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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday September 6, 2008
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...I Don't Like Ike...

It's a Saturday double feature in the tropical
theatre as we track Tropical Storm Hanna moving through the Mid-
Atlantic states on this early September Saturday and nervously eye
Major Hurricane Ike, taking aim on the Bahamas and potentially the
Florida Keys or South Florida.

FIRST…HANNA: Tropical Storm Hanna made landfall on the
North Carolina coast west of Wilmington. It is moving quickly north
northeast over eastern North Carolina. It will pass into Virginia
around lunchtime, potentially sending a significant surge up the Tidal
Potomac. Similar storms have caused flooding in places like
Alexandria, Virginia. It will move off the Delmarva peninsula this
afternoon and parallel the coast until it crosses the eastern end of
Long Island after midnight. Still a tropical storm, the system will
move over Cape Cod just a couple of hours later as it moves
northeastward at nearly 40 mph.

IKE: Hurricane Ike is about 200 miles east of the Turks
and Caicos Islands, southeast of the Bahamas. Hurricane warnings are
in effect for the Bahamas. The hurricane has been undergoing some
northerly shear and weakened a bit after redeveloping an eye on
satellite images last night. As that shear weakens today, re-
intensification will occur and Ike should be a category three
hurricane as it approaches the islands of the southeastern Bahamas
tomorrow morning. It should continue moving westward at about 13 mph
as it passes through the Bahamas on Sunday. Moving over high oceanic
heat content waters, Ike will intensify further and likely reach
category four status by Monday morning, some 325 miles east southeast
of Key West. Still lots of uncertainty about the track. The
hurricane could move over the island of Cuba, which would knock it
down a notch or two in intensity. It could move directly across the
Florida Keys as a category four or even a category five hurricane.
This potential threat has prompted visitor evacuations effective this
morning. Residents will leave on Sunday. Tropical storm force winds
could reach the Keys Monday afternoon. It would then enter the Gulf
of Mexico. There is a chance that it could turn northeast over
Florida like 1960's Hurricane Donna. It could turn north and parallel
the West Coast of Florida, and it could move toward the Central Gulf
Coast.

OUR FORECAST: Hanna to the east is producing sinking
air over much of Alabama. A trough of low pressure is to our west.
As Hanna exits stage right today, the trough will slide eastward,
bringing a chance of showers and storms to the state, but coverage
will be low. Sunday and Monday will be nice. A weak front will slide
in on Tuesday with scattered storms. Weather starting Wednesday may
depend on Ike's eventual track.

FOOTBALL FORECAST: 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.

ON THIS DATE IN 1900: Weather Bureau forecasters were
tracking a tropical cyclone in the Gulf of Mexico. But they were
seriously mistaken in where they thought it was located. The
meteorologists believed that it had passed over Key West and was
headed north-northeast toward Tampa where it would cross the Florida
Peninsula. They warned stations along the Mid-Atlantic States in
places like North Carolina that they would deal with a tropical storm
a couple of days later. The storm was actually headed toward Texas.
In Galveston, where the storm would make landfall two days later with
devastating results, the weather was clear and hot.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Partly sunny. Only a slight risk of a shower.
Afternoon High 87
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

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy. Watching Ike.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 88
WIND: N 6-12

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