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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday June 13, 2007

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STILL NO WIDESPREAD RAIN: For the second night in a row, some big
thunderstorms marched down the east side of Alabama. A few spots got
enough rain to throw a party in the middle of the night, but take my
word for it the thirsty earth will swallow the rain up like it was a
sip of coffee. A few of those rainfall amounts: 0.82 at Wilsonville,
0.63 at Vincent, 0.77 at Hackneyville (in Tallapoosa County), 0.43 at
Childersburg, 0.74 at Montgomery Airport. The Storm Prediction Center
has nearly the SE half of Alabama outlined for a Slight Risk of
severe thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. So far, we have had
no thunderstorms today. It may be late afternoon or this evening
before they pop up over the eastern part of the state.

ANY BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN? There could be a slightly better chance
Friday, but not enough to crow about. Temperatures will be getting
hotter over the weekend and we expect few, if any, showers or storms
on Saturday or Sunday as temperatures snap back to the mid 90s.
Looking further down the pike, our better chance of getting rain will
be next week on Tuesday or Wednesday, but that is still a long way
off. We still need to remember that "droughts beget droughts" and
sometimes it is difficult to break the pattern.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Nothing expected in the way of tropical
development in the near future. It sure would be nice to have a
tropical depression form in the Gulf of Mexico and come on shore and
move slowly north across this area. That could give us many inches of
rain and still not produce a huge storm surge on the coast. That is
one of the main problems with a tropical storm or hurricane.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: Severe Thunderstorm Watches are posted this
afternoon for about the north half of the Florida Peninsula, Eastern
Georgia, all of South Carolina, Central and SE North Carolina, all of
Pennsylvania, most of Maryland and the northern parts of Virginia and
West Virginia. In the Plains, a Watch for Central Oklahoma into
Kansas. I counted at least 27 counties with a Severe Thunderstorm
Warning around 2:30 this afternoon and, for a time, a possible
tornado was suspected in NE Florida in the Jacksonville area. In the
last 24 hours, Jacksonville received almost an inch of rain, Miami
Beach 1.63 and New York City 1.18.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly is having a lazy
day, so I want to talk about a cat with the nickname, "Computer Cat."
Her real name is "Sugar Baby." She appeared on the back deck of
Dennis Altizer after Hurricane Katrina. Dennis is our Music Director
at Huffman Baptist Church and he is the only living creature in the
world who is more energetic than Little Miss Molly. The Altizer's
checked the neighborhood, but no one had lost a cat, so the cat
adopted them. She was expecting kittens. She delivered six. "She took
on the alias Computer Cat, because she would hear me go to the
computer and she would come running to the room, jump on the computer
desk and absolutely demand that I spend more time with her. If I
pressed the keys, she would walk across the keyboard and go for my
hands and then sit on the mouse. She even caused an e-mail to be sent
early by walking on the wrong key. One time she stepped on a Ziplock
bag, lost her footing and slid. She grabbed the one she trusted most—
her daddy Dennis." She held on for dear life and Dennis still has
scratches to show. Computer Cat gives Susan and Dennis a lot of fun
times and they love her dearly, just like the majority owner and I
love Little Miss Molly. That's the way it is with little creatures.
They have some kind of a magic key that unlocks your heart. Life goes
on and the scratches on Dennis's hand are healing.....

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

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TONIGHT
A slight chance of showers or thunderstorms, mainly east and south.
Overnight Low 66
WIND: E 4-6

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. A small chance of an afternoon shower or storm, mainly
East Alabama.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon 92
WIND: E 5-10

FRIDAY
Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly afternoon.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
More sun than clouds. A hot afternoon.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny and hot.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 95
WIND: SW 5-10

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