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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Thursday September 15, 2005
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...A Few Showers Could Show Up...

An approaching front could trigger a few widely scattered showers across
Alabama during the next 36 hours. The best chance of showers and storms will
be over the far northern part of the state, but a few widely scattered ones
could show up as far south as Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Anniston.
Rainfall, however, should be rather light and spotty, due to limited
moisture and weakening upper air support. If you get enough rain to settle
the dust, consider yourself fortunate.

THE WEEKEND: A surge of dry air moves into the state setting up a dry
weekend with sunny warm days and clear cool nights. While most places will
drop into the 60 to 64 degree range early Saturday and Sunday, some of the
cooler spots could easily reach the mid to upper 50s. The first few days of
next week looks dry as well.

TROPICS: Slow-poke category one hurricane Ophelia will move slowly northeast
across the Outer Banks of North Carolina today with lots of wind and rain.
Elsewhere, a strong tropical wave about 1000 miles east of the Windward
Islands continues to become better organized as it moves to the west, and a
tropical storm is expected to form in this region over the next few days. It
should wind up in the Caribbean by the coming weekend. The name will be
Philippe.

SEPTEMBER HEAT: Montgomery reached 93 degrees yesterday. The high was 92 at
Birmingham, Decatur, Huntsville, Mobile, Tuscaloosa, and Muscle Shoals.
ROAMING: Fort Smith, Arkansas was soaked with 3.47" of rain yesterday.
Thunderstorm winds blew a roof off a house near Truscott, Texas. Hottest
spot in the nation yesterday was Wink, Texas with 105 degrees.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Mixed sun and clouds. An outside risk of an afternoon shower.
Afternoon High 88
WIND: W 5-10

FRIDAY
Occasionally cloudy. Widely scattered showers or storms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 86
WIND: NW 6-12

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and less humid.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 87
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 65 Afternoon High 88
WIND: E 5-10

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