ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday August 7, 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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...A Nice Break After the Storms...

LESS HUMID OVER THE WEEKEND: A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been in
effect for about the north half of Alabama since late morning. We have
seen a number of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Significant Weather
Alerts, also, quite a few reports of damage. We have not seen any
significant reports of structural damage. It has been mostly trees and
power lines. Probably an exception is in the Northport area about 1:00
this afternoon when a 120-foot radio tower was blown down. It was
located about ½ mile south of the intersection of Highway 69 and US-82
or about 1 mile ESE of Northport.

These storms have brought an abrupt drop in temperature with many
places in West and North Alabama dropping from the 90s to the 70s in
just a few minutes. It is near certain that we will hear of some 1-
inch rain amounts before the day is over.

One of the main ingredients causing these storms today was a cold
front trying to push its way into the upper part of the Southeast
States. The front was draped across Southern Tennessee this afternoon.
By tomorrow morning, the front should be down in Central or even South
Alabama where it will stall near the coast and start back northward.

Latest indications are that it will come back north quick enough,
bringing Gulf humidity with it, for us to see a few showers or storms
as early as Sunday afternoon. Originally, we thought Sunday would be
completely dry and less humid.

After the storms end late tonight, look for some very pleasant weather
tomorrow and Saturday. The old dew point, a key indicator of how humid
it is, will fall into the upper 50s by tomorrow afternoon and stay in
the 50s all day Saturday. You will be sure and notice the lower
humidity, especially compared to what we have experienced the last
several weeks. Drier air cools much better than moist air, so we are
sticking with our forecast for lows in the low 60s over the weekend.
An excellent chance that a few of our traditional cool spots in NE
Alabama will have about 58. Broomtown, Scrougout, Ft. Payne and Valley
Head come to mind.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Overall, we must say that Tropical Storm Dolly
brought more good news than bad. She caused a wide swatch of Central
Texas to receive some very beneficial rain with some of it over 5
inches. Elsewhere in the Atlantic Basin, a tropical wave was
approaching the NW Bahamas this afternoon. It was not very exciting
and the National Hurricane Center does not expect for it to develop.

WEATHER NOTEBOOK: 119 in Death Valley yesterday was the hottest. That
blistering desert outpost has been a hotspot in the USA more days this
summer than anyone else. Cool spots this morning 42 at Stanley, Idaho
and 32 at Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Anchorage only got up to 65
yesterday and a low of 46 this morning as they continue with an
exceptionally cool summer.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I am completely blown away how hundreds
of people have fallen in love with my little puppy, Little Miss Molly,
simply by reading this short story each day. There was an outpouring
of extra emails after I mentioned a person suffering through the loss
of a dog a few days ago. Last night I got the most amazing response to
the column in the entire 5 years I have written it. The email was four
pages long and came from Dothan in SE Alabama. I want to run some
excerpts from it after getting permission. Another gentleman has
already given me permission to run his story. I may get all of this
together and post it on the ABC 33/40 Blog. James was real considerate
to include a Miss Molly category on the 33/40 Blog. I try not to abuse
it, but this will be very special. The loss of a pet is not like a
family member. It is still very hard.

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
Showers and thunderstorms diminishing late. A few possibly severe.
Overnight Low 69
WIND: NW 4-8

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny and less humid. Not as hot.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 89
WIND: N 6-12

SATURDAY
Sunny and less humid. A very pleasant morning.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 89
WIND: NE 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. A slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm late.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 90
WIND: S 5-10

MONDAY
Becoming more humid. A few thunderstorms.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SE 5-10

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