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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday April 27, 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 Spring Weather...

THE ALABAMA STORY: We are getting into the time of year that our
daily forecast can sound much the same from day to day. This will be
especially true when we get into June and July. Over the next five
days, there is just enough chance of a shower or thunderstorm that we
should mention it, but it is not expected to be a significant wetting
down of the Alabama countryside.

Latest model runs show a slight weakening of the upper ridge that has
kept us unseasonably warm and dry for most of last week and this
weekend. Even so, our temperatures all this week will be 3 to 5
degrees warmer than average for the latter part of April. We are
calling for highs between 80 and 83 all the way through next weekend.
The chance of a shower or thunderstorm on any given day is very small,
but possibly a better chance about Saturday.

DROUGHT CONDITIONS: We are still in fairly good shape across Alabama,
however, the excess for this year at Birmingham has dwindled to 0.46
after being over 1 inch ahead of the game not too long ago. Serious
drought conditions plague California. For example, Los Angeles, with
only 4.27 inches, is less than one-half of average. Similar shortages
were San Diego and Fresno. This year is going to be a crucial one for
water supplies in that very popular state.

MISCELLANEOUS: A big warm up in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states
the last few days. So much so that New York City had the highest
temperature ever for April 26 yesterday. It was 92 in Central Park—a
whopping 28 degrees above average. It also broke the previous record
by 8 degrees established in 1942. Even in Upstate New York it was 82
in Saranac Lake. Remember how many times this past winter that
location was the coldest in the lower 48. The national high Sunday was
100 at Petersburg, West Virginia. It was 87 in Boston and 97 in
Frederick, Maryland. Some cold temperatures this morning included 11
in Yellowstone National Park, 15 in Stanley, Idaho and 22 at Barter
Island, Alaska. The snow pack at Whittier, Alaska is down to 70 inches.

SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION: There was a High Risk posted for parts of
Oklahoma and Kansas Sunday. It did not quite pan out and today the
situation is less serious. Even so, there is a Slight Risk this
afternoon and tonight in a broad area from Texas to Indiana and Lower
Michigan. For Tuesday, just a Slight Risk confined to West Texas and
on Wednesday a Slight Risk from Central Texas northward to parts of
Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I believe it was Ralph Waldo Emerson who
used to say that the sky was the daily bread of the eyes and the
ultimate art gallery above. He meant, of course, the sky is always
changing with different type clouds every day and the stars at night.
I never fail to look at the sky when I am out walking Little Miss
Molly. However, this morning I had to spend most of my time looking
down at the concrete walkway, because I counted 13 earthworms en route
to who knows where. They were speeding along at about 10 feet an hour.
One of the worms was very young—only 2 inches long. Molly accidentally
stepped on him and immediately jumped back. I believe that little worm
cut loose with some very foul language. Life goes on and there are
zillions of little creatures in the world that make life more
interesting.

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 fair.
Morning Low 63
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. Only a small risk of an afternoon shower.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 83
WIND: S 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. Widely separated showers and possibly a thunderstorm.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 81
WIND: S 8-16

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. A slight risk of a shower or storm.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 80
WIND: SW 6-12

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. A few afternoon showers or storms.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SW 7-14

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