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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday December 2, 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.

In addition, the Athletic Department has partnered with the
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a portion of every
ticket sold will go toward cancer research.

Tickets are normally $15, but through this link, tickets can be
purchased for just $10. Simply click here:
http://tiny.cc/ZnaPx
and enter the code: BARTOW

For more information, call 205-975-UAB1
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...A Stormy Day...

DECEMBER ACTING LIKE DECEMBER: If you were out and about today, the weather certainly did not act like July. December can be quite stormy and blustery which was the case today.

Blame most of it on a low-pressure area that developed over the north Gulf of Mexico. It finally moved inland at midmorning and picked up speed. This afternoon the center was near Nashville.

All of Alabama has received rain in the last 24 hours and generally speaking, it was a real soaking. I doubt if there is a single square foot of soil in Alabama that looks like it is suffering from a drought. Here are just a few rain totals:

2.06 Mobile

2.49 Robertsdale

2.50 Brewton

1.61 Birmingham Airport

1.73 Greystone Farms

We are getting some amazing numbers when it comes to rain surplus. A case in point is Birmingham Airport. The 1.61 inches of rain overnight swelled the total for the year to 67.17 inches. That is a surplus of 17.50 inches. A number of other places around the state have numbers just as impressive. At Greystone Farms in North Shelby County, 68.80 inches of rain has fallen this year.

For a time this morning, a Tornado Watch was in effect for extreme South Alabama. During that Watch, the Duke Field Fire Department at Eglin Air Force Base in NW Florida reported a tornado on the ground 3 miles SE of Crestview. We also had a report of a few trees uprooted in NE Alabama due to straight-line winds. When the ground is so soft from so much rain, it is relatively easy.

This afternoon, almost all of the rain had shifted into Georgia and South Carolina, although a short line of storms had formed over NE Alabama. We could still have a few evening showers as it turns breezy and colder with a low by morning of around 39. Thursday should have more clouds than sun with temperatures struggling to get out of the mid and upper 40s. On Friday, the weather will stay cold and there is a slight chance of some snow flurries late Friday night extending into Saturday morning. We believe it will only be flurries. A worse case scenario would be a slight dusting in the higher terrain of NE Alabama. Finally, some sunshine returns on Sunday.

GLOBAL ROAMING: 3 inches of snow on the ground today at Jacksboro, Texas and some snow even in the Ft. Worth/Dallas area, but not enough to really measure…New Orleans got 3.17 inches of rain overnight…warmest in the country yesterday was 83 in West Kendall, Florida…cold spots this morning included 17 below in Yellowstone National Park and 14 below at Atqasuk, Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly does not like the rain, but she loves to wade in water like a little boy. There were plenty of places for her to do that this morning on our early morning walk. When she does walk in the rain, when she gets back home, she wallows all over the carpet drying to use it as a towel to dry off. I sure do laugh at her and she looks at me funny. 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, breezy and colder. A slight chance of evening rain.
Morning Low 39
WIND: W 10-20

THURSDAY
Mostly cloudy and cold.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 48
WIND: NW 8-16

FRIDAY
Cloudy at times. A slight chance of snow flurries late at night.
Morning Low 32 Afternoon High 47
WIND: N 8-16

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. A few morning snow flurries.
Morning Low 31 Afternoon High 45
WIND: N 7-14

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny. A cold morning.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 51
WIND: NE 5-10

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