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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday September 30, 2004
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ANOTHER SPARKLING AUTUMN DAY: You would have to be an old grouch not to
enjoy today's weather. Overall the weather still looks good for the next 5
to 7 days with some minor interruptions.

Moisture is still quite limited and even though a cold front will reach our
area Saturday, we don't expect very many showers. However, we can't rule out
a slight risk of a shower Saturday. After that, clouds will decrease on
Sunday. Latest weather data indicates that the Saturday cold front will tend
to slow down in South Alabama and wait for a stronger cold front the middle
of next week. This was our coolest morning since last spring. We just have
to celebrate with these low temperatures:

42 in Hartselle
44 at Little River Canyon, DeSoto State Park
46 in Cullman, Ft. Payne, Scottsboro
47 in Russellville and Huntsville
48 in Pinson, Gadsden, Fayette, Jasper
50 in Anniston
51 in Birmingham
52 in Tuscaloosa

TROPICAL WEATHER: Oops. We hate to mention this, but the Central Caribbean
is getting a bit nervous again. A tropical wave in that area may grow a
little stronger as it reaches the NW Caribbean in about two days where water
temperatures are in the mid-80s-plenty warm enough for tropical development.


If it does become a tropical storm, its name will be Matthew.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: UAB is at Cincinnati Saturday. It should be breezy with
some scattered showers and temperatures in the 60s. South Carolina will be
at Alabama for a late afternoon kick off. The chance of a shower is very
small and temperatures will fall into the 70s during the game. Auburn will
be in Knoxville to play Tennessee at 6:45 p.m. There is a slight chance of a
shower with temperatures falling into the 60s.

RAMBLING THOUGHTS: I still love strange sounding places. Before Jeanne
moved off the Atlantic Seaboard, she dumped 11.8 inches of rain at Busted
Rock, Virginia...hottest in the USA yesterday was 95 at Phoenix and Gila
Bend in Arizona and at Needles and Death Valley in California...lows this
morning 27 in Pellston and Big Rapids, Michigan and zero at Anaktuvuk Pass,
Alaska...the coldest air of the season will be pushing down into the U.S.
from Central Canada in the next day or so. Places in Minnesota and the
Dakotas will have highs only in the 40s with north winds up to 40 mph.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Since I started writing this tiny paragraph
from my tiny corner, it has been mostly about our little Miss Molly. We have
received over 2,000 e-mails and I appreciate them all. Only one has been
highly critical earlier this week. There have been occasions when we
sympathized with people who shared the bad news of losing their pet. One of
our most faithful readers and a good friend, just lost her delightful little
white 12-pound Peek-A-Poo named Nikki. She had the most adoring black eyes.

The person found her walking apparently lost on a hot August morning over 12
years ago. When she died this week, she was in the arms of her owner with
tears streaming down the owner's face onto the little dog. She will be
buried in her own backyard in her rubbermaid box complete with pillow and
little white blanket. There is a lesson in all this. I am a strong person
emotionally, but if something were to happen to Molly, I would cry like a
baby. If I may editorialize, let us all try not to get so busy that we have
to ration the time we spend with our pets who love us through thick and
thin.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Clear and cool.
Morning Low 55
WIND: Calm

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 85
WIND: SW 4-8

SATURDAY
Partly sunny with a slight chance of a shower.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 85
WIND: SW 6-12

SUNDAY
Decreasing cloudiness. A little cooler.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 79
WIND: N 6-12

MONDAY
Some scattered clouds, but mostly sunshine.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 80
WIND: NE 5-10

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