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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday September 27, 2004
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TRULY, A HURRICANE HANGOVER: If anyone has ever had a hurricane hangover,
it has to be the people of Florida and a good chunk of Alabama. But we have
some good news. As soon as we can push Jeanne off the mid-Atlantic coast, we
see no other disturbances on the horizon that are tropical in nature.
Tropical storm Lisa is way out in the Atlantic with no threat to land.

This afternoon Jeanne was downgraded to a tropical depression as she moved
northward through South and Central Georgia. Her biggest remaining threat is
flooding rains and some spin-off tornadoes. The main tornado threat for the
rest of today and tonight will be over East Georgia, South Carolina and
parts of North Carolina. The depression will continue moving NE, curving
across Northwestern South Carolina tonight and across North Carolina on
Tuesday. By Thursday, it will be way out in the Atlantic. Cheers of good
riddance are truly in order.

Alabama was getting minimal effect from Jeanne-some rain over near the
Georgia border and some brisk northerly winds. In the world of post Jeanne,
we should have some great weather Tuesday and Wednesday, but there may be a
slight risk of some showers on Thursday and Friday as a minor disturbance
moves across the state from the SE. Our confidence is low for that, however.

MORE HURRICANE NOTES: Florida is the first state to suffer through four
hurricanes in a single year in 118 years. Texas had that distinction in
1886. As Bill Murray pointed out in his weekend coverage, Polk County in
Central Florida had the distinction of having the eye of Hurricanes Charlie,
Frances and Jeanne move through. It is believed to be a first in the USA. A
few rainfall totals in the last 24 to 36 hours:

4.12 inches in Jacksonville
6.30 at Belle, Fla.
6.96 at Ocala
5.60 at Homerville, Ga.

ANOTHER SIGN OF THE SEASON: Up in Northern Alaska today it was 14 degrees
at Bettles with a wind chill of 4 above and one-half foot of fresh snow on
the ground...down here where 48 states touch each other, the low this
morning was 28 in Gunnison, Colorado.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly and I have learned that when
we take a late night walk, there are more criminals (varmints) to watch for.
Last night on an 11 pm walk, the minute we stepped out the back door, a
spider web glistened in my flashlight beam. He was big and pot-gutted. He
had strung part of his web from the eave of the house across to the corner
of the patio, which meant he was trying to trap me. Howsomever, I have
become such a marksman with my little blue pooper-scoop, that he had no
chance. I hit him up the side of the head and we had his funeral on the
spot. I am now a whole lot more accurate a marksman than Matt Dillion or
Wyatt Earp. Molly got very excited about all this commotion. I suppose it
seemed like a near riot to the little girl. We sure did enjoy our morning
walk with a nice north breeze from Jeanne and we saw some of our crow
friends. We lead an exciting life!

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Partly cloudy except a few evening showers near the Georgia border.
Morning Low 64
WIND: N 7-14

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny and pleasant.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 83
WIND: N 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 83
WIND: NE 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. A slight chance of a shower.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 84
WIND: E 6-12

FRIDAY
A slight chance of a shower. Comfortable temperatures.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 83
WIND: SE 5-10

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