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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday July 22, 2005
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HOTTEST SO FAR THIS SUMMER: We have not had any real hot weather so far
this summer due to above normal showers and thunderstorms. However, those
storms are going to thin out greatly over the weekend and the thermometer
will edge upward. This will be a time when you should check on the elderly
and keep a closer watch on your pets that are outdoors. The risk of a shower
or thunderstorm on Saturday is extremely small. You probably will not see
one. We omitted them from the Sunday forecast. However, in very hot weather
like this, there is always an outside chance of one popping up in the heat
of the afternoon.

High temperatures will be in the mid 90s Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Sunday
may be our hottest day. We are calling for a high of 96. Some parts of West
Alabama could be a degree or so hotter. Temperatures should back off a bit
on Tuesday as some scattered showers and storms come back.

I guess we're spoiled a bit. The official Birmingham temperature has not
been above 95 since September 2002. The heat index this weekend could reach
105 at times.

We don't think this is the start of a major heat wave. We don't consider a
heat wave critical until we have 100-degree plus temperatures for days on
end. We don't expect that at this time.

Thunderstorms this afternoon were the fewest in number they have been in
days. We do expect some scattered one to develop later this afternoon and
into the evening. Some spots could get heavy rain.

YESTERDAY'S STORMS: Much, much lightning produced scattered power outages.
For a time, the main street in Montevallo was closed due to flooding. Close
to 2 inches of rain fell in Gadsden and Prattville and a number of
communities received around 1 inch.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Tropical Storm Franklin had sustained winds of 50 mph
centered 115 miles east of Freeport in the Bahamas. He was creeping
northward at 2 mph. The official track forecast lets him go north for a
while and then out toward the NE over the Atlantic avoiding the USA. Some of
the other models bring him across the Florida Peninsula. Elsewhere, a strong
tropical wave will move across the Yucatan Peninsula and then into the Bay
of Campeche (extreme SW Gulf of Mexico). At that time, Tropical Storm Girt
will probably be born. The water temperature in that area and all the way up
to east of Corpus Christi is still in the mid 80s.

AROUND THE USA: Denver is still cooking. They had 104 Thursday. They are
expecting that again today, but dropping off to 98 Saturday...123 in Death
Valley and 45 in Gunnison, Colorado were the USA extremes for the last 24
hours.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Sure am glad that my little 9-pound
stick-tight pal, little Miss Molly, is an inside dog with all this hot
weather. When we take a half-mile walk, her tongue and mine are hanging way
out. She comes in, grabs her treat and finds a cool spot on the cooler tile
instead of the carpet and stretches out full length. On our first walk this
morning, an oversized toadstool had sprung up overnight close to one of her
favorite spots to go to the bathroom. She approached with real caution and
circled it several times. She is spooked fairly easily...we have noticed
that the birds and crows are quiet as a mouse lately. Maybe it's the heat.
Maybe they are deep in the cooler underbrush and don't want to come out.
Life goes on whether there's frost on the ground or we're suffering in
100-plus heat.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Scattered thunderstorms, mainly this evening.
Morning Low 73
WIND: Light

SATURDAY
Hot with more sun than clouds. Heat index may reach 105. Few, if any,
showers or storms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 95
WIND: N 5-10

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny. Hottest so far this summer.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 96
WIND: NE 3-6

MONDAY
An isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible. Continued hot.
Morning Low 75 Afternoon High 95
WIND: SW 4-8

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered, mostly afternoon, thunderstorms.
Morning Low 75 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 5-10

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