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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Friday September 16, 2005
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...A Few Spots Get Wet Today...

A surface front will pass through Alabama today, bringing the chance of
scattered showers and thunderstorms. The chance of any one spot getting wet
today is about one in three, and where the showers and storms develop,
rainfall amounts of one-quarter to one-half inch are possible. This is not
going to be a widespread, beneficial rain event, but at least some places
will get enough rain to settle the dust.

WEEKEND: Dry air moves in tonight, and the weekend will feature sunny warm
days, clear cool nights, and low humidity values. Some of the cooler places
could easily reach the 50s early Sunday morning.

TROPICS: Tropical storm Ophelia is creeping northeastward just off the
middle Atlantic coast; the system should be east of Cape Cod by tomorrow
night. Elsewhere, two tropical waves could become tropical depressions
today; one just north of Puerto Rico, and another one about 700 miles east
of the Windward Islands. The next two names for the season are Philippe and
Rita.

FOOTBALL: Any evening showers should be over by the time the high school
games begin tonight. Temperatures will fall through the 70s.

Auburn hosts Ball State tomorrow at 1:30 at Jordan Hare Stadium; the sky
will be sunny during the game with a kickoff temperature around 85 degrees.
UAB will host Jacksonville at Legion Field tomorrow evening (6:00 kickoff);
under a clear sky the temperature will fall from near 80 at kickoff to near
70 by the end of the game. And, Alabama plays South Carolina in Columbia
tomorrow beginning at 2:30. The kickoff temperature will be near 88 degrees.

ONE YEAR AGO: Hurricane Ivan rolled into Alabama. More on our weather blog.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://abc3340.com/weather/7day.hrb
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.jamesspann.com/bmachine/wxtalk.php

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TODAY
Mixed sun and clouds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Afternoon High 88
WIND: W 6-12

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and less humid.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 86
WIND: N 5-10

SUNDAY
Sunny with a cool morning.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NE 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 89
WIND: E 4-8

TUESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NW 4-8

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