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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Tuesday July 18, 2006
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...Blistering Summer Heat Continues...

The mid-summer heat wave will continue mostly unabated through mid-week,
with hazy days and fair nights. Afternoon temperatures will peak somewhere
between 95 and 100 degrees for most communities, and heat index values (the
way it feels due to the combination of temperature and humidity) will exceed
100 at times.

On any hot summer day there is some risk of a passing shower or thunderstorm
during the afternoon, but the ones that do pop up should be rather isolated.
The chance of any one spot getting wet today is only about one in ten.

SOME HEAT RELIEF? By the weekend, an upper trough will begin to form over
the eastern U.S., and a surface front is expected to approach Alabama from
the north. This should mean daytime temperatures slowly coming down, and
coverage of scattered showers and storms going up. The high around here on
Saturday and Sunday should be near or just over 90.

TROPICS: A low pressure center in an old front just off the Atlantic coast,
about 200 miles east of the South Carolina coast, has some chance to develop
into a tropical depression during the next 24 hours. A well defined tropical
wave moved off the coast of Africa yesterday, and is moving westward through
the far eastern Atlantic.

HEAT PARADE: Yesterday the mercury reached 100 degrees at Tuscaloosa, Fort
Payne, and Montgomery. The high was 99 at Birmingham, Auburn, Evergreen,
Troy, and Pinson.

SUMMER STORMS: Big storms last night dropped heavy rain on scattered central
Alabama communities; our Skywatcher in Childersburg reported 0.54", along
with frequent lightning.

OZONE: A code orange ozone alert is in effect for the Birmingham metro
today.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://abc3340.com/weather/7day.hrb
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.jamesspann.com/bmachine/wxtalk.php

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TODAY
Hot with hazy sunshine. Only isolated afternoon storms.
Afternoon High 97
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Another hot summer day. Lots of sunshine with just a small risk of any one
spot getting an afternoon shower.
Morning Low 75 Afternoon High 97
WIND: SE 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly to mostly sunny. Afternoon storms remain isolated, temperatures
remain hot.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 96
WIND: SW 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered afternoon storms.
Morning Low 75 Afternoon High 94
WIND: S 5-10

SATURDAY
The heat backs off a bit. Mixed sun and clouds; scattered showers and
thunderstorms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 91
WIND: S 6-12

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