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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday July 11, 2008
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...In The Good Old Summertime...

A SEA OF HUMIDITY: It is July in Alabama. There are two unescapable
facts about this month in the Deep South. It is going to be hot and
the humidity is going to be up there. We are not the only ones dealing
with high humidity. Amazingly, the dew point was 75 in Fargo, North
Dakota this afternoon—a little more humid than we are here. Scattered
showers and thunderstorms were developing over South Alabama this
afternoon, but only a few over the north. That will change as we get
into late afternoon and evening when we will have a good chance of
getting wet in most communities. We believe that the number of
thunderstorms will decrease some for tomorrow only to increase again
on Sunday, especially Sunday afternoon and evening. What does this
mean in the rain department? Our estimates now are that Central
Alabama will get about 1.50 inches of rain between now and Sunday
night, most of it coming on Sunday.

A COOL FRONT IN JULY? Rare, but not totally out of the question. It
seems that the morning run of the weather models and the evening runs
are arguing with each other. For the second morning in a row, one of
our most used models still projects the cool front to push into
Central Alabama Monday only to sit down and rest near the coast by
late Tuesday. No big deal as far as the temperature is concerned, but
the humidity will drop off somewhat on Tuesday. We are projecting a
low of 65 for Tuesday morning. Some spots in North Alabama, especially
in the valleys, may have near 60.

TROPICAL WEATHER: During the entire life of Bertha, so far, an Air
Force reconnaissance plane has not checked her out until today. This
afternoon the center of Hurricane Bertha was located, by that
hurricane hunter, about 300 miles SSE of Bermuda. She was moving NW at
only 6 mph. She should gradually turn to the north during the next 24
hours. The NW and west fringes of Bertha should be nearing Bermuda on
Saturday. Sustained winds were 85 mph—maybe a bit stronger than that.
The projected path is for the center to pass about 100 miles east of
Bermuda Sunday morning, then curving more to the north and NE and
dropping back to tropical storm strength later Sunday.

SEVERE WEATHER: This time of year, most of the outlook for severe
thunderstorms and possible tornadoes are in the Northern USA. Looking
ahead to tomorrow, a Slight Risk covers an area from near St. Louis NE
to include Chicago, Indianapolis and Detroit.

LIGHTNING IS FRIGHTENING: There were 419 lightning fatalities in the
USA in 1944 compared to 275 tornado fatalities. Over the years, the
number of lightning deaths has fallen mainly because of educational
efforts even though the population has grown. 1974 was the last year
that we had more than 102 deaths.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Someone asked me recently what were some
of the most interesting times I had ever had with Miss Molly. When she
was real young, soon after we got her, she would jump up on the king-
size bed, walk up my body and rub her nose against my face.
Translation: I need to go to the bathroom. One day about a year ago,
we met two of the larger dogs in the community. One of them was so
glad to see us that he rapidly circled Molly and I wrapping his leash
around my ankles so quickly that I could not move. Then he paused,
heisted his leg and used my leg for a fireplug. My trousers were wet
from the knee down, it ran into my shoe and I had to slosh my way
home. Threw the shoe away and changed trousers. Life goes on. Dogs are
wonderful. Wish I had 50.

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

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TONIGHT
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, continuing through the evening.
Overnight Low 72
WIND: SW 4-6

SATURDAY
Partly sunny and hot with scattered, mostly afternoon, showers and
thunderstorms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 92
WIND: NW 5-10

SUNDAY
A good chance of showers and thunderstorms—mostly afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SW 6-12

MONDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered, mostly morning, showers.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 89
WIND: NW 6-12

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny. Less humid.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NE 5-10

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