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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday June 8, 2007

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COLD FRONT ARRIVES OVERNIGHT: No big change in temperature, of
course, but a cold front will struggle its way into Alabama tonight
and push down into the central part of the state later Saturday.

There has been a marked increase in moisture across Alabama in the
last 24 hours. As a result, showers and thunderstorms broke out today
well ahead of the cold front. Some of those produced some heavy
amounts of rain. It is probably our best rain event since the drought
situation became so extreme. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued
for a time this afternoon for Calhoun County. It is likely that parts
of that county received well over 1 inch of rain early this afternoon.

So, what happens next? As the cold front gets closer to the state,
showers and thunderstorms will increase again tonight. A few of those
could be strong. The Storm Prediction Center has North Alabama as far
south as about the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham-Gadsden area under a Slight
Risk of severe weather for tonight.

For Saturday, there will still be some showers and maybe some
thunderstorms, but by afternoon the activity should shift more
southward over the central and south part of the state. Nights will
be a bit cooler starting Saturday night. We expect mostly dry weather
Sunday through Tuesday with highs in the low to mid 90s again. We
cannot rule out an isolated shower or thunderstorm Monday and
Tuesday. Here are a few rain examples so far since last night:

0.90 in West Hueytown
0.83 at Birmingham Airport (through 1:00 p.m.)
0.61 at Oneonta
0.50 at Morris

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: Severe Thunderstorm Watches this afternoon
extended all the way from Arkansas and extreme North Mississippi
through Tennessee, East Kentucky and all the way into the west half
of New York State. An Enhanced Moderate Risk area was posted from
North Kentucky across Ohio, West Pennsylvania and into Western New
York State. Coldest temperature in the lower 48 this morning was 44
at Laramie, Wyoming (home of the University of Wyoming).

AT THE BEACH: A good chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday,
mostly in the afternoon, but only a few Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
High temperatures 88 to 94.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: It has been thundering today in my
tiny corner. That automatically means that Little Miss Molly heads
for the hills. I believe she is not quite as afraid of thunder as she
used to be, but she still hides under the bed or in some nook and
cranny. One of her favorite places is to park herself behind me in
the corner of my office under the edge of my desk. I try to spend a
lot of time talking to her, patting her on the head and trying to
reassure her. Tomorrow I am going to make up for not playing with her
any at all today. Life goes on.......

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

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TONIGHT
Showers and thunderstorms. A few could be strong to severe this evening.
Overnight Low 72
WIND: SW 6-12

SATURDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly during the morning.
Cooler Saturday night.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon 89
WIND: NW 7-14

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 92
WIND: N 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. Little or no chance of showers.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 92
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. A few showers are possible.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 5-10

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