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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday August 3, 2009
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...It Is Still Summertime...

TYPICAL EARLY AUGUST: Do not forget that we are still well within the
summer season even though we have passed the zenith in mid-July and we
are now on the downside. Even so, you can expect very little relief
from the heat for the rest of August, because it is one of our three
prime summer months. For example, in mid-August 1995, we had 7 days in
a row with temperatures 100 or higher and 5 such days in August 1990.
If you take long-term records to go by, in most years the hottest part
of the summer will be from July 15 through August 15 and then a very,
very gradual cool down. The next several days will see highs across
Central Alabama in the low to mid 90s, mostly between about 90 and 93.
This time of year, even when the weather models do not say so, we can
always have an isolated thunderstorm pop up during the afternoon. We
look for a small chance of a thunderstorm tomorrow. We should have a
slightly enhanced chance of showers and storms on Wednesday and then
wider scattered ones through the next of the week, mostly during the
afternoon.

One of our more trusted weather models on the morning run indicated
that a high-pressure area aloft would be growing a bit stronger
centered over New Mexico that will turn the winds aloft over Alabama
more out of the NW and we could have one of those pesky thunderstorm
clusters trying to come down this way at midweek. That is not certain
at all. We will just have to watch it.

JULY WAS GOOD TO US: Let us use the official weather records at
Anniston Airport to explain that. We could have blistering heat in
July with some highs well over 100, but this July in Anniston had 17
of the 31 days where the high temperature could not even reach 90. In
addition, 14 of the 31 days had measurable rain. Those figures are
fairly representative of a wide strip of Central Alabama.
Showers and thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday gave some good amounts
of rain to several areas. A few samples:

1.56 in Huntsville
1.15 Russellville
2.25 Cedar Bluff
2.52 Hartselle

TROPICAL AND BEACH WEATHER: No need to talk about tropical, because
everything is still quiet in the Atlantic Basin. Along the Alabama/NW
Florida coast, fairly good weather all the way through Friday with
about a 1 in 5 chance of a shower or thunderstorm each day. Quite a
bit of sunshine. High temperatures mostly around 92.

HEAT BURST: I have always been extremely fascinated about those.
Thanks to an e-mail from Justin Cook, an intern with KCRG-TV in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, they had one very early this morning. Winds gusted as
high as 74 mph. The temperature zoomed upward from 73 to 84 in just a
short time.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly does not like the rain
at all. Even when only a light rain is falling, if I take her out to
go to the bathroom, she either does it very quickly or not at all and
does a 180 right back into the house. Even if she only got a little
bit wet, I wish you could see her using the carpet as a bath towel.
She turns the front part of her body, including her head, upside down
while keeping her rear end upright and pushes herself all the way
across the living area. She will do that several times even before
asking for her treat. She had a delightful walk this morning with
little Dino, the Yorkie, that she loves dearly. Life goes on. J. B.
Elliott

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

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TONIGHT
Mostly fair, although an Isolated evening thunderstorm is possible.
Morning Low 71
WIND: W 4-6

TUESDAY
Partly sunny and hot. A small chance of an afternoon thunderstorm.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 93
WIND: W 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered, mostly afternoon and evening, showers and
thunderstorms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 91
WIND: W 6-12

THURSDAY
Hot and humid. A chance of a thunderstorm.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 6-12

FRIDAY
Hot and humid. A chance of a thunderstorm.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 6-12

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