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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Wednesday July 8, 2009
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TWO GREAT BASEBALL EVENTS!

Southern League All-Star Game
Monday, July 13 7:00 pm
Regions Park

Southern League Home Run Derby and
Celebrity Softball Game 3:00 pm
Sunday, July 12
Rickwood Field

For tickets, call 205-988-3200 or
http://www.barons.com
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...A Few Showers Around Today...

BATTLE OF THE AIRMASSES: We have a surface boundary hanging around
Central Alabama this morning; this represents the boundary between
drier air to the north, and moist, tropical air to the south. A broad
low pressure area is forecast to form along the front today, and that
could pull the boundary to the north, and with increasing moisture
levels we will mention a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms
today, with the best chance coming this afternoon and early tonight.
The showers should be most numerous along and east of I-65, but we
can't rule out a few afternoon showers over West Alabama as well.
Today's high will be close to 90 degrees with a mixture of clouds and
sunshine.

REST OF THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND: We must remember it is hard to get
really dry, Continental air in here during the middle of the summer,
so there is usually enough moisture on a daily basis for some risk of
a shower or storm. The one thing that can put a lid on developing
showers is warm aloft associated with a strong upper air high, but it
sure looks like the core of the ridge will be positioned west of our
state for the next several days. Bottom line is that we will roll with
your typical summer forecast for the rest of the week and the weekend.
Partly sunny days, with a chance of scattered, mostly afternoon and
evening showers and storms. They should be most numerous in areas east
and south of Birmingham, but you can't rule out a shower to the
northwest as well. Afternoon highs should be close to seasonal
averages, mostly in the low 90s. This pattern, most likely, will hold
into early next week.

TROPICS: Nothing happening now across the Atlantic basin, and tropical
storm formation is not expected this week. In the eastern Pacific,
tropical storm Blanca is weakening rapidly and will dissipate during
the next 48 hours over cooler water off the Mexican coast. Blanca is
no threat to land.

ANOTHER "COOL" JULY DAY: Birmingham remained below 90 degrees for the
third day in a row yesterday; the official high was only 88 degrees.
Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, and Decatur briefly touched 90 and they were
the state's hot spots.

ON THIS DATE IN 1886: Severe thunderstorm in Swift and Brown Counties
of Minnesota produced high winds and intense hail. Nearly every home
in Sleepy Eye, MN was moved off its foundation by the storm which came
in the night.

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TODAY
A mix of sun and clouds. A few scattered showers and storms, most
numerous over East Alabama.
Afternoon High 89
WIND: NE 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered, mainly afternoon and evening showers and
storms.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 90
WIND: E 6-12

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered showers and storms by afternoon.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SE 6-12

SATURDAY
Warm and humid. A few spots will see a passing shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered, mainly afternoon showers.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SW 5-10

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