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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday July 10, 2006

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WE CANNOT SEEM TO BUY RAIN: Out in our corner of Jefferson County,
the showers seems to evaporate when they get here. One of my neighbors
and I are strongly considering doing a rain dance. The missing rain is
not the case everywhere. Parts of NE Jefferson County and places in
Blount, St. Clair and Etowah County had some nice downpours Sunday.
Also, parts of West Alabama. Here is a short list of some of the most
appreciated amounts:

0.73 in Oneonta
0.83 at Tuscaloosa Airport
0.52 at Alpine (Talladega County)
0.57 in Jasper

Still a decent chance of showers and thunderstorms for the remainder
of today and into this evening. Starting Tuesday, however, we go back
into a drier pattern for a few days. After that there may be a slight
increase in afternoon showers and storms Thursday and Friday.
Afternoons will heat up a bit with highs Tuesday through Friday
between 92 and 94.

TROPICAL WEATHER: There are a couple of semi-active areas in the
Atlantic Basin, but still no sign of tropical development in the next
few days. We are getting off to a slower start this year with tropical
systems. The water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico are plenty warm
enough, but the other ingredients are not cooperating.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest
of the world's seven continents. It covers 5.1 million square
miles—larger than Europe or Australia. At the Amundsen-Scott Weather
Station, the temperature today has been hanging out at 101 below
zero...temperatures dropped as low as 45 this weekend on Newfound Gap
in the Great Smoky Mountains...Washington National Airport has
received 16.55 inches of rain in a little over 5 weeks...it was 114
degrees Sunday in Death Valley. Incidentally, that station recorded
134 on this date in 1913—the highest ever recorded in the USA and only
2 degrees short of the world record.

LIGHTNING IS FRIGHTENING: On July 10, 1926, lightning caused an
ammunition magazine at the Naval Ammunition Facility in Denmark, New
Jersey to explode. It destroyed every building within a one-half mile
radius and debris fell as far away as 25 miles. 16 people died. May
have been the costliest lightning in the USA.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Manipulator is a good nickname for
Little Miss Molly. She is learning more and more how to get her way
with me. I got in trouble with her majority owner (my wife) for
slipping Molly a few tiny morsels of human food. We were having lunch
with good friends Sunday and I used that occasion to "fess" up. I used
my friends as a buffer, but they didn't take up for me. Woe is me. So,
don't tell Molly's main owner that the little girl loves Golden Flake
potato chips, Cheerios and little corners pinched off of brown sugar
cinnamon Pop Tarts. I'm in enough trouble now. Life goes on.

J.B. Ellioitt
jbelliott@centurytel.net

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TONIGHT
Scattered showers and thunderstorms through the evening.
Morning Low 70
WIND: SE 3-6

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. Only a small chance of an afternoon thunderstorm.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SW 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny, hot and humid. An isolated afternoon or evening storm.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 5-10

THURSDAY
A mix of sun and clouds. Scattered, mostly afternoon, storms. About a
one in three chance...
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 5-10

FRIDAY
Scattered, mostly afternoon, showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 5-10

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