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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday September 11, 2008
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...Ike Is the Man...

HURRICANE IKE—A HUGE WEATHER MACHINE: He is a big one and he covers a
big part of the Gulf of Mexico. He is churning up that big body of
water with huge waves as he continues moving toward the WNW heading
for a landfall believed to be on the upper Texas coast. This afternoon
a Hurricane Warning was in effect from Morgan City, Louisiana to
Baffin Bay, Texas. Hurricane conditions could reach the coast in that
warning area by late tomorrow.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from east of Morgan City to the
Mississippi/Alabama border. This includes New Orleans and Lake
Pontchartrain. Because the strong winds of Ike were moving a long way
over water, big waves were occurring along the Alabama/NW Florida
coast and some beaches were closed. Even some roads were closed
because of high water. The NWS
in Mobile warns that the danger of rip currents is high.

Ike was passing about 300 miles south of Dauphin Island this
afternoon, so he is causing problems over at least a 600-mile radius.
Hurricane force winds extended 115 miles from the center and tropical
storm force winds extend out an amazing 275 miles.

Ike could increase in strength to a Category 3 and possibly even a
Category 4 before making landfall. A lot of people are evacuating the
Texas coast.
There is an added threat that is so common with land-falling
hurricanes and that is spin-off tornadoes. That danger may exist as
far east as the Alabama coast to all the way down the Texas coast.

Still another problem is flash flooding. Ike will dump enormous
amounts of rain inland. Estimates are that as much as 10 inches could
fall along the Texas coast and 8 to 10 inches northward through East
Texas and East Oklahoma into SW Missouri. Ike is now larger than
Katrina in size.

CENTRAL ALABAMA AND IKE: No real strong impact across the Birmingham
metro area and most of Central Alabama. In fact, showers and
thunderstorms will become rather scarce. There will be some widely
scattered ones tonight and tomorrow, but very few on Saturday and
Sunday. There are indications that, after Ike moves inland and heads
up toward the Ohio River by Monday, a cool front will move across
Alabama Monday night. That should drop our humidity next Tuesday and
Wednesday with some early morning lows near 60 and maybe some upper
50s in North Alabama valleys.

GLOBAL ROAMING: Some of the mountains around Jackson Hole, Wyoming
are sporting a dusting of snow today. Snow showers are forecast again
tonight in the Grand Tetons as well as in Yellowstone National Park…in
the valleys of the NE U.S., the first frost of the season this
morning. The temperature dropped to 29 at Saranac Lake in Upstate New
York…some other cold temperatures this morning 23 in Stanley, Idaho,
28 in Yellowstone Park and 24 in Beaver, Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly and I have hardly
spoken today. I did take her out for an early morning walk, but the
rest of the day has been wall-to-wall weather and it will be that way
until late tonight and through most of the weekend. I do take time out
when I can to sit her up on my desk and let her look out the window.
If the little Yorkie passes by, she gets so excited she almost jumps
off my desk. I hug her a lot in the few minutes she visits my desk.
Life goes on.

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

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ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

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TONIGHT
Only an isolated shower or thunderstorm.
Overnight Low 73
WIND: SE 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny and breezy with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SE 10-16

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny. Few, if any, showers.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 8-16

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny. A small risk of an afternoon shower.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 7-14

MONDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered, mostly afternoon, showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 10-15

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