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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday July 24, 2009
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...A Hotter Weekend...

THE ALABAMA STORY: Summer vacation for school children is almost over
and I have a feeling that a large number of folks are headed to the
Alabama coast to enjoy a last fling at the beaches. In places like
Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Destin, Panama City, there will be some
scattered thunderstorms each day all the way through the weekend. It
will not be an all-day rain. High temperatures along the immediate
coast will be in the upper 80s. Most beaches will have a 1 in 3 chance
of a thunderstorm each day. The water temperature is
running generally 85 to 87 degrees just off shore.

Meanwhile, inland over the rest of Alabama, high temperatures will be
rising over the next couple of days—a noticeable chance from
yesterday. We are calling for low 90s Saturday and mostly sunshine.
The humidity will still be fairly low. By Sunday, some scattered
showers and thunderstorms may show up later in the day and still be
around Sunday night. At this time, we believe the better chance of
showers and storms across Central Alabama will be Monday and Tuesday,
but there will still be some others most every day for the rest of
next week. There is a chance that some communities could get over an
inch of rain by late Tuesday.

EARLY MORNING COOLNESS: Another cool morning across Alabama. We have
had a number of those lately. This has certainly helped out the old
air conditioner. Yesterday was the 8th day in a row that the
temperature failed to reach 90 in Decatur, Huntsville, Anniston,
Muscle Shoals and Birmingham. Most unusual, because this is
traditionally the hottest time of the year. It was 57 this morning in
Crossville, 58 in Hamilton, 59 in Cullman and Ft. Payne, and 61 in
Anniston and Decatur. The 63 in Tuscaloosa tied the record low for
July 24. It was also 63 in Birmingham.

TROPICAL WEATHER: The National Hurricane Center does not see any
prospect of tropical development over the next few days. This time of
year you can always find a tropical wave somewhere out in the
Atlantic, but very few develop into tropical depressions or storms. In
fact, one of those tropical waves has some Sahara dust in it.

BOSTON: We will use Boston as our entry point to look around the
world today. In Boston, it is turning out to be a very cool summer. So
far in July, the daily high temperature has averaged only 75 and the
low 62. It has not been above 85 all month. They got over 2 inches of
rain yesterday bringing their total to 4 inches for the month. Nearby
Worcester has had rain on 13 days and over 7 inches this month.

While we are speaking Massachusetts, the highest point in that state
is Mt. Greylock in the NW corner of the state with an elevation of
3,491 feet. Elsewhere it was really chilly in the higher elevations of
Great Smoky Mountain National Park this morning where Mt. LeConte had
a low of 36. They had 33 Wednesday morning. Absolutely amazing. A
University of Michigan study found that men were 6 times more likely
to be struck by lightning than women.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: My little girl slept 10 hours in a row
last night. This did not count several long naps in the afternoon and
evening before she went to bed for good. She has had a busy, busy
week. Our two great grandchildren ages 2 and 1 will be headed back to
Russellville tomorrow, which means our noise level will no longer
resemble Bryant Denny Stadium and Molly can relax more. They are very
cute kids, but they are also full of energy—even more so than Molly.
Life goes on—noisy at times.

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

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TONIGHT
Clear and pleasant.
Morning Low 64
WIND: NW 3-6

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny. A hotter afternoon.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 92
WIND: W 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms afternoon and night.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SW 6-12

MONDAY
Cloudy at times. A better chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 86
WIND: W 6-12

TUESDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 6-12

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