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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday April 30, 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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THE ALABAMA SITUATION: Not a huge change in our weather from what we
have had for several days, but the chance of getting a shower or
thunderstorm overall is going up slightly. Even so, the timing of
which days have the best chance is not sealed in stone. We think the
chance of you getting wet is rather small through the weekend. We
believe there will be an increase in showers and thunderstorms about
Monday.

This does not rule out your backyard getting wet before that time,
because there will be some around each day. Yesterday, for example, a
thunderstorm dumped over an inch of rain at Bear Creek in NW Alabama
and there was a nice shower in Tuscaloosa County.

Alabama temperatures will be monotonous for the rest of the week and
well into next week. There will probably not be much of a variation
from the low to mid 80s in daytime until a temporary slight cool down
on Monday and Tuesday due to an increase in cloud cover and the chance
of showers. Lows at night will be consistently in the mid 60s. We do
not see a cool front getting into the state from the NW all the way
through the end of next week. As we weather people say, we are
entering the time of year when the weather can become monotonous.

HURRICANE SEASON: Only 31 days to the official beginning of the 2009
hurricane season. We do not know for sure what kind of season we will
have. There was a study in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago that
tended to play down the value of pre-season predictions. We do know
that 16 of the main storms in 2009 have five letters or less making
them easy to pronounce. The first two named storms will be Anna and
Bill. It seems that only Joaquin is semi-difficult to pronounce.

SEVERE WEATHER: It sure has been active in the middle part of the
country lately. A slight risk is in effect the rest of today and
tonight all the way from North Texas to Ohio and extending as far east
as the extreme NW portion of Mississippi and extreme West Tennessee.
Tomorrow the slight risk area includes Dallas, Oklahoma City, Wichita,
Little Rock, St. Louis, Memphis and extreme North Mississippi.

DATELINE KALISPELL: Montana, that is. A very nice e-mail today from
Jim Hutchinson, who is a subscriber to our daily e-forecast. He
reports that in the recent winter blast Browning, Montana had to close
all roads and the town of Babb near Browning received 4 feet of snow
in 36 hours with wind gusts over 50. Great Falls got over 25 inches of
snow in about two days, which broke several records. By the way,
Browning, Montana is another famous weather spot. It is the only
weather station in the USA that had a 100-degree temperature plunge in
only 24 hours.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: It is my fault that Little Miss Molly is
becoming more and more spoiled. She knows when I am extremely busy and
she takes advantage of me. She used to only get a treat when we were
gone and came back home or when we took her on a walk. Now almost
every time I zip into the kitchen to get coffee, she petitions me for
another treat. I will have to break her of that habit. I would not
trade Little Miss Molly even for my beloved 1996 Olds. Just being
around that little girl is as relaxing as eating a Prozac sandwich or
a Valium casserole. Life goes on. I do not think she will ever slow
down....

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
Partly sunny. A few scattered afternoon showers.
Morning Low 64
WIND: S 7-14

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of a shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SW 8-16

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Only a small chance of a shower.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 83
WIND: SW 6-12

SUNDAY
Warm and humid with only a few showers.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SW 7-14

MONDAY
Cloudy at times. A better chance of a shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 81
WIND: SW 7-14

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