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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Wednesday September 12, 2007
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...Showers Shift To the South...

DRY AIR CREEPS IN FROM THE NORTH: The weather today in your
neighborhood will all depend on the placement of a surface boundary
that separates dry and cooler continental air to the north from warm
and moist tropical air to the south. We figure that front will stall
somewhere close to a line from Butler to Clanton to Heflin today, so
the best chance of showers and storms will be along and south of that
line. While a few isolated showers are not totally out of the
question to the north, most communities north of I-20 will be dry and
pleasant today with lower humidity values.
Tomorrow, the boundary dissipates and moist air will move northward,
and we will mention a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms
statewide. Then, on Friday, a second front will push into Alabama,
and should bring a healthy round of showers and thunderstorms
statewide. For now, it looks like the main threat of rain Friday will
come in the period from noon until midnight, so there could be wet
weather issues for many high school football stadiums around the
state Friday night. Rainfall totals from one-half to one inch look
likely Friday, and we will welcome every drop.

A VERY NICE WEEKEND: Cooler and drier air will rush into the state
after midnight Friday night, setting the stage for a delightful
weekend. We expect a good supply of sunshine on Saturday and Sunday
with a fresh north breeze and low humidity values. Daytime
temperatures will peak in the low to mid 80s, and by early Sunday
morning we figure most towns around here will be see a low somewhere
between 54 and 59 degrees. We might even have a report of upper 40s
from some of the cooler valleys across the northern half of the
state. If we reach our forecast low of 58, that will be our coolest
reading since May 22.

TROPICAL WEATHER UPDATE: The Gulf of Mexico remains disturbed this
morning. There is a chance a tropical depression could form somewhere
in the western Gulf of Mexico during the next 48 hours; steering
currents are very weak in that region, and little motion ix expected
other than a slight drift to the west. And, in the Atlantic, a well
organized tropical wave is moving to the west/northwest about 1000
miles east of the Windward Islands. This system also has the
potential to develop into a tropical depression in coming days; this
one should turn more to the northwest, passing north of the Lesser
Antilles by the weekend. It remains to be seen if this system will
recurve over the open Atlantic, or be forced westward toward the
Atlantic coast of the U.S.

ON THIS DATE IN 1979: Hurricane Frederic slammed into the Alabama
coast; it crossed Dauphin Island and made landfall near the Alabama/
Mississippi border around 10 p.m.. A wind gust to 145 mph was
reported at the Dauphin Island Bridge. A storm surge of twelve feet
destroyed much of Gulf Shores. A total of eleven fatalities were
directly attributed to Frederic.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Partly sunny. Showers are possible mostly for areas south of Birmingham.
Afternoon High 86
WIND: N 5-10

THURSDAY
A mix of sun and clouds. Scattered showers or thunderstorms.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 85
WIND: E 5-10

FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SW 7-14

SATURDAY
Becoming mostly sunny and less humid. Cooler with with a fresh north
breeze.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 82
WIND: NW 7-14

SUNDAY
Sunny with a cool morning.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 84
WIND: N 5-10

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