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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday July 21, 2006

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TIME FOR SOME CHANGES: The atmosphere across Alabama today has been
more stable and there were no showers or thunderstorms in progress
into this afternoon. However, some widely separated ones will form by
late this afternoon and continue into the evening. We look forward to
an increased chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow and tomorrow
night and possibly lingering into Sunday morning. This should bring
some good rain amounts to much of the state, although not really
enough to completely alleviate the dry weather situation. Down side to
all of this is the possibility of a few storms becoming severe
Saturday. The better chance of those will be during the afternoon. The
National Weather Service unit in Norman, Oklahoma that handles severe
weather watches for the entire nation, has all of Alabama under a
slight risk for Saturday. The frontal zone should then push down into
Central or South Alabama by Sunday. Our confidence is low as to where
it would eventually stall.

HOW ABOUT THE HEAT? If you will excuse this afternoon, it looks
better. The old thermometer may not get any higher than 90 Saturday
and the upper 80s on Sunday. The extreme northern part of the state
should remain in the mid 80s both Saturday and Sunday. Even on Monday
and Tuesday, our highs should only be near 90. That even sounds cool
as compared to all of those 96-100 highs that we could never get used
to. See our day-by-day forecast and you will note a thinning of the
thunderstorms early in the week.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Tropical Storm Beryl did not cause any trouble.
The NHC has issued the last advisory on him as he moves quickly
northeastward some 200 miles WSW of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is losing
his heritage and becoming extra tropical. There are no other real
problem areas in the Atlantic Basin. We should mention that on this
date in 1997, Hurricane Danny was still causing real problems on the
Alabama coast. He dumped 30 inches of rain on the coastal sections of
Alabama causing major flooding. For a time, he stalled over the lower
part of Mobile Bay. Strong north and NE winds in the northern part of
his circulation actually pulled water away from the causeway between
Mobile and Baldwin County.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: The tragic St. Louis story was overshadowed by
major world events. There was some more severe weather in St. Louis
this morning, but a few nights ago one of the worst storms in many
years knocked out power to almost 1/2 million people in that part of
the country and the heat was intense. Now St. Louis is going to get a
break. It should be cooler tonight with lows around 65. Fair with
brisk north winds and less humid on Saturday with a high of only
82...Chicago 1.66 inches of rain in the last 24 hours...hottest in the
USA yesterday was 123 in Death Valley...the lowest this morning was a
pleasant 41 at Yellowstone Lake inside Yellowstone National Park.

J.B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
A slight chance of a thunderstorm, mainly through the evening.
Overnight Low 74
WIND: SW 4-6

SATURDAY
Cloudy at times. A good chance of thunderstorms, mainly afternoon and
Saturday night. A few could be severe.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SW 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Not as hot. A little less humid. Chance of a
thunderstorm, mostly south of Birmingham.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 88
WIND: N 6-12

MONDAY
Partly sunny with widely scattered thunderstorms, mostly SE of Birmingham.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. A slight chance of a shower or a thunderstorm.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NE 5-10

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