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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday July 14, 2009
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...Thunderstorm Recovery Time...

TAKING A BREAK FROM THE BIG BOOMERS: No long break, mind you. This
has been an unusual spring and early summer when we have seen a number
of little fronts trying their best to come visit us while a heat ridge
remains in place to our west in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

This type of set-up acts somewhat like a merry-go-round with little
families of thunderstorms forming out over the Central Plains and
rotating around the top of the heat ridge and curving SE and then
south like they have an open invitation to Alabama. These storms often
pack a punch with the dreaded lightning. We also saw an example Sunday
night and early Monday morning about how these storms can dump an
unwelcome amount of rain in a short time. There was considerable
flooding during the Monday morning rush hour in the Birmingham area.

This afternoon some of those storms were coming east across Missouri
and Arkansas. They will then curve more southward. We believe, and we
are optimistic, that these particular storms will fizzle before
bouncing us out of bed in the middle of the night. In fact, we see
very little chance of a shower or storm Wednesday, but after that a
general increase in showers and storms Thursday and Friday. After that
old tired thermometer shoots for the middle 90s in Central Alabama
tomorrow, it will be forced to backtrack into the upper 80s Thursday and
Friday with the increasing storms and a change to cooler over the
weekend.

This may be another chance for Central Alabama to get about 1.50
inches of rain with storms on Thursday and Friday.

THE WEEKEND: The next front should be sliding through Central Alabama
by daybreak Saturday and go all the way to the Gulf Coast on Sunday
and rest there for at least two days before going home. Bottom line:
we will have a few showers Saturday morning, but becoming less humid.
Sunday should be dry with early morning lows in the low 60s and
afternoon highs only in the low to mid 80s with noticeably lower
humidity. At some point over the weekend, we may hear of some upper
50s in the NE Alabama valleys.

TEST QUESTION: Birmingham gets an average of 54 inches of rain a
year. What would happen if we got that rain every day between 4:00
a.m. and daybreak? If it were divided equally, we would get less than
0.15 each day. What would happen to our lakes and rivers? Our crops?
Our yards? Would Lake Purdy completely dry up? That is your assignment
for today.

ROAMING: New York City still has not reached 85 degrees all year. In
Upstate New York, Saranac Lake had highs only in the 60s on more than
half of the days so far this month. 9 of the last mornings in a row
had lows in the 40s. Checking in on Mt. Washington, New Hampshire: 36
degrees, zero visibility in the clouds, west wind to 43 mph. USA
extremes in the last 24 hours: 119 in Death Valley and 33 this morning
at Stanley, Idaho in the Sawtooth Mountains.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly is still in
thunderstorm recovery. Two days with almost continuous naps. So, I
want to write about another special dog today that belonged to Neal
Vickers. She had to be put to sleep in early May. Sarah was a rescue
dog that Mrs. Vickers found hunkered down at an Attalla drug store.
Her leash had dug into her skin and it looked like she had been
partially burned. She brought her to their home in Steele. To make a
long story short, Sarah turned out to be one of the greatest family
dogs ever, which proves that abused dogs appreciate love more than
others. Sarah became a self-appointed motherly figure. It took her a
long time to warm up to Neal, but they became the best of friends. He
taught her to herd sheep. See a longer version of this story on the
33/40 BLOG with the title: The Love of a Rescue Dog. Sarah loved to
take baths and would jump in the tub as soon as she heard water
running. She also used the bathtub as a storm pit when lightning
started popping. So much like Little Miss Molly. J. B. Elliott

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

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TONIGHT
Fair. Patchy fog toward morning.
Morning Low 73
WIND: SE 3-6

WEDNESDAY
Hot and humid. Only a small chance of an afternoon storm. Almost all
areas dry.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 6-12

THURSDAY
An increase in showers and thunderstorms, mainly afternoon and at night.
Morning Low 75 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SW 7-14

FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy. A good chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 87
WIND: W 8-16

SATURDAY
A few morning showers becoming less humid. Cooler Saturday night.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 85
WIND: N 7-14

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