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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Tuesday August 15, 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
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...Another Cloudy Start...

We expect to see a general increase in the number of showers and
thunderstorms across Alabama today in response to a surface front
approaching from the north. Most of the showers and storms will come after
1:00, and a few communities will see a heavy downpour from the stronger
storms. Before the storms form, the mercury should reach the low 90s.

The front is expected to come to a halt somewhere around I-59 tomorrow, or
along a line from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham to Fort Payne. Showers should be
hard to find north of that line tomorrow, but scattered ones will continue
to the south. Then, the front dissipates and we should be in a fairly
routine summer pattern for the end of the week and into the coming weekend.
Morning sun, a few scattered afternoon storms, and daily highs in the low
90s, about where we should be in mid-August.

TROPICS: A surface low has formed in the Atlantic, about 150 miles east of
Fort Lauderdale, or just north of the Bahamas. There is a chance a tropical
depression could form there today. Steering currents are very weak, and the
system won't be in a hurry to go anywhere during the mid-week period. A
large percentage of the computer models take this system to the Florida
coast, near Jacksonville, late this week as a tropical storm. Some of those
models want to keep the system moving westward, across the Florida panhandle
(which would mean widespread rain for at least the southern part of
Alabama), but others loop it back into the Atlantic before getting close to
Alabama. This one is going to be difficult to forecast with the lack of
steering currents, but we will sure keep a close eye on it in coming days.

Another strong system is in the far eastern Atlantic near the Cape Verde
Islands; this one should turn north in a day or so and not get close to the
U.S. mainland. It also could become a tropical depression today.

HEAT RETURNS: After two days consecutive days with temperatures below 90
(Saturday and Sunday), Birmingham's official high yesterday was 94 degrees.
The hottest place in the state was Muscle Shoals with 96. In contrast, parts
of East Alabama remained under the influence of a wedge of cooler (the one
that moved into the state over the weekend), and Auburn's high yesterday was
only 86.

ACROSS THE FRUITED PLAIN: Hottest place in the nation yesterday was Death
Valley, CA with 116 degrees. The community of Wisdom, MT dropped to 28
degrees early yesterday and was the coldest spot in the U.S. Up in Alaska,
Barrow reported a low of 33, followed by a chilly high of 45 degrees. Closer
to home, Mobile's rain total for the month of August is 3.86", but the rain
deficit for the year remains a whopping a 20.05". Pensacola is even drier;
they need 21.64" of rain to get back to normal levels for the year. In
contrast, Birmingham has a rain surplus of 5.49" for the year.

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
Mixed sun and clouds. Scattered showers and storms by afternoon.
Afternoon High 92
WIND: W 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered afternoon showers or storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 92
WIND: N 5-10

THURSDAY
Morning sunshine; a chance of scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 92
WIND: NE 5-10

FRIDAY
Partially sunny. Scattered storms by afternoon.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered, mainly afternoon showers or storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SW 5-10

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