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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Wednesday July 23, 2008
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...Heat Levels Back Down...

NOT AS HOT: Our mini heat wave is over for now as temperatures will
back to average levels for late July in coming days. In fact, some
places around here might not get out of the 80s due to clouds,
showers, and thunderstorms. We will mention a good chance of scattered
to numerous showers and thunderstorms across Alabama today thanks to a
surface front approaching from the north. The air across Alabama today
won't be as unstable as yesterday (thanks to cooler daytime
temperatures), but we will still have the chance of strong storms this
afternoon with lots of lightning and the potential for wet
microbursts. While the best chance of thunderstorms will come this
afternoon, we can't rule out a few morning showers in scattered spots.
Additional rain totals today should be between one-half and one inch
for most Alabama communities.

Drier air will begin to creep into North Alabama tonight, and it now
looks like any showers and storms tomorrow and Friday will be rather
widely scattered around here. And, for the weekend, we are forecasting
very routine summer weather with partly sunny days, the chance of
scattered showers and storms during the afternoon, and highs generally
in the low 90s on Saturday and Sunday.

DOLLY MAKING LANDFALL: Hurricane Dolly will make landfall this morning
somewhere near the mouth of the Rio Grande, or at the Mexico/U.S.
border right at the southern tip of Texas. There remains a chance that
Dolly could be a category two storm at the time of landfall; rain
amounts of 5 to 10 inches are likely across the lower Rio Grande
Valley today and tonight with flash flooding likely. Winds to 75 mph
will be felt in places like Brownsville, Harlingen, and McAllen. And,
a few isolated tornadoes are possible in the spiral bands rotating
around the center of Dolly. The system will move westward, and rain
itself out over the mountains of northern Mexico during the next 24 to
36 hours.

OTHER TROPICAL NOTES: Tropical storm Cristobal will become extra-
tropical today in the colder water of the North Atlantic, and out in
the far eastern Atlantic a well organized wave is just west of the
Cape Verde Islands. This one will have a hard time growing stronger
today due to cooler ocean water, and it is also in a position to
ultimately recurve into the open Atlantic before having a chance to
impact the Caribbean Islands or the U.S. mainland.

CELEBRATE THE RAIN: Rain totals across Alabama yesterday included
1.97" at Scrougeout (NE Etowah County, northeast of Gasdsden), 1.70"
at Chelsea, 1.44" at Union Grove in Chilton County, 1.41" at the
Shelby County Airport in Calera, 1.25" at Glencoe, 1.24" at Inverness,
and 0.57" at Auburn. The total at the Birmingham International Airport
was only a trace. One person was injured in Roanoke when a tree
crashed into a mobile home.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. Not as hot.
Afternoon High 90
WIND: W 6-12

THURSDAY
Partly to mostly sunny. Only widely scattered afternoon showers and
storms.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 92
WIND: N 6-12

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny during the morning; a few widely scattered showers and
thunderstorms by afternoon.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered, mainly afternoon showers and storms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SW 6-12

SUNDAY
Mixed sun and clouds. A passing afternoon storm in spots.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SW 6-12

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