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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday December 5, 2008
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...A Good Rain Event Coming Up...

COLD AGAIN TONIGHT: It was plenty cold across Alabama last night. A
few of the lows:

22 Oneonta
24 Broomtown
25 Clay/Trussville, Huntsville
26 Birmingham Airport, Pleasant Grove, Concord/Hueytown
28 Cullman
29 Tuscaloosa, Anniston

Tonight a high-pressure area will be drifting over Alabama permitting
the wind to go calm early, so we will have another cold night with
lows generally in the mid 20s. The old thermometer will start
moderating Saturday, but it will still be chilly. We should have a lot
of sunshine until clouds move in later Monday.

THE GATHERING STORM: Looks like the best storm system we have seen in
quite some time will start developing over the Texas Panhandle Monday.
It will move eastward pulling a warm front northward out of the Gulf
of Mexico. We think this will give us a real good rain event Tuesday
and lasting into Wednesday. There is a good chance that Central
Alabama could get 2 to possibly 3 inches of rain from this total storm
system. It is a little early to be that specific, but it does look
encouraging.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: Nice weather for the high school championship games
in Birmingham tonight and Saturday, at least for the players. It will
be quite chilly with temperatures below freezing by the time the games
end tonight and peaking only around 50 or so Saturday. If you are
driving over to Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game, good driving
weather and high temperatures in Atlanta tomorrow will be around 52.
Of course, you will be inside the dome while you are watching the game.

GLOBAL ROAMING: A Blizzard Warning for SE Wyoming, including the
Laramie area for today. Laramie is the home of the University of
Wyoming where Pat Dye used to be head coach. Winds may gust as high as
60 mph with zero visibility and blowing and drifting snow. Still 2
inches of snow on the ground at Mt. LeConte in the Smoky Mountains and
their low was 13. But the oldest temperature in the USA this morning
was 20 below zero at both Laramie, Wyominig and Anaktuvuk, Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly ran away. I was on my
morning walk with her and the leash broke. She took off like a cannon
with me yelling for her to stop. I ran as fast as my little legs would
carry me for at least ½ miles. I was scared to death. She went all the
way to the north end of the walking track and then out onto a busy
street. I thought sure she was going to head to busy, busy US-11,
which would have put her in extreme danger. By this time, I was over
50 yards behind her and I saw her turn onto our street. She ran all
the way down the street. When she got close to her house, she
vanished. I was afraid she was going to crawl under a lower fence and
still get out on US-11. By then I had lost 5 pounds and was out of
breath. We stood in the street out front and whistled and called. She
came charging from between 2 houses. And raced across the cul-de-sac
at breakneck speed and almost jumped into my arms. That was a scary
time and we bought a new leash today. I wanted to spank the little
girl, but the majority owner intervened. Life goes on, scary at times.

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
Fair and cold.
Morning Low 24
WIND: Calm

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. A cold morning.
Morning Low 24 Afternoon High 53
WIND: W 6-12

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

MONDAY
Partly sunny, but clouds increase late. Breezy.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 54
WIND: S 10-20

TUESDAY
Windy with showers and thunderstorms. Rain may be heavy at times.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 62
WIND: S 12-25

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