ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday January 1, 2009
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HOPE

Hope. It's something we all look for. Too often we think hope
is just a wish or a feeling. We've seen what can happen when
we put our hope-our trust-in the wrong place, people or things.

Christian hope is different. It is the confident, joyful expectation
that God is working for my good and his glory.

Do you know someone who needs hope, especially in these tough times?

Join others seeking "Hope" this Sunday at Hunter Street Baptist
Church in Hoover. Visit http://www.hunterstreet.org for service
times and directions.

Hunter Street is located at 2600 John Hawkins Parkway in Hoover,
just 3 miles west of the Riverchase Galleria. Phone 205.985.7295.
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...Welcome To 2009!...

Happy New Year! I hope that you and your family are having a relaxing
and peaceful New Years Day. Are you ready for some football? Catch
the Capital One and Rose Bowl games on ABC3340 this afternoon.

FINE START TO 2009, BUT CHANGES AHEAD: It is a fine, seasonable New
Years Day here in Central Alabama. Morning temperatures were a little
cooler than normal, with lows across the state ranging from 20F at the
Bankhead National Forest station to 37 at Dothan. Readings across the
I-20 Corridor were in the middle and upper 20s. Highs this afternoon
will top out generally in the middle 50s under mostly sunny skies.
Southeasterly winds are already on the increase, and will be sending
moisture levels up. Clouds will also be on the increase late in the
day. A few light showers may break out after midnight tonight.
There was some concern that some freezing or frozen precipitation
could occur at the onset tonight, but I think temperatures will stay
warm enough for liquid precipitation overnight. There could be some
sleet as the precipitation begins. We will watch eastern sections to
make the temperatures don't drop too quickly too early.

A SHOWERY FORECAST: A weak cold front will be approaching Alabama on
Friday. As it does, a few showers will develop during the day. The
front will stall out somewhere over Central Alabama, waiting to come
back north as a warm front. By Saturday morning, a low pressure
system will be forming over the nation's midsection. As this low
intensifies, southerly winds will pick up across Alabama and shove the
front northward. It will be accompanied by a few showers. By late
Saturday afternoon, rain and some storms will be massing at our
weather border. They will overspread the area Saturday night. A cold
front will move through early Sunday, putting a temporary end to the
rain. Even though there could be a few light post-frontal showers, it
should be mainly dry Sunday night into early Monday.

A NEW YEAR/A NEW WEEK: By Monday morning, another low pressure
system will be forming over the western Gulf of Mexico. This low will
move northeast, spreading rain back into western Alabama by mid-
afternoon. Rain will be likely across Alabama Monday night. The
track of the low will limit severe weather chances to extreme South
Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The rain should end from the west
late Monday night. A big upper trough will move slowly eastward to
our north, bringing the chance of precipitation to North and Central
Alabama Tuesday and Wednesday. There is a chance there could be a
little wintry precipitation mixed in, depending on temperature profiles.

ON THIS DATE IN 1935: The Associated Press initiated its Wirephoto
Service. The facsimile service transmitted news photos to its
subscribers. Two products that would remain a feature of the service
were two daily weather maps, one for morning papers and one for
evening papers. The Wirephoto Weather Maps have remained a staple of
the AP. UPI also offered daily weather maps to its syndicate by
facsimile. By April 1982, the USA TODAY color national weather map
had changed the face of newspaper weather maps.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@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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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
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Call (205) 996-5219 for more information. Go Blazers!
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TONIGHT
Increasing clouds. A light shower possible after midnight.
Morning Low 27
WIND: SE 5-10

FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy with occasional showers.
Morning Low 41 Afternoon High 56
WIND: S 6-12

SATURDAY
Rain becoming likely during the afternoon. Rain, perhaps a little
thunder overnight.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 62
WIND: SE 6-12

SUNDAY
Rain likely during the morning, diminishing by afternoon.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 64
WIND: SE 6-16

MONDAY
Mostly cloudy with a chance of a shower. Rain becoming likely by
evening, continuing overnight.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 55
WIND: N/NE 6-18

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Tonight on ABC 33/40:

4:00pm Rose Bowl
7:30pm AFV
7:30pm Grey's Anatomy
9:00pm Private Practive
10:00pm ABC 33/40 News
10:35pm Nightline

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