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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday July 5, 2008
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...Another Sky Show Tonight...

I hope that you got to enjoy one of the great
Independence Day fireworks last evening, like Thunder on the
Mountain. In case you didn't, Nature has another planned for
tonight. Not of the meteorological variety, but rather of the
astronomical type. Look to the western sky tonight after sunset, and
you will see a celestial gathering. A slender crescent moon will join
Saturn, Mars and the bright star Regulus. The moon will make a
graceful exit from the gathering after Sunday night, but by Thursday,
Saturn and Mars will make their closest approach in the next fourteen
years.

BERTHA: Bertha is boogying across the Atlantic this
morning, 1,600 miles east of the Leeward Islands. The system has been
traveling over cooler water, so it has not intensified. That same
trend should continue through today, but Bertha will strengthen
slightly before it encounters increasing wind shear early in the
week. A weakness is till expected to form in the Atlantic ridge and
allow the storm to recurve harmlessly out to sea in about three days.
But that is not written in stone. Recent model runs have moved the
storm north of the islands and generally toward Bermuda.

Bertha is the earliest tropical storm to form this far to
the east. I am afraid that the early arrival of a Cape Verde type
storm this early could be an ominous sign for the Atlantic Hurricane
Season. NOAA researcher Stanley Goldenberg has shown that seasons
that have had a June or July tropical storm form in the eastern
Caribbean or Atlantic have all have had at least normal Atlantic
hurricane activity for the year.

CLOSER TO HOME: The same frontal boundary to the north
that triggered the showers and storms on Friday is still to our north
today. It will trigger more showers and storms today across the
area. Some of them could be on the heavy side again, like yesterday.
Be on the lookout for dark clouds building in your area, and take
shelter when they do. Lightning is a terribly killer, and microbursts
can cause wind damage. We will take the rain, however. Expect more
of the same on Sunday.

THE WEEK AHEAD: By Monday, the boundary should wash out
to our north, leaving us in a rather soupy airmass here in Alabama.
Moisture levels will be high through the coming week, and there will
be a chance of scattered showers and storms across the region each
afternoon and evening. Temperatures will be right around normal for
this time of year, with highs ranging between 90 and 92 and morning
lows around 70-72.

ON THIS DATE IN 1916: Mobile recorded its highest storm
tide ever, with an 11.6 foot surge on the St. Francis Street Wharf.
The tide was a result of the 1916 hurricane that made landfall near
Pascagoula, Mississippi. Water inundated the wholesale district in
Mobile, penetrating four blocks inland from the waterfront. More in
today's Alabamawx.com blog.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TODAY
Partly sunny. A chance of showers and storms. Some could be heavy.
Afternoon High 89
WIND: SW 5-10

SUNDAY
Mix of sun and clouds. More showers and storms.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SW 5-10

MONDAY
Partly cloudy. Scattered afternoon and evening storms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SW 5-10

TUESDAY
Hot, hazy and humid with scattered PM storms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered afternoon and evening storms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SW 5-10

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