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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday September 7, 2005
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IN THE COOL, COOL OF THE MORNING: Cannot get much nicer than this
even though the afternoons are a bit on the warm side. The humidity is lower
and the early mornings are nice and cool. A quick look at some lows this
morning:

55 in DeSoto State Park and Belle Mina
57 in Hamilton, Heflin, Valley Head, Grove Oak
58 in Pinson, Collinsville and Decatur
59 in Fayette and Muscle Shoals
60 in Jasper, Huntsville, Wedowee
63 in Tuscaloosa
64 in Anniston and Birmingham

Mostly clear and dry weather is expected all the way through the
weekend. Afternoons will heat up just a bit with near 90 over the weekend,
but we will keep mid 60s for lows all the way through.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Down the road our forecast may depend on the
future movement of Tropical Storm Ophelia now off the east coast of Florida.
Due to her slow movement, her future path is highly uncertain. A couple of
the models bring her across the Florida Peninsula and into the Gulf. The NHC
Official Tracking Chart is very interesting as it brings her toward the NNW
and north and by Monday morning starting a right hand loop. We will simply
have to wait and watch after that. She is expected to have sustained winds
around 80 mph by that time. She was located early this afternoon about 80
miles ENE of Cape Canaveral, Florida and essentially stationary. Meanwhile,
we do not have to worry about Hurricanes Maria and Nate. They will not
affect the USA, although Nate could be a problem for Bermuda. The nervous
weather area over the West Gulf of Mexico will develop only slowly, if at
all.

RUNNING OUT OF NAMES? Here we are with Tropical Storm Ophelia,
which is the earliest in history for the 15th named storm of the season. We
only have six more names ending with the "w" storm called Wilma. Several
have asked, if we go past Wilma, would start over on the 2005 list or jump
forward to 2006. Instead, we would shift to the Greek alphabet. Some of
those early names would be Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta.

You will never hear of Hurricane Katrina in future years. All "super
hurricanes" have their names retired, never to be used again. Storms like
Opal, Hugo, Camille. (Thanks to Shayne Hardesty for suggesting this story.)

FINAL NOTES: 28 this morning in Barrow, Alaska and Stanley, Idaho
for the USA low...it was a chilly 41 on Mt. LeConte in the Great Smokies, 43
on Mt. Mitchell, N. C. and 47 at Beach Mountain and Grandfather Mountain, N.
C.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: This was one morning when Little Miss
Molly put her foot down. She was extremely assertive. Under no circumstance
would she let me shorten her walk. We had to go the full half mile. I did
not mind. That brisk NE wind and temperatures in the low 60s made it a
pleasure. Visibility was needle sharp. If I could have climbed to the top of
the Old Crow Motel, I believe I could have seen Mt. Cheaha...no one was in
the Old Crow. Since the cool weather on recent mornings, we have heard more
and more birds singing. I guess they stayed deep in their air conditioned
underbrush when it was hot. Sure was nice to hear the music of two old crows
also. We always miss them. I didn't think Molly was going to ever let me
come home, but life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Clear and pleasant.
Morning Low 63
WIND: Light NE

THURSDAY
Sunny with low humidity.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NE 5-10

FRIDAY
Sunny.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 89
WIND: NE 5-10

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 90
WIND: E 5-10

SUNDAY
A few clouds, but mostly sunshine.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SE 5-10

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