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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday September 1, 2007
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...Are You Ready For Some Football?...

Yesterday marked the thirty seventh consecutive day of 90 degree or
hotter temperatures at the Birmingham International Airport. This
tied the record for the most 90 degree days in a row. Pinson is also
at 37 days, and that was enough to establish a new record there. The
streaks may well come to an end this afternoon with extensive
cloudiness holding over the area.

REST OF YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND: Those persistent clouds have been
suppressing shower development across the middle of the state this
afternoon. Differential heating on either side of the cloud area has
created two enhanced zones for shower and storm development.
Scattered storms will continue developing through the evening hours,
with a few lingering into the overnight. A high pressure ridge to
the north and a surface low over the Florida Panhandle is keeping
Central Alabama in an easterly flow that is serving to bring in some
drier air. Signs are that the drier air will be in more firm control
tomorrow, with only isolated storms expected. Look for that trend to
continue into Labor Day. It look mostly dry this week. Good rain
chances return next weekend.

FOOTBALL FORECAST: Showers and storms will be possible at both
Alabama and Auburn this evening, although radar trends at mid-
afternoon were looking better for Tuscaloosa. Game time temperatures
will be in the 80s. Winds will be light.

TOPIC TROPICS: Things are quickly becoming more active in t he
tropical Atlantic. Tropical Storm Felix is steadily intensifying
this afternoon over the southeastern Caribbean. It is a small storm,
which is aiding it now. Because of the proximity to the land mass of
Central America, the storm is vulnerable to entraining dry air off
the continent. Felix is slowly becoming better organized with good
outflow and a steadily dropping central pressure. A ridge of high
pressure is expected to hold to the north of Felix through early in
the week, allowing it to maintain a west northwesterly track. It
could threaten Honduras and Nicaragua, like 1974's Fifi that caused
8,000 fatalities there as a result of terrible flooding. Felix could
reach the Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday, perhaps as far south as
Belize or it could be picked up by a trough to the north and move up
into the Gulf of Mexico. It will become a major hurricane during the
week ahead. It will be one to watch.

ON THIS DATE IN 1935: The infamous Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
reached hurricane status between the Bahamas and Florida. The storm
was moving slowly westward at 8 mph. The US Weather Bureau
forecasted that the hurricane would pass through the warm waters of
the Florida Straits and out into the Gulf. The Weather Bureau did
not know that the storm was actually moving faster than they thought,
meaning that it would cover more ground in a day than anticipated.
By early afternoon, Weather Bureau advisories stated that the
hurricane had intensified and was 200 miles from the middle Keys.
The forecasters were wrong about the hurricane's position, which was
further east than they thought. It was an easy mistake to make,
since the hurricane was very small and observation posts were spaced
out. The forecasters also had no idea that the storm would intensify
rapidly, increasing from nearly 90 mph to 160 mph in less than 18
hours. More tomorrow.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.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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TONIGHT
Partly cloudy. Scattered afternoon storms linger into the late evening.
Overnight Low 72
WIND: Light

SUNDAY
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and storms, mainly during the
afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NE 5-10

MONDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly afternoon and evening
variety.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 89
WIND: E 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy. Storms more isolated in nature.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 91
WIND: E 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of a storm.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SE 5-10

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