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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday September 2, 2008
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...Relatively Few Showers...

ALABAMA ESCAPED MOST OF GUSTAV: Not everybody did, however. It was an
amazing scene of spiral bands forming over the Gulf of Mexico and
becoming a part of his circulation. They swirled into SW Alabama
starting Sunday and were still doing so this morning, although more
limited. Today the more numerous and strongest spiral bands shifted
westward to Mississippi and Louisiana.

Most of Alabama was left high and dry by Gustav, but the extreme SW
got a thorough soaking. Here are some storm totals in Baldwin and
Mobile Counties:

7.62 at Saraland
8.94 Tillman's Corner
7.87 Fairhope
8.59 Seven miles SW of Foley

NOW WHAT? Several mostly dry days ahead for Alabama. The risk of a
shower is quite small each day, maybe a little better on the west side
of the state. Here is Central Alabama our better chance of a shower or
thunderstorm will probably be about Saturday. Meanwhile, daytime
temperatures will be relatively comfortable—mostly between 88 and 90.

THE TROPICAL PARADE: They are scattered out all across the Atlantic.
The circulation that is left of Gustav was centered near Shreveport
this afternoon. The circulation is still well defined and he was
dumping much, much rain in Mississippi and Louisiana. The spiral bands
circulating northward into his center prompted some Flash Flood
Warnings and even a few Tornado Warnings in Mississippi. Now we look
eastward to Hanna. The latest track forecast has not changed a great
deal. She is expected to regain hurricane strength and move NW through
the Bahamas coming very close to Jacksonville, Savannah and then with
landfall in South Carolina and moving NE to Virginia and all the way
to New England. Mind you, that is subject to change, but some of our
guidance indicates a wide band of heavy rain 5 inches or more all the
way from South Carolina to Massachusetts. Tropical Storm Ike was out
in the middle of the Atlantic moving west at 18 mph. The long-range
projection is for him to possibly threaten the U.S. over the weekend.
And finally, there is Josephine. It is too early to predict her
eventual landfall, but she may turn more northward.

TROPICAL ROAMING: We hope to get a complete list of rain amounts from
Gustav in places like Louisiana and Mississippi later. Some of the
reports are missing so far. One that we do have is 4.78 inches at
McComb, Mississippi. 103 was the hottest in the USA yesterday at Palm
Springs, California. Cold spots this morning at McCall, Idaho and 27
at Eagle, Alaska. We have not checked on good old Deadhorse lately. At
noon they had 39 degrees and a wind chill of 29 because of winds over
20.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: My little 9-pound pal and I did not get
in bed until after 1:00 a.m. She sometimes naps on the couch until I
get ready. I often wonder what her thoughts are. I talk to her like
she is human and ask her to stay around a long, long time. The way she
looks at me I sometimes wonder if she is asking me why we took away
her motherhood. She has the personality to make her love to play with
her own little children (puppies). She fell deeply in love with Jo-Jo
and more lately with Dino, the little Yorkie. They simply love each
other. When Dino comes by our house on the way to a bathroom break, he
insists on plopping down in our front yard to wait patiently to see
him out the front door. I quickly grab the leash and take Molly out
and they have a reunion like they have not seen each other for a
month. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Mild with only a small chance of an evening shower.
Overnight Low 72
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. A small risk of a shower.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SE 6-12

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny. A few showers west.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SE 7-14

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NE 7-14

SATURDAY
Scattered, mostly afternoon, showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 89
WIND: N 6-12

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