ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday August 13, 2005

==================================================================
PROTECT YOUR BIGGEST INVESTMENT--YOUR HOME!

For all your Interior/Exterior painting needs.

For all your deck cleaning/sealing or staining needs.
We also refinish front doors.

For all your pressure washing needs.

Give us a call. We are professional Painters that Care!

Pigment Painting
Daniel & Donna Lee
205-833-8082
uncloudyday@msn.com
==================================================================

Once again, we can expect lots of showers and storms across the area today.
Some of the storms could be strong, with the added influence of an upper
level disturbance moving across the area, so be on the lookout for those.
Storms will produce very heavy rain that can produce flooding in a short
period of time, deadly lightning and even damaging winds over 60 mph. Pay
attention to the sky and to any warnings that are issued.

OUR WEATHER: Our weather is in the middle of summertime reruns. Where is
that fall lineup? Oh, there it is, back in Montana. A surge of cooler air
will move southward behind a cold front this week and will approach Alabama
late in the week, but it should stall over the Tennessee Valley. This could
mean some excessive rainfall amounts just to our north and increased rain
chances for us.

RECORD BIN: 55F in Cut Bank, MT on Friday afternoon was a record as the
northern tier of taste got their first taste of autumn behind a strong cold
front. It was 31F yesterday morning in Meacham, OR, a record for the date.
Hot in the Northeast yesterday, including 97F at LaGuardia Airport and 95F
at Atlantic City. Alaska was warm also. It was a record 82F at Juneau
yesterday. It was 82F in Anchorage, smashing their old record for the date
of 74F.

TROPICS: Irene is very close to becoming a hurricane early this afternoon ,
and could do so at any time. The threat to the U.S. East Coast appears to
be minimal. Bermuda is being protected by the high that it lends its name
to, the Bermuda High. That high is centered over the tiny island nation and
is steering the tropical system northwestward at the present time. Over the
next four days, that motion will become more northerly and then
northeasterly. Then Irene will be accelerating out to sea. The seedling
tropical wave that could eventually be Tropical Depression Ten is located
just under 1,000 miles east of the Windward Islands this afternoon.
Conditions look favorable for this disturbance to become a depression during
the next day or so.

ON THIS DATE IN 1935: A severe thunderstorm collapsed the roof of the B&O
Hall of Transportation Building, which housed the most important collection
of railroad models, pictures, exhibits and stock in the world. Many old,
fragile locomotives like the Tom Thumb and Thomas Jefferson steam engines
fortunately escaped destruction. The largest locomotives, which were lined
up in the center of the building, acted to hold up the collapsing roof. The
collection would again be damaged by a collapsing roof in 2003 when the
President's Day Snowstorm dumped a record 28.2 inches of snow in four days
,including 21.8 inches on February 16th.

ON THIS DATE IN 1979: An unexpected storm blew up during a sailing race in
the waters off the English Coast, capsizing seventy seven boats. It is
regarded as one of the worst disasters in the history of yachting. Every
available boat and helicopter along the coast was pressed into duty in the
largest marine rescue since the British evacuation of the beaches at Dunkirk
during World War II. The official weather forecast for the day called for
moderate winds, but winds reached force ten (55-63 mph) during the disaster.

Bill Murray
Bill,murray@theweathercompany.com

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://abc3340.com/weather/7day.hrb
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.jamesspann.com/bmachine/wxtalk.php

*******************************************************

TONIGHT
Showers and storms diminishing during evening hours. Slight chance of
overnight shower.
Morning Low 72
WIND: Light SW

SUNDAY
Partly cloudy, a little less in the way of showers and storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 90
WIND: W 4-8

MONDAY
Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon and evening showers and storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SW 4-8

TUESDAY
Mix of sun and clouds, a chance of PM storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SE 4-8

WEDNESDAY
Continued partly cloudy with a chance of showers and storms, mainly during
afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 90
WIND: S 4-8

===========================================================
ALL YOUR BUSINESS PRODUCTS
BY PHONE OR ON-LINE

Would you like to purchase all your business products needs by phone or
on-line? With free next day delivery, exceptional customer service and
competitive pricing? Try Bruce Office City for all of your business products
needs!

Bruce Office City has been family owned and operated for over 22 years
serving fine businesses like yours all over Birmingham and the surrounding
areas. Don't assume you are getting the best deal on your business products
because you are ordering from one of the large national business products
suppliers. Give us a chance to earn your business. You won't be sorry!

Bruce Office City offers Office Supplies, Computer Supplies, Office
Furniture, Break Room Supplies, Janitorial Supplies, Specialty Papers,
Promotional Items, Coke and Pepsi, Printing and Rubber Stamps. If you need
something that isn't listed above, let us know. We will special order it for
you!

For a free catalog, call 205-328-4081 or toll free 1-888-682-7823.
You can even order on-line at http://www.bruceoffice.com.

Mention this ad with your first order and receive a free bag of Bud's Best
cookies. Also, all on-line orders over $100.00 receive free Bud's Best
cookies! Give us a try and you will see why we have the happiest customers
in town!
============================================================
*********************************************************

Tonight on ABC 33/40:

6:00pm ABC 33/40 News
6:30pm Wheel of Fortune
7:00pm Any Given Sunday
10:00pm ABC 33/40 News
10:35pm Maximum Exposure
*********************************************************
If you are interested in advertising on this E-Forecast, please contact us
at 205-985-9725 or billh@theweathercompany.com. Ads reach over 17,700
subscribers each day, creating nearly 125,000 impressions each week. Just
$95 per week!

To subscribe or unsubscribe from the ABC 33/40 E-Forecast, go here:
http://www.jamesspann.com/eforecast.html