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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday July 12, 2006

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81 DAYS UNTIL OCTOBER: Everybody knows what HHH means—it stands for
hot, humid and hazy. It is almost a standard menu around Alabama in
June, July and August. About the only thing we can look forward to
each day is a cooling shower or thunderstorm. Even those have been in
hiding lately. The chance of one this afternoon and this evening is so
remote, you probably won't see one.

For the rest of the week and on through the weekend, there is nothing
to keep the old thermometer from topping out in the mid 90s every
single day. Most places will have highs of 93 to 95, but some places
in West Alabama (such as Tuscaloosa) could easily reach 96 or 97. It
is difficult, as always, to pinpoint which days will have the better
chance of showers and thunderstorms, but there will be widely
scattered ones each afternoon.

TROPICAL WEATHER: A west-moving tropical wave near the Windward
Islands has shown an increase in showers and thunderstorms. Surface
pressure has not fallen much. Upper level winds are only marginally
favorable. If there is any tropical development, it will be slow.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: The State of Alabama covers 52,423 square
miles. Alaska, by comparison, has 656,424 square miles—nearly 13 times
the size of Alabama. So, it is no surprise that there is a much wider
variation in weather in Alaska than here. Alabama is number 30 in the
USA based on size...one of the cooler temperatures in Alabama this
morning was 69 in Mobile...the coolest in Alaska was 33 at Deadhorse
where once a polar bear was found roaming the upper floors of a local
hotel...numerous thunderstorms in the Central Plains, Midwest and
NE...numerous intersections and viaducts flooded in Evansville,
Indiana this morning...slight risk of severe thunderstorms from NE
Kentucky to New England this afternoon and evening...a rare tornado
watch in effect all afternoon for parts of East Pennsylvania, North
New Jersey and SE New York...looking at some war zone weather, the
high in Baghdad the next five days should be between 110 and 116...the
lowest temperature ever recorded in the USA during the month of July
was 10 above zero at Painter, Wyoming on July 21, 1911.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Got a number of e-mails agreeing with
Little Miss Molly's majority owner that she should not be fed human
food...I guess, when I eat my breakfast or snacks, I will need to go
into seclusion until I can break Little Miss Molly from begging...she
has been insisting on eating grass lately. I spend half of our walking
time preventing. I have mentioned many times that Molly could work for
the CIA. For the last three mornings, she has gone straight to a tall
grass shoot on the walking track, sniffed it ever so slowly from top
to bottom and then from the bottom to the top taking 60 to 90 seconds.
I have no idea what she is checking for unless it is one of those wifi
internet connections for dogs. Life goes on through all the haze and
humidity.

J.B. Ellioitt
jbelliott@centurytel.net

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TONIGHT
Fair, warm and humid. Only an isolated evening thunderstorm, if any.
Morning Low 75
WIND: SW 4-6

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered, mostly afternoon, thunderstorms.
Morning Low 75 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny and hot. Scattered, mostly afternoon, storms.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 6-12

SATURDAY
Hot and humid. Widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 95
WIND: SW 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. About a one in three chance of a shower or a thunderstorm.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 6-12

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