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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday September 9, 2004
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NICE WEATHER THROUGH WEEKEND: How about those pleasant temperatures when
you walked out to grab the paper this morning? Let's celebrate a few of
those before we get down to more serious business:

59 in Cullman
61 in Pinson
63 in Fayette, Jasper, Heflin, Birmingham, Anniston.

Our weather looks great through the weekend. Please refer to our day-by-day
forecast for details.

POWERHOUSE IVAN AND ALABAMA: During the next few days, you're going to see
all kinds of forecasts on where Hurricane Ivan will make landfall in the
USA. Please, please remember that such a forecast more than a couple of days
out is subject to considerable error. The latest thinking is that Ivan will
curve northward, crossing the western part of Cuba Sunday night, then across
the western part of the Florida Keys early Monday, and then making another
landfall on the SW coast of Florida. Punta Gorda. If that track holds true,
most of Alabama would not get any real adverse weather. However, if the
track were to shift further westward, we could be affected later Tuesday.

Hurricane Ivan is a powerful and extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane
with sustained winds around 160 MPH and gusts close to 200. He appears to be
heading straight for Jamaica, an island of 4,200 square miles and one-tenth
the size of Cuba. If he makes direct landfall there, the damage will be
catastrophic. There are some indications he should weaken a bit after
curving northward to threaten Florida, but we will have to wait and see.

If he makes landfall in Florida, it will be unprecedented. I believe it's
true that two Category 4 or stronger hurricanes have never crossed the U.S.
coastline in one season. Ivan is also among the strongest hurricanes ever to
occur in the Atlantic Basin.

THURSDAY NOTES: Finally, the lingering effects of Tropical Depression
Frances are diminishing. She has been a real thorn in the side of millions
of folks...she dumped 6.40 inches of rain at White Plains, New York and 4.06
inches in the Big Apple...in Western North Carolina, officials report some
of the worst flooding in history around Asheville and the city water supply
was crippled...some good cold temperatures up in Alaska. It was 15 this
morning in Dry Creek, 18 in Fort Yukon and 20 at Eagle.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Oh, boy, having to shun little Miss Molly some
more because of work, but she is not letting it escape her attention. Her
newest thing is to come in my office, park her little paws on the side of my
leg, look at me with those big eyes and wag her tail wanting me to place her
on my desk. She loves to sit here and look out the window. She is wagging
her tail as I type this, sort of sweeping off my keyboard. About every-other
paragraph, I pause for a moment and hug her neck. When the last hurricane
advisory came off the printer, she started chewing on that. Life goes on.


J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Clear and pleasant.
Morning Low 62
WIND: Light NE

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NE 4-8

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NE 6-12

SUNDAY
Some scattered clouds, but mostly sunshine.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 89
WIND: E 6-12

MONDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SE 5-10

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