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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday August 29, 2007

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SHOWERS/STORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND: We are still enjoying an
extended period of weather where we have a good chance of a shower or
thunderstorm almost every day. Even with a good chance, some folks
will get left out. Based on radar coverage and actual rain reports,
it seems at least 50% of the Alabama landscape received rain
yesterday and in a lot of places, it was not just a few drops. Almost
4 inches fell in parts of Shelby County and a number of other
communities received more than 1 inch.

Not a big change in the prospects for rain Thursday and Friday. We
still think scattered showers and storms will be around over the
weekend and through Labor Day, but possibly not as numerous. They
should be more scattered during that time.
The more numerous showers put a choke hold on the old backyard
thermometer. Instead of suffering through 100 to 105-degree heat, we
continue to semi-enjoy highs in the upper 80s and around 90.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Nobody can forget two years ago today. The Katrina
tragedy continued to unfold in New Orleans. During the afternoon,
Katrina had moved inland and was plowing her way northward through
East Mississippi. Meridian would go on to record a wind gust of 81
mph. Literally thousands of trees were being uprooted in Central and
SW Alabama. Today a tropical wave 900 miles east of the Windward
Islands is moving into an area where it will have a chance of
development as it moves west 15 to 20. A non-tropical low 260 miles
SE of Charleston may have some upper-level wind support to help it
develop more during the next few days. An Air Force plane is going in
to check it out tomorrow, if necessary. Another tropical wave over
the Yucatan Peninsula will move out over the Bay of Campeche in the
next day or so. We will keep one of our 12 eyes on that.

AUTUMN COLOR/YES OR NO? Sure have noticed a lot of trees turning
brown already. Driving across my favorite highway in NE Jefferson
County (Deerfoot Parkway), it does not look so promising. However,
there are always surprises as certain trees seem to be the friendly
type and put on a vivid display of color. We asked Mike Pender, who
owns Classic Garden and Landscape in Centerpoint, to give us his
assessment. Here in his own words, "We should still have a decent
fall color this year, but it may be more subtle and not quite as
bright. Since Fall color is triggered more by shorter days and cooler
temperatures than by rainfall, what we really need are some crisp
cold nights to get the fall color going. Fall leaf colors result in
changes in the leaves. Yellow and red pigments are always present,
but green is predominant. As nights turn colder, the green pigments
cease and the yellows and reds take over. A big question is, if the
drought continues, will there be any leaves left? Another question is
how many trees are permanently damaged or died. Only time will tell
this year." (See his complete report on the ABC 33/40 weather Blog.)

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: As Little Miss Molly continues her
birthday week, she sure does get mixed up because of so many folks
here. Last night she settled down three times to sleep for the night,
but got moved three times. Sometimes she looks up at me as if to say,
"What in the world is going on? What has happened to my little set
routine? I need much more sleep than I am getting." Life goes on......

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

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TONIGHT
Scattered showers and thunderstorms diminishing late, some areas with
heavy rain.
Overnight Low 72
WIND: SW 3-6

THURSDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms becoming numerous in the
afternoon. Locally heavy rain.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon 88
WIND: N 5-10

FRIDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly in the afternoon.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 89
WIND: NE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 90
WIND: E 5-10

SUNDAY
Scattered showers a and thunderstorms, mostly afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SE 6-12

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