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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Sunday October 1, 2006
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...Good Old October Is Here...

TOO WARM FOR EARLY OCTOBER: What is traditionally our driest month of the
year has arrived. It is not always a dry month, but long-term records dating
back to the mid 1880s show that more often than not October has a lot of
sunny days and less rainfall. At the moment, we are dealing with daytime
temperatures well above normal for early October. We could see a few
isolated showers, mainly this morning, but the clouds will move out later.
After that we should have more sunshine than clouds through most of the
coming week. Over on the west side of the state, places like Livingston and
Tuscaloosa will get very close to the 90-degree mark in the next few days.
That is 8-10 degrees above normal for early October. See our day-by-day
forecast for all of the details. In years past, Alabama has suffered
significant droughts in autumn, especially October. 1924 was probably the
worst.

After a cool early morning yesterday, temperatures warmed rapidly and there
were a few clouds moving across the sky at times. High temperatures were in
the upper 70s over the NE part, but in the low and mid 80s over West and
South Alabama. It got up to 85 in Mobile, 84 in Tuscaloosa and 83 in Dothan.
It was 80 in Huntsville and Birmingham.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Hurricane Isaac was some 300 miles east of Bermuda early
on this Sunday morning with sustained winds of 80 mph. He was moving NW, but
will gradually curve toward the north and then more NE, staying over the
open Atlantic. However, by around Tuesday he may brush the coast of
Newfoundland as a tropical storm.

OUR WORLD OF WEATHER: The Great Plains had a terrible summer all the way
from Texas northward through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas. For
days on end, many communities exceeded 100, and now they are dealing with
the return of some hot weather. It was 95 in Dallas-Ft. Worth Saturday and
they are expecting mid-90s for at least the next couple of days. Up in North
Texas, it was 97 at Wichita Falls. In Oklahoma, it was 95 at Stillwater and
96 at Lawton.but the hottest of all Saturday was 105 in Death Valley and
Palm Springs, California and Bullhead City, Arizona.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Saturday is really my only off day. Sunday's
are packed and I work Monday through Friday, so I love to get up on Saturday
morning and demolish a whole pot of coffee and catch up on my reading. And,
oh, yes, there is a little football watching to be done. Right in the middle
of the Alabama-Florida game yesterday, my little 9-pound pal that we call
Miss Molly absolutely insisted she needed to go outside. It was bathroom
time, but she also wanted to go on a full half-mile walk. We noticed a touch
of autumn color along the walking track. Half of one tree in one of our
neighbor's backyards appeared to be in full color. I just gotta get out into
the countryside this fall with my trustee 26-year-old Nikon FE-2. Life goes
on.

J. B. Elliott jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com
ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://abc3340.com/weather/7day.hrb
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

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TODAY
Partly sunny. An isolated morning shower is possible. Clearing late.
Afternoon High 85
WIND: NW 5-10

MONDAY
Sunny. A warm afternoon.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 86
WIND: E 4-8

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SE 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SE 5-10

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