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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Thursday September 7, 2006
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...Moisture Slowly Returns...

While dry air remains in place in the low levels across Alabama today, a
southwest flow aloft will bring in high altitude moisture, meaning a partly
sunny sky for most North Alabama communities. We believe most spots will
remain dry, but a few isolated showers might pop up during the afternoon
hours, especially south and east of Birmingham. Pretty much the same story
for tomorrow; the chance of a few isolated afternoon or evening showers or
storms.

WEEKEND PREVIEW: Moisture levels will slowly increase over the weekend, but
at this point we don't see any major trigger for rain. So, for now we will
continue to mention a chance of widely scattered afternoon showers or storms
on both Saturday and Sunday. Highs over the weekend will be in the 86 to 90
degree range across the state.

NEXT WEEK: We expect to see a general increase in the number of showers and
storms toward the middle part of next week as a cold front approaches from
the north. For now it looks like the best chance of rain might be in the
Wednesday-Thursday time frame. We could use a good rain; Birmingham's total
for the month of September so far is only 0.04", and we have seen only 0.28"
in the last 16 days (based on data from the Birmingham International
Airport, where the official records are kept).

FLORENCE: The tropical storm in the middle of the Atlantic continues to grow
stronger, and could become a hurricane today. The system is about 1150 miles
southeast of Bermuda, and is moving to the west-northwest. The official NHC
track puts Florence about 200 miles west of Bermuda by Monday afternoon as a
category two hurricane. The model agreement continues to be very good; all
of the global models turn Florence north before reaching the east coast of
the U.S. It still has the potential to generate rough surf and dangerous rip
tides all the way from Jacksonville to Boston next week. There is also a
chance it could be a big problem for Nova Scotia and the Canadian Maritimes
by the middle part of next week, about 6 to 7 days from now.
Elsewhere in the tropics, a frontal wave is moving northeast, just off the
Atlantic coast. It will bring windy and wet weather to the upper half of the
Atlantic coast during the next 36 hours, but it is not a tropical system in
the classic sense. Another tropical wave continue to move through the
northern Caribbean with no sign of any organization at this point.

ROAMING: Lots of rain down in South Florida yesterday; the total at Miami
was 4.63". Charleston, SC was also very wet with 1.93". National hot spot,
as usual, was Death Valley, CA with 116.

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James Spann jspann@abc3340.com
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TODAY
Partly sunny and warm. Any afternoon showers will be isolated.
Afternoon High 87
WIND: E 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. A small risk of an afternoon shower.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partially sunny. Widely scattered afternoon showers.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 89
WIND: S 5-10

SUNDAY
A mix of sun and clouds. A chance of scattered afternoon showers or storms.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 88
WIND: S 5-10

MONDAY
Morning sun; a passing afternoon shower or storm in a few spots.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SW 5-10

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