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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday October 15, 2005
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GOOD AFTERNOON: I promised you a story about the many varied locations
that become the Weather Office for me sometimes, with my hectic travel
schedule. On Wednesday night, I was flying to Baltimore on business. I use
the time on the place to work on my laptop, and all the way up, I was
writing this weekend's Weather Talk articles about the Senate Subcommittee
hearing on hurricane forecasting. After the plane landed at BWI, a nice
lady said, "You must be Bill Murray." She had been looking over my shoulder
as I worked on the "James Spann Forecast Fax." She identified herself as a
local subscriber and told me she was flying to Norfolk. It was a pleasure
to talk to her about the weather.

THIS IS WHY WE LOVE OCTOBER: You can't get much closer to perfect weather
in Alabama than this. Now don't get me wrong. If it was this way all the
time, it would be boring. Or San Diego. I am longing for cold weather, and
maybe some snow, and like a good thunderstorm as well as the next storm fan,
but I have to admit, this is pretty nice. Today's great weather is going to
continue for the foreseeable future, with lots of sunshine, comfortable
overnights and warm afternoons through most, if not all of the coming week.

NEXT RAIN CHANCE: A shortwave trough will pass well to the north of
Alabama on Tuesday, pushing a dry cold front through the state, reinforcing
the dry air we are experiencing. By Thursday, high pressure over us should
slide to the east enough to allow a return of Gulf moisture. By that time,
a big upper low over the southwestern United States will be packing up and
moving out onto the Plains. It will also be weakening. But it will send a
front into Alabama on Friday that will bring us showers and thunderstorms.

QUICK LOOK AT TROPICS: A tropical depression appears to be forming in the
western Caribbean. Air Force Hurricane Hunters are scheduled to investigate
the system today, if necessary. The system is expected to become a
hurricane, perhaps even a major one, but remaining over the western
Caribbean for the foreseeable future.

REMEBERING HAZEL: When the subject of hurricanes is raised in South
Carolina and North Carolina, stories about Hurricane Hazel inevitably come
to the forefront. On this date in 1954, the hurricane made landfall near
Cape Fear on the South Carolina/North Carolina border as a category 4 storm
with top winds of 150 mph. A record storm surge caused extreme destruction
along the North Carolina Coast with an 18 foot tide at Calabash. The surge
was enhanced by highest lunar tide of the year.

Three hundred homes vanished without a trace at Long Island, North Carolina.
One of the worst tragedies of Hazel occurred at Ocean Isle, a resort west of
Long Beach. The tiny island was cutoff from the mainland early in the storm
when the ferry was destroyed. Eleven people stranded on the island sought
shelter in a two story building, but quickly found it crumbling around them.
They made their way to a truck through the breaking waves, but it too was
washed away. Only two of the eleven survived, and 31 of the 33 houses on
the island were completely washed away.

Bill Murray
billmurray@worldnet.att.net

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TONIGHT
Clear and cool with a little patchy morning fog.
Morning Low 47
WIND: N 3-6

SUNDAY
A refreshing start to the day. Abundant sunshine.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 77
WIND: N 6-12

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 78
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Abundant sunshine.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 82
WIND: W 4-8

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny and warm.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SW 4-8

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