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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday July 24, 2008
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FOR ALABAMA'S FOSTER CHILDREN

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...No Day Totally Free of Showers...

THERMOMETER WANTS TO GO UP AGAIN: This is the time of year when there
are not very many days that a shower or thunderstorm does not develop
somewhere around the vast landscape. If we try to determine which day
several days down the road will have the best chance, it is very
difficult.

A close study of some of our semi most trusted weather models points
out that ridge aloft will be developing to the north and NW of Alabama
during the next several days. This will cause the winds aloft over
Alabama to be out of the NW. This always raises an extra caution flag
for us. We have to watch out for clusters of big thunderstorms
migrating around the top of that ridge and heading SE toward Alabama
from places like Missouri and Arkansas. Those can pack a mean punch.
We are not saying for sure that is going to happen, but it is always a
possibility.

Meanwhile, we have a chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the
forecast each day all the way through the weekend and into early next
week. On most of those days, the chance for any one address in Central
Alabama is about 1 in 3. A ridge aloft, life we just mentioned, also
tends to make it a bit hotter across Alabama, especially if the ridge
gets over us. We do not see any more of the nasty 100-degree heat
right away, but by late in the weekend and early next week we may have
some mid 90s.

TODAY IN ALABAMA: Drier air moved into the north part of the state
overnight and some low temperatures this morning were close to 60 in
some of the traditional cooler spots. This means that the better
chance of any showers or thunderstorms for the remainder of this
afternoon and evening will be over SW and South Alabama. Some fairly
strong storms were already moving SE across Sumter County and other
widely scattered ones dotted the South Alabama countryside.

STORMS YESTERDAY: They did not finally pass out until around midnight
in a broad zone across Central Alabama. Here are a few rain reports
not previously listed:

3.51 Wadley (Randolph County)
2.12 Jackson (Clarke County)
1.06 Sylacauga

TROPICAL: Miss Dolly sure did cause some huge headaches after moving
in on the lower Texas coast yesterday. Today she was crossing Laredo,
Texas and picking up speed moving westward. She will dissipate before
much longer. One of the biggest rain totals I can find for just the
last 24 hours was an even 12 inches at San Manuel in South Texas. Lots
and lots of flooding.

WEATHER NOTEBOOK: 118 in Death Valley was the hottest yesterday. USA
low this morning was shared by Meacham, Oregon and Barrow, Alaska. The
summer of 2008 is on track to produce the fewest number of days ever
recorded when the high temperature in Anchorage managed to reach 65.
They have had only 7 days with 65 or warmer so far.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly is not the only cute
little dog in our community by any means. There is a little Dachshund
2 houses away and another charming Shih-tzu across the traffic circle.
Only 4 houses away is the little young Yorkie. He and Molly are deeply
in love. Molly is also in love with Jo-Jo, a beautiful middle-size
dog, who lives just in back of us. He is the one that got run over by
a car last year and was missing for several weeks. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
An isolated evening thunderstorm, then mostly fair.
Overnight Low 68
WIND: NE 3-6

FRIDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms—about a 1 in 3 chance.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly
afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SW 6-12

SUNDAY
Hot and humid with widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 94
WIND: W 6-12

MONDAY
Hot with scattered, mostly afternoon, showers and storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 95
WIND: SW 6-12

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