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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday July 8, 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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TYPICAL MID-JULY WEATHER: What do you expect in July in Alabama
except for the fact that on most days you will see a thunderhead
develop somewhere and a few peals of thunder. Of course, that can vary
from almost no thunderstorms to quite a few depending on many factors.

THE SITUATION NOW: We believe that thunderstorms will be few in
number over the next several days, but we cannot rule out one on
almost any day. We omitted them from the forecast on Friday because we
think they will be almost non-existent. We have a fairly complicated
weather pattern across Alabama now. As best as we could tell, an old
stationary front was across Central Alabama, maybe near or just south
of Birmingham. Also in the mix was a low-pressure area—a very weak one—
covering Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. Upstairs there was a low-
pressure trough giving us a NW and west wind flow aloft. So what does
all this mean? It means that any storms that develop will be moving
toward the east or SE. A heat ridge to our west will be trying to
spread this way. That would reduce the number of thunderstorms, but it
would also send our afternoon temperatures into the mid 90s by this
weekend.

THE RAIN SITUATION: At Birmingham Airport, we have been skirting on
the edge of a surplus or deficiency. Yesterday we had a mere 0.01
excess. Today that has become a 0.16 deficiency. The U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Alabama Field Office, has issued their weekly crop
progress and condition report. A huge percentage of the crops in
Alabama are in fair to good condition. Topsoil moisture is rated
mostly short to adequate with only a small percentage of the state
very short. That is in stark contrast to a couple of years ago.

TROPICAL AND BEACH WEATHER: Still no sign of a tropical depression or
tropical storm for the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Over on
the Pacific side, Tropical Storm Blanca was a long way west of the
Mexican coast and moving westward. Along the Alabama/NW Florida
beaches, generally good weather all the way through Sunday, more sun
than clouds and on most afternoons only about 2 out of 10 chance of a
shower or thunderstorm. Highs will be mostly in the upper 80s.

NOTES AROUND THE GLOBE: If you want to cool off, 6 inches of snow
expected tonight and tomorrow above 10,000 feet on Mt. McKinley in
Alaska. The low and high for Thursday at 17,000 feet will be 5 and 15
above. Highest temperature ever recorded in Asia was 129 on June 21,
1942 at Tirat Tsui, Israel. It is interesting to note that so far this
month Fairbanks has had high temperatures in the 80s on every day but
one and they are averaging warmer than New York City. So, the Big
Apple still has not reached the 85-degree mark this year. It actually
reached 90 yesterday in Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I appreciate almost identical e-mails
from three nice ladies yesterday gently suggesting that I am too over
concerned about having to lose Molly years from now. I think they are
exactly on target, although my concern is not as much as I sounded
like in the writings. They want more stories about the good times with
Little Miss Molly. A bit of good news from Tresa Martin of McCalla who
is happily awaiting a new dog in August. The new dog will be like
Heidi, a miniature dachshund, that she had to put down after 15 years.
She said she can transfer her love to the new dog. That is the right
attitude and I commend her. Life goes on......

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

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TONIGHT
A few evening thunderstorms, mostly east and SE of Birmingham.
Morning Low 69
WIND: N 3-6

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. An isolated thunderstorm possible.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NE 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 91
WIND: E 6-12

SATURDAY
Partly sunny with a few afternoon thunderstorms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SE 5-10

SUNDAY
More sun than clouds. A hot afternoon with an isolated thunderstorm
possible.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 93
WIND: S 5-10

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