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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday May 18, 2006
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SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT BREAKFAST
Sponsored by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
May 26th 7:30 am Hunter Street Baptist Church

Make plans now to attend this very special event. It's a wonderful time of
fellowship, a delicious breakfast and a chance to hear some great baseball
stories. The breakfast features Coach Keith Madison, head coach of Kentucky
from 1978 to 2003.

The FCA will present an award to the Christian coach of the year for the
Southeastern Conference as well as the Alabama High School coach of the
year.

Seating is limited. Order your tickets now by calling 205-298-9400, via
e-mail at gcramer@fca.org or on the website at http://www.fcaalabama.org
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THERMOMETER HEADS UPWARD: For the first time in a long while, there
were not many temperatures in the 40s across Alabama this morning. One of
the coolest was 47 in Pinson. Most every other location was 50 or higher.
This is a trend indicator, because our temperatures will be getting more
May-like over the next few days with even some early June-like high
temperatures.

Brisk SW winds were blowing across the state today gusting to near
30 mph in some areas. The wind will diminish this evening. For Friday, we
look for a high in the mid 80s with a slight chance of an afternoon or
evening thunderstorm. A few of those could be strong.

Getting even hotter Saturday and Sunday with highs in the upper 80s,
but few if any showers or storms. See our day-by-day forecast for all of the
details.

SEVERE WEATHER ROUND UP: The Storm Prediction Center has a slight
risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight from North Carolina
northward across Virginia, West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, Southern Ohio,
Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Eastern New York State. Their outlook
for Friday includes a slight risk over the north one-third of Mississippi,
much of Tennessee and about the north one-half of Alabama. We have chosen to
not mention severe in our forecast for tomorrow until we can see some more
information. We did mention a few strong storms. The SPC thinks that wind
shear will be favorable and there will be a cold front pushing down into
North Alabama and stalling diagonally across the state from NW to SE.

The critical flood situation over the NE is slowly abating, but some
more showers and thunderstorms will reach that area tomorrow. Presque Isle,
Maine received 1.70 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. Amazingly, Beverly,
Massachusetts has received 15.90 inches so far this month.

ROAMING ELSEWHERE: A record 98 at Pelton Dam, Oregon Wednesday
making them 26 degrees hotter than Birmingham...the hottest in the country
was 116 in Death Valley...some cold temperatures this morning included 32 in
Stanley, Idaho, Lake Yellowstone (inside the park) and at Big Fork,
Minnesota...in Alaska, the coldest was 25 at Atqasak and Barrow...the snow
cover in Barrow has melted down to only 12 inches.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Wanted to call your attention to A
Tiny Corner of the World story on the 33/40 BLOG. Barbara Tanner gave me
permission to use her great story. It is a story of gladness and sadness
dealing with their little dog. It is another tear jerker, but if it will
make us pay more attention to our pets, it will be very useful. Scan down
until you see My Tiny Corner of the World or click on the Ms. Molly category
on the right side menu...thanks to James Spann for covering the afternoon
edition for the last two days while my wife was hospitalized. She is doing
great...so is Miss Molly...I was in my weather office just before sunrise
and I saw something that resembled a ball of cotton bouncing across our
driveway. Looking closer, it was a baby rabbit hopping all over the place. I
am so glad that Little Miss Molly was still asleep, otherwise she would have
gone into cardiac arrest and I would have had to rush her to the PER (Puppy
Emergency Room). A few minutes later, Molly and I were out walking just as
the sun was rising. We were glad to hear a long old crow cawing. We had not
seen or heard one in three weeks. We consider them our friends. We did
encounter a fat rat strolling across the walking track. I missed him with my
accurate blue scoop and was unable to reach him with my foot. Sure glad
Molly didn't see that either. Life goes on.

J.B. Elliott
jbelliott@centurytel.net

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear.
Morning Low 56
WIND: NW 4-8

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. A small risk of an afternoon shower or storm. A few may be
strong.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 84
WIND: W 8-16

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and breezy. A hotter afternoon. An isolated thunderstorm
possible.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 88
WIND: W 10-16

SUNDAY
Partly sunny and warm.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SW 7-14

MONDAY
More sun than clouds. Another warm afternoon.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SW 6-12

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