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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday September 5, 2008
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...Tropical Worries Increase...

A MOSTLY DRY WEEKEND: There was an old lazy stalled front parallel to
the Alabama/Mississippi border all morning. It has been interesting
how some showers and a few thunderstorms have persisted near that
front since yesterday afternoon. Believe it or not, some folks got
some beneficial rain in the last 24 hours. For example, there was 0.80
at Gainesville Lock and Dam, 0.75 at Demopolis Lock and Dam, 0.84 in
Bankhead National Forest and 0.44 at Muscle Shoals Airport. This
afternoon there was a row of north-south showers lined up along the
western edge of the state. This included some lightning over several
SW Alabama counties.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: We think the chance of a shower or thunderstorm
tonight and Saturday is rather small—maybe a 1 in 5 risk. By Sunday,
the old stalled front will tippy-toe through the state as a dry front
(do not want to call it a cold front). This will result in mostly
sunshine Sunday and Monday and it will not be as humid. High
temperatures for the next 4 or 5 days will fall mostly between 88 and
90. Some nice pleasant mid 60s in the wee morning hours Sunday and
Monday.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: For high school games tonight, only a small chance
of a shower during any one game. Temperatures will be in the lower 80s
at kick off and falling into the 70s. In college football Saturday,
Southern Miss is at Auburn for an 11:30 kick off. About a 1 in 4
chance of a shower and game temperatures 85 to 88. UAB is way down at
Boca Raton to play South Florida at 3:00 p.m. Little or no chance of
rain and a high near 90. Finally, Tulane comes to Tuscaloosa for a
6:00 p.m. kick off with Alabama. Temperature should be in the mid 80s
at kick off falling into the upper 70s later in the game. Little or no
risk of a shower.

WORRISOME TROPICS: That is going to require most of our attention
over the next 5 days. The main villains are Hanna and Ike. Tropical
Storm Hanna had grown stronger this afternoon and was almost a
hurricane. She is a large storm and will make landfall probably by
Saturday morning on the South Carolina coast and continue
northeastward up the Atlantic Seaboard. She will not affect Alabama,
but she will dump very heavy rain all the way Washington, New York,
Boston and even to the Maine coast. Hurricane Ike is a lot more
dangerous. He was still a Category 3 hurricane today. It is
troublesome that recent models and guidance have shifted his path more
southward. The official NHC track forecast brings him between Miami
and Cuba to a position off the SW coast of Florida by early Wednesday.
A bunch of other models seem to agree. That is a little bit far away
to be specific yet, but it sure raises a lot of alarms. He will
probably be a major hurricane with disastrous affects wherever he
decides to land.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Another late, late bedtime for poor
Little Miss Molly. We were all watching the Convention last night, so
Molly did not see her final bedtime until 1:00 a.m. She seems to be a
bit confused by all of this and is indecisive where she wants to
sleep. Sometimes we have to chase her down to put her on the king-size
bed. However, she sure gets a good long sleep between 1:00 a.m. and
9:00 a.m. Then she rings the little doorbell on the back door and
stands there waiting for someone to react. If we do not right away,
she roams through the house until she finds us, sits down, looks up at
us with a steel glare. Translation: I need to go to the bathroom. I
took her out this morning and she immediately folded up for another
long nap afterwards. She truly lives the life of Miss Riley.

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

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TONIGHT
Partly cloudy. A small chance of a shower or thunderstorm.
Overnight Low 69
WIND: Light

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Only a slight risk of a shower.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NW 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny. Not as humid.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NE 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 91
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny with widely separated afternoon showers or a thunderstorm.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 89
WIND: E 5-10

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