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Morning Edition For Sunday August 12, 2007
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...Breaking Records...

Saturday was a fifth straight day of 100 degree plus heat across many
sections of North and Central Alabama. Records were broken again at
Birmingham (102F), Pinson (105), Tuscaloosa (105F), Montgomery (106F)
and Anniston (102F). Nearly every major reporting station in the
state was at or above 100F on Saturday. It was the fifth consecutive
day of 100F degree heat in Birmingham, which is significant. More
about that in today's Weather Blog.

WIND CHILL READINGS ON SATURDAY: An almost indiscernible front moved
into South Central Alabama Friday night. It allowed some much drier
air to filter into the northern half of the state. Some slightly
cooler air may have been in the mix over North Alabama, where readings
may have been a couple of degrees cooler. Interestingly, the apparent
temperature was actually no higher than the air temperature in most
cases at peak heating. In actuality, because dewpoints were low, the
actual temperatures were a degree or two lower than the air temp. So,
we actually experienced wind chill on Saturday!

100F TODAY? Our high temperatures have been running just a few
degrees above guidance, so we will continue with that trend today.
Look for readings to again be in the 100-105 range. So add another
day to the streak.

DROUGHT REMINDER: The U.S. Drought Monitor has greatly expanded the
area considered to be under exceptional drought conditions. Almost
all of the northern half of the state is included in the exceptional
drought area. In addition, extreme Southeast Alabama and Southwest
Georgia is also included in an exceptional drought status also. That
may change in about ten days if the tropics cooperate…

DID HE SAY TROPICS? A tropical depression will likely form today or
tomorrow over the eastern Atlantic. This system has a chance to grow
up to become a significant Cape Verde hurricane. By early next
weekend, we could see a strong hurricane threatening the islands of
the Caribbean. It is too early to tell what specific track the
potential hurricane might take, although one plausible scenario
involves a track across the Greater Antilles and eventually into the
Gulf of Mexico. Then it is anyone's guess.

THE WEEK AHEAD: The large high pressure ridge moves around a bit
over the week ahead, but remains in firm control of Alabama's weather.
This means very hot conditions for the week ahead.

ON THIS DATE IN 2004: Even as Tropical Storm Bonnie was making
landfall near Apalachicola, preparations were being made for Hurricane
Charley. 1.9 million people began evacuating the west coast of
Florida in advance of the hurricane, most of them in the Tampa Bay
area. A mandatory evacuation was ordered for Pinellas and
Hillsborough Counties.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TODAY
Extremely hot with hazy sunshine.
Afternoon High 101
WIND: NE 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny, hot and hazy.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 101
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny, hazy and very hot. Heat indices at danger level .
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 100
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Sunny, hot, hazy and humid with dangerously high heat indices. .
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 103
WIND: S 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly cloudy and continued hot.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 99
WIND: S 5-10

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