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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday May 14, 2009
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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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...More Showers and Storms...

THE ALABAMA STORY: It is a continuing saga of showers and
thunderstorms almost every day with only a few breaks on some days.
Fortunately, we were getting a break in the weather today because this
afternoon there were only a few scattered showers and thunderstorms in
progress and most of those were over the SW part of the state.

The vicious line of thunderstorms, that frightened millions of people
yesterday and last night in the Plains and Midwest, died a slow death
by the time they reached NW Alabama this morning.
There is only a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm this
evening, but there will be some increase in storms by Friday afternoon
as temperatures reach the mid 80s.

THE MAIN EVENT: Saturday and Sunday does not look good for pleasant
weather. Those two days will feature our main round of showers and
thunderstorms. They may become numerous by Saturday afternoon and
continue that way at night. One bit of encouragement: another cool
front is expected to push down into North Alabama at some point
Sunday. That may tend to lessen the number of storms by Sunday
afternoon. Even so, rain will probably be locally heavy Saturday night
and much of Sunday and a few thunderstorms could be strong to severe.
There is a good chance that much of Central Alabama will get about 2
inches of rain from the entire show.

THREE CHEERS FOR EARLY WEEK: How about clearing weather on Monday
with a substantial drop in humidity and cooler temperatures? Tuesday
should also be dry and very pleasant. By Monday morning, low
temperatures will be in the pleasant upper 40s and there could be some
mid 40s in the NE Alabama valleys. High temperatures both Monday and
Tuesday will be in the low to mid 70s. The long-range outlook is for
some more showers to return to the area by midweek, especially by
Thursday.

SEVERE WEATHER: A tragic night in the Midwest when three persons were
killed by a tornado at Kirksville in NE Missouri. Numerous reports of
severe weather yesterday from Oklahoma to Illinois and Indiana. There
were 23 reports of tornadoes and 127 reports of hail. Those numbers
will be reduced somewhat after verification showing that more than one
report was received on the same tornado. Unfortunately, the Storm
Prediction Center outlines another risk tomorrow for virtually the
same area—all the way from Oklahoma to Illinois and Indiana.

SPOTLIGHT: THE SHETLAND ISLANDS You have to look closely to find them
on a map. They are nestled between the North Atlantic and the North
Sea north of Scotland and west of Iceland. They have a delightful
climate if you are very warm natured like me. It is a place where
otters and seals play in quiet coves. The air is full of sounds of
wild birds among the jagged cliffs. No such thing as tornadoes or heat
waves.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: A gentleman asked me yesterday, whatever
happened to Jo-Jo who was the first love of Miss Molly. On our
daily walk, Molly still peeps through the hedgerow looking for Jo-Jo.
He lives right behind us, but he has become an inside dog and we
rarely see him. Molly is now in love with two other dogs—both of them
much smaller than she is. Her first love is Dino the young Yorkie and
her newest love is a small puppy across the traffic circle from us. We
walked the south track this morning and Molly and her new neighbor
rubbed noses through a crack in the fence 4 or 5 times. Life goes on.
Dogs are 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
A slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm this evening.
Morning Low 65
WIND: SE 4-6

FRIDAY
Clouds increase. Scattered showers and storms, mainly afternoon.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 86
WIND: S 5-10

SATURDAY
Occasional showers and thunderstorms, numerous at times, in the
afternoon and night.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 80
WIND: S 7-14

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy. A good chance of showers and thunderstorms, diminishing
late. A few strong to severe. Cooler.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 75
WIND: SW 10-15

MONDAY
Clearing and less humid. A cool early morning.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 72
WIND: NE 10-15

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