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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday August 11, 2007
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...Dog Days End Today...

This will be one of those cases where the thermometer will not agree
with the calendar. Today marks the official end to the Dog Days. The
Dog Days are named for the Egyptian belief that during the period of
time from July 3 through August 11 when the Dog Star Sirius rises and
falls with the sun, that the star added to the heat of the Sun.

ANY RELIEF IN SIGHT? Birmingham's rainfall deficit for the year has
now climbed over twenty inches. Some places are approaching twenty
five inches. No major drought busting rains are in sight for now. We
will see an increase in showers and storms next Friday as a trough
develops over the East Coast and a cool front settles in from the
north. That's about it in the rainfall department.

THE FORECAST: Some drier air has filtered into the northern half of
the state behind a southward moving boundary that pushed through the
area yesterday. This will help lower the heat index values across the
area today and tomorrow. Temperatures will be pushing 100 again, but
the lower dewpoints will keep us below the heat advisory criteria. By
Monday, the heat ridge will be building back in with a vengeance,
pushing the mercury back into the 100F-103F category. We may see some
relief by late next week, as a large upper trough sets up over the
eastern United States and our temperatures go back to normal for
August.

THE TROPICS: We are moving into the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane
Season. The GFS and other models have consistently depicted a
hurricane in the Atlantic next week, moving it north of Puerto Rico
after next weekend and then menacing the East Coast around the 22nd
before heading northward toward the Maritimes. There are still hints
that we will see tropical development over the southeastern Gulf of
Mexico or western Cuba in the next few days. Such a system should not
be a threat to Alabama, likely moving westward across the Gulf toward
Texas. The Canadian model has been very bullish on this idea, and
that model does well on such systems. The GFS has picked up on the
idea, but does not intensify the system into a hurricane as quickly.

EL NINO UPDATE: NOAA reports that sea surface temperatures over the
eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean continue to run slightly below
normal, but still short of the threshold for La Nina conditions.
These neutral conditions are expected to continue through the month of
August. Now, models continue to indicate that La Nina conditions will
return over the next three months. But they have been incorrectly
predicting this consistently of late. So, NOAA predicts a 50% chance
that La Nina conditions will come to fruition over the next three
months. Hopefully it will wait until after the peak of hurricane
season, since La Nina conditions favor tropical development in the
Atlantic.

ON THIS DATE IN 1980: A major flash flooding event struck the
District of Columbia as over 6 inches of rain fell during a three hour
period during the afternoon. Over 3000 homes and 50 government
buildings received flood damage because of the stationary
thunderstorms. A Presidential Major Disaster Declaration was
declared. It was the worst flash flooding in the Capital city since
1944.

Bill Murray

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TODAY
Mostly sunny and very hot. A little less humid.
Afternoon High 102
WIND: N 5-10

SUNDAY
Continued sunny and very hot.
Morning Low 76 Afternoon High 100
WIND: E 5-10

MONDAY
Excessive heat under sunny skies.
Morning Low 75 Afternoon High 101
WIND: N 5-10

TUESDAY
Very hot. Dangerous heat continues.
Morning Low 75 Afternoon High 103
WIND: N 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy, hot and humid.
Morning Low 75 Afternoon High 100
WIND: S 5-10

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