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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday October 18, 2005
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A WARMING TREND FOR NOW: Afternoons are gradually warming up and by Wednesday and Thursday the highs across Central Alabama should be in the 84 to 87-degree range. That is more than 10 degrees warmer than normal for this part of October. Nights will still be pleasantly cool, but not as chilly as the last two nights.

Rain still looks quite scarce, but as a cold front approaches late Friday, we could see a few showers late Friday afternoon or Friday night. A few of those will still be around Saturday morning, but not many. That cold front is going to bring a brisk change to cooler over the weekend. Highs on Saturday might not reach the 70-degree mark and highs on Sunday will only be in the upper 60s. A low pressure area aloft will be to our north over the weekend. There is a good chance that will spread some cool air stratocumulus down across the northern part of the state.

WILMA PROMOTED: It was just a matter of time so Wilma was upgraded to a hurricane at midday. She may become a major hurricane over the NW Caribbean with sustained winds as high as 120 mph. Over the next several days, check our blog for updates. The latest official track forecast brings the center NW through the Western Caribbean passing just west of the western tip of Cuba early Friday. By late Saturday, landfall is projected on the SW coast of Florida near or south of Ft. Myers. By late Saturday night or early Sunday, she should pass between West Palm Beach and Ft. Pierce and out into the Atlantic. A very large dose of caution: the above paragraph sounds too specific. Actually the cone of concern covers all of the Florida Peninsula from the Apalachicola/Tallahassee area all the way down to the Keys.

NON-HURRICANE STUFF: Big concern in the Greater Boston area today because it appeared that a dam would break in the town of Taunton. Much of that town has been evacuated. By the way that is where the National Weather Service for Boston is located….big problems on the opposite coast also with flash flooding in Southern California and parts of Arizona and Nevada. A number of places in the heart of the desert, over 1.50 inches of rain in the last 24 hours...cold spots this morning, West Yellowstone, Montana and Arctic Village, Alaska—9 above.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly sure does vary her sleeping hours. Even though I kept her up until after midnight, she was awake at the crack of dawn. We had so many play sessions yesterday that she was totally wiped out. Yet, she was ready to play 45 seconds after she woke up this morning…out walking again, even before the hint of daylight...another walk at mid morning and she was beside herself when she met Jo-Jo coming down the track. They ran round and round in circles and chased each other...on an afternoon walk yesterday, Molly got to visit with four different people that live on this street—all of them great Molly fans. She definitely knows the people that love her most and she does a super job of returning the love. A little diplomat. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Clear and cool.
Morning Low 56
WIND: Light

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny. A warm afternoon.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SW 4-8

THURSDAY
Some scattered clouds, but mostly sunshine.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 85
WIND: SW 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. A few showers late in the day or at night.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 82
WIND: W 6-12

SATURDAY
Breezy and much cooler. A few lingering morning showers possible.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 69
WIND: NW 10-18

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