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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday June 6, 2007

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CHANCE OF RAIN TO IMPROVE SOME BY WEEKEND: Maybe I should not have
used that headline, because I do not want to give the impression that
we will have a statewide drenching. However, an actual frontal
system, rare here this time of year, may push into North Alabama late
Saturday. It will lose its identity and simply fade into the
woodwork. However, that old boundary may be just enough to give us a
slight increase in the number of showers and thunderstorms Saturday
and Sunday. On Sunday, the better chance could be a bit south of
Birmingham. Meanwhile, the battered old RC Cola thermometer will get
a bit of exercise and top out in the lower 90s most of the rest of
the week. A 92 high here is normal for mid and late July and
certainly not early June. 92 now would be at least 5 degrees hotter
than normal. But remember, droughts and hot weather are first cousins.

Temperatures had already reached the low to mid 90s this afternoon.
The atmosphere was dry today. That permitted some lower temperatures
overnight. It also cut off the possibility of rain except in the
extreme south where a sea breeze front seemed to be working. It is
difficult to say how much rain we will get over the weekend, but it
seems that ½ inch may be an average amount.

TROPICAL WEATHER: We are wishing for a tropical depression to come
ashore on the Gulf Coast and move northward, generally through
Alabama. That could give us a statewide drenching without causing
damage from wind and a huge storm surge. Unfortunately, we do not see
that in the foreseeable future. The National Hurricane Center rules
out any chance of tropical development for the next few days.

OUR WORLD OF WEATHER: A very deep low-pressure area for June was
moving NE out of the Northern Rockies. It will cross the Dakotas and
Minnesota. It is going to do two things—set off a rash of severe
weather across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Already a
Tornado Watch was in effect in SE Montana, NE Wyoming and Western
South Dakota. A Moderate Risk area was posted for parts of Nebraska,
the Dakotas and Western Minnesota. Tomorrow that moderate risk area
will shift eastward to Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, Northern Illinois
and Eastern Iowa. On the western side of that low-pressure area,
winds were howling today over a wide area. Let's zero in on Climax,
Colorado as an example of what will happen. They will get gusts to 50
mph tonight as 4 inches of snow falls after midnight and the
temperature drops to 21 to 28. Highs will be in the 30s tomorrow with
thundersnow. An inch of rain fell this morning at Hill Air Force
Base, Ogden, Utah. That is a lot of rain for them on any one day.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Where, oh, where are the mosquitoes?
Little Miss Molly and I have not seen a single one this year and only
a few tiny spiders. We usually have a great big pot-gutted spider
that hangs down from the lower limb of the sassafras tree at night
trying to trap me as I walk by. I saw him in the flashlight beam a
year or two ago and, with careful aim with my little blue scoop, he
was no more. I got scolded for that and a lady reminded me that
spiders were an important part of the ecosystem. We also have not
seen any fire ants. A friend in Steele reports no sightings of
fireflies at night. We have only seen one millipede, a very young
one, not in kindergarten yet. I hope the birds are finding water.
That is the reason, of course, that we have no mosquitoes. Standing
water is a breeding place for them. Miss Molly finds any varmints on
the walking track. Life goes on.....

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

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear.
Overnight Low 68
WIND: S 4-6

THURSDAY
Partly sunny and hot. A slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon 92
WIND: SW 8-16

FRIDAY
P Partly sunny with widely scattered, mostly afternoon, storms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 7-14

SATURDAY
Scattered, mostly afternoon, showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SW 10-15

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Widely separated thunderstorms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 91
WIND: N 5-10

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