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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday August 14, 2009
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..Showers Gradually Returning..

THE ALABAMA STORY: It is a story that we should all appreciate for
one simple reason—our temperatures are close to average for August
when they could be blistering hot. For example, in Birmingham two
years ago today the high was 104. Another slight bit of encouragement:
on Sunday our long-term average high temperature will fall back one
degree from 91 to 90 then down to 88 by the last day of August. Please
believe me when I say we can still get some blistering hot
temperatures well into September. The year 1925 was a historic year
when the Birmingham temperature exceeded 100 on 10 days in September.
Two years later another major heat wave, with temperatures over 100 on
5 days.

BACK TO THE PRESENT: Moisture is slowly returning to Alabama and, for
the next five days or so, we will see some scattered showers and
thunderstorms almost every day. They should be extremely scarce
Saturday, increasing some on Sunday with our best chance probably on
Monday. We are still over 3 inches ahead on 2009 rain from our long-
term average.

AT THE BEACH: A good chance of showers and thunderstorms each day
through the weekend and into early next week. Because of more clouds
and showers, the high temperature along the immediate beach area
should stay under 90.

TROPICAL WEATHER: The old Tropics are getting more interesting. The
latest computerized guidance on rain amounts shows as much as 4 inches
over the North and NE Gulf of Mexico for the 5 days ending Wednesday
with moderate to heavy amounts over much of Alabama and Georgia. Some
of this is due to tropical wave activity approaching the USA from the
east. Tropical Depression #2, which we thought would become Ana is
getting a little better organized halfway across the Atlantic.
Conditions are only marginally favourable, but it could possibly
become a named storm in the next couple of days. Further east, a broad
area of low pressure 250 miles WSW of the Cape Verde Islands has
become a little less organized, but conditions are still favourable to
become a tropical depression in the next day or two. Closer to home a
tropical wave from Jamaica and Eastern Cuba northward into the Bahamas
should spread west to NW during the next couple of days. While it will
bring in some moisture, there is little chance of it becoming a named
storm. Of more immediate importance to Alabama are the showers and
thunderstorms over the NE Gulf of Mexico. There are no signs of an
organized storm. NHC thinks less than 30% chance of it becoming a
named storm, at least for the next two days.

DEADHORSE: I am still intrigued by the name of that extreme Northern
Alaska town. It so happens that it had the lowest temperature in any
of the 50 states this morning with 32. It is going to be very
interesting to watch Alaska again this winter. Remember, last winter
the temperature plunged to below 60 below zero in the small community
of Chicken, Alaska. Hottest yesterday was 117 in Death Valley.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: As I mentioned before, I have received
numerous e-mails about Little Miss Molly and I have learned a whole
lot from them about the care of dogs over the last 7 years. In earlier
years, we had bad luck with three consecutive dogs, so we decided to
not get another one for at least 20 years. I will always regret that.
After those dogs, we had three cats—all of them killed by traffic in
front of our house. So, I am glad that Little Miss Molly is an inside
dog. She is a pure delight and I am obeying strict orders from the
majority owner to not give her human food. A lot of our readers have
strongly suggested the same thing. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear.
Morning Low 71
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
More sun than clouds. Only a small risk of an afternoon thunderstorm.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SE 6-12

SUNDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SE 7-14

MONDAY
Warm and humid with occasional showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 89
WIND: S 6-12

TUESDAY
A mix of clouds and sun. Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 90
WIND: S 6-12

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