ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday May 12, 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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...Back to the Humidity...

TYPICAL MAY WEATHER: We got a nice break overnight and much of today
from the very humid and warm weather across Alabama. The models were
exactly right. The front tippy-toed its way all the way down to the
Gulf Coast. South Alabama did not see the dew points drop a great
deal, but they dropped into the 50s over the north half of the state.
Translation: less humidity and we also had a nice semi-cool breeze. It
will not be long to where dew points in the 50s will be almost unheard
of as we go into the long, hot, sultry summer. Let us all pull thumbs,
as Gabby Bell used to say, that we will not have a major heat wave
this summer. Most of you are too young to remember Gabby. He is the
father-in-law of Brenda Ladun and he was the play-by-play announcer
for the Barons.

WHAT IS AHEAD: That front that stalled on the beach was moving back
north as a warm front this afternoon and it had moved through most of
Alabama. This will leave us in a warm humid blanket of air the rest of
the week, so guess what? That means a risk of scattered showers and
thunderstorms almost every day. The next relief in sight will come
early next week when our highs back off into the 70s and our lows into
the 50s.

SPOTLIGHT: THUNDERSHOWERS I have not heard the word thundershowers in
a weather forecast in many years. In earlier days, even in the 1950s,
it was the standard wording when showers had thunder and lightning
involved. Some folks said back then that the word thunderstorm sounded
more ominous and should be saved for storms with lots of lightning and
thunder. We will try to have a spotlight item each day, but it will be
brief.

ROAMING: For the last 2 or 3 days, I have noticed a temperature at
Vostok, Antarctica around 95 below zero and it was expected to drop to
103 below—but it was snowing. It is hard to imagine enough moisture
still being in the air for even flakes the size of gnats. The coldest
temperature in the entire 50 states this morning was 24 at Scammon
Bay, Alaska. Hottest yesterday 108 in Death Valley.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Quite often I get e-mails from our
readers explaining that they sadly had to put down one of their pets
and how devastating it is. This note yesterday from a lady named Judy
who had to put down her 15-year-old mixed breed Friday due to seizures
which had only been going on for a couple of weeks. Then her Weimer,
who was over 17 years old, got sick and died in her sleep. When her
husband was sick, before he passed away, he said the two oldest dogs
kept him going. Judy is having both dogs cremated together because
they lived and played together. I want to run stories of this type
occasionally to make all of us (and definitely including me) to be so
thankful for our pets. They are the spice of life. I truly believe
that a family with pets live longer. Little Miss Molly is over 6 years
old and, if anything, her energy package has ramped up even more. She
has learned to manipulate me to where I feel almost like a prisoner.
She will come over to my favorite chair where I am reading, poke me on
the knee with her paws and then jerk her head backwards toward the
back door meaning lets go. 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
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 slight chance of a shower.
Morning Low 64
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly afternoon.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 80
WIND: SE 7-14

THURSDAY
Warm and humid with a chance of a shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 82
WIND: S 8-16

FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy. Occasional showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 82
WIND: S 6-12

SATURDAY
Partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 83
WIND: SW 7-14

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