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Saturday, September 02, 2006

ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
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...Showers For Labor Day?...

Looks like we may gave to renege on a promise of great weather for Labor Day. Sorry about that. Fortunately, the day won’t be a total washout, but we will deal with increasing chances of showers and storms, especially as we move into the overnight hours through Tuesday morning.

FOR YOUR SUNDAY: Today should be pretty much a carbon copy of yesterday with partly cloudy skies and just a few isolated storms developing, most likely near low pressure over eastern Alabama. Temperatures should rise into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees once again.

MONDAY: Labor Day should be partly cloudy and warm once again, but there will be increasing chances of showers, especially overnight. In actuality, the rain chances will only be about one in five through sundown, and I imagine most everyone will have finished their outdoor activities by then. The rain chances should peak between midnight and sunup on Tuesday. Rain chances will be with us through at least part of the day on Tuesday as the front moves on through Saturday or Sunday.

TROPICAL TROUBLE?: There are three significant disturbances in the tropical Atlantic. The first is a disturbance in the eastern Caribbean. It passed through the Windward Islands yesterday. It does not look like a potential problem at this time. The second is tropical wave about 1,000 miles east of the islands this morning. It is expected to continue on a west northwest course, passing north of the islands and approaching the Bahamas by late in the week. How strong it will be is a question that may depend partially on system number three and interaction with the islands of the Greater Antilles. System number three is a flare up about 900 miles west of the African coast. This system shows the potential to undergo slow development over the next few days as it moves west northwest and a little more northwest in tandem with disturbance number two. The GFS predicts this will become the dominant storm, and develops a fairly strong hurricane out of it. It could threaten the East Coast. The second disturbance could be a candidate to enter the southeastern Gulf out at about Day Nine or Ten. Stay tuned.

ON THIS DATE IN 1821: The only hurricane to ever strike present day New York City made landfall near the location of Kennedy Airport.

ON THIS DATE IN 1970: Coffeyville, Kansas is struck by a hailstorm that dumps a hailstone weighing 1.67 pounds and measuring 17.5 inches in circumference. It would be the largest ever recorded in the United States until 2003, when a larger stone fell near Aurora, KS.

Bill Murray bill.murray@theweathercompany.com ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://abc3340.com/weather/7day.hrb
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TODAY
Partly cloudy and warm with a very small chance of an isolated storm.
Afternoon High 90
WIND: N 5-10

MONDAY
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and storms, increasing during the evening and overnight.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
A good chance of showers and storms, during the morning, with clearing later in the day.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 86
WIND: NW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny. Comfortable humidities.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 86
WIND: NW 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly cloudy and nice.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 87
WIND: NW 5-10

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