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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday August 5, 2008
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CHURCH. IT'S NOT A BUILDING

It's people. A family of people that care for and support
one another in good times and bad. People learning to
trust and depend on God.

This Sunday, some will gather at Hunter Street Baptist Church
in Hoover. Will you join us?

Visit http://www.hunterstreet.org
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...Hope For the Heat Weary...

HEAT BACKS OFF LATE IN THE WEEK: That will be welcome, because we
have had an overdose of hot weather lately. Temperatures soared well
into the 90s again this afternoon with the heat index over 100 in most
places. Do not look for much change tomorrow. We are projecting 96
again for Central Alabama with the afternoon heat index about 105. We
are introducing a small risk of a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow
afternoon or evening. Translation: most places will stay dry.

Our dear friend, the weather models, indicate a frontal boundary
pushing southward and maybe into North Alabama by Friday and Saturday
and coming to a screeching halt as usual. We do not know the exact
place it will stall, but it should drop our humidity just a bit for
Saturday and the high temperatures will back away from such ridiculous
values starting Thursday.

OUR BEST CHANCE OF RAIN: We think that might be on Friday, but we
will see some scattered showers and storms show up as early as
Thursday afternoon and Thursday night. The
combination of more clouds and the scattered storms will permit our
high temperature to back off to about 88 on Friday. That will almost
feel like autumn (teasing, of course).

TROPICAL WEATHER: Edouard moved ashore on the upper Texas coast at 7
o'clock this morning. This afternoon he was moving toward the NW
further inland over SE Texas. He did not reach hurricane force before
making landfall. There were some wind gusts around 65 mph. In some
ways, he is a welcome benefit, because much of that part of Texas is
in severe drought conditions. The eventual rain amounts in places like
Galveston and Houston may exceed 5 inches. This afternoon the rain had
spread as far westward as Austin. Edouard will continue moving
directly through the center of Texas and, of course, weaken along the
way.

SCATTERED OR ISOLATED: I got that question again last Sunday at
church. A gentleman who is very intelligent asked me which term would
indicate a better chance of rain. He said he had wondered that for
many years. I explained that scattered would give you a better chance
of getting wet than isolated. Just goes to show you that we sometimes
assume everyone understands
our terminology.

STORMS LAST SATURDAY: This interesting note from Greg Hollon in his
own words, "I was down on the lake Saturday afternoon when the shelf
cloud came over Cropwell. I have a place on
Logan Martin at Griffith's Bend and had an excellent view as it passed
over the lake. There was a very small area of rotation that had
dropped down just below the cloud, but was not on the ground (I'm sure
you've seen it before). Pretty nasty storm but did not appear to have
a tornado. I'm a private pilot and an Alfa Insurance adjuster so I've
seen my share of bad clouds."

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I frequently receive e-mails from people
that are deeply hurt by the loss of a pet. I wonder how Susan Lollar
is doing after losing her precious little 11-year-old Maltese to
cancer nearly one month ago. He had only been sick for a short time
and passed away in the middle of the night. I want to check also with
a couple near Jasper who lost their precious little Gracie to a
neighbor's large dog (I believe a pit bull) several years ago. It
takes a long time to recover. These e-mails make me spend more time
with Little Miss Molly and treasure the years we have with her. Molly
seems to be in perfect health and coming up on six years old. During
her lifetime, I have learned to speak doggy language to her. She looks
at me like she understands every single word. Her little eyes can
captivate me to do anything (almost) she wants. Life goes on.

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

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CHURCH. IT'S NOT A BUILDING

It's people. A family of people who are far from perfect, who
don't pretend there are no disappointments in life. But who
know where to turn in those disappointments and where hope
is found.

This Sunday, some will gather at Hunter Street Baptist Church
in Hoover. Will you join us?

Visit http://www.hunterstreet.org
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TONIGHT
Mostly clear.
Overnight Low 73
WIND: W 3-6

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny and hot. An isolated afternoon thunderstorm. Heat index
as high as 105.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 96
WIND: NW 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered, mostly afternoon, thunderstorms.
Morning Low 75 Afternoon High 92
WIND: NW 6-12

FRIDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Not as hot.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 88
WIND: N 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Only a slight chance of a shower or storm. A little less
humid.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NE 4-8

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