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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday July 17, 2009
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...A Noticeable Change...

THE OLD HUMIDITY TAKES A PLUNGE: I have talked to many people over
the years that do not mind the humidity being sky high and I have
talked to a zillion other people that jump up and down with joy when
we get a break from such high humidity, especially in mid-summer.

By this time every summer, most folks are growing weary of the heat
and humidity. It does drain your energy. I have heard some stories
that heat and humidity affect your temperament.

I do not know about that, but I need to get back to the subject at
hand and that is a nice turn around in the weather when compared to
last weekend when we had way too many storms. This afternoon a weak
front was beginning to push into the NW part of the state. We have
noticed some dew points as low as the upper 40s in NW Arkansas. Way
down in SE Alabama, there were some strong thunderstorms around Dothan
this afternoon, but they were moving away. By daybreak here in Central
Alabama, we look for temperatures to be in the low to mid 60s around
64. We will really notice the drop in humidity Saturday with almost
all sunshine and highs only in the mid 80s. That is a great
improvement over all of those days so far this summer when the
stubborn thermometer insisted on going well into the 90s. For the rest
of the weekend, look for even cooler nights. The humidity will
continue rather low all the way through Tuesday. Highs on Sunday and
Monday will be in the mid 80s and we are projecting a low of 59 for
the low on those two days. The all-time low for Birmingham for
July 19 is 58 and for July 20 is 60.

RAIN SCORECARD: The last two storm systems have brought good amounts
of rain to a big chunk of Alabama from thunderstorms that entered the
state from the north and crossed most of our counties. Just a few
examples for the last 24 hours, and much of this occurred during the
day yesterday:

3.47 Florence
1.60 Concord/Hueytown
1.27 Childersburg
2.11 Evergreen
1.55 Birmingham Airport
At Birmingham Airport, the total for July was just under 6 inches and
our excess for the year-to-date is 3.85.

TROPICAL AND BEACH WEATHER: We see nothing in the Tropics that would
even hint that Ana, the first name of the season, was about to be
born. There will be improving weather along the Alabama/NW Florida
coast as this drier air mass pushes south. There will still be a few
thunderstorms Saturday and maybe an isolated one on Sunday, but Monday
and Tuesday should be mostly sunshine with lower humidity. Highs will
be in the upper 80s even inland.

RANDOM NOTES: 125 in Death Valley yesterday was only 9 degrees short
of the hottest ever recorded in the USA in that same location. Chilly
places this morning included 32 in Eagle, Alaska and 37 at Hettinger,
North Dakota and Stanley, Idaho. Phoenix is expecting 113 Saturday and
114 Sunday. Their low this morning was 94.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I was still up late last night trying to
escort thunderstorms out of the state. Little Miss Molly was still up
too. She cannot go to sleep if she can hear thunder. I am so glad that
we are going to get a four or five-day break so she can recuperate and
get well rested. It is amazing at the number of people who say they
have pets that are extremely afraid of storms. Bridget Tytler has
terriers. She says she can tell when a storm is coming, especially in
the middle of the night, because her dogs will sit up, perk their ears
and start shaking. I plan a whole world series with Molly tomorrow. If
I do not, she will play the game by herself. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Fair. Cooler by morning.
Morning Low 64
WIND: NW 4-7

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny with noticeably lower humidity.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 85
WIND: NW 7-14

SUNDAY
Sunny. A cool morning for mid summer.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 85
WIND: NE 6-12

MONDAY
Sunny. Another comfortable summer day.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 86
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SE 5-10

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