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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday September 17, 2005
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GOOD AFTERNOON: Going to spend a great deal of time on the tropics today
as things are heating up again.

OUR WEATHER: Our cold front is running out of steam over Central Alabama.
It is not going to give us much in the way of relief from daytime heat.
Some drier air will make more nice overnight lows tonight, with readings in
the 60s in most locations. But expect a steady diet of 90s through midweek,
along with dry conditions as high pressure holds sway. But I think we will
be thankful for that high pressure as you will see in a minute.

OPHELIA: Tropical Storm Ophelia made her closest approach to southeastern
Massachusetts this morning, passing less than 100 miles southeast of the
island of Nantucket. The storm will quickly lose tropical characteristics
as it moves rapidly northeast heading toward the British Isles by midweek.

TROPICS STORY #2: Satellite imagery this morning indicates that Tropical
Depression Seventeen has formed east of the Windward Islands. The pulsing
blob of thunderstorms has been gradually getting better organized under a
more favorable upper wind pattern. Air Force reconnaissance will
investigate this afternoon.. This system is forecast by the GFDL model to
rapidly become a hurricane. This model also forecasts a quick turn to the
north to the east of the islands and no threat to the U.S. Needless to
say, we will be watching this one carefully.

TROPICS STORY #3: This one will turn out to be the biggest story of the
three. Low pressure north of the Greater Antilles is forecast to become a
tropical depression north of the Dominican Republic during the next twenty
four hours. This depression is forecast by the GFDL model to become a
hurricane by Sunday night. It will pass across the Central Bahamas and just
south of Andros Island Tuesday morning. It then depicts the frightening
scenario of a rapidly strengthening hurricane in the Florida Straits between
the Keys and Cuba that goes Category Five Wednesday. It then moves into
the Gulf as a powerful hurricane. Where is goes from there is subject to
conjecture. We do know that a strong ridge of high pressure is forecast to
be to our west, hopefully keeping a protective shield over the southern
United States.

ON THIS DATE IN 1876... In Swan Quarter, North Carolina, a historical
marker stands as a memorial to the Providence Methodist Church, "moved by
the hand of God." In the spring of 1876, the townspeople in Swan Quarter
selected a piece of property for a new church near the center of the town.
Much to their chagrin, the owner of the property refused to sell them the
piece of land, at any price. As the congregation dedicated a small, frame
building on a piece of land on the edge of town on September 14th, a
hurricane was on the prowl near Cuba. As the hurricane made landfall on the
16th, it piled the waters of Pamlico Sound into the small town, flooding it
with several feet of water. The storm tide lifted the church building and
transported it toward the center of town, depositing it on the property that
the church had originally chosen. Convinced by the "sign from God," the
reluctant owner signed the property over to the congregation.

Bill Murray
billmurray@att.net

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TONIGHT
Clear skies.
Morning Low 65
WIND: Light

SUNDAY
A few scattered clouds.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 90
WIND: N 3-6

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 92
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Continued mostly sunny.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 91
WIND: NE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partially sunny with a chance of showers.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SE 5-10

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