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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday May 8, 2009
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...High Octane Weather...

A COOL DOWN STARTING SUNDAY: We have certainly had some high-octane
weather for what seems like forever. Temperatures have consistently
been too warm for this time of year occasionally reaching the mid or
upper 80s. But take heart, we actually believe a cool front will fight
its way into Alabama late in the weekend and give us some pleasant
temperatures. By Tuesday, the front may even push into South Alabama.

Meanwhile, we have other worries—more thunderstorms. We could see one
later this evening or overnight, but there is a better chance up in
the Tennessee Valley. There will be a few thunderstorms as the day
goes on Saturday with increasing Saturday night. A few of those could
be strong to severe. There is a good chance of showers and
thunderstorms Sunday, especially Sunday night and some of those could
be strong to severe. Finally, the showers and storms should diminish
and end at some point Monday morning. Our best weather day will be
Tuesday when we have highs in the mid to upper 70s and lows in the mid
50s and less humid conditions.

THE MONTGOMERY FLASH FLOOD: It was the most severe flash flood that I
can remember in 7 or 8 years. Photographic evidence shows that
hundreds of automobiles were floating. We do not know the final story
on the Capitol Building, but there were some news reports that the
major flooding caused some structural damage. It appears that parts of
Montgomery got over 7 inches of rain in about 3 hours and some
indications of over 10 inches from the storm.

BIG EVENT IN MID-COUNTRY: A very well pronounced derecho played havoc
across parts of Arkansas and Missouri this morning and the violent
weather was spreading eastward this afternoon across parts of Kentucky
and Tennessee where Tornado Watches were in effect. It seems that
Missouri was the hardest hit of all as the violent bow echo moved east
over mainly the southern half of that state. There were a number of
reports of straight-line wind gusts between 80 and 90 mph and a lot of
property damage. A few tornadoes were also involved. That is the
second derecho in only one week. They are relatively rare. Last
weekend a long haul one moved from East Texas to West Georgia
uprooting literally thousands of trees, including in a number of
counties in Central Alabama.

WILDFIRES: They are vicious and numerous homes have already been
burned. The fires were flaring up again in Southern California today
and mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for 30,000 people.
Can you imagine?

ELSEWHERE: 109 in Pecos, Texas was the hottest yesterday. Coldest
this morning was 12 inside Yellowstone National Park.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Well, I finally had a chance to make up
to Little Miss Molly with several ballgames in the last 24 hours. She
was as happy as a lark. She does not ask for much except for a few
things she insists such as ballgames, belly rubs, head rubs. She keeps
trying to trick me into giving her extra treats when they are not part
of the rules. Our walks have been very pleasant. I believe our bird
population is much greater than last year at this time, but we want to
hear more from our old crow friends. Life goes on.

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

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2009 SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
MAY 20-24
REGIONS PARK STADIUM in Hoover
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Opportunities still exist to entertain employees, clients or friends
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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
Warm and humid. A slight chance of a thunderstorm late.
Morning Low 69
WIND: SW 6-12

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. An afternoon thunderstorm possible, increasing at night.
A few strong to severe.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 86
WIND: W 10-18

SUNDAY
Not as warm. A good chance of showers and thunderstorms, especially
Sunday night.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 78
WIND: N 6-12

MONDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly during the morning.
Pleasant temperatures.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 76
WIND: N 7-14

TUESDAY
More sun than clouds. Less humid. A cool early morning.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 77
WIND: NE 6-12

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