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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday June 4, 2008
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ISRAEL & NEW BREED, MARTHA MUNIZZI HEADLINE
"ONE CITY, ONE CHURCH, ONE STAGE" AT CITY STAGES

Last year, City Stages turned one of its main stages over to gospel
music for an entire day. This year "One City, One Church, One Stage"
returns with even bigger names for a full Father's Day of Christian
music.

Grammy award-winner Israel & New Breed and Stellar Award winner
Martha Munizzi are among the headliners for the second annual OCOCOS.

Also on the bill: Canton Jones, William Murphy, the Birmingham Mass
Community Choir and The Basement, who were responsible for one
of the most moving sets the Coca-Cola Classic Stage has ever witnessed
when they wrapped up the evening last year.

Tickets to the 20th Annual City Stages are on sale now at area locations
of Books-A-Million, Moe's and Publix, as well as all Ticketmaster
locations and ticketmaster.com.

Or, phone 205-715-6000 or 800-277-1700. More info at http://www.citystages.org

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...Hot Is The Word...

SHOWERS STAYING NORTH: This time of year and all through the summer,
weather forecasters pay a lot of attention to the wind patterns aloft,
especially at around 10 to 20 thousand feet as much or more so at the
ground level. We watch for upper level lows, highs, ridges and low-
pressure troughs.

Specifically, we look for a high pressure area or ridge
aloft, which tends to put a cap on thunderstorm development and also
gives the old thermometer an invitation to edge upward.
Latest model information seems to indicate a ridge aloft
becoming better established by Friday and over the weekend. This may
all but eliminate any risk of showers or thunderstorms for most of
Alabama. Even if we study the weather another 100 years, we will never
be able to give you a 100% guarantee that a lone shower or storm will
not show up on a hot summer afternoon. Anyway, we are leaving them out
of the forecast through Sunday. The thermometer will reach or exceed
90 on just about every day. The humidity will be unfriendly also.

THE MOSCOW TRAGEDY: Not Moscow, Russia. Not even Moscow,
Idaho. Instead, it was the very small town of Moscow, Indiana about 35
miles SE of Indianapolis that was almost wiped out by the rash of
tornadoes yesterday. Early reports say at least 10 injuries, including
one lady critically injured when a 3-inch diameter tree limb was
driven deep into her chest. A vast zone across the central part of the
country is almost an autobahn of severe weather lately. Even
Washington, D.C. and Baltimore and most of Virginia were in a Tornado
Watch this afternoon and in a Moderate Risk area.

MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY: It looks like a
significant outbreak of severe weather tomorrow in the middle of the
country from the Central Plains into the Midwest. The Storm Prediction
Center has high confidence that the outbreak will be very strong. The
biggest danger will be from about Oklahoma City northward to
Minneapolis/St. Paul including Topeka, Wichita, Omaha, Des Moines and
Minneapolis. A lesser risk will cover a much larger area. Do not be
surprised at all to see that upgraded to a high risk by tomorrow. An
intense low-pressure area will be located over Western Kansas early
tomorrow. Colder air on the west side of that big system will dump
several inches of snow in Yellowstone National Park, as much as 11
inches in the mountains of Central Colorado, also some snow in the
North Utah mountains and even the higher mountains around Flagstaff,
Arizona.

ROAMING: Temperatures were expected to reach over
100 in far SW Texas this afternoon with dry winds gusting to 50 mph.
Extremely low humidity…some major highways along the Indiana/Ohio line
had as much as 18 inches of water from flash flooding…3.82 inches of
rain overnight at Springfield, Illinois.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly
keeps showing me that her IQ is higher than mine. During a morning
walk, she could tell that two neighboring dogs were having a family
dispute on the other side of the hedgerow. Molly looked alarmed,
turned around, came back and sat on my foot and looked up at me as if
to say, "Should we go back home?" I assured her it was okay. She is a
semi-chicken when danger lurks. Cannot really blame her, because she
has been charged by some big dogs in the community several times…
number 6 in the little puppy's 10 commandments is to be aware that
however you treat me, I will never forget. That little girl should
always have good memories of us because we treat her royally. Her
little tail never stops wagging, so she is happy and life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Fair, warm and humid.
Overnight Low 73
WIND: S 4-7

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny. Another hot afternoon.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 94
WIND: S 6-12

FRIDAY
More clouds than sun. Continued hot.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 7-14

SATURDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SE 5-10

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