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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday September 1, 2005
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DRY WITH COOLER NIGHTS: I guess that is about the best weather we
could ask for in early September. It can be real hot this late in the
season. As we have mentioned many times, the hottest official temperature
ever recorded in Alabama occurred on September 5, 1925, a blistering 112 in
Centreville.

Absolutely no danger of that this year. Instead, look for mostly
sunshine for at least the next 5 to 7 days with generally lower daytime
humidity and pleasantly cool nights.

We know the main story is hurricane recovery, but let us pause for a
moment to celebrate a few low temperatures this morning.

56 at DeSoto State Park (Little River Canyon)
59 in Hamilton and Ft. Payne
60 in Talladega
61 in Decatur, Huntsville, Anniston, Cullman
62 in Cherokee (Colbert County) and Moulton
63 in Birmingham, Wedowee and Helena
We have an unofficial report of 55 degrees in Cullman County near
the Clarkson covered bridge.

DISASTER AREA WEATHER: Just what they do not need-some rather
strong thunderstorms prowling through the New Orleans this afternoon with
dangerous lightning. Those should thin out greatly tomorrow, but it is still
going to reach 90 or hotter each day. In the Biloxi-Gulfport-Mobile area,
only a small risk of a thunderstorm Friday with highs 93 to 95.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Where, oh, where is Katrina? She has left the
country. She will be remembered as long as we live. The Atlantic is still
quite active. Tropical Depression Lee was 780 miles east of Bermuda with no
threat to land. Meanwhile, Tropical Depression 14 was over 1,000 miles east
of the northern Leeward Islands. An area of disturbed weather with a
tropical wave was way, way out. It is well organized and may become a
Tropical Depression during the next day or two.

THURSDAY THOUGHTS: 114 in Death Valley Wednesday was the
hottest...it was 25 this morning at the west entrance to Yellowstone
National Park...even Caribou, Maine, was affected by Katrina. Two inches of
rain.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I should be ashamed of myself. I was
so glued to television coverage of the disaster areas that I drank 8 cups of
coffee and completely ignored Little Miss Molly this morning. She knew it,
too. She kept coming in my weather office and looking up at me with those
little persuasive eyes wanting to play ball. She sat there looking so lonely
and wagged her tail very slowly. She finally jumped up in my lap and wanted
to get on my desk. She sat right by my keyboard for a long time looking out
the window and then stretched out as flat as a pancake on my desk for an
hour-long nap. Little did she know that I was writing this story about her
only inches away. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Clear with pleasant overnight temperatures.
Morning Low 66
WIND: Light

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 91
WIND: N 5-10

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NE 5-10

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NE 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 87
WIND: E 6-12

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