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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday May 16, 2007

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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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THE ALABAMA STORY: Showers and thunderstorms moved into NW Alabama
around midnight and they have been progressing across the state
today. Rain amounts were highly variable with some places not getting
any. We believe that part of Sumter County received over 1 inch, as
well as some areas of Mobile and Baldwin Counties.

A cold front entered the state late this morning and was moving SE
this afternoon. This will end the showers over most of North Alabama
by early this evening. Showers and some storms may persist over SE
Alabama into this evening. The Storm Prediction Center thinks that a
few thunderstorms could be strong this afternoon and early evening
over South Alabama ahead of the front. A few isolated ones could even
have hail and high winds. By morning, temperatures will be in the low
to mid 50s across Central Alabama.

If we did not need rain so badly, we would say beautiful weather for
Thursday all the way through the weekend and into early next week. It
will be mostly sunshine each day with low humidity, cool nights and
comfortable afternoons. This bodes well for the Regions Charity Golf
Classic at the Ross Bridge Resort in Birmingham this weekend. The PGA
Seniors Tournament will have ideal weather Friday, Saturday and
Sunday and the lower humidity will make it quite comfortable.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: A rare Tornado Watch this afternoon for parts
of SE New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Further south, a
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington. All of this is triggered by the same cold front that
is moving into Alabama. In Upstate New York, there could even be some
snow showers after midnight tonight in places like Lake Placid and
Saranac Lake and temperatures as low as 27 tomorrow night. Coldest in
the lower 48 this morning was 23 on the west side of Yellowstone
National Park. Over 2 inches of rain in the last 24 hours in Dayton.
Did you know that in parts of the West, down slope canyon winds are
so persistent that trees grow into a permanent leaning position
bending with the wind? A good example is at the base of Logan Canyon
in North Utah, where trees in the City of Logan are leaning toward
the west. On this date in 1952, powerful canyon winds caused $1
million in damage in the Salt Lake City/Ogden area with gusts to 92
mph at Hill Air Force Base.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I sure do appreciate the compassionate
remarks relating to the story about Edsel and Joyce Freeman losing
their great dog, Roscoe. A lot of people out there are hurting
because of the loss of a pet. I will pass along the encouragement to
the Freeman family. Every time Little Miss Molly goes to the PBS
(Puppy Beauty Shop) she comes home smelling good and cute as a
picture, but also pooped. She has been sleeping most of today trying
to catch up. She did not pressure me to go on a walk after she came
home until almost midnight. There is something about dogs that causes
us to love them so much. They love their masters unceasingly. There
is no good mood/bad mood with them. For example, Molly is as friendly
as could be any time of the day or night. I told her yesterday if she
did not stop wagging her tail so much, it was going to fall off.
Humans are not friendly in all of their waking hours like dogs. Life
goes on.....

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

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TONIGHT
Clearing and cooler.
Overnight Low 53
WIND: N 5-10

THURSDAY
Sunny and breezy with low humidity.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon 76
WIND: N 10-20

FRIDAY
Sunny. A cool early morning.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 77
WIND: N 7-14

SATURDAY
Sunny and pleasant. A cool early morning.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 79
WIND: NE 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 84
WIND: E 5-10

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