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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday October 1, 2005
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GOOD AFTERNOON: Welcome to October! The tenth month of the year is
generally one of the most beautiful here in Birmingham and Alabama.

WEEKEND WEATHER: Thousands of race fans are here in Central Alabama this
weekend for the annual running of the UAW-Ford 500 at the Talladega
Superspeedway. Expect morning clouds again, gradually breaking up. Rain
chances will be nearly zero. Temperatures will be warm, in the 80s.

WEEK AHEAD: Alabama will continue under the influence of a moist easterly
flow until a cold front arrives on Thursday. This will continue to give us
fairly high dew points, some clouds, especially during the morning hours and
a chance of showers from time to time. But for the most part, we will
remain dry through Tuesday. Showers and storms will become more numerous on
Wednesday, ahead of an approaching cold front. That front will push through
the area on Thursday.

TROPICS: Tropical Depression 19 is located about 1600 miles east of the
islands of the Caribbean this afternoon. It is moving northwest and is
expected to stay on a northerly course for the next five days, staying well
east of the islands. The system is expected to become a tropical storm
later today or tonight, at which time it will be named Stan or Tammy. That
depends on if Tropical Depression 20 beats it to the punch. TD 20 is about
100 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. It is expected to reach the Yucatan
Peninsula tonight, crossing the land mass and emerging into the southwestern
Gulf of Mexico. It should then re-intensify before reaching the Mexican
coast on Tuesday.

FOOTBALL FORECAST: Can't rule out a shower tonight as Auburn entertains
South Carolina and UAS plays host to Rice. Game time temperatures will
start out in the upper 70s, falling very slowly during the game. Winds will
not be a factor, coming out of the east at less than 6 mph.

KATRINA DEATH TOLL: The death toll from terrible Hurricane Katrina
continues to rise as crews clearing debris continue to find bodies. News
reports indicate that a total of 1,133 people perished in the hurricane.
Louisiana is counting 896 fatalities. The Mississippi death toll is at 221
this morning. Fourteen people died in Florida and two died in Alabama. I
never thought that I would be adding a modern hurricane to the list of
deadliest hurricanes in United States history. We have just come too far
for that. But today, Hurricane Katrina ranks some where between third and
fifth in the infamous list of deadly U.S. Hurricanes. The uncertainty
arises because the death tolls in the two 1893 hurricanes is unclear.

ON THIS DATE IN 2004: Dormant for eighteen years, the Mount St. Helens
volcano in Washington State rumbled to life with a series of earthquakes and
rumblings that culminated in a minor explosion and plume of ash. Experts
warned that a significant eruption was possible and moved the warning level
to a red alert, the highest on the volcanic eruption scale. They did,
however, say that they did not expect any eruption to be on the magnitude of
the devastating 1980 eruption that killed 57 people and caused destruction
over a wide area.

Bill Murray
billmurray@worldnet.att.net

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TONIGHT
Morning clouds break up, leading to partial sunshine.
Morning Low 66
WIND: E 4-8

SUNDAY
Partly cloudy with a tiny chance of a shower.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 87
WIND: E 5-10

MONDAY
Partially sunny. A small chance of a shower or storm.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 87
WIND: E 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny with a few showers developing.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 84
WIND: E 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Becoming mostly cloudy with showers and storms developing in advance of a
front.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 83
WIND: N 6-12

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