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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday April 29, 2009
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Head Down Under for an Outback Adventure
with SummerQuest at Hunter Street, June 1-5

It's summer and the kids are home from school with nothing to do.
Instead of leaving them to watch TV and play video games all day, you
can send them on a week-long Outback Adventure with SummerQuest!

Outback Adventure will be held at Hunter Street Baptist Church in
Hoover, June 1-5. At Outback Adventure, kids grades 1-6 will learn
about our great God as they take part in arts and crafts, sports
activities,
Bible study, and corporate worship each day. Outback Adventure is free,
so bring a friend, family member or neighbor with you.

Outback Adventure starts each morning at 8:30 a.m. and dismisses at
12:15 p.m. Registration is required, and you can register your kids at
www.kidquestonline.org. T-shirts are available for $7. For more
information, call Hunter Street, 205.985.7295 or visit www.hunterstreet.org
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...Warm Weather Staying With Us...

THE ALABAMA STORY: It is a story where we are looking at an increase
in showers and maybe even some thunderstorms. We caution quickly that
this does not mean a widespread soaking. Conditions are getting fairly
dry around the state and any showers should be welcomed.
The overall weather pattern has changed just enough that we cannot
rule out a shower or thunderstorm at any time for the next 5 to 7
days. They should be few in number tomorrow. It looks like for the
next several days, the better chance of getting a shower or
thunderstorm will be roughly over the north third of the state and
mostly north of Birmingham. However, by Saturday and Sunday we may see
an increase down into Central Alabama also.

Some scattered showers and thunderstorms moved into the NW part of the
state early this afternoon. A few spots briefly got some heavy rain.
Those will mostly diminish after dark.

THE OLE THERMOMETER: It has not had much work to do lately, because
temperatures have been consistent for days on end, mostly in the lower
80s and sometimes as high as mid 80s. We do not see much change in
that all the way into the middle of next week. Lows at night will also
be consistent—mostly in the low to mid 60s. A warm front was pushing
northward this afternoon crossing the Ohio River. This leaves Alabama
and most of the Southeast in a warm and fairly humid air mass. By
Saturday, a cold front (we really should call it a cool front) will be
approaching NW Alabama, but it will stall north of Birmingham until
about Tuesday. This is part of what will increase our chance of
showers by the weekend.

SEVERE WEATHER: We have gone almost a full week without any threat in
Alabama and that is still pretty much the case. This afternoon a
Severe Thunderstorm Watch was out for part of Oklahoma and Arkansas
and a Tornado Watch for NW Texas. Tomorrow there is a Slight Risk from
the Central Plains northeast to Indiana and Ohio and for Friday the
Slight Risk extends from Oklahoma and Arkansas northeast to Ohio.

PICK OF THE DAY WEATHER SPOT: Today let us look at Chinook, Montana.
They were getting gusts to 45 mph with no thunderstorms. That small
town is located in North/Central Montana on US Route 2. No doubt the
town was named after the famous Chinook winds that come roaring off
the east slopes of the Rockies.

ROAMING: Still some leftover flood problems in Houston today. The hot
spot in the nation Tuesday was Laredo with 96. Lows this morning
included 19 at Truckee, California and 23 at Barrow and Barter,
Alaska. Whittier has 61 inches of snow on the ground. Yellowstone
National Park is still getting snow and may get up to 11 inches of new
snow the next couple of days. This latest storm system dumped 24
inches of new snow SW of Lander, Wyoming. In Barrow, Alaska, the sun
will not set tonight until after midnight at 12:16 a.m. their time.
Eventually they will have 24
hours of daylight.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I sure do enjoy receiving e-mail about
Little Miss Molly from all over the place. We have readers as far
away as Utah and California and even one in Nevada. We have received e-
mails as far away as Northern Ireland and they all really enjoy the
stories. That makes me feel good, because I enjoy writing about her.
Some folks may think I make up some of it, but I do not and I do not
even embellish the stories. By the way, did you see the story of the
real small dog in the Midwest that was picked up by 70-mile an hour
winds. The poor little dog was carried for a mile. A huge reunion when
the family found him out in the woods. Life goes on regardless of the
weather.

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

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2009 SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
MAY 20-24
REGIONS PARK STADIUM in Hoover
For Tickets, call (800) 732-4849 (800-SEC-4TIX)
or visit http://www.southtix.com/secbb.html
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
event.

Reserved seats are going fast so be sure to order yours today at
(800) 732-4849 or by logging onto http://www.southtix.com/secbb.html
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 20-24
to see some big time college baseball.

The 2009 SEC Baseball Tournament
THE BEST COLLEGE BASEBALL IN THE COUNTRY!!
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TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy. A small chance of a shower or thunderstorm, mainly this
evening.
Morning Low 63
WIND: SE 4-8

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. A slight risk of showers, mostly north of Birmingham.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 82
WIND: S 7-14

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SW 8-16

SATURDAY
Warm and humid with a chance of mostly afternoon showers and
thunderstorms.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 80
WIND: SW 7-14

SUNDAY
Cloudy at times. Scattered, mainly afternoon, showers and storms.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 80
WIND: S 7-14

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