ABC 33/40 E-Forecast
ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday April 23, 2008
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SUMMER QUEST IS FOR KIDS!!
The best week of the summer is coming June 2-6.
It's Summer Quest Turtle Beach Blast for all kids grades
1-6 at Hunter Street Baptist Church.
Turtle Beach Blast meets each morning, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
and includes crafts, recreation, worship and Bible study. The
morning sessions are free. Families do not have to be church
members for their children to attend.
Register now at http://www.kidquestonline.org
New to Summer Quest is an optional afternoon session where
children may participate in fun track classes. "Afternoon Lagoon"
is $50 if parents register before May 11 and is $65 thereafter.
Visit http://www.kidquestonline.org to find out more.
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THE ALABAMA STORY: No big temperature changes in Alabama over the
next several days. Across the central part of the state, highs will be
in the lower 80s. However, they will back off to the upper 70s
Saturday, Sunday and Monday due to more cloudiness in the area and a
chance of some showers and thunderstorms.
By far, there is more interest in the shower and thunderstorm
situation than the temperatures. We look for dry weather again
tomorrow and most of Friday. Some widely scattered showers or
thunderstorms will arrive either late Friday afternoon or Friday
night. Over the weekend, on both Saturday and Sunday, there will be
scattered showers and thunderstorms. On each day, there should be
around a 1 in 3 chance of any one location getting wet. Probably the
better chance of all will be Sunday afternoon and Sunday night. This
is due to a cold front expected to move into the area by next Monday.
This is race weekend at the Talladega racetrack, so this discussion
and our day-by-day forecast also pertains to Talladega.
SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION: We think Alabama will be okay, even when
the widely scattered thunderstorms arrive. A risk of severe weather
continues this afternoon and overnight from SW Texas northward all the
way to SW South Dakota and east as far as Western Arkansas. This
includes an enhanced Moderate Risk over NW Texas and SW Oklahoma.
Tomorrow the risk shifts westward a bit and extends from South Texas
all the way to Nebraska and Iowa. An Enhanced Moderate Risk is
outlined for tomorrow for much of Kansas and SE Nebraska, including
Wichita, Topeka, Omaha and Lincoln. (Lincoln is one of the best laid
out cities you will ever see.)
BAGHDAD AND BIRMINGHAM: The average annual rain amount for Baghdad
is a paltry 6.10 inches…Birmingham, by comparison, gets 54 inches. The
average daily high temperature in July and August is 109 in Baghdad
and about 91 in Birmingham.
MY FINAL THOUGHTS: It was a real irony on May 5, 2002, when a
tornado hit the small town of Happy, Texas…a good warning was in
effect and only 2 people were killed, but it made everybody in Happy
unhappy…there are occasional weather facts that pique my interest to a
maximum…one of those was the 1880 tornado that sucked a 39-foot well
dry in Marshall, Missouri…so hard for me to believe that…even if the
tornado was moving only 25 mph, it would only take about 2 seconds to
cross that well…oh, well…Natchez, Mississippi, settled by the French
in 1716, is still having problems with the mighty Mississippi…the
population density for Alaska is only 1 person per square mile, but in
Washington, DC, 9,359.
MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly has only been in
trouble a few times since she arrived five years ago. Her first
transgression was the complete papering of the master bedroom with the
reserve supply of toilet paper…could not even walk on the carpet—had
to walk on paper…one day she escaped out the door and took off up the
street like she was on the Autobahn. She happened to see another small
dog looking out a window, screeched to a halt and went to the window
to talk to the little fellow. I grabbed her. She escaped out back a
few weeks ago and was going up the walking track at 80 mph. My
granddaughter, who can run 100 mph, was not gaining on her and only
Molly's urgent need for a quick bathroom stop let us catch her…today
for the first time ever, she snitched a steak bone out of the garbage
pail, took it to the master bedroom and was having a ball. She frowned
greatly when I seized it. Life goes on......
J.B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com
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2008 SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
MAY 21-25
REGIONS PARK STADIUM in Hoover
For Tickets, call (800)732-4849 (800-SEC-4TIX)
or visit http://www.SECsports.com
For Corporate Hospitality Packages, call (205)977-9335
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)977-9335 to inquire about the
various corporate hospitality packages.
Mark your calendars to go to Regions Park Stadium, May 21-25
to see some big time college baseball.
The 2008 SEC Baseball Tournament
THE BEST COLLEGE BASEBALL IN THE COUNTRY!!
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TONIGHT
Fair and mild.
Overnight Low 60
WIND: SE 3-6
THURSDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SE 6-12
FRIDAY
Variable cloudiness and breezy. Widely scattered showers and
thunderstorms, mainly at night.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 80
WIND: S 10-18
SATURDAY
Mild with scattered showers and thunderstorms, about a 1 in 3 chance.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 79
WIND: SW 7-14
SUNDAY
Intervals of sunshine. Scattered showers and thunderstorms, best
chance afternoon and night.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 78
WIND: SW 8-16
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