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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday August 12, 2009
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...Slight Drop In Humidity...

A BREAK FROM THE BOOMERS: Plenty of showers and strong thunderstorms
around Alabama yesterday and way into the evening. A lot of places got
a drenching, while other people were left begging. There was even some
minor wind damage around Wetumpka and a few other places—mostly trees
and power lines down.

A NEW DAY: In sharp contrast to yesterday, the old frontal boundary
that we have talked about endlessly crept into Alabama and has slowed
over the central part of the state. This allows a slight drop in
humidity and a break from the showers and thunderstorms. In fact, the
only ones in progress this afternoon were near the coast.

When you first get up tomorrow morning to grab the morning paper or
walk the dog, you will notice a slight, but pleasant, feel to the air
as temperatures fall into the upper 60s. Look for some mid 60s over NE
Alabama. One of our beloved weather models drops the dew point to
around 63 for much of tomorrow afternoon. If that happens, you will
definitely feel the lower humidity despite temperatures close to 90.

This time of year we cannot expect that kind of weather forever. The
moisture will head back north giving us some scattered showers and
thunderstorms later Saturday and also on Sunday.

RAIN AMOUNTS: Again today we posted quite a list of 24-hour rain
amounts on our BLOG. We list only a few of the heavier amounts here:

2.01 Centreville
2.00 Livingston
1.95 Uniontown
2.21 Anniston Airport (mostly within 1 hour)

TROPICAL STORM ANA? Well, not quite. It is still a tropical
depression and remaining just below the strength that we can call it
Ana. The depression was over 600 miles west of the southernmost Cape
Verde Islands. It could become Tropical Storm Ana at almost any time.
The projected path takes it well north of Puerto Rico and curving up
toward Bermuda by early next week, but it is entirely too early to put
all of our eggs in one basket this quick.

AT THE BEACH: The weather will be decent all the way through the
weekend along the Alabama/NW Florida beaches. There will be some
scattered showers and thunderstorms each day. Not an all-day rain. The
high temperatures will back off a bit to the upper 80s.

ROAMING: 117 in Death Valley was the hottest yesterday. Cold spots
this morning included 28 at McKinley Park, Alaska and 36 at Gunnison,
Colorado. I would highly recommend a drive along the Gunnison River
over on the west slope of the Colorado Rockies if you ever get a
chance. The Gunnison River starts near Taylor Park Reservoir high in
the mountains, which is also some of the coldest part of Colorado. The
Gunnison joins the Colorado River at Grand Junction, thus the name of
that western Colorado city. By the way, the coldest temperature ever
recorded in Colorado was 61 below zero on February 1, 1985.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly likes to sleep all
over our king-size bed. Most of the time she cuddles up to the
majority owner, but occasionally she will start out there and in the
middle of the night get up and walk all over the bed and settle
against my knees. Last night, about seven times between midnight and
4:00 a.m., she stood up, stretched her neck upward and literally body
slammed herself against my legs to try to get closer. Naturally, that
meant poor little me was awakened seven times. That is part of life
with that little girl and life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Clearing and slightly cooler.
Morning Low 67
WIND: NE 3-6

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny. Less humid.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NE 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 91
WIND: NE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny with scattered, mainly afternoon thunderstorms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 90
WIND: S 5-10

SUNDAY
Hot and humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly
afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 91
WIND: S 6-12

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