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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday July 4, 2008
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CHANCE OF RAIN INCREASING: Scattered thunderstorms developed over NW
Alabama before noon and a few of those became strong. In fact, the
National Weather Service in Huntsville issued several Severe
Thunderstorm Warnings and Significant Weather Alerts for some
Tennessee Valley counties. Further south, the showers and
thunderstorms were widely spaced, but by early this afternoon they
were hit and miss all the way down to the coast, although only a small
percent of the landscape was affected.

Most backyard picnics were dry today, except maybe in the extreme NW.
For the many locations that will have 4th of July fireworks tonight,
we believe that showers and thunderstorms will be widely spaced and
most communities will not get an interruption. However, a few will, so
watch out not only for the showers, but also the lightning.

OUR BEST CHANCE OF RAIN: Probably Saturday, especially during the
morning and midday. It looks like scattered showers and thunderstorms
can be expected every day even through most of next week, although
they should thin out later in the week. With more showers and
cloudiness, high temperatures should hang around mostly in the mid to
upper 80s with some communities topping 90. We think the hottest days
here in Central Alabama will be Monday and Tuesday with lower 90s.

RAIN SCORECARD: A drought is sneaky in some ways. We may think that
we are doing okay on rain, but when it lets up it does not take long
to drift back into significant rain shortfalls. Here is a list as of
this morning. All of these amounts are deficiencies:

9.10 inches at Montgomery
9.62 Huntsville (one of the driest places)
7.11 Anniston
6.51 Tuscaloosa
8.48 Muscle Shoals

The exception to all of this is Birmingham Airport where the excess as
of today was 1.41 inches, however, that excess is being chipped away
because at one time we were well over 3 inches excess.

NOT SO IN 1916: A dying tropical storm was dumping heavy rain across
Alabama. In fact, two dying tropical storms dumped 20.16 inches on
Birmingham. That is a monthly rain record that still stands.

WEATHER NOTEBOOK: The California wildfires are too horrible to think
about. Media reports indicate that 1/2 million acres have burned or
about 100 square miles. Since the fires started several weeks ago, the
total number of fires has reached an estimated 17,000. A lot of those
were ignited by dry lightning.

TROPICAL AND BEACH WEATHER: Tropical Storm Bertha was about 385 miles
west of the Cape Verde Islands out in the Eastern Atlantic. Sustained
winds were around 50. She may grow a bit stronger over the next couple
of days. Along the Alabama/NW Florida beaches, showers and
thunderstorms will be more frequent than usual, especially on Sunday
and Monday. High temperatures 86 to 89.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I sure hope your dog or cat is not as
frightened of fireworks and lightning as Little Miss Molly. That
little girl slept until 12:00 noon today...the latest she has ever
slept in the almost six years we have had her. I wonder if that little
rascal heard us talking about fireworks and decided she better store
up some sleep ahead of time. Tonight when those neighborhood
firecrackers go off, she will head for one of her many hiding places.
Life goes on and I hope it will be for a long time......

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

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TONIGHT
Hot and hazy. Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
Overnight Low 70
WIND: SW 3-6

SATURDAY
Variable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SW 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 6-12

MONDAY
A mix of sun and clouds. Scattered showers and storms, mostly in the afternoon.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SW 5-10

TUESDAY

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