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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Thursday August 17, 2006
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Cloning. Same-Sex Marriage. Stem Cell Research.

We live in confusing times. Wrong is right. Right is intolerant.
Who is right?

Living Truth Conference will open the Bible for answers.

You are invited to attend Living Truth Conference 6:30 p.m.
nightly September 10-13 at Hunter Street Baptist Church.
It's for everyone who wants to know how to use the Bible to guide daily
decisions. Living Truth features outstanding biblical thinkers, interaction,
questions and most of all answers to issues that touch us deeply.

Visit http://www.TruthConference.org to register or find out more. Register
before August 30 for conference specials, including free childcare, and
early registration price.
For more, call 205-985-7295 or http://www.hunterstreet.org
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...The Heat Cranks Up A Notch...

Hot weather will be the weather headline through the weekend (after all,
this is August!), with most communities reaching the mid 90s on a daily
basis. Warm air aloft associated with an upper air ridge should keep a lid
on potential afternoon showers and thunderstorms; the ones that do form over
the northern half of the state should be very isolated through Saturday.

The upper air ridge will begin to weaken a bit on Sunday; so afternoon
storms should become more numerous. At this point, it looks like the best
coverage of showers and storms during the next seven days will come on
Monday of next week, with a front will approach from the north.. Then, the
latest model data suggests drier air will filter into Alabama on Tuesday and
Wednesday.

TROPICAL REVIEW: A low pressure center off the coast of the Carolinas has
some potential to develop into a tropical depression today. It will drift
toward the west/northwest, and should be near the southern coast of North
Carolina tomorrow. Upper air winds will be increasing over the system
tomorrow, and that shear should prevent this from becoming a major tropical
cyclone (not to mention the proximity to land). An Air Force reconnaissance
plane flew into this area yesterday, but it was unable to find winds greater
than 25 mph.

Another weak low is in the central Gulf of Mexico; that one should drift
toward the southwest over the next few days in the general direction of the
middle or lower Texas coast. Some slow development is possible. Elsewhere,
the Atlantic basin remains amazingly quiet for mid-August.

HOORAY: We are now past the normal peak of the summer heat in Alabama.
Between July 13 and August 10, the average high is 91, and the average low
is 70.

Now, those values are 90 and 69. No, not a big change, but a sign that fall
will indeed get here one day as we are on the downhill side of summer. By
the first of September, the normal high is 88 and the normal low is 67. If
you really want to look ahead, the average date of the first freeze in
Birmingham is November 8, and the earliest freeze on record came on October
18, 1948 when the mercury dropped to 31 degrees.

ACROSS THE FRUITED PLAIN: The hottest spot and the coldest spot in the
nation yesterday were both in California. Death Valley reached 111 during
the peak of the afternoon heat, while the morning low at Truckee was 84
degrees colder; the minimum there was a frosty 24 degrees. Texas continues
to bake in summer heat; the high in Dallas yesterday was 104, and the
mercury should be close to that level there today and tomorrow. Baton Rouge,
LA reached 99 degrees yesterday, which tied the record high for August 16.
Charlotte, NC was soaked with 1.94" of rain yesterday.

James Spann
Jspann@abc3340.com

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If You're Searching for Answers, Here are the Questions!"

Pastor Kip Laxson at First United Methodist Church of Alabaster helps tackle
difficult life--questions that Christians struggle with in his series "If
You're Searching for Answers, Here are the Questions!"
during August and September. Here is the schedule for the series:

August 13- If God is Love, why is there so much evil in the world?
August 20- Do miracles really happen in today's world?
August 27- How can I overcome my problems?
September 3- Aren't all religions basically the same?
September 10- I've heard that the Bible is filled with contradictions. Is
that true?
September 17- Are we really living in the "Last Days?"
September 24- Why does God need my resources to build His kingdom?

Alabaster First United Methodist Church offers a contemporary service on
Sundays at 8:30 AM and a traditional service at 11:00 AM. Sunday school is
at 9:45. The church is located at 10903 Highway 119 in Alabaster. For more
info, contact the church at (205) 663-0509.
http://www.alabasterfumc.org/
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TODAY
Mostly sunny with a hot afternoon. Only isolated afternoon storms south of
Birmingham.
Afternoon High 95
WIND: SE 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly to mostly sunny. Isolated afternoon showers or storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 95
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Afternoon thunderstorms will be widely scattered.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 5-10

SUNDAY
Morning sunshine; scattered thunderstorms by afternoon.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 5-10

MONDAY
A good chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SW 6-12

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