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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday July 12, 2008
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...Scattered Storms Today...

Thunderstorms were not quite as plentiful on Friday across Alabama as
a weak boundary washed out across the state. Temperatures were on the
hot side, fairly typical for July in Alabama. Montgomery was the big
winner in the rainfall department. In fact, they have picked up
nearly four inches in the past two days.

FOR YOUR WEKEEND: Showers and storms should be limited
today across much of Central Alabama, without a true focus for
development. That means partly cloudy skies today, with about a one
in four chance for afternoon and evening showers and storms. Activity
will start to ramp up late tonight, and especially on Sunday as
another front approaches from the north. The models have been
waffling on whether the front would make it into South Alabama. This
forecast is based on this assumption. Showers and storms will be a
good bet on Sunday as the front approaches. By evening, it should be
south of Birmingham. With high preciptable water levels, heavy rain
will be a distinct possibility on Sunday. There could be scattered
severe weather reports also, with the main issue being gusty winds.

THE WEEK AHEAD: Fairly typical summertime weather will
prevail as we head into the new work week. Drier air through Monday
night will allow slightly cooler readings by Tuesday morning. Partly
sunny and hot conditions will prevail through much of the week ahead
with just slight chances of isolated afternoon storms each day.

BERTHA: Hurricane Bertha has been trundling toward
Bermuda for the past couple of days. It is beginning to turn on a
northerly track that will take it away from the island nation. At its
closest approach about 6 p.m.CDT tonight, it will be about 150 miles
ESE of Hamilton, Bermuda. The Bermuda Weather Service maintains a
Tropical Storm Watch. Winds will be increasing and backing around to
the north on the island, occasionally gusting to tropical storm force
overnight tonight and Sunday. It will be overcast with a few showers
through Sunday. High swells and rip currents are affecting the
easterly and southeasterly beaches on the island. Bertha should
remain a category 1 hurricane through tonight with top winds between
75-85 mph. It will begin to lose strength on Sunday as the storm
moves over gradually colder water, moving out to the northeast.

REST OF THE TROPICS: The Intertropical Convergence Zone
is quite nervous across the Atlantic from the Cape Verde Islands to
the Lesser Antilles. The various models have been hinting that we
will see a tropical depression form in the eastern Atlantic over the
next 4-7 days. It may brush the Virgin Islands next weekend. Look
for another tropical storm in the Atlantic around the 25th. We are
heading toward the heart of hurricane season and the early activity in
the eastern Atlantic is bad omen from a historical standpoint. It
could point to a very active season ahead.

ON THIS DATE IN 1897: A hidden lake buried deep in a
glacier on Mont Blanc in the Swiss Alps broke through the ice and sent
millions of cubic feet of water crashing down on unsuspecting villages
below the mountain. Two hundred people died in the catastrophe.
Scientists today worry that another such event could occur today with
similarly disastrous results.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TODAY
Partly cloudy and hot with a widely scattered storm during the
afternoon or evening.
Afternoon High 92
WIND: NW 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. A good chance of showers and storms. Heavy rains and
gusty winds likely.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SW/W 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. Only isolated afternoon and evening storms. .
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 89
WIND: N 5-10

TUESDAY
Lots of sun. Only a tiny chance of a shower or storm.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 92
WIND: NE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy. Small chance of an afternoon storm.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 5-10

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