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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday September 10, 2008
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...Ike is the Main Story...

THE ALABAMA SITUATION: Moist air still blankets the state and we will
have scattered showers and thunderstorms fairly prominently into
Friday. Probably our more numerous ones will be tomorrow and some
communities this afternoon and again tomorrow will get downpours of
rain while other areas stay high and dry.

Again yesterday, slow-moving thunderstorms dumped 1.64 inches at Guin
and well over an inch in places like Wetumpka, Winfield and Sylacauga.

More thunderstorms developed early this afternoon over East/Central
Alabama and they were moving ever so slowly toward the WSW.
Those will gradually increase in number for the remainder of this
afternoon and evening. With the extra clouds and showers, high
temperatures through Friday should stay in the upper 80s. Looks like a
lot more sunshine Saturday and Sunday, even though we will have some
widely scattered showers and storms, but the high temperatures will
slip back into the lower 90s.

AT THE BEACH: Ike is going to cause all kinds of problems even though
we do not expect landfall anywhere along the Alabama/NW
Florida/Mississippi coast. Showers and thunderstorms will become
numerous by tomorrow along the Alabama coast and probably continue
that way until Friday. The circulation around Ike is so big that SE
winds will be gusting to around 40 mph around the coast and the NWS in
Mobile issued a Coastal Flood Watch through Friday afternoon. The
weather should quieten down Saturday and Sunday with only a few
showers and thunderstorms.

SUBJECT OF THE DAY—HURRICANE IKE: He is a big one and he was growing
stronger this afternoon already up to a Category 2. The projected
landfall area is still along the Middle Texas coast early in the
weekend, but the cone of concern is much larger than that. It is
advisable that everyone along the Texas coast should keep alert as
well as the Louisiana coast.
He is becoming so large that he is churning the waters through much of
the Gulf and 12-foot waves were reported this morning as far out as
240 miles NE and NW of the center.

When Ike makes landfall, his sustained winds could be as high as 125
mph with gusts close to 150. If that holds up, it will be of
disastrous proportions. Ike is going to be a big rain producer also
and as much as 8 to 10 inches may be dumped out from near landfall, up
through North/Central Texas, up through Oklahoma and even into
Missouri. That within itself will cause major problems in the form of
flash flooding. According to press reports, Hurricane Ike wrecked
140,000 homes in Cuba. It may be a long time before we know the full
extent.

GLOBAL ROAMING: Sure nice to see some chilly air pushing down over
the North/Central USA. It was 30 this morning in Vanderbilt and
Atlanta, Michigan and 32 in Tomahawk and Land O Lakes, Wisconsin. The
coldest of all was 28 in Bryce Canyon, Utah and Arctic Village,
Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: We rearranged the living area about a
week ago and the couch now sits across the center of the room. Molly
immediately claimed the back of the couch as her lookout tower. She
can see out all of the back windows and turn her head and see out the
front door. Only thing, if she sees an intruder out the front door,
friend or foe, she leaps off the back of the couch all the way to the
floor. I am afraid for her to jump that far, but there is no stopping
her. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, diminishing late.
Overnight Low 72
WIND: E 5-10

THURSDAY
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SE 7-14

FRIDAY
Partly sunny and breezy with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SE 8-16

SATURDAY
More sun than clouds. Only a small risk of a shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SE 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny with a slight chance of an afternoon shower or storm.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 5-10

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