at Chandalar Lake, Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: little Miss Molly apparently heard some
distant thunder during the night, because when I woke up at my usual
5:00 a.m., she was missing. She finally came sleepishly out of the
clothes closet and she was not shaking as badly as earlier. She sure
has wanted to play today, but she was pre-empted by a cold core upper
low. Tomorrow I plan to let her schedule my day. I will get at least 5
ballgames with her. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://cfc.abc3340.com/abc3340/7day.cfm
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

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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
Windy and colder with occasional snow. Some accumulation.
Morning Low 30
WIND: NW 10-20

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny, breezy and cool.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 47
WIND: NW 8-16

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 54
WIND: SE 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain at night.
Morning Low 36 Afternoon High 58
WIND: SE 7-14

MONDAY
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers, mainly during the afternoon.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 64
WIND: S 8-16

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