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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday July 9, 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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...Lazy Summer Days...

SAME OLD STUFF: When I stepped outside for my midday walk, a much
shorter walk than early morning, it definitely did not feel October-
ish. I still have 10 more weeks before I jump with joy. Mind you, I
realize that most of you love summer with all your heart and I deeply
respect that.

Weather forecasting in mid-summer can bog down into a rut with little
variation from day to day. Always, the main two items anyone is
interested in are the high temperature and the chances for rain. Most
of the people in our weather group have been here a long, long time
and we all know that almost every afternoon in July there will be
enough heat and just enough moisture in the air to at least squeeze
out a few thunderstorms. Actually, we are going against all of our
guidance today and listing a remote chance of an afternoon storm at
some point in the middle or late afternoon hours. Every bit of our
computer guidance says no until late in the weekend. We just do not
believe it.

Yesterday afternoon most of those storms formed south and SE of
Birmingham and there were a few severe thunderstorm warnings. One of
the evening storms dumped 1.67 inches of rain at Ozark in only 1 hour.
The pattern today also favors a slightly better chance of storm
formation over east and South Alabama.

We still believe we still have that small chance each day even with an
upper air heat ridge building into the area. That feature will present
us with some mid 90s over the weekend and early next week.

AT THE BEACH: Almost every afternoon along the Alabama/NW Florida
coast, there will be about a 20% chance of a thunderstorm. When you
first hear that thunder, immediately get out of the water and get in a
safe place. High temperatures will be consistently around 88 along the
edge of the water. The Tropics are quiet. Ana is nowhere to be seen.

THE BIG APPLE: I do not know how New York City became known as that.
I have never been there, but I have flown over. I have been to
Muleshoe, Texas, Clines Corners and Pie Town, New Mexico and Two Guns,
Arizona as well as Rogers Pass, Montana. I tend to avoid big cities.
Back to the subject at hand, while Houston, Dallas and Austin are
still baking with temperatures over 100, the Big Apple is smiling.
They will have highs only in the 70s at least the next three days, so
amazingly they have not reached 85 degrees all year. In New York, they
also issue a highway condition and golf index. They show an index of
10 for all areas today, which means excellent golf
weather. Elsewhere as we roam, in Baghdad, after a low tonight of 82,
the high tomorrow 115. Hottest in the USA yesterday was 116 in Death
Valley.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: We have had Little Miss Molly almost 6
years and it has been so funny and interesting to watch her grow from
a little puppy into
adulthood. She still looks so tiny, especially after a summer haircut.
She has very strong legs and can pull me along the walking track like
a mule pulling a wagon. When we first got her, almost like clockwork,
she would jump up on our bed at 4:45 a.m., determine where I was
sleeping. She would crawl on top of me at my ankles and walk ever so
slowly up my body until she could press her little nose against my
chin. Meanwhile, her little tail would be thumping my tummy. All of
this was her way of saying, Get up, big guy, I need to go to the
bathroom, which meant a walk around the half-mile track while it was
still totally dark. We had a lot of fun doing that. Now she uses the
little bell hanging from the back doorknob as a signal that she needs
to go. She can whap the fool out of a bell and I snap to attention.

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

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TONIGHT
Fair, but a few evening thunderstorms, mainly east..
Morning Low 69
WIND: SE 3-6

FRIDAY
Hot and humid. More sun than clouds. Small risk of a storm SE.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SE 6-12

SATURDAY
Another hot day. An isolated afternoon thunderstorm.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SE 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny and hot. Only a few afternoon thunderstorms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 6-12

MONDAY
Hot and humid with widely scattered afternoon storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 6-12

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