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How about this summer song today?
“Well I’m gonna raise a fuss
And I’m gonna raise a holler
About workin’ all summer
Just tryin’ to earn a dollar
Well, I went to my boss
Who governs me
He said, “No, dice, bud
You gotta work late”
Sometime I wonder
What I’m gonnna do
There ain’t no cure
For the summertime blues”
I think Eddie Cochran was the first one to record this song; it was also done by The Who and others…
I am still afraid I will run out of “hot songs” before this heat wave really subsides. The weather won’t change much through Friday, with lots of hazy sunshine each day, highs in the 98 to 102 degree range, and only a very slim risk of any one neighborhood seeing a passing afternoon shower. Dewpoints remain very high, and “heat index” values will soar again today, most likely to levels above 105 at times during the peak of the heat. Sure looks like this is going to be the hottest week of the summer of 2007.
THE WEEKEND: The GFS continues to show the core of the heat shifting to the west beginning this weekend, and accordingly the heat levels should begin to back off slightly here. By the time we get to Monday and Tuesday we should see highs in the low 90s, where we should be for this time of the year. And, as the upper air high moves on to the west, just maybe one day we will see some “ring of fire” thunderstorms on the eastern perimeter of the heat bubble.
LONG RANGE: Still no sign of any widespread rain for Alabama during the next 15 days, although scattered afternoon storms will return next week. We note the GFS continues to hint at some kind of tropical storm/hurricane development near the Florida peninsula in the August 20-23 time frame, so we will be keep an eye to the south at mid-month.
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Stay cool today… I will be in the office by early afternoon and I will have the next Weather Xtreme video posted by 3:30 this afternoon!
