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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday July 3, 2008
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...Humidity Back In Style...

A WARM AND HUMID HOLIDAY: Yesterday the dew point across Alabama was
in the 50s in some areas and even the 40s in places like Birmingham.
This afternoon it was 65 in Birmingham and over 60 everywhere in the
state and even in the lower 70s down south. Translation: that means
moisture has increased rapidly since midday yesterday. Net result: a
few widely scattered showers formed over East/Central Alabama this
afternoon and even a few thunderstorms down in the SE part of the
state. We might as well get used to the higher humidity. Projections
are that it will stay that way even well into next week. We do not see
any major heat conditions as most highs will be in the 87 to 90-degree
range across Central Alabama. That temperature profile could last
through most of next week.

INDEPENDENCE DAY: The weather for tomorrow is of prime interest,
naturally. We look for afternoon highs between 88 and 90 across
Central Alabama. By 8:00 or 9:00 p.m., when most of the fireworks
start, the temperature should be around 78. Rain is the big question.
We are calling for widely separated showers and maybe a thunderstorm
during the afternoon and evening. The mathematical chance of that
occurring right where you are is rather small—probably less than 1 in 5.

BEST CHANCE OF RAIN: There will be an increase in showers and
thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday and some will linger into Monday. We
believe in the 48 hours encompassing all of Saturday and Sunday that
much of North and Central Alabama may get more than 1 inch of rain.
This is not bad news at all. Some areas are getting exceedingly dry.
Rain deficit numbers are between 7 and 9 inches in a number of North
Alabama locations.

HOLIDAY TRAVEL: We do not have space to run a lengthy story on travel
across the USA, so we invite you to check our weather blog where we
have the forecast for a large number of cities. The Storm Prediction
Center has only a small part of the USA under a slight risk of severe
weather for the fourth. It includes the north panhandle of Idaho and
the west half of Montana. That means all of the Montana mountains are
included.

TROPICAL WEATHER: We have a new tropical storm. Her name is Bertha.
She was positioned way out in the Eastern Atlantic at a low latitude
and seemingly going to pass south of the Cape Verde Islands. She was
moving WNW at 14 and should stay on that course for the next 36 hours.
She is expected to get stronger only slowly in the next day or so. The
long-range forecast places her in the mid-Atlantic curving more toward
the NW by next Tuesday and still not at hurricane strength. This
development is quite unusual, in fact, unprecedented for this time of
year. The only other named storm to form this far east so early was in
1966—it was also named Bertha.

WEATHER NOTEBOOK: Rain where it is not wanted included 3.36 inches at
Grand Rapids, Michigan in the last 24 hours, over 3 inches at Kansas
City and 3.30 at Jefferson City, Missouri. Will it never end? Coldest
temperature in the USA this morning was 34 at Embarrass, Minnesota and
Barrow, Alaska. Coincidence that both of those locations are at the
very north of those two states. 120 in Death Valley was the hottest.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Short on time and space today. I promise
to write more about Little Miss Molly tomorrow, but she got a big jolt
this morning that may prepare her for tomorrow night. Seems like a new
church is being built about 1 mile west of Molly's hangout. A big
blast from there this morning. Our whole house shook. Even my beloved
Apple computer monitor was shaking on my desk. I am going to try to be
available to that little girl tomorrow night when the firecrackers go
off, cuddling her and trying to get her to play ball. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
A few isolated showers through the evening.
Overnight Low 70
WIND: SW 3-6

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. A slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the
afternoon or evening.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SW 6-12

SATURDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, increasing during the afternoon.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SW 6-12

SUNDAY
A mix of sun and clouds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 6-12

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

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