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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday July 12, 2009
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...Severe Weather Possible...

On the weather maps today, we find a long cool front stretching from
New England through Pennsylvania, then through the Ohio Valley, into
southern Missouri and Oklahoma. We see a huge upper level ridge of
high pressure centered over North Texas, extending into Arkansas,
Louisiana and Mississippi. The clockwise circulation around this upper
high tends to carry storms that develop over places like Missouri and
Kansas southeastward into the Deep South. We call it a northwesterly
flow pattern.

DODGING STORM COMPLEXES: So far, we have been pretty lucky in this
northwesterly flow pattern. The storms have tended to dive southward
into Mississippi or weaken before reaching us. We could see more
storms developing this afternoon and evening to the northwest and
moving our way overnight. The SPC thinks that we could see some
severe storms from the Missouri Bootheel into northern Mississippi and
northwestern Alabama through tonight.

FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES: A developing trough over the East Coast
of the United States will amplify over the next couple of days,
allowing the frontal system to push southward. But the heat ridge is
going to remain strong to our west, and the front will take on an
unusual northwest to southeast orientation, likely bisecting Northeast
Alabama by Monday afternoon. This front will provide a focus for
shower and thunderstorm activity Monday. The front will wash out over
Tuesday and Wednesday, reducing rain chances through midweek. Showers
and storms will be on the increase by late Thursday into the weekend
as a surface low tracks to our north.

WESTERN HEAT RIDGE: It's unusual when you see Phoenix posting an
Excessive Heat Warning, but that is the case for today. Highs are
expected to be between 110F-114F in the lower desert areas, including
Phoenix. The high yesterday in Phoenix was 114F. One factor in the
warning is that overnight lows were not very low this morning. At 5
a.m. MDT, it was still 92F at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Heat
Advisories and Excessive Heat Warnings cover areas from Texas through
NW Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and into southern Kansas for today.

SHUTTLE FORECAST: A dramatic lightning storm forced postponement of
the Space Shuttle Endeavorur's launch from the Kennedy Space Center on
Saturday. Eleven lightning strikes hit the Pad 39A area, but
fortunately none struck the vehicle or its external tank and solid
rocket boosters. Lightning did hit the lightning mast however.
Engineers checked the shuttle thoroughly after the incident and the
launch was rescheduled for 6:13 p.m. CDT this evening.

ON THIS DATE IN 1993: The island of Okushiri in Japan was devastated
by a tsunami created by 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the Sea of Japan.
15-30 foot waves started crashing ashore within minutes after the
tremor occurred, sweeping up people, vehicles and buildings. The
maximum wave would be an astounding 90 feet tall! Everything in the
tsunamis' path was obliterated. 239 people died. But the miracle was
that the Japan Meteorological Agency's warning was issued in a timely
and effective manner, and a far greater tragedy was averted. If you
enjoy historical weather information, follow my weather tweets. I am
@wxhistorian at Twitter.com

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Scattered afternoon storms, but storms likely overnight. Some could be severe.
Overnight Low 72
WIND: SW 5-10

MONDAY
Morning storms exit. Scattered afternoon storms possible.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny and hot. Only isolated storms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy, hot and humid. Scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 90
WIND: S 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. Showers and storms becoming likely.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SW 5-10

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