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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday October 3, 2004
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GOOD AFTERNOON: Beautiful fall-like conditions across Alabama on this
Talladega Sunday. With lots of sunshine and blue skies, temperatures have
been quite comfortable thanks to some dry air that filtered in overnight.
The mercury has managed to reach the lower 80s in some locations across
North Central Alabama, but in the north, where even drier air was present,
readings had a hard time even getting to 70. Just down the road in
Montgomery, however, temperatures were edging into the 90s. Overnight lows
tonight will probably run about 5-7 degrees cooler, meaning mid 50 to upper
50s across North Central sections and lower 50s across northern sections.
Some upper 40s are possible in the normally cooler locations, especially
across the Tennessee Valley.

THE WEEK AHEAD: High pressure over Tennessee will continue to control our
weather through Monday, and then even bigger high pressure will take over.
By late on Monday, a sprawling anticyclone will be centered over the
Midwest. The pressure at the middle of this high center will be about 1031
millibars. It is will be pushing a reinforcing cold front through Alabama
and the Deep South. It will arrive late on Monday, delivering a fresh
supply of dry air. This should keep our weather nice through most of the
coming week. The wild card is a tropical system that could develop over the
southwestern Gulf of Mexico and move northward by the weekend, spreading
rain chances our way.

BLUE MOON (FOR REAL): After eighteen years of being dormant, Mount St.
Helens in Washington State erupted on Friday. Volcanologists warn that a
larger eruption is possible in the near future, and a Level 3 alert has been
issued, the highest on the volcano eruption scale. But experts do not
believe that it will be nearly as severe as the May 1980 eruption that
killed 57 people and caused widespread devastation. Western sky watchers
may get a treat over the next few days as dust and ash from the eruption
could cause beautiful sunsets and even real live "blue moons." As you know,
the real definition of a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But
there have occasionally been cases where the moon appeared blue because of
smoke from forest fires or volcanic ash.

ON THIS DATE IN 1995: Media coverage at the National Hurricane Center in
Miami in usually intense during any landfalling United States hurricane.
But on this night in 1995, the verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial was
grabbing the headlines and there were no representatives of the media at the
Hurricane Center. Meanwhile, Hurricane Opal was gathering strength in the
Gulf of Mexico and making her final move to the coast. Evacuations were
ordered during the evening in the Florida Panhandle, but some of the
evacuation notices came after people had already retired for the evening.

Then, during the overnight hours, Opal strengthened dramatically to near
Category 5 status on the morning of the 4th and nearly doubled its forward
speed toward the coast. This created a worst case scenario for National
Hurricane Center forecasters. Fortunately, Opal would weaken before making
landfall the following afternoon and disaster was averted.

Bill Murray
billmurray@worldnet.att.net

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TONIGHT
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 53
WIND: Light N

MONDAY
Lots of sunshine.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 85
WIND: N 4-8

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny. A little cooler.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 79
WIND: N 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Mix of clouds and sun.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 79
WIND: NE 5-10

THURSDAY
Continued partly cloudy.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 80
WIND: E 5-10

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