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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday May 28, 2009
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...Heading Toward A Dry Weekend...

REST FOR THE WEARY OF THUNDERSTORMS: Not quite yet. We will still
have a chance of a shower or thunderstorm into this evening awaiting a
weak cool front pushing east across Mississippi. There is an outside
chance that a few of those could become severe. However, the better
ingredients (especially aloft) for a storm to become severe will
mostly be east and SE of I-59. Extensive weather analysis this morning
pointed to the best place for development was in that general area.
That does not mean that we cannot get a few storms developing over on
the west side of the state. Early this afternoon a line of showers
developed quickly right along I-59 from NE Jefferson County all the
way to Ft. Payne. A few of those were heavy, especially over North
Etowah County and DeKalb County.

A MUCH NICER WEEKEND: Slightly cooler and drier air will reach
Central Alabama later this evening and by daybreak temperatures should
drop to near 63. The dew point, which was around 70 in Birmingham
early this afternoon, will fall all the way to the 50s later tomorrow
and even into the low 50s on Saturday. Translation: lower humidity
that you will really notice. We think our cooler morning will be
Saturday morning with upper 50s the general rule. May see some low
temperatures as low as 54 to 56 in the NE Alabama valleys. We believe
that both Saturday and Sunday will feature mostly sunshine and
probably much of Monday.

We have dropped the mention of showers for Friday, although we cannot
rule out a rogue shower in the area Friday morning.

WEEKEND AT THE BEACH: There will probably be quite an influx of
people along the Alabama/NW Florida coast over the weekend with school
out in many areas. We look for few, if any, showers tomorrow and
almost all sunshine Saturday and Sunday. The humidity will be lower
over the weekend also and both Saturday and Sunday morning will be
pleasantly cool to start the day. Dry air heats better in the daytime
and cools better at night, so the old thermometer may make an effort
to reach 88 or 90 at some point over the weekend, but the lower
humidity will help.

GLOBAL ROAMING: Alaska is having it pretty good lately as far as
temperatures are concerned. The coldest in that big state this morning
was only 25 at Anaktuvuk Pass. It was a pleasant 78 yesterday
afternoon at Eagle. That place is notably cold spot for Alaska. They
had 50 below zero or colder several times this past winter. No snow
depth reports from Whittier in nearly a week, so we may have to
abandon our little game guessing when it would melt down to zero. The
warmest in the good old USA yesterday was 113 in Death Valley. The
first Tropical Depression of the season formed off the Mid-Atlantic
coast. At midday, it was located about 310 miles south of Providence,
Rhode Island and about 635 miles SW of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was
moving NE at 17 with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph. This early
depression in expected to become Tropical Storm Ana over the next day
or so and then weaken or dissipate over colder waters by Saturday.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Here is hoping that we do not get many
storms this evening. I had a nice little talk with Little Miss Molly
this morning as I passed through the living area to get coffee and she
looked up at me with wishful eyes. With sunny dry weather over the
weekend, I assured her that we would go on some long walks, especially
early in the morning, and I would have at least 5 ballgames with her
all of which would go extra innings. She wagged her tail. I wonder if
she understood.

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

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TONIGHT
Scattered thunderstorms this evening—a few could be severe.
Morning Low 63
WIND: W 5-10

FRIDAY
Becoming mostly sunny and less humid.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 82
WIND: NW 8-16

SATURDAY
Sunny. A cool early morning.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 86
WIND: N 5-10

SUNDAY
Sunny weather. a warmer afternoon.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NE 4-8

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. A warm afternoon.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 89
WIND: S 5-10

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