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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday July 15, 2006

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GOOD AFTERNOON: Quite a bumpy ride flying from Atlanta early this
afternoon. Plenty of vertical development in the cumulus clouds made
for a turbulent descent, but it was music to my ears. Vertical
development means storms...

WELCOME STORMS: The radar has been lighting up this afternoon from
North Georgia through North Central Alabama into East Central
Mississippi. Zooming in, activity across Alabama covered an area from
Lamar and Fayette County across Walker, Blount, Etowah and Cherokee
Counties on the north to Sumter, Perry, Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa and
Chambers Counties. Some of the storms produced deadly lightning and
gusty winds. But also brief periods of welcome rainfall. The
activity was compliments of an upper level disturbance that was
passing across Central Alabama.

OPPRESSIVE: Locations that received cooling showers today saw the
edge knocked off the hot temperatures, but in most placers, high heat
combined with high humidity was leading to heat indices near 105
degrees, which is getting into dangerous levels. After today, looks
like we will go back into isolated storm mode. High temperatures in
the middle and upper 90s should be with us through midweek, and then
the models hint as just a slight backing off of the mercury. By the
weekend, high pressure should be just far enough east to allow a more
southerly flow and slightly increased storm chances.

NATIONALLY: A stronger upper level disturbance in New England was
firing showers and storms over the Mid Atlantic states and the
Northeast, especially just west of the I-95 corridor. There is a
risk of severe storms over the Carolinas this afternoon at the tail
end of that northeastern disturbance. A severe thunderstorm watch has
been issued for Arizona, where an approaching upper low was getting
ready to fire strong thunderstorms. Additional severe storms may
occur this afternoon over far northern Minnesota.

TROPICS: One year ago, we had already seen the fifth named tropical
storms of the North Atlantic season. We have only had one so far this
year, leading some people to say that the forecast of above average
tropical activity has already busted. Well. As Max Mayfield said
yesterday, that is one forecast I would love to see bust. Max warns
that sea surface temps and high and shear is almost non-existent over
the tropical Atlantic. Still nothing of note out there for now,
however.

BACK IN 1967: Long, hot summers are common in Alabama. But on rare
occasions we experience a summer that is much more comfortable. A
marked example of that was in 1967. The months of July, August and
September were the coolest in over 30 years. When the thermometer
dropped to 51 on July 15, 1967, it was the lowest ever in the month of
July at Birmingham Airport-a record that still stands.

BACK TO YESTERDAY: One year ago on June 14th...up to 6 inches of rain
was measured over eastern Jefferson and western St. Clair County in
Alabama as opposing outflow boundaries collided over the Metro
Birmingham area. 5.94 inches of rain was measured in the City of
Trussville. Widespread flooding resulted.

Bill Murrayt
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Scattered storms die down.
Overnight Low 73
WIND: Light

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny and hot.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 95
WIND: NE 5-10

MONDAY
More sun than clouds. Continued hot.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 95
WIND: NE 4-6

TUESDAY
Partly sunny and hot. Widely scattered afternoon storms.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 95
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
A slight chance of a shower or storm.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SW 5-10

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