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How about this one from Mungo Jerry?
“In the summertime when the weather’s high,
you can stretch right up and touch the sky,
when the weather’s fine,
you got women, you got women on your mind.
Have a drink, have a drive,
go out and see what you can find.”
SUMMER DAYS: A classic case of widely scattered showers and storms on radar this afternoon; underneath them, the rain is heavy for a brief time, and temperatures quickly drop into the low to mid 70s. But, away from the showers, we are looking at temperatures mostly in the 88 to 92 degree range with a mix of hazy sun and clouds. As I write this, the strongest storm is down in Chilton County, not moving much.
TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND: The upper air ridge to the west will nose in here gently, meaning the weather really won’t change too much. Most of West Alabama will be dry with only isolated showers; the best chance of a passing afternoon shower or storm will remain over East Alabama, and even there they should be widely spaced. Afternoon highs will remain right at average levels for mid-July, mostly low 90s.
NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND: Nothing to suggest our weather changes much next week. The hottest part of the ridge will remain west of Alabama, around here expect the typical July heat (low 90s) with a few isolated popcorn showers or storms each afternoon.
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.
AIR QUALITY ALERT: A code orange air quality alert is in effect for the Birmingham metro tomorrow (Jefferson and Shelby Counties) due to the potential for ground level ozone.
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I had a great time today speaking to the Oxford Kiwanis Club; we also had a big group of kids there with the Oxford PARD summer program; look for them on the Pepsi KIDCAM today at 5:00 on ABC 33/40 News! The next Weather Xtreme video will be posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow…
