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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday July 1, 2004
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EVEN THE FROGS ARE GURGLING: Well, that's being a little silly, but it
seems that way. Up front let's say that we don't see any decrease in the
number of showers and thunderstorms until possibly Monday and Tuesday. That
means a good chance of showers and thunderstorms each day all the way
through the weekend. As usual, there will be a wide variation in rainfall
amounts, but some communities will get locally heavy rain each day. The
showers and storms will become numerous at times. These usually happens in
clusters and it doesn't mean every community will get extremely heavy rain.
Yesterday, early evening thunderstorms dumped 3.72 inches of rain at Oak
Grove in West Jefferson County. In the NE part of the county, 1.50 inches
fell in a short time near Clay bringing their total to about 10 inches for
June.

JUNE RAINFALL: All across Central Alabama the normal rainfall for the month
of June is about 3.75 inches. As you scan through this list, you will note
that some areas tripled that amount while other communities-sometimes in the
same county-barely reached normal. The list:

8.46 inches at Montgomery
7.03 at Birmingham Airport
4.97 in Huntsville
16.07 at Mobile
5.07 at Anniston
8.74 at Muscle Shoals
3.07 in the west part of Helena
7.28 in the NE part of Trussville
3.51 in Pelham
3.73 at Greystone Farms
3.55 in Inverness
12.87 at Vincent
10.75 in Nauvoo
6.83 at Black Creek (6.80 since June 12)
4.88 in Hackleburg

Despite all of this rain, Montgomery and Birmingham are still about 2 inches
short for the year, but that could be wiped out with a single thunderstorm.

ELEVATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE: There was a 77 degree range in temperature
across Arizona from 103 in Phoenix yesterday afternoon to a very cold 26
this morning at the Flagstaff Arboretum...In Houston, 18.33 inches of rain
in June brought the 2004 total so far to 45.04 inches-21 inches above
normal. Last year at this time, they had only received 13.35. New Orleans'
total for the year has swelled to 51 inches-18 inches too wet...a little
chilly near the South Pole today with a temperature of 92 below zero and a
wind chill of 147 below!

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: With a granddaughter staying overnight and
being taught quilting today by her grandmother and me having to watch the
weather more closely, little Miss Molly has been wandering around the house
with a quizzical look. At one time she piled seven of her play toys in the
middle of the floor and gathered them in her paws and every time someone
walked through, she was clearly asking, "Can't somebody take a minute to
play with me?" Even with everybody busy, she has had plenty of tummy rubs
today and her morning walk was uneventful. She is puzzled by all the wet
weather mushrooms and stays clear. Seems all the crows and mocking birds are
out of town for the holiday but life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbe@jbelliott.com

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TONIGHT
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly through the evening. A few
places will get downpours.
Morning Low 70
WIND: SW 4-6

FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy with occasional showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SW 6-12

SATURDAY
Showers and thunderstorms-they may be numerous at times with locally heavy
rain.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 83
WIND: SW 8-16

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. A good chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SW 6-12

MONDAY
Scattered mostly afternoon thunderstorms, but not as many as on previous
days.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 5-10

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BIRMINGHAM BARONS TO LIGHT UP THE SKY!

The Birmingham Barons and Bruno's Supermarkets present an Independence
Weekend Spectacular at the Hoover Met starting Thursday, July 1st.

On Thursday night the Barons will take on the Tennessee Smokies at 7pm and
Spiderman will be in attendance signing autographs (No fireworks on
Thursday).

Friday night July 2nd, at 7pm, BirdZerk! returns to entertain the fans as
the Barons take on the Smokies, and stay after and watch the first of our
two fireworks shows in two nights!

Saturday, July 3rd, at 7pm the ZOOperstars will return to entertain the fans
and after the game our second of our two fireworks spectaculars.

For tickets call 988-3200 or order online at www.barons.com.
Don't miss any of the exciting action!
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