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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday September 12, 2005
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AUTUMN COLOR OR THE LACK THEREOF: We do not know the answer to that
yet, but our recent dry weather is not conducive to the best color. Today is
the 13th day in a row with no rain for most of the area. We see very little
chance for the next several days, although a few widely scattered showers or
thunderstorms will show up Thursday and Friday as a weak cold front tends to
stall somewhere in North Alabama.

To have outstanding autumn color, it is an intricate balance on how
gradual our autumn cool down is and whether or not we get sufficient rain
into autumn. The amount of sunshine also figures in. I do not fully
understand it, but I am hoping for the best.

The atmosphere over Alabama has gradually become polluted with
particulates due to the sluggish wind and stagnant air mass. A Code Orange
Alert was in effect today for the Birmingham Metro Area due to particulates.

TROPICAL WEATHER: The only thing on the plate today is Ophelia who
has now been downgraded again to a tropical storm. She has been
flip-flopping a lot. She may reach hurricane force again. This afternoon she
was centered about 200 miles ESE of Charleston or about 255 miles SSW of
Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with sustained winds of 70 mph. She was moving
very slowly NW at 4 mph. NE winds were gusting to 33 mph at Wilmington.
Frying Pan Shoals had NE gusts to 50 with 15-foot waves. The latest track
forecast has her skirting the North Carolina coast beginning Wednesday
morning.

FINAL NOTES: Some temperatures I wanted to mention...100 was the
hottest in the USA yesterday at Wink, Texas and Gila Bend, Arizona. That is
better than that 115-120 stuff that has been so common...it was 20 this
morning in Stanley, Idaho-another sign of the changing season...it was
expected to be 113 in Basrah, Iraq today...it was 17 at Alert in Northern
Canada and 31 in Resolute with drifting snow...this is the date that
Hurricane Frederic reached the Alabama coast near Dauphin Island in 1979.
Later there would be widespread trees and power lines down in the Birmingham
area. Bill Murray has written extensively about this on the weather blog.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly surely cannot
complain about how much playtime she has had over the weekend. And, there
was a first. When I got home from church last night, I played ball with her
so long that she called time out and stretched out on the carpet and went
sound asleep in 15 seconds. She was so pooped. She had chased the balls all
across the living area probably 25 or 30 times until her tongue was hanging
out. She sure did have fun, however. I let her rest a few minutes and got
her up for more games. She was totally wiped out when she finally went to
bed. Have played a lot with her this morning also trying to build up some
points with her. A great walk this morning. She simply gets beside herself
on her first walk of the day. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear.
Morning Low 67
WIND: Light

TUESDAY
Patches of early morning fog, then mostly sunny.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 92
WIND: NW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. A little more humid.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 92
WIND: W 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. A slight chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SW 5-10

FRIDAY
Widely scattered, mostly afternoon, showers or storms. Most areas dry.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NE 5-10

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