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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday April 16, 2007

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CONNECT 3 ON 3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
APRIL 28 IN HOOVER

Connect 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament is coming to Hoover on Saturday,
April 28. This is a competitive tournament for guys and girls ages
middle school through adults. Games will be played on the parking lot
of Hunter Street Baptist Church, 2600 John Hawkins Parkway in Hoover.
Five eligible players will have a chance at the $10,000 Hot Shot
competition!
Players, invite family and friends to the Family Fun Zone, for games,
face painting, food, music and more!
Register today at

http://www.connect3on3.com/HunterStreet

Connect 3 on 3 is sponsored by Hunter Street Baptist Church, WJOX
100.5 FM, Buffalo Rock, The Stewart Organization, ABC 33/40, Bruce
Business Products, The American Red Cross, Jason's Deli and Princeton
Hoover Medical.
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CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY WEDNESDAY: Actually, they will start late
Tuesday night, but after midnight and we do not expect a widespread
heavy rain event. The showers will be ending Wednesday, possibly
before midday. We think the average rainfall across this area will be
about 1/3 of an inch. Nights will be cool, but afternoons will be
pleasant. We do not see temperatures returning to the 80s at least
for the next five days. Instead, highs will be mostly in the 70s
except upper 60s on Wednesday and Thursday.

DECEMBER IN APRIL: The high temperatures across Alabama Sunday and
the lows this morning were normal for part of December. That shows
you how unusual this cold air mass was. The temperature dropped below
freezing at some locations. There was scattered frost over at least
the northern third of the state, mostly in low places. Moderate frost
was reported at Cottondale in Tuscaloosa County. A few of the lowest
temperatures this morning was 28 in Cottondale, 30 in Ft. Payne,
Pinson and Concord/Hueytown, 32 in Black Creek and 33 in East
Trussville, Tuscaloosa and Ashville.

THE SATURDAY RAIN EVENT: Not everybody got rain Saturday, but there
were some extremely helpful amounts in both the north and south
sections of the state. However, North-Central Alabama, including
places like Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Anniston, did not get enough
to help the dry weather situation. But look at these amounts. In
South Alabama: 4.20 inches at Atmore, 3.75 at Jackson, 2.96 at
Evergreen, 2.75 at Greenville, 3.24 at Wadley. In North Alabama: 2.01
at Decatur, 1.27 at Huntsville, 1.99 at Meridianville, 1.05 in
Bankhead National Forest.

THE OVERSIZED NORTHEAST STORM: On the weather map today, the
circulation around the gigantic NE storm seems as large or larger
than the circulation around Hurricane Katrina. Some folks are rating
this storm as strong as at least a Category 1 hurricane. The NWS in
New York late this morning reported that parts of New Jersey were
experiencing floods of historic proportions. 8 inches of rain has
fallen over much of the New York City metro area and much of New
Jersey. There were 22-foot waves off Boston. On Mt. Washington, New
Hampshir,e winds this morning gusted as high as 156 mph. 18 inches of
snow at Ava, New York.

THE OTHER McDONALD CHAPEL TORNADO: It happened on April 15, 1956 at
mid-afternoon. Bill Murray had a story about this over the weekend.
Next day after the storm, I toured the area with the legendary Cecil
R. Jobe from the U.S. Weather Bureau. I have an 8x10 photograph
showing how extreme the devastation was in Stacy Hollow. The tornado
touched down on a ridge and slid down that ridge into the bottom of
Stacy Hollow where destruction was extreme. You can easily see how
wide the tornado path was in the photograph as it went up over the
next ridge.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: If I live until tomorrow, I will have
been on this old globe exactly three-fourths of a century. Nikita
Khrushchev also had an April 17 birthday and I named my little
Russian blue cat Nikita. I became very close to that little cat, but
he was killed in traffic and that is why I waited way too long to
risk having another pet. Now I have Little Miss Molly. I had a
forehead-to-forehead talk with her yesterday telling her that I
wanted her to stay around another 15 years, then I will be 90. I want
to outlive and outwork Mike Wallace and Andy Rooney on the CBS 60
Minutes. I feel like I am 45 instead of 75. The only big change is my
IQ being in a freefall. Molly is smarter than me, but I love her....

J.B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com

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HEART GALLERY ALABAMA
GOLF CLASSIC

The Heart Gallery Alabama Golf Classic, being held on May 14, 2007,
at Pinetree Country Club, is a principal fundraiser to support the work
of Heart Gallery Alabama

The Heart Gallery Alabama Golf Classic raises money to support the work
of Heart Gallery Alabama, a non-profit organization that creates
photography
exhibits, shown around the state, to publicize the waiting children in
the foster care system of Alabama. We seek to help all of these
children find
their "forever families".

The mission of Heart Gallery Alabama is to raise awareness of
adoption and
foster parenting in the state of Alabama. There are currently hundreds
of children in our communities who are waiting for a family to call
their own.

Come out for a day of great golf, awards, prizes, lunch, and fun, all
for a cause you can be proud to support! For more information, call
(205) 244-1115 or
http://www.heartgallery.golfreg.com
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TONIGHT
Mostly clear and cool.
Overnight Low 43
WIND: NW 4-8

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny. A mild afternoon. Clouds increase at night with a
chance of a shower after midnight.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon 75
WIND: NW 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Cloudy with occasional showers, mostly during the morning.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 69
WIND: NE 6-12

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny. A little cooler.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 68
WIND: N 6-12

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 42 Afternoon High 75
WIND: NE 4-8

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