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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday July 23, 2005
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...Dangerously Hot Temps...

GOOD MORNING! Along with much of the country, Alabama will be in the grip
of a mid-July heat wave the next couple of days. The heat will really begin
in earnest today, as the mercury rises into the middle to upper 90s. Some
locations may even see 100 degrees today, especially across western sections
of the state. Readings will be a couple of degrees hotter on Sunday.

Heat indices will reach 105 to 110 degrees in some locations today, Sunday
and perhaps Monday. The heat is happening because of a ridge of high
pressure that continues across the southeastern United States. Showers and
storms will be very isolated for the next couple of days due to the ridge of
high pressure. Any storms that do form will be quite strong, however.

LOOKING BACK: If the temperature reaches 96 today, it will be the warmest
reading since September 11, 2002 in Birmingham. It has not been 100
degrees or hotter in the Magic City since August 29, 2000. The mercury
reached 100 degrees or more on eight days during that hot summer.

AIR QUALITY ALERT: Today, air quality will be in the moderate range, but a
Code Orange Air Quality Alert is in effect for Sunday in Jefferson and
Shelby Counties. The Code Orange alert means that the air will be unhealthy
for sensitive groups. Active children and adults and people with lung
diseases should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion.

OUR FORECAST: Fortunately, the heat will subside back to normal summertime
levels by midweek of next week. Temperatures will return to near 90 for
daytime highs, with overnight lows in the lower to middle 70s.

FRANKLIN: Our tropical storm north of the Bahamas is going to move
northeast over the next couple of days and weaken with time. It should pose
no threat to the U.S.

ON THIS DATE IN 1898: A strong thunderstorm made street lamps necessary in
the middle of the afternoon in Atlanta. Over 4 inches of rain during the 2
hour thunderstorm caused a foot of water to flood Union Station.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TODAY
Dangerously hot with only a few isolated storms. Heat indices in the
105-110 range.
Afternoon High 96
WIND: NE 5-10

SUNDAY
Continued partly cloudy and dangerously hot with only a slight chance of a
thunderstorm. Heat indices 105-110.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 98
WIND: SE 5-10

MONDAY
Partly cloudy and continued hot with a small chance of a storm.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 96
WIND: S 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy and seasonably hot with scattered storms developing during the
afternoon.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and storms.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SW 5-10

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