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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Sunday June 21, 2009
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...The Longest Day...

Today is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. It
is the summer solstice, or the first day of summer day. It is the day
that features the longest amount of time between sunrise and sunset.
From now on the Suns apparent motion in the Earth's sky is southward
again (very slowly for the next few weeks) until the winter solstice
on December 21.

WELCOME TO SUMMER: As I said, this is the first official day of
summer, as signaled by the summer solstice, which occurred at 12:54
a.m. CDT this morning. It will definitely feel like summer again
today, and for the next several days. There are some interesting
pattern changes in the offing, but I don't think that they are going
to put much of a dent in the current heat we are experiencing.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY: It's a real dad kind of day. Great for lounging
in a hammock. Or cutting the grass. Perhaps a backyard barbecue.
Maybe a lake trip or tickets to City Stages. He does like the Doobie
Brothers, you know. It is the best Father's Day weather we have had
in a long time. Just take it easy with the high heat and humidity.

THE FORECAST: We are getting into a really weird pattern for June.
By Tuesday, we will have a big trough in the West, a giant bubble of
high pressure over the Mississippi Valley, and a huge trough and
coastal storm along the East Coast. We stay mainly hot and dry with
that pattern, through Tuesday. The one exception to the dry part is
that I think we see a little backdoor cold front trying to sneak in
from the northeast Monday night, and this could trigger a few storms,
especially over East Alabama late Monday into early Tuesday. We stay
in a northerly flow aloft and at the surface into Thursday. It will
be hot and humid each day, with mostly sunny skies each morning until
fair weather cumulus start forming before lunchtime. Highs will be
well into the 90s each day, with dewpoints in the lower 70s, so it
will feel muggy. That heat and moisture could scare up an isolated
showers or storm any afternoon.

HEADING TOWARD THE WEEKEND: By Friday, a trough starts developing
over the Central part of the country. This will set the stage for
some cooler air to try to come south and we should see another one of
those over-ambitious early summer fronts that will whip up a battle
zone of storms to our north. That could get close enough to increase
our rain and storm chances by Friday into Saturday, but if you look at
it, the chances are still pretty small, about what you would expect in
Alabama in the summer.

ON THIS DATE IN 1886: Destructive hurricane hits the Tallahassee/
Apalachicola area of Florida. The hurricane was the first of three
early season hurricanes that struck Florida in less than a month. All
three hurricanes formed in the western Caribbean and curved toward the
Big Bend area of Florida. There was extensive damage along the coast
because of extremely high tides and winds. The storm was classified
as a "great hurricane" by Grady Norton in his
research
.
Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Mostly sunny and hot. Outside chance of a stray thunderstorm.
Afternoon High 96
WIND: NW 6-12

MONDAY
Partly cloudy and continued hot. Small chance of an afternoon storm.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 95
WIND: NW 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of an afternoon storm.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 93
WIND: NW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Hot and humid with widely scattered afternoon storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 94
WIND: N 5-10

THURSDAY
Hot and humid with a chance of a shower or storm, especially late.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 93
WIND: E 5-10

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