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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday August 6, 2009
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Our Hope In Difficult Times

We all struggle. A family in turmoil, job loss, health issues, a mess we
helped create. We live in difficult times.

Facing tough times is different with Jesus Christ than without Him.
Does that sound too "churchy?" Too easy? Don't be dismayed or misled.

Our Hope In Difficult Times is a new sermon series beginning on Sunday,
August 16 at Hunter Street Baptist Church. There is hope. You don't
have to struggle alone.

Join us this Sunday at Hunter Street, 2600 John Hawkins Parkway in
Hoover.
Visit http://www.hunterstreet.org or call 205.985.7295.
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...Summer-Like Afternoons...

DRY WEATHER THROUGH SUNDAY: The heat came back, so we are having
summer-like afternoons with temperatures climbing into the 90s. The
mornings are fairly decent. We look for mostly sunny weather through
most of the weekend, but a change will start taking place early next
week. We believe some scattered thunderstorms will start showing up on
Monday, especially in the afternoon and then a return to typical
August weather for Tuesday and Wednesday with scattered thunderstorms
each day. That means our hot temperatures in the low to mid 90s into
the weekend will back off to what they should be this time of August
with highs Tuesday through midweek closer to 90. It is too early to
determine how much rain we will get out of those showers and
thunderstorms.
Drier air spread across North and Central Alabama yesterday and that
brought some pleasant temperatures overnight. Remember, dry air cools
better at night, but heats better in daytime. In NE Alabama, it was 62
this morning in Broomtown, 63 in Crossville and Scrougeout, 65 in
Decatur and Ft. Payne and 66 in Cullman and Lafayette.

AT THE BEACH: This could be your last chance to go down to Gulf
Shores, Orange Beach, Destin or you name it before school gets well
underway next week. The weather will not be that bad all the way
through the weekend with highs each day close to 90. Mostly sunshine
for Friday, a slight chance of an afternoon storm on Saturday, and
about a 30% or 40% chance on Sunday.

TROPICAL WEATHER: The National Weather Service has lowered their
expectations about the number of tropical storms or hurricanes in the
Atlantic Basin this season. Part of it is due to El Nino, but they
caution that even an El Nino year we can still have strong hurricanes.
Originally they had forecast 9 to 14 named storms. That has been
lowered to 7 to 11. They estimate 3 to 6 of them will become
hurricanes with 1 or 2 major hurricanes. There is nothing going on in
the Atlantic Basin at this time.

BLISTERING HEAT: We have mentioned several times about the Phoenix
heat wave and their hottest July ever. Las Vegas is in there competing
as well. So far in August, their high has averaged 106 and low in the
mid 80s. So far this season, record warm low temperatures have
occurred 13 times. The month of July was the fourth hottest July since
records began in 1937. The hottest and the
coolest in the last 24 hours was in the same state—California. 118 in
Death Valley and 37 this morning at Truckee.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Received a very pleasant e-mail
yesterday from Kate Aument from Henderson, Nevada. That is just SE of
Las Vegas on the way to Boulder City. She reminded me that section is
having plenty of heat also. She had very kind remarks about the Little
Miss Molly stories. We have been absolutely amazed how this one
paragraph that I write each day has created hundreds and hundreds of
fans of Little Miss Molly. We have received e-mails from not only
Nevada, but Utah, Indiana, Illinois, and even Northern Ireland just to
name a few. Wish you could have seen that little girl at bedtime last
night. I woke her up for a brief outside bathroom break. When she came
back in, she was only half awake and so sleepy that she just sat in
the floor and stared. I gave her a midnight treat. She would not eat
it right away and took it to bed in the king-size bed to try to push
it under a pillow for safekeeping. She is a smart little animal. Life
goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear.
Morning Low 68
WIND: NE 3-6

FRIDAY
Sunny. A hot afternoon.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 94
WIND: E 5-10

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and hot.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 95
WIND: SW 7-14

SUNDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SW 5-10

MONDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of an afternoon thunderstorm.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 6-12

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