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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday April 27, 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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PLEASANT WEEKEND, THEN A WARMING TREND: We will have some
pleasantly cool nights for about the next three nights, but by early
next week the old thermometer, hanging on the Chinaberry tree, will
top out in the mid 80s. We see very little rain for at least the next
five days. I hate to be slapped and kicked around by weather models,
but we have a fairly puzzling situation for Saturday. A minor upper
level disturbance in the NW flow could set off a few showers over the
northern third of the state. Any rain amounts will be light and most
of the showers should be north of Birmingham and north of the
Talladega Racetrack. After the treat tomorrow, Sunday and Monday
should feature mostly sunshine with cool early mornings and mild
afternoons.

NASCAR WEEKEND AT TALLADEGA: Looks good. We believe any showers
that form Saturday afternoon will be north of that area. For the main
race Sunday afternoon, the Aarons 499, should feature mostly sunshine
and a high near 80. Pleasantly cool mornings.

WEEKEND AT THE BEACH: Close to ideal. Low temperatures along the
immediate beach 58 to 60, but mid 50s inland. Highs consistently
around 83 and dry weather all the way through the middle of next week.

THE BIG APPLE HAS IT ALL: I wonder how New York City got the
nickname, Big Apple. They sure are lucky on rain amounts so far this
year, although they had major flood situations at least twice in the
last week. At Central Park, as of this morning, New York has received
30 inches of rain since New Years Day, which is three times as much
as Birmingham. They have a surplus of 6.66 inches. Not as lucky on
snow. The big city received only 12 inches of snow all winter. That
is a shortfall of 10 inches.

OUR WEATHER WORLD: Looking around for some temperatures. 24 this
morning in Rawlins on I-80 in Southern Wyoming. 2 below zero at
Atqasak, Alaska. Bettles, Alaska had a record high of 56 this week.
103 yesterday in Death Valley. 82 below zero today at Vostock,
Antarctica. 73 and clear in Baghdad at 8:00 p.m. today (their time).
They expect 95 Monday and 98 Tuesday. Interesting that Hawaii had its
hottest temperature in history on this date in 1931, which was 100 at
Pahala.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly and her majority
owner slept until 10:30 this morning. My little pal has had mixed up
hours, so I took a short walk at the crack of dawn by myself. There
were two birds talking to each other about 50 feet apart. I know they
were conversing, because one would say something and then the other.
They may have been saying, "Look how ugly that guy is." Did not take
my first walk with Molly until 11:00 a.m., which is a record. As we
started up the track, we met the guy that has the contract for
cutting the common area grass. He had one of those weed blowers
clearing off the sidewalk. As soon as he got behind us, he turned
that thing on. It sounded just like one of those Capitol Airlines
viscounts revving up at Birmingham Airport. (All of you are too young
to remember those.) Molly might as well have been propelled from a
rocket. I think I accelerated from 3 mph to what seemed like 40 mph.
But I have learned to adjust and not get whiplash. I love my little
girl, but every walk is full of surprises. Life goes on even with
irregular sleep and occasional fatigue. I got 8 hours sleep last
night, record for April 27.

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

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2007 SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
MAY 23-27
REGIONS PARK (formerly the Hoover Met)
For Tickets, call (800)732-4849 (800-SEC-4TIX)
or visit http://www.SECsports.com
For Corporate Hospitality Packages, call (205) 262-2832.

Here's your chance to see the best college baseball in the country,
right here in Hoover, Alabama! See the top eight teams in the SEC
compete for the tournament title over the course of this five day
tournament.

Reserved seats are going fast so be sure to order yours today at
(800) 732-4849 or by logging onto http://www.SECsports.com.
Opportunities still exist to entertain employees, clients or friends in
the Corporate Hospitality suite. Call (205) 262-2832 to inquire
about the various corporate hospitality packages.

Mark your calendars to go to Regions Park (formerly the Hoover Met),
May 23-27 to see some big time college baseball.

The 2007 SEC Baseball Tournament. It Doesn't Get Any Better!
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TONIGHT
Fair and pleasantly cool.
Overnight Low 50
WIND: Light NW

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Only a small chance of a shower or a thunderstorm—
mostly north of Birmingham.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon 74
WIND: W 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny. A cool early morning, a warmer afternoon.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 80
WIND: NW 6-12

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. A warmer afternoon.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 83
WIND: E 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny and warm.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 85
WIND:SE 6-12

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