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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday September 14, 2005
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YEARNING FOR RAINDROPS: And we may finally see some. It is almost a
coin flip to say if a shower or thunderstorm could show up this far south
this evening. We think not, although a few could get into the Tennessee
Valley. This afternoon there were some scattered showers and storms as close
by as Northern Mississippi. They were the leftovers from a night of showers
and storms through the Central Plains.

As a cold front tries to reach North Alabama Friday, we could see
some widely scattered showers and thunderstorms both tomorrow and Friday. We
do not foresee our much needed widespread drenching, however. A lot of
places will remain dry. The "cold" front will push on down into South
Alabama Saturday and our weather will become mostly sunny again with lower
humidity and some cooler nights. That should improve the quality of air. A
Code Orange Alert was still in effect today for particulates.

TOUCHING BASES ELSEWHERE: The weather action across the USA is
picking up partially due to the coming change in season plus, of course,
Hurricane Orphelia. She was moving ever so slowly just off the North
Carolina coast this afternoon with sustained winds of 85 mph and gusts over
100. Lots of heavy rain has drenched Eastern North Carolina with over 9
inches in places causing washed out roads over the SE part of the state and
lots of trees and power lines down. She will continue to skirt the North
Carolina coast and then move out to sea...meanwhile, numerous reports of
severe weather in the last 24 hours, especially from Oklahoma to North
Illinois, South Wisconsin and Michigan including three tornadoes. The Storm
Prediction Center had posted a moderate risk of severe weather over parts of
SW Oklahoma AND North Texas today. Even the extreme NW part of Alabama was
included in a slight risk overnight...up in the high country of Colorado,
residents of Leadville, Aspen and Climax may have thunder and lightning
tonight accompanied by snow showers as overnight temperatures dropped to
about 25...the USA low this morning was 22 at Stanley, Idaho.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Two grandkids came by late yesterday
and played with Molly for two hours. When they left, she was wiped out again
and showed little interest in playing with me. Even when I tried to wake her
up for bedtime, all she would do was moan, groan, stretch and fall back to
sleep...great news from a daily reader and our good friends. Gene and Gerry
Harris have a new beautiful dog named Tonks. He is a one-year old 11-pound
phantom poodle. Gene says that Tonks has a lot of style. They wanted a
Yorkie, but that was not to be. This is especially good news. You may not
remember, but we reported last year that their much beloved Yorkie named
Divot was accidentally killed when they ran over their own dog. He was like
a member of the family, so it was a heart rendering situation. Only dog
lovers know that. We are happy for Gene and Gerry.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Fair, but hazy.
Morning Low 68
WIND: Light

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

FRIDAY
Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly in the afternoon.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 87
WIND: NW 5-10

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and less humid.
Mornig Low 63 Afternoon High 88
WIND: N 5-10

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 89
WIND: NE 5-10

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