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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday June 9, 2004
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AROUND ALABAMA: A blanket of warm humid air covers Alabama and most of the
Southeast. There is plenty of moisture available, so the main thing that
determines how many showers or thunderstorms form are subtle differences in
the upper air pattern. The chance of a thunderstorm late this afternoon and
evening is very small. For the rest of the week and through the weekend,
there will be some scattered showers and thunderstorms every day-most of
them during the afternoon and early evening. It looks like a slightly better
chance Thursday, but the best chance of all could be late in the weekend on
Sunday. We caution that it could change by this weekend, so don't take that
for granted.

High temperatures will be rather consistent ranging mostly between 86 and
88. See our day-by-day forecast.

YESTERDAY'S TINY SEVERE STORM: Around 6:20 p.m. golf-ball sized hailstones
pelted Brookwood in Eastern Tuscaloosa County. Some trees and power lines
were torn down. This thunderstorm was extremely small and it spent itself
near where it formed. This is what we call a pulse-type thunderstorm that
can quickly flare up and become severe for a few minutes, then fade away.

AIR QUALITY: Another Code Yellow day which means moderate air quality. If
you are a very sensitive person, you should not strain yourself too much or
too long.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Nothing going on really. You can always find a few minor
disturbances somewhere out in the Atlantic, but none of them show any
promise of becoming tropical. So, we will wait patiently for Alex who will
be the first named storm of the season.

THE REST OF THE STORY: 6 persons were injured yesterday when a strong F1
tornado touched down at Warton in SE Texas. A second tornado formed just
east of that one and traveled for four miles...a lot of hail in the western
part of the Denver metropolitan area, especially in Golden. The Denver Post
reported this morning that the hail depth in part of that area reached three
feet along with 3 inches of rain. The Storm Prediction Center has posted a
moderate risk (meaning significant) of severe weather for tomorrow over NW
Kansas, most of Nebraska and SW South Dakota...two inches of rain during the
last 24 hours in Houston, Waco and San Antonio. Well over an inch in
Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin, Shreveport and Green Bay, Wisconsin...coldest this
morning 28 in Truckee, California and Barrow and Deadhorse, Alaska...Gila
Bend, Arizona was hottest with 105.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: My little Miss Molly back on schedule this
morning. If we had stepped outside one minute earlier, she would have seen
one of the community rabbits strolling across our driveway. That would have
erupted into a near riot and I would probably have gotten whiplash...the CC
(Community Cat) was resting on the walking track...Molly slowly approached
and I thought they were going to kiss but Molly charged from two feet away
and the cat sped off at seemingly 50 mph...that spooked Molly and she sped
off in the opposite direction...we paused for another Mocking Bird
concert...Molly looks so strange and funny with her hair cut so short.her
tail was not trimmed so when she sticks her tail up she looks top-heavy like
she will topple...she looks more like a rodent than a dog but I still love
her very much...life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbe@jbelliott.com

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TONIGHT
An isolated evening thunderstorm.then fair overnight.
Morning Low 70
WIND: Light

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered mostly afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 6-12

FRIDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly in the afternoon.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 89
WIND: W 6-12

SATURDAY
Another partly sunny, warm day with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SW 5-10

SUNDAY
Variable cloudiness. A better chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SW 6-12

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