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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday November 28, 2009
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GENE BARTOW CLASSIC
UAB vs. ETSU
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...Nice Weekend Continues...

Clouds have been increasing all day across the state in a southwesterly flow. They have been enhanced somewhat by a weak upper level disturbance, a little trough in the mid level flow up about 10,000 feet. A few radar returns were showing up on radars across southern Alabama and Mississippi, but that precipitation is not reaching the ground according to surface reports. The airmass across the South is still too dry. But that will be changing. The cloudiness affected today's temperatures, with the warmest readings coming up north where readings in the Tennessee Valley managed to reach the upper 60s. Upper 50s and lower 60s were common across Central Alabama. Overnight lows will drop to near 40 degrees in most spots.

CHANGES AHEAD: A strong upper trough is diving southeastward over the northern Plains this afternoon. Ahead of this trough, moisture levels will be picking up Sunday night and it will become breezy. Showers will reach western and northwestern Alabama Sunday evening and spread southeastward across the state overnight and into Monday.

SECOND ROUND OF SHOWERS: Monday night and most of Tuesday will be dry, but rain will move back into the state Tuesday night as a low pressure system over the western Gulf moves northeastward. Rain will be likely Wednesday, especially over South Alabama, where rainfall amounts could be heavy. Much of Central Alabama could receive a couple of inches between now and late Wednesday. Dry Friday and Saturday, but rain may return as early as Sunday.

TROPICS: The Atlantic Hurricane season will come to an end officially on Monday. It has been a relatively quiet year and we don't see anything that we will have to add to the rolls for 2009. So we will get ready to close the book on this year's season with a tropical review Sunday and Monday mornings on AlabamaWX.com.

FOOTBALL FORECAST: Central Florida is playing UAB at Legion Field this afternoon with a 12:30 p.m. kick off. Temperatures will fall back into the 50s by the final whistle.

WEATHERBRAINS: Lots of exciting guests coming up over the next few weeks on WeatherBrains, the weekly netcast that is all about weather. This week, it will be storm chaser Roger Hill. He may be the most prolific storm chaser, bagging tornadoes virtually every time he goes out. Then it is legendary Oklahoma City weatherman Gary England on the 7th. Our winter storm preparedness show will be on the 14th, with a special look back at the horrible Kentucky winter storm from this past January. We look at Alaska weather with friend of the podcast Todd Foisy, one of the hosts of the Alaska Weather Show. We wrap up the year with a review show on the 28th that will feature a special guest we can't announce just yet. Listen at www.WeatherBrains.com or subscribe at iTunes. It's free!

ON THE DATE IN 1999: The twelfth named storm of the North Atlantic Hurricane Season formed in the Caribbean on this date. Within a few hours, Tropical Storm Lenny was upgraded to a hurricane, with maximum winds of 80 mph. The hurricane was moving eastward and was threatening the island of Jamaica. Follow my weather history tweets on Twitter.com @ wxhistorian.

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TONIGHT
Partly cloudy skies.
Morning Low 32
WIND: SW 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly cloudy day. Increasing clouds and a chance of showers overnight.
Morning Low 41 Afternoon High 67
WIND: SW/S 5-10

MONDAY
Rain likely.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 55
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Sunshine during the day, but clouds and rain return overnight.
Morning Low 40 Afternoon High 58
WIND: N/E 5-10

WEDNESDAY
A chance of showers over North Central Alabama, rain likely to the south.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 53
WIND: SE/S 6-12

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