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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Friday August 18, 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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...Hot And Humid Summer...

Hot and humid summertime weather is the story for Alabama today. There is
almost some risk of shower or thunderstorm on any summer afternoon, but we
believe the ones that form today will be isolated due to an upper air ridge
over the region. The warm air aloft prevents most air parcels from rising to
the point where they can grow into showers and storms easily. If you like
the numbers game, the chance of any one spot getting wet today is about one
in ten, and the best chance of those showers will be along and south of
I-20.

THE WEEKEND: Not much change in the weather tomorrow; we are forecasting a
partly sunny sky and a chance of widely scattered afternoon showers and
storms. There should be a general increase in the number of showers and
storms late Sunday as another weak front approaches Alabama from the north.
The mercury has a good chance of reaching the mid 90s tomorrow, with low to
mid 90s likely on Sunday afternoon.

NEXT WEEK: The surface front will slowly push through North Alabama on
Monday, and we will maintain the chance of scattered showers and storms.
Then, drier air is forecast to slip into the northern part of the state
Tuesday, with most of the showers and storms shifting down to the southern
counties of the state.

TROPICS: A surface low will move into the Georgia coast today. This system
will bring breezy conditions and a few showers and storms to places like
Savannah, Brunswick, and Jacksonville, and we will be watching to see if the
system can maintain some kind of identity as it moves southwest into the
northeast Gulf of Mexico over the weekend.

Another weak surface low is in the Gulf of Mexico, moving southwest toward
the southern Texas coast, with little sign of development. The rest of the
Atlantic basin remains fairly quiet for now.

AT THE BEACH: About 7 to 9 hours of sunshine for the central Gulf coast this
weekend with a few scattered showers and storms. Daytime highs will be in
the 87 to 90 degree range along the immediate coast. The sea water
temperature at Panama City Beach as of late yesterday afternoon was 87.1
degrees (F).

BAMA HEAT: While an easterly flow kept temperatures down somewhat over the
eastern part of Alabama yesterday, the western counties were heating up
nicely. Tuscaloosa's high (at the Airport) was 96, while our SKYCAM site at
the Demopolis Civic Center in Marengo County reached 94 degrees.

PLAINS HEAT: Highs yesterday included 105 at Dallas/Ft. Worth, 103 at
Oklahoma City and Austin, 102 at San Antonio, and 101 at Fort Smith, AR.

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
Partly to mostly sunny. Only isolated afternoon showers or storms.
Afternoon High 95
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Afternoon thunderstorms will be widely scattered.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 95
WIND: S 5-10

SUNDAY
Morning sunshine; scattered thunderstorms by afternoon.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 5-10

MONDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NW 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. Isolated storms south of Birmingham.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 90
WIND: N 6-12

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