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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday June 22, 2007

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A HOT, DRY WEEKEND: The hot weather is still with us, pretty much
unabated, but there are signs that moisture will start increasing
early in the week and we will even introduce a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Mind you, this is not enough to get our hopes up that
we will get significant drought relief. We can see a small chance of
a shower or thunderstorm Sunday, mainly over West Alabama. There will
be some widely separated ones on Monday and maybe a better chance of
scattered showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday. Even then, little or
no chance of a widespread drenching. Temperatures will reach the mid
90s over the weekend. Tuscaloosa could get close to 100 Saturday.
After that, highs will back off to the lower 90s early next week due
to some cloud cover and showers.

THE TRAGIC DROUGHT STORY: It seems to go on and on. Droughts occur
when certain weather patterns get locked in and the droughts often
are self-perpetuating. The latest from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows
that a huge part of North and Central Alabama remains in the
Exceptional Drought category. This is the worst of the five-level
designations. There are some indications that part of North Alabama
could be approaching a once in 100-year drought. The situation is not
quite as bad over the extreme NW corner of Alabama. The Exceptional
Drought now extends as far south as near Livingston, Demopolis,
Sylacauga and to Heflin. The Tuscaloosa area has been especially hard
hit. Look at these rain deficits, as of today, just for this year so
far.

20.12 inches shortfall for Tuscaloosa Airport
19.32 inches below normal for Anniston
16.18 inches below for Birmingham
18.65 inches below for Huntsville

In Huntsville, the shortfall since January 1, 2005 is almost 51
inches. That is absolutely an incredible statistic. We have had some
other crippling droughts in the past. In a severe 1954 drought, some
places in Central Alabama did not get a drop of rain for 123 days in
a row. The Warrior River at Tuscaloosa almost dried up and a great
many fish died. (Check more drought information on the blog.)

WEEKEND AT THE BEACH: Mostly sunshine Saturday and Sunday, but some
scattered showers and thunderstorms early in the week. High
temperatures 88 to 92.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Miss Molly and I surely have missed Jo-
Jo, when we take our walks, but we see him occasionally. He is a
beautiful solid white dog. Late yesterday Molly and I were out
walking and we met the little baby Yorkie with his mom coming in the
opposite direction. You should have seen both dogs struggling like
mules to get to each other. They had a great play session and, when
the Yorkie's mommy tried to leave, she had to pull him backwards,
because he was struggling to get back to Molly. She had a nice
meeting with Mattie, another Shih-tzu, this morning and we saw
Brigette pass by late yesterday. Molly had a fit to go outside and
play with her. She is a busy little creature. Life goes on.....

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

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear.
Overnight Low 64
WIND: Light

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and hot.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon 96
WIND: N 4-8

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. A small risk of a shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 6-12

MONDAY
Partly sunny with a chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SW 5-10

TUESDAY
Becoming more humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SW 5-10

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