ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday September 22, 2008
===================================================================
LISTEN TO GREAT CHRISTIAN MUSIC ONLINE!
http://www.AllWorship.com

Completely free. And no commercials!

Just wonderful worship music all day and all night in three different formats:

Contemporary Worship
Praise & Worship
Spanish Worship

Give it a listen and pass it on to your friends!
http://www.AllWorship.com
===================================================================

...A Mostly Dry Week...

AUTUMN IS HERE: Officially, that is. It arrived at 10:44 this morning
and there is no way in the world that you can tell when it arrived,
because it has to do with the position of the sun to the earth. We
weather folks pay little or no attention to the official arrival of
seasons. Instead, we consider September, October and November as
autumn.

Regardless, the weather is following orders and it is going to feel
very much autumn-like for most of this week. There is some indication
that some showers could arrive for the weekend, but we are leaving
them out through Friday until we can get a better handle on the
situation.

Atop Mt. Cheaha early this afternoon, it was only 72 degrees with an
east wind gusting to 29 mph. That had to feel very good. Early this
morning, the temperature dropped to 53 in Broomtown, 56 in
Concord/Hueytown and Coker and 55 in Muscle Shoals and Scrougout. We
expect lows across Central Alabama to be generally in the upper 50s
tonight and tomorrow night, dropping into the mid 50s Thursday and
Friday morning. We can almost guarantee that we will hear of some
upper 40s in the NE Alabama valleys by Thursday morning. (It is
dangerous to use the word guarantee in the world of weather.)

THE TROPICAL WORLD: A broad area of low pressure was centered near
the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic and Western Puerto Rico this
afternoon. It still has not become organized enough to be called a
tropical depression. However, the circulation is better defined today
and this has the potential to go on to a tropical depression as it
moves NNW over the next day or two. It may also become a tropical
storm eventually and would be named Kyle. It has already produced
life-threatening flash flooding across much of Puerto Rico and that
will continue. The SE Bahamas should also watch. Long-range
projections do not bring this one into the Gulf of Mexico, but the
Outer Banks of North Carolina may eventually have a close call. By
Friday morning, it may be centered east of Cape Hatteras and by
Saturday morning may be east of Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Not
sealed in stone yet. As of early this afternoon, this disturbance had
already produced these rain amounts in Puerto Rico: 20.00 at Guayama,
10.65 at Juncos and 11.46 at Wyauco. San Juan had received 4 inches.

THE WORLD AROUND US: 26 in Saranac Lake, New York was the lower 48
cold spot this morning. In Alaska, the low was 25 at Eagle. Baghdad is
very close to Birmingham as far as the latitude is concerned. So,
their changing season happens about the same time as ours, but maybe
not as pronounced. They expect a high of 100 the next two days, which
is quite a comedown from 110 that is so common. Even the nights will
be cooler between 66 and 73 this week and by next Sunday they expect a
high of only 87. I am sure our servicemen will be very happy about
that.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Out real early with my little pal for a
½-mile walk on the walking track. We were walking directly into a
breeze around 15 mph and a dew point in the low 60s and it felt very
good. The Old Crow Motel even shows signs of some of the leaves
turning in the upper rooms, but that may be due to an old age illness.
The biggest excitement of the entire walk was a 4-inch worm heading
south on the walk. I suppose it was the morning rush hour and he was
doing every bit of five feet an hour. Molly thought he was a little
piece of puppy spaghetti but I pulled her away just in time to save
the worm's life. It's the tiny little things that are interesting if
you pay close attention. Molly is a self-appointed inspector. Her nose
and eyes are only three or four inches off the ground when she walks
and she absolutely does not miss anything. Sure had a world
series-type ballgame with her last night. When we got through, she
drank a bunch of water and stretched out on the cool tile. Life goes
on.

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

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://cfc.abc3340.com/abc3340/7day.cfm
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

=========================================================
AVOID THE HIGH COST OF GASOLINE.
GET AN ELECTRIC STREET-LEGAL VEHICLE.
Call 205-507-0039 or email bigeaglecycles@bellsouth.net

You won't have to worry about the cost of gasoline if you own
an electric street-legal vehicle.

The Tomberlin E-merge electric street-legal limited speed vehicles
(LSV) is insurable and allowed on streets where the speed limit is
35mph or below. Check out these vehicles!
http://www.tomberlin.net/electric-vehicles

Whether driving to work or just around the neighborhood, the Tomberlin
E-merge is a serious street-legal alternative form of transportation.
With a top speed of 30mph and a range of over 30 miles, the E-merge
will get you there quickly, safely and bring you home without the cost
of fuel.

The exclusive dealer of E-merge Electric Street Legal Cars is Big
Eagle Cycles in Tuscaloosa. Contact owner Chris Townsend at
205-507-0039 or email Chris at bigeaglecycles@bellsouth.net
=========================================================

*******************************************************

TONIGHT
Clear and cool.
Overnight Low 58
WIND: NE 3-6

TUESDAY
Sunny with low humidity.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 84
WIND: E 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Sunny.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 83
WIND: E 10-15

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 82
WIND: NE 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 81
WIND: N 5-10

********************************************************

Tonight on ABC 33/40:

6:00pm ABC 33/40 News
6:30pm Wheel of Fortune
7:00pm Dancing W/Stars
9:00pm Boston Legal
10:00pm ABC 33/40 News
10:35pm Nightline

*********************************************************
If you are interested in advertising on this E-Forecast, please
contact us at 205-985-9725 or bill.hardekopf@theweathercompany.com.
Ads reach over 28,700 subscribers each day, creating over 200,000
impressions each week. Just $95 per week!
To subscribe or unsubscribe from the ABC 33/40 E-Forecast, go here:
http://www.jamesspann.com/eforecast.html