ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday November 26, 2009
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GENE BARTOW CLASSIC
UAB vs. ETSU
Friday, December 4th at 7:00 pm
Bartow Arena

UAB Basketball will salute a legend in both Birmingham and college athletics, Gene Bartow--the man that started UAB Athletics and won over 600 games in his illustrious 34-year career.

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...A Great Weekend...

DID YOU KNOW that Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba is almost 250 miles long? That is way far away from Alabama, so let us go home.

THE ALABAMA SITUATION: If humans were in control, it would take a committee of 500 several days to come up with a Thanksgiving Day as nice as today. That is, if you do not mind some chilly temperatures. It is another one of those autumn days when the visibility is unrestricted, the sky is a bright blue and people are enjoying a Thanksgiving holiday. With clear weather overnight, the temperature dropped to below freezing in some locations this morning—a few degrees lower than we had forecast. Samples:

27 Hamilton
28 Muscadine
29 Pinson
30 Centreville, Dearmanville, McCalla (heavy frost in McCalla)
31 Addison, Anniston Airport
32 Jasper
The low in Homewood was 38 and they have not had frost so far—quite a contrast to some of the valleys in NE Alabama.

OUR NEXT RAIN: A significant change in our weather late in the weekend and early next week. By Monday morning, a low-pressure area will be forming near the Gulf Coast, while another cold front will be moving down from the Central Plains. This will give us a good chance of showers Monday along with at least a few thunderstorms. It looks like that type weather will linger into Tuesday and all the way into Wednesday. By Saturday and Sunday, our high temperatures will recover to the 60s. Another cold front arriving Tuesday will pull us back into the 50s for afternoon highs.

SHOP UNTIL YOU DROP FRIDAY: Other than a chilly start, if you are going out shortly after midnight tonight or even daybreak tomorrow, it will be near freezing. But for your shopping spree, it looks like 100% sunshine Friday with a high in the mid 50s. I will not be seeing any of you. My shopping will have to come later.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: Tuskegee is at Alabama State this afternoon. Great weather with the temperature around 60 for the 3:00 p.m. kick off…Alabama is at Auburn for the 1:30 kick off Friday afternoon. Zero chance of rain, totally clear, temperatures will peak around 58 during the first half with some 40s by late in the game. Central Florida will be in Birmingham to play UAB in a 12:30 game. Temperatures should peak around 62 in the first half with lower 50s late in the game. For high school play off games Friday night, clear chilly weather with 48 to 50 at kick off with 38 to 40 late in the game.

GLOBAL ROAMING: 87 at Lake Forest, California was the warmest yesterday…an even zero at Gunnison, Colorado was the lowest this morning…in Alaska, the coldest was 19 below at Ft. Yukon…the heavy showers yesterday dumped 1.52 inches of rain on Miami, 1.44 on Palm Beach and 1.25 in Tampa.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: There is so much to be thankful for on this day. Way down the totem pole, but still very important to us, is the seven delightful years we have had Little Miss Molly in our home. She completely makes our day and is so unpredictable at times that we die laughing. The walking track around our street is exactly ½-mile long. I walk Molly at least 1 mile a day, so that means in the last 7 years, we have walked 2,500 miles. No wonder I am pooped, but life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Clear and colder.
Morning Low 32
WIND: NW 5-10

FRIDAY
Early morning scattered frost. A sunny day.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 55
WIND: NW 7-14

SATURDAY
Sunny. A milder afternoon.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 62
WIND: SW 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Warmer.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 67
WIND: S 6-12

MONDAY
Breezy and mild. A good chance of showers and a few thunderstorms.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 62
WIND: SW 10-20

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