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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Thursday July 17, 2008
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...Another Hot Afternoon...

HOT AND HAZY SUMMER WEATHER: Temperatures today will rise into the low
to mid 90s across Alabama with hazy sunshine and scattered clouds.
Some of the cumulus clouds could form into showers or storms this
afternoon, but the chance of any one neighborhood getting wet is so
small on this end of Alabama we won't mention it in our formal
forecast for now. The best chance of a shower or storm today will be
over Southeast Alabama, closer to a tropical disturbance in the
eastern Gulf of Mexico.

That disturbance will bring very wet weather again today to the
Florida peninsula; places like Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville will
see heavy rain at times. That moisture field will move northward, and
tomorrow rain will be increasing over Georgia and South Carolina. Here
in our state, the best chance of a shower or storm tomorrow will be
east of I-65, especially near the Georgia border. Showers on the
western side of the state will most likely be few and far between.

WEEKEND FORECAST: We will mention the chance of widely scattered
afternoon showers Saturday and Sunday, but a good part of the weekend
should be rain-free with afternoon highs holding in the low 90s. The
deeper moisture will remain over the far eastern counties of Alabama.
The chance of showers and storms will increase by the first half of
next week thanks to an approaching front.

TROPICAL TROUBLE: Our disturbance over the eastern Gulf still has some
chance of becoming a tropical depression today as it moves slowly to
the north. One way or another, the main story will be the rain it
brings to the Florida peninsula.

Tropical storm Bertha, the longest lived July tropical storm on
record, continues to move away from land over the North Atlantic, and
is no threat to any land mass. The system is about 450 miles northeast
of Bermuda this morning.

A strong tropical wave is moving through the far eastern Caribbean; it
will encounter some hostile winds aloft during the next two days on
the journey through the Caribbean; if it can survive there is some
chance it could enter the Gulf of Mexico late in the weekend or early
next week. Another disturbance is over the Southwest Caribbean;
development is possible, but this one will be moving into Central
America during the next 24 hours. And, we note a strong tropical wave
is about to emerge off the African coast. Lots to watch in coming days.

ON THIS DATE IN 1997: Tropical Storm Danny strengthens in the Gulf Of
Mexico off of the Louisiana Coast and moves slowly toward land. This
marked only the third time in 126 years that four tropical storms had
formed so early in the season (1886, 1959 were the other years). The
storm would eventually stall over Mobile Bay, dumping incredible
amounts of rain on the Alabama coast. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab
recorded 36.71 inches of rain, but not all the rain may have recorded
in the rain gauge at this location, so it is possible the rainfall may
have been underestimated.Radar estimates show that around 43 inches of
rain fell off the coast of Dauphin Island.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Partly sunny with a hot afternoon.
Afternoon High 93
WIND: E 5-10

FRIDAY
Hot and hazy. A few scattered afternoon showers, mainly over East
Alabama.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 91
WIND: NE 5-10

SATURDAY
A mix of sun and clouds. A brief afternoon shower or storm in a few
spots.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SE 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered afternoon storms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SW 6-12

MONDAY
Morning sun; scattered showers and thunderstorms by afternoon.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SW 6-12

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