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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday September 4, 2005
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GOOD AFTERNOON: One week ago at this hour, Brian Peters and I were driving
east of US-90 from Biloxi, heading toward Mobile. Traffic was light and
people seemed to be nonchalantly going about their business. Preparations
were not going at the frantic pace that I expected. Radio reports out of
New Orleans were disturbing, with evacuees waiting for hours on area roads.
Brian and I looked at each other and worried simultaneously that this was
the big one, the one we had feared.

QUIET LABOR DAY WEEKEND... Labor Day weekend frequently involves a
hurricane threat somewhere around the U.S. Think about it. Last year we
had Frances. There was Betsy. And don't forget Elena in 1986. Not this
year, with our only active named storm, Maria, wandering out through the
Central Atlantic.
THE WEEK AHEAD... Broad high pressure continues over the eastern half of the
country today. That high pressure is the dominant feature in our weather.
There is quite a range in dew point temperatures, from the middle 50s over
Northwest Alabama to near 70 over southeastern sections of the state. Those
higher dew points are associated with a richer moisture field. You can
pick it out easily on visible satellite photos, with the cumulus field
limited to areas south and east generally of I-59. Partly cloudy skies will
prevail for the remainder of today and over the next several days. An
easterly and northeasterly wind flow around the bottom of the high pressure
will give us mild temperatures and relatively dry conditions, even though
there could be some intervals which are more on the cloudy side. There
could even be a couple of showers here and there, associated with any
disturbances that ripple across in the flow, but it should remain mainly dry
through the work week.

Temperatures should remain right around normal this week with the mild
easterly flow. Highs will be in the 80s each day and overnight lows will be
in the 60s. The GFS model still develops a low pressure system over South
Florida, but the morning run carries the disturbance northward over the
Florida Peninsula. Still, a few showers will likely develop by late
Thursday in the cyclonic flow over the state. But no major rain is expected
right on into the weekend.

IN THE TROPICS: Hurricane Maria is about 600 miles east southeast of
Bermuda this afternoon. The storm is moving north northwest and poses no
threat to land at this time. A disturbance is located about 400 miles
northeast of the Bahamas. It has some potential to develop into a
depression, but it is moving north. More disturbed weather is located
across South Florida and the Bahamas. This system is not very organized
now, but there is some potential for it to develop over the next day or so.
There is another tropical wave 600 miles east of the Windward Islands, but
development is not indicated at this time.

ON THIS DATE IN 1970: The remnants of Tropical Storm Norma caused severe
flooding in Central Arizona.. Twenty three people were killed (most of them
campers) as rivers rose five to ten feet in an hour in what would be the
state's worst natural disaster.

Bill Murray
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TONIGHT
Clear and comfortable.
Morning Low 67
WIND: E 5-10

MONDAY
Good deal of sunshine.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 88
WIND: E 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy skies.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 86
WIND: NE 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy with a few leftover showers.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 86
WIND: NE 6-12

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. A few showers return.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 87
WIND: NE 5-10

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