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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday December 3, 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.

Help honor Coach Bartow when the UAB Blazers take on
East Tennessee State, coached by Murry Bartow.

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...Dealing With Early Winter...

SOME SNOW IN OUR PICTURE: All of us have been pondering the weather all day and we have come up with this scenario: Not sealed in stone by any means since it is a developing situation. Some of our weather models are at war with each other:

FRIDAY: Breezy and cold with high in the 40s. No precipitation

except possibly some light snow late at night. Could even be past midnight. Low for Friday night and early Saturday morning 31. Brisk north winds.

SATURDAY: Occasional snow through most of the morning and ending at some point in the afternoon. Light accumulations. For BHM Metro best estimate is about 1/2 to one inch. Melting will start soon. We expect the Saturday morning low at 31 but an afternoon high of 43. The ground is not very cold, in fact soil temperatures this morning across Central Alabama were in the 52-55 range. It is unlikely that local travel problems will develop, however, if we do get a full inch, could be some temporary slick spots on bridges and overpasses. The snow will taper off with very little over North Alabama. There is the
possibility of 2 to 3 inch amounts over the south third of the state.

We should point out that all of this weather excitement is due to another low-pressure area that will develop over the Gulf of Mexico. If it tracks too far south, it could pull our moisture supply southward and cut down on the chances of snow. We do not think that will happen.

SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY: Clear and colder with a widespread freeze. Low Sunday morning as cold as 26. A Sunday afternoon warm up with high near 55.

PROWLING OTHER PLACES: Interesting to note that Houston is expecting 1 to 2 inches of snow with as much as 3 inches at Beaumont, Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana. Even New Orleans will get at least some snow…Syracuse has been in a snow drought with only ½ inch so far this season…USA extremes in the last 24 hours included 87 at Ft. Pierce and Vero Beach, Florida yesterday and 19 below in Yellowstone Park this morning. That was 1 degree colder than the low for Alaska, which was 18 below at Northway…it is interesting to note (at least to me) that on December 4, 1972, Livingston, Montana saw their temperature nosedive from 52 to 18 in only 20 minutes. That is what we used to call a Cold Wave Warning. I miss those…lots of rain east and NE of Alabama yesterday, including over 3 inches at Columbus, Georgia and Tallahassee and over 2 inches at Richmond and Raleigh.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: There may be still some high school play off games Friday night. Not very comfortable with temperatures in the mid 40s at kick off and upper 30s at the final whistle.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I often wonder what Little Miss Molly thinks of me. I came home from Wednesday night church last evening and she almost took me down. She acted like I had been gone a week and she was so glad to see me. She was dancing around and around on the tile floor in the kitchen and it sounded like a person tap dancing. She even walked on her hind legs toward me holding her front paws for me to pick her up. Of course, I did, because she owns me. I gave her a long belly rub and I truly believe that she smiled at me, although I understand that dogs do not smile. Life goes on.

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

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HUNTER STREET CHRISTMAS WORSHIP CONCERT
Sunday, December 13

Celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, The Hope of
The World, at Hunter Street's Christmas Worship
Concert December 13 at 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 a.m.

This will be a morning of glorious music, powerful praise
and worship and a message of hope and grace.

Everyone is welcome. There is no charge. Childcare is
available for children, birth to K5.

Hunter Street is located 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
Mostly cloudy and cold.
Morning Low 34
WIND: NW 5-10

FRIDAY
Clouds increase. Chance of some snow after midnight.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 48
WIND: N 10-15

SATURDAY
Breezy with intermittent snow through the morning. ½ to possibly 1 inch possible.
Morning Low 31 Afternoon High 43
WIND: N 10-18

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny. A widespread morning freeze.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 52
WIND: E 5-10

MONDAY
Clouds increase again with a chance of some rain.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 55
WIND: S 6-12

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