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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday September 6, 2006

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ANOTHER CLEAR, COOL NIGHT: The official arrival of autumn, based on
the calendar, is a couple of weeks away. As we have always mentioned,
people in the field of weather consider autumn beginning on September
1. The weather is cooperating as temperatures are trending downward.
It was not too long ago that the normal high and low across Central
Alabama was 91/71. As of today, it is 87/66. If you were up early
today, the morning atmosphere had a very nice feel. The exception was
from about Montgomery southward where lows were 70 or better. Let's
look at a small sampling of some cooler low temperatures this morning:

55 at Cullman Airport and DeSoto State Park
56 in Cottondale and Owens Crossroads
57 in Crossville, Valley Head, Vinemont and Russell Cave National Monument
58 in Hartselle, Hightop, Collinsville, Hanceville and Scottsboro
59 in Decatur, Tuscaloosa, Elkton, Russellville Airport

Many other areas had lows between 60 and 65. It will be nearly that
cool tonight. Starting tomorrow, high temperatures will be edging
upward and nights will not be quite as cool. A few showers may show up
Friday, but most areas will stay dry. There will also be a slight
chance of showers over the weekend.

THE TROPICAL SITUATION: Tropical Storm Florence, at midday, was some
800 miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands. She had sustained
winds of about 50 mph and will gradually grow stronger. The outlook is
for Florence to reach hurricane strength late Thursday as she moves NW
over the open Atlantic. By Sunday, she should be moving north passing
near or west of Bermuda. The general thinking is that she will miss
the USA mainland, although she may come close enough for fringe side
effects to places like Cape Cod. Forecasts that far ahead are not
sealed in concrete nor can we give S&H Green Stamps.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: The Hawaiian Islands are very interesting
weather-wise. It has been estimated that if they were flat, their
annual rainfall would be about 25 inches per year. The entire island
group has NE trade winds and the mountains extract a lot of rain. In
fact, at Mt. Waialeale on the island of Kauai the annual rainfall is
486 inches—over 40 feet. This is the highest annual rainfall in the
world.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Got my sleeping hours all mixed up. Had
a powerful 3-hour nap in my recliner between 8 and 11 last night. I
awoke at 11 to take Molly for her late night walk. When we got back, I
said, "Time to go night-night Molly." She immediately ran and hid
behind the sofa. She knew very well that she had been short changed on
her usual late night ballgame. She looked a bit disgusted, but she
gets over it in a hurry. Sure was a pleasant walk weather-wise this
morning. She was in one of her inspector modes sniffing almost every
blade of grass and leaf. I calculated that it would take 5 years to
go ½ mile, so I urged her along. I can say, "up the hill" and she will
take off even is she is headed downhill.

J.B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear and cool.
Overnight Low 60
WIND: Light

THURSDAY
Morning sunshine. A partly sunny afternoon. Another cool morning.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 87
WIND: E 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny with few, if any, showers.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered afternoon showers.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 89
WINDS 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 88
WIND: S 6-12

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