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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday January 10, 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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...Cold Wave Coming Next Week...

An active weather pattern continues across Alabama as we head toward
the middle of January. We will deal with some rain today, a change to
colder starting tonight and an real Arctic airmass along with its
attendant weather complications by midweek and beyond.

RAIN/STORMS TODAY: A strong cold front is approaching Alabama from
this northwest today. Showers and a couple of storms will precede the
front, with the best chances of rain from late this morning until
early evening. Temperatures along the I-59 corridor will rise into
the lower 60s, but areas to the southeast may get closer to 70. This
could mean more and stronger storms south of Birmingham, perhaps even
a severe one or two. The rain will end from the northwest this
afternoon. Winds will be breezy out of the southwest, shifting around
to the west and then northwest after frontal passage.

REST OF THE WEEKEND: We should wake up cloudy on Sunday, but
increasing sunshine will return during the day. It will be cooler
tomorrow, with high sin the lower 50s, after morning lowers in the
middle 30s. Expect a light freeze Sunday night with clear skies and
the biggest full moon of 2009, since it is at perigee, or its closest
point in its orbit around the earth.

EARLY WEEK: Monday will be seasonable with highs in the lower 50s
under partly sunny skies. By Monday night, a strong low pressure
system will be swinging through the Great Lakes, pushing another cold
front our way. Some indications there could be a few snow flurries
late Monday night into Tuesday morning as temperatures remain cold.
Highs will remain in the 30s on Tuesday, but the main cold will arrive
on Wednesday behind a true Arctic
front.

ARCTIC AIRMASS ARRIVES WEDNESDAY: Temperatures will begin dropping
Wednesday afternoon behind the front and they won't stop dropping
until they reach the upper teens Thursday morning. Readings may not
get above freezing on Thursday in places. The big question is whether
there will be any precipitation on Thursday. The models have been
back and forth on the idea of some freezing rain or light snow
Thursday, all the way to a significant snow. We will have to wait and
see. Back in the deep freeze Thursday night, with some single digit
lows possible. The cold weather will continue into the weekend, with
some moderation after that.

BOTTOM LINE: This will be a difficult forecast. We are confident
that it will be some of the coldest temperatures we have seen in a
long time, perhaps in years. Don't pin your expectations to any model
run as far as precipitation goes, but just know there is a chance of
some wintry precipitation, with early Tuesday and Thursday looking
most likely for now.

ON THIS DATE IN 1982: Birmingham and much of Alabama was in the deep
freeze as an Arctic blast was engulfing much of the eastern half of
the nation. As temperatures were tumbling across Alabama, a surprise
dropped from the sky on Birmingham area highway. As temperatures fell
steadily during the day through the twenties and teens into the single
digits, a single engine Cessna had to execute an emergency landing on
U.S. 31 in Fultondale. The plane's engine failed because of
carburetor ice. Several tractor trailer trucks had to brake suddenly
to avoid the plane.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Cloudy and breezy with a good chance of showers and possibly a
thunderstorm.
Afternoon High 63
WIND: S/SW 10-20

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy and cooler.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 49
WIND: N 10-15

MONDAY
Partly sunny. Perhaps a late night snow flurry.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 51
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny and colder. A few morning snow flurries.
Morning Low 30 Afternoon High 39
WIND: N 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Breezy and cold. Intervals of sun.
Morning Low 19 Afternoon High 35
WIND: N 7-14

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