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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Monday June 22, 2009
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...Lightning Safety Awareness Week...

When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors! That is the slogan of this year's
Lightning Safety Awareness Week across the country. A total of 28
people died from lightning strikes in 2008 in the U.S., and we have
already had 15 people killed by lightning. Lightning is a very
serious threat to life and property, and Alabama ranks number seven in
lightning fatalities over the past twenty years or so. Take time to
learn about lightning risks and how to protect yourself and your family.

HOT WEATHER TO CONTINUE: The big ridge of high pressure that has
produced our very hot weather will edge a tad back to the west over
the next twenty four hours. This will put Georgia and eastern Alabama
on the eastern periphery of the high. With northerly winds aloft, a
few thunderstorms may clip East Alabama tonight and Tuesday. By
Wednesday and Thursday, the ridge will build back over Alabama,
putting the clamps on anything but isolated storm development.
Temperatures will continue on the hot side, with highs in the middle
90s mostly. Lows will be muggy, in the lower and middle 70s.

HEADING TOWARD THE WEEKEND: By Friday, an upper trough will start
forming over the eastern United States. This may weaken the hold that
the upper high has on our weather, allowing widely scattered afternoon
and evening thunderstorms to return o the menu. This will allow
temperatures to edge just back just a bit, to right around
climatalogical averages for late June.

VOODOOLAND: By next weekend, the ridge over Alabama will weaken and
the subtropical ridge over the Atlantic will move east. This should
set the stage for a dramatic increase in moisture and some decent
precipitation. We will have to wait and see.

TONIGHT'S GUEST ON WEATHERBRAINS: Craig Mattox from the Southeastern
Conference will be our special guest tonight. Craig will discuss the
tornado that hit the Georgia Dome during an SEC Basketball Tournament
Game. He will talk about severe weather and game management. Should
be an interesting show. It will be available on
www.WeatherBrains.com, as well as iTunes by late this evening.

ON THIS DATE IN 1972: The remnants of Hurricane Agnes caused
tremendous rains of 10-20 inches across Maryland, Virginia, New York
and Pennsylvania. Tremendous flooding occurred in Pennsylvania. By
late evening, Civil Defense officials in Wilkes-Baare watched the
rapidly rising floodwaters of the Susquehanna River. Evacuation
warnings were not sounded during the night because emergency officials
thought that a nighttime evacuation would be confusing. By early
morning, evacuations were ordered with the river at 33 feet and major
flooding already occurring. By late morning, warnings were frantic as
the area's worst natural disaster in history was underway. At 11:14
am, sirens sounded seven short blasts indicating that the waters were
breaching the dike in Wilkes-Baare. Nearly 75,000 people would
evacuate in the face of the rising waters. The raging waters would
flood much of the city. There was $3.5 billion in damage and 122
deaths as a result of the floods.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://cfc.abc3340.com/abc3340/7day.cfm
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

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TODAY
Partly cloudy and continued hot. Slight chance of a late day or
overnight storm over East Alabama.
Afternoon High 96
WIND: NW 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of a storm, mainly east.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 95
WIND: NW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Hot and humid with isolated storms.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 94
WIND: NE 5-10

THURSDAY
Hazy, hot and humid with isolated storms possible.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 93
WIND: S 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly cloudy. Widely scattered afternoon and evening storms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 92
WIND: W 5-10

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