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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday December 2, 2008
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...What A Difference A Day Makes...
NEXT RAIN THURSDAY: A nice turn around in Alabama weather overnight
and today. Yesterday there were snow flurries and snow showers in a
number of communities, including a few in the SW part of the state.
The snow was agreeable enough to whiten the ground in quite a few
places in North Alabama, with the most reported 3 inches in the
Mentone area on Lookout Mountain. That led to a minor problem this
morning when there were some patches of ice—the result of some frozen
snow melt. No major problem. Today, the air was sparkling clear. You
could see for miles. That is one great plus for winter in Alabama. We
do not have those long hot days with so much haze in the air that you
cannot see very far. In summer forecasting, you can almost flip a coin
to see who is going to get an afternoon thunderstorm.

OUR NEXT RAIN: The weather pattern is fairly active, so look for
another cold front to move rather quickly from the Plains into Alabama
arriving by the time you go to work Thursday morning. Preceding that
front will be a band of showers and possibly even a thunderstorm that
will reach Central Alabama after midnight tomorrow night and continue
through most of Thursday morning. This will be followed by several
days of total sunshine Friday through the weekend. We do not see any
bitter cold behind this next front. By Saturday morning, however, it
should be somewhere between 25 and 30 in the North Alabama valleys.

RAIN SCORECARD: We only have one more month to try to catch up on the
rain deficit that has affected most of the state through 2008. As of
today, here is a list of the rain deficits for various locations
around the state:

0.98 deficit at Birmingham Airport

4.22 at Anniston Airport

2.56 at Montgomery Airport

14.64 at Tuscaloosa Airport

15.73 at Huntsville Airport

Little hope that Huntsville and Tuscaloosa will have a chance to catch
up. Interesting to note that Mobile has received 64.73 inches of rain
this year, which is an excess of almost 3 inches.

GLOBAL ROAMING: I do not think you would like to be out in Cold Bay,
Alaska in the Aleutians today. Temperatures were well below freezing
and they were getting wind gusts to 54 mph. Coldest temperatures this
morning included 7 below at Embarrass in the North Woods of Minnesota,
36 below zero at Bettles, Alaska where there was 18 inches of snow on
the ground and 35 below in Eagle, Alaska. Back home in Birmingham, the
month of November averaged almost 4 degrees colder than normal.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly insisted on sleeping
tightly against my feet all night, which prevented me from turning
over during the night unless I woke her up and moved her. At 2:33
a.m., I had to get up briefly for a bathroom break and when I came
back she had captured my main sleeping area, including my warm pillow.
I had to pick her up and move her to the other side of the bed. Every
time I do that, there is a lengthy low-grade moan coming out of her
little lungs. It is her middle of the night mild protest to being
awakened. Last night she kept moaning for 30 seconds after I moved
her. She occasionally has dogmares in the middle of the night and she
lets out a little sharp yip every 10 seconds or so until the dream
goes away. I feel sure she is dreaming of chasing the CC (Community
Cat) or the CR (the Community Rabbit). That little dog sure does enjoy
life and she gets so much loving. 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
Clear.
Morning Low 34
WIND: S 4-6

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny, but clouds increase at night. Showers arrive after
midnight.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 61
WIND: S 10-18

THURSDAY
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mostly during the morning. Clear
and colder Thursday night.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 50
WIND: NW 7-14

FRIDAY
Sunny and cool.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 52
WIND: N 6-12

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 55
WIND: NE 5-10

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