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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday August 27, 2004
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NICE WEATHER AFTER WEEKEND STORMS: If you don't mind getting through some
more showers and thunderstorms over the weekend, we can look for some more
pleasant weather beginning Monday. This will include lower daytime humidity
and cooler nights. That dry weather should last at least through the middle
of next week. But let's backtrack and put the horse before the buggy.

Scattered thunderstorms this evening will diminish. Look for more scattered,
mostly afternoon, thunderstorms on Saturday. As a cool front gets closer to
the state, showers and thunderstorms will become more numerous on Sunday.
That should be the day when we get the most rain. It will be clearing
Monday. Tuesday should be just about all sunshine. Lows will be in the mid
60s Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. (See our day-by-day forecast.)

TROPICAL WEATHER: Lots on our tropical plate this afternoon. Our primary
concern is Hurricane Frances, which has already become a Category 2
hurricane and probably on the way to a major hurricane reputation. At midday
she was located about 800 miles east of the Lesser Antilles moving WNW about
10. She should continue WNW and NW for the next 24 hours. Sustained winds
were near 105 mph with higher gusts. She should grow stronger during the
next 24 hours and could become a Category 3 booger later today. The
long-range tracking chart is going to place her about 250 miles north of
Puerto Rico Tuesday night With a subtropical ridge expected to grow stronger
to her north, there is increasing concern for the Bahamas and possibly the
Florida-Georgia-South Carolina coast. We should mention for what it's worth:
one of the weather models places her about 200 miles south of New Orleans by
daybreak Tuesday. We emphasize immediately that prog charts that far ahead
can have major mistakes. It is strictly a case of watching and waiting. We
also note a low pressure area 115 SE of Charleston that could become a
tropical depression before curving back toward the USA coast.

SWEEPING OFF MY DESK: Interesting to note that on this date in 1893, the
first of three major hurricanes to strike the Southeast moved in just south
of Savannah where winds were clocked to 120 mph. A huge storm surge was the
main cause for 1,000 fatalities at Charleston. ..chilly spots in the USA: 30
this morning in Big Piney, Wyoming and 27 in Anaktuvuk, Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: The big question is, will little Miss Molly go
through a period of "terrible twos"? We don't think so-it's just not in that
little rascal's bubbly personality. Out walking early today, she got to see
some of her favorite people who are the human grandparents to another
Shih-Tsu named Mattie. Molly and Mattie play well together...we did hear two
birds this morning. One female bird sounded like she was talking on her cell
phone. (Just teasing ladies!) haven't seen a crow or a wabbit in four or
five days. Molly and I will have o go to birdland and recruit some new
residents. Old crows, other birds, cats, other dogs, spiders, earthworms,
gnats and mosquitoes are all part of our life...last night Molly did leap
high in the air trying to grab a lightening bug which was at at least 15
feet above her head..maybe she needs glasses...I did get in "twubble" for
sneaking Molly a small piece of angel food cake for her birthday...there is
a rule in our house, "no human food for Molly." But when she looks up at me
with those sparkling eyes, I melt and get in more trouble. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly this evening.
Morning Low 72
WIND: Light

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered, mostly afternoon, showers and storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SW 5-10

SUNDAY
Cloudy at times with showers and thunderstorms becoming more numerous.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SW 6-12

MONDAY
Clearing and becoming less humid.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NW 5-10

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny and less humid.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NE 5-10

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