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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Thursday June 21, 2007
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...Hello Summer!...

Summer officially arrives today at 1:06 p.m. CDT. At that moment, the
Summer Solstice, the sun will stand still at its northernmost position
in the sky. Consequently, it will be the longest day of the year for
us. It is all downhill from here until December. Of course, we don't
see our warmest weather until sometime in July. How can that be, if
the days are shorter?

AIR QUALITY ALERT: A Code Orange Air Quality Alert is in effect for
Jefferson and Shelby Counties today because of ozone. Combine trips
and find ways to avoid unnecessary travel. Avoid mowing your lawn.
Sensitive individuals should exercise caution.

REST OF THE WEEK: A comfortable start out there this morning with
lower humidities. The lower dew points allowed readings to fall well
into the 60s overnight. There may even be a few 50s from some of the
normally colder reporting stations across North Alabama when all the
numbers are in this morning. Dry weather will be with us through the
end of the week. With lots of sunshine, temperatures will warm into
the 90s each day. Morning lows will gradually warm as moisture levels
increase.

WEEKEND AND BEYOND: With a northwesterly flow, we are not immune to
seeing one of those Midwestern convective complexes come our way, but
they are difficult to pinpoint until they develop and start moving.
We do get consistent signals that some form of disturbance may bring
us a chance of showers and storms Saturday night. The strong
subtropical ridge over the Atlantic will be further east than it has
been, and this is going to allow moisture levels to really increase,
and this should lead to at least daily doses of showers and storms. A
tropical system coming out of the Gulf may be a player in our weather
by early next week. It appears for the time being that it will be
deflected into Louisiana, but time will tell. There are also still
signs that we will see an approaching trough toward the end of next
week, which will hopefully bring enhanced rain chances.

TROPICS: The cold front that brought the rain and drier air to
Alabama is pushing off the East Coast. This is a favored scenario for
early season tropical development, and it looks like low pressure will
form along the front off the coast of the Carolinas or Georgia later
today. While it does not look like the system will be tropical in
nature, it could turn out to be subtropical, which would lead to it
having a name. If it does, it will be Chantal.

NORTH ATLANTIC SEASON OUTLOOK: The UK Met Office on the other side of
the pond has gotten in on the act and issued their North Atlantic
Hurricane Season Outlook. It is less bullish on the number of storms.
The Brits are predicting ten more named storms as the most likely
number. There have already been two named storms, remember. This
would bring their total to 12. Dr. William Gray is predicting 15.
NOAA is predicting 11-15.

ON THIS DATE IN 1972: The first day of summer was a wet one in
eastern Pennsylvania as rains overspread the area ahead of the
northward moving remnants of Hurricane Agnes. The wet storm system
was expected to move out into the Atlantic Ocean, but it made an
unexpected turn the next day and dumped unprecedented amounts of rain
over the Susquehanna Valley.

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY: Birmingham reached 100F for the first time since
August 29, 2000.

Bill Murray
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TODAY
Sunny with low humidity.
Afternoon High 92
WIND: N 10-16

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 93
WIND: NE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny and hot. Slight chance of an overnight shower or storm.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. A slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 5-10

MONDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered mainly afternoon and evening storms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 91
WIND: S 6-12

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