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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday June 4, 2009
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...Showers and Thunderstorms...

HEADED TOWARD A NICE WEEKEND: Scattered showers and thunderstorms
were roaming around Alabama today. Some communities were getting very
heavy rain and some beneficial rain amounts, while others were getting
almost none. This afternoon most of the showers and storms extended
from Mobile to Florence and eastward across the Tennessee Valley. East/
Central Alabama was also getting quite a few, but places like
Tuscaloosa and Birmingham had received very little by early this
afternoon. That will change as occasional showers and thunderstorms
will continue tonight. Rain amounts may average around ½ inch in many
locations.

Some of those showers and storms will linger into Friday morning, but
clearing should take place later in the day as the humidity starts to
drop. This afternoon a cool front had pushed into North and Central
Mississippi. By daybreak the front should be down over SE Alabama.

THE WEEKEND: For the second weekend in a row, it looks like mostly
sunshine for almost all of Alabama with lower humidity. We are
projecting
dew points in the 50s starting later tomorrow and all the way through
the weekend. Often this time of year we have dew points in the mid and
high 60s. Those 50s translate to lower humidity. Our coolest morning
will be Saturday morning with upper 50s common and maybe some mid 50s
in the cooler valleys of NE Alabama.

NEXT RAIN: Early next week some widely scattered showers or storms
should enter the weather picture on Tuesday with a better chance on
Wednesday. The storms yesterday afternoon and last evening dumped some
locally heavy rain, including 3.14 inches at Hollytree in Jackson
County and 3.53 at Fairhope. Near Elberta in Baldwin County there was
3.65 inches.

AT THE BEACH: After some showers and storms tonight, it looks like
mostly sunshine for Saturday and Sunday along the Alabama/NW Florida
coast. A little less humid with highs around 88.

LIGHTNING IS FRIGHTENING: Two fatalities to report in Southern
California in the vicinity of Los Angeles. A lady was walking along a
sidewalk and paused under a tree. Lightning ran down the tree and
killed her. Not far away, another powerful lightning stroke caused a
tree to fall across a car killing one person.

ROAMING: A couple of tornado warnings in Virginia this afternoon.
Coldest in the country this morning 26 at Spincich Lake, Michigan.
That was 7 degrees colder that the lowest in Alaska at Barrow. 109 was
the hottest yesterday at Yuma and Gila Bend, Arizona.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: A huge commotion in the big bedroom
around 2:00 a.m. Molly was in a deep level 3 sleep. The majority owner
had been reading. She reached over to turn the lamp off accidentally
knocking it on the floor. She tried to grab it. Instead she turned
over the bedside table and stuff went everywhere. Little Miss Molly
changed from a deep sleep to a level 5 full alert. She must have
thought some great big dogs were barging into her room. I tried to
calm her and suddenly realized that the majority owner was missing.
She had fallen out of bed. It took a long time to get Little Miss
Molly resettled. She feels fully responsible for our safety and she
can go on full alert from a deep sleep in just 2 or 3 seconds. The
majority owner was not injured, so life goes on. J. B. Elliott

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

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TONIGHT
Occasional showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 60
WIND: N 5-10

FRIDAY
Some early showers and storms. Afternoon clearing and becoming less
humid.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 79
WIND: N 10-15

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny. A cool early morning.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 86
WIND: NE 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SE 5-10

MONDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon high 89
WIND: SW 6-12

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