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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday December 7, 2009
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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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...December Rolls Along...

HEADED FOR WET WEATHER: We had some cold temperatures over the weekend. The old thermometer dropped as low as the upper teens in some of the valleys of NE Alabama. Quite a bit of sunshine Sunday, but now we are headed for some more foul weather. Remember, this is December and the weather never stays the same for very long. We expect some rain to reach Central Alabama, mainly after midnight. Widespread rain for tomorrow. Mixed in with that will be a few strong to severe thunderstorms late Tuesday or Tuesday night. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted a Slight Risk for tomorrow and tomorrow night for most of Louisiana and all but the extreme north sections of both Mississippi and Alabama. Probably the better chance will be late in the day and Tuesday night. We will watch that closely and we can zero in on the time window better by tomorrow morning.

Another fast-moving cold front will sweep across the area late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. NW winds will be up to 25 mph at times and highs will be in the upper 50s. Could be a little leftover light rain early. Thursday will probably be our nicest day this week with partly sunny weather and highs in the 40s. We will see some more rain late Friday and Saturday.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS: Lots of folks like to go up there in the winter and especially as the Christmas holidays approach. Rain will become widespread by tomorrow afternoon and lingering into Wednesday morning. Mostly sunny and colder weather is expected Thursday and Friday. By Friday morning, the average low will be about 25 with 15 in the high country. By the way, yesterday morning the temperature dropped to 9 above zero on Mt. LeConte with 3 inches of snow on the ground.

ROAMING NORTH AMERICA: Blizzard warnings for Northern Arizona including Flagstaff until noon tomorrow. SW winds as high as 60 mph will create huge drifts. They are expecting 12 to 28 inches of snow…the morning snow survey showed 42% of the lower 48 states with a snow cover. That is a big increase recently, because one month ago today only 3% was covered…a lot of snow expected over the NW USA also…the cold spot this morning was Big Piney, Wyoming with 23 below zero…coldest in Alaska was 8 below at Arctic Village…the north coast of Alaska is in their long winter night with no sun…Barrow has received 23 inches of snow so far…closer to home, Birmingham Airport has received 67.32 inches of rain this year—an amazing surplus of 17 inches.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly has an IQ that goes up 1 or 2 points per day. She has now learned how to give herself a belly rub by dragging herself all the way across the living area carpet, pulling herself with her front paws. That lets her belly get rubbed by the carpet. She has also developed some other habits. She insists on stopping on her walk and meticulously sniffing certain tiny leaves or pieces of straw. This morning she smelled every inch of a little straw that was a foot long and finally left a few drops. She may want to be a puppy hydrologist. She stopped at three houses and cried a bit. She knows that people who live there love her. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Cloudy with a chance of rain, mostly after midnight.
Morning Low 46
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Windy. Rain becoming widespread. A few strong to severe storms at night.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 50
WIND: SE 10-20

WEDNESDAY
Lingering light rain during the morning. Windy and colder. Some afternoon clearing.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 59
WIND: NW 12-25

THURSDAY
Partly sunny and cool.
Morning Low 31 Afternoon High 48
WIND: NW 8-16

FRIDAY
Clouds increase. A chance of rain late.
Morning Low 29 Afternoon High 49
WIND: E 7-14

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