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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday August 23, 2005
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IN SEARCH OF FRESH AIR: Not here, mind you, but to our north dew
points today were around 65 in Nashville and in the 50s over Northern
Kentucky. What does that mean? It means the same temperature there would be
more comfortable than here today, because our dew points exceed 70 degrees-a
lot more humid.

While we are traveling, we go up into Northern Minnesota in the
Superior National Forest where it was 29 degrees this morning at Embarrass.
The Minnesota north woods are high on my "want-to-visit-list." I am running
out of time because I have so many places on my list.

BACK TO REALITY: Thunderstorms were developing over North Alabama
this afternoon, although they got off to a slower start than yesterday. We
are hoping that our storms today will not be so vicious, but a few of them
should be strong later this afternoon and evening.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be in our picture again
Wednesday and Thursday. However, a bit of good news-a high pressure system
building over the NE states will give us a slight wedge effect from the east
starting Thursday and our high temperatures will back off a bit. Our highs
will be close to 90, although over near the Georgia border they could be
closer to 86. This action will also decrease our showers and thunderstorms.
We think they will be very scarce on Friday and Saturday.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Jose was demoted to a depression this morning as
he moved west through Mexico. Now we must divide our attention to the
Atlantic. What was old TD #10 is now a broad low pressure area causing some
disturbed weather from Cuba to the SE Bahamas. It has become a little better
organized over the SE Bahamas. Could become a TD again later today as it
moves WNW at 5 to 10. A reconnaissance plane was going in for a look see
this afternoon. One of our models brings the center to the lower East
Florida coast by late in the week and then northward to near the
Georgia-South Carolina coast by Monday. Other models show a variety of
solutions including the Gulf of Mexico. Way out in the Eastern Atlantic, a
large tropical wave may become still another depression in the next couple
of days. We do not know which one will be named first, but here are the next
few names on the list: Catrina, Lee, Maria, Nate and Ophelia.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Tried to be nice to Little Miss Molly
on her birthday. As soon as she got out of bed this morning and made a quick
dash to the backyard for things necessary, I started chasing her and playing
ball even before she could eat breakfast. She is always instantly ready to
play. We played ball full blast for 30 minutes plus a wrestling session on
the king-sized bed and then more chase ball. She finally grabbed one of her
favorite balls, dove into my recliner which was her signal to please let me
get some rest, big guy. We have had several more ball games today. Thanks
for the e-mail birthday greetings for Molly. I will acknowledge all of them.
I want to salute Roberta Brackett, one of our daily readers. Back in April
she learned that a little Australian Silky dog named Sassy might be put to
sleep because of her age and illness. She adopted Sassy and even though she
is on daily medication for a thyroid condition, Roberta has become just as
attached to her as her other two dogs and one cat. That is a great story.
Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Scattered showers and thunderstorms through the evening. A few strong
storms.
Morning Low 71
WIND: Light

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny and hot. Scattered, mostly afternoon, showers and storms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 92
WIND: E 4-8

THURSDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. The heat backs off a bit.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 90
WIND: E 6-12

FRIDAY
Partly sunny with only a few showers or storms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 90
WIND: E 5-10

SATURDAY
More sun than clouds. Very few showers or storms.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 90
WIND: E 5-10

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