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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday September 12, 2008
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...Ike No Ordinary Hurricane...

MOST OF ALABAMA IKE FREE: All across North and Central Alabama, we
will be pretty much untouched by powerful Hurricane Ike, but the
Alabama coastal area has not fared so well. A Coastal Flood Warning
continues through tonight all along the Alabama coast and until noon
tomorrow. A High Surf Warning was also in effect this afternoon. The
NWS in Mobile says that large, long-period swells, high seas and
dangerous surf will continue to impact the beaches from Dauphin Island
westward to Destin. The strong SE winds will continue. The strong wind
and swells have already caused coastal flooding along area beachfronts
and there were several reports of water covering roads.

Across North and Central Alabama, including all of the Birmingham,
Anniston and Tuscaloosa areas, we will notice very little impact from
Ike, although over the weekend some of the winds may increase to as
high as 20 mph. We foresee only a slight risk of a shower or
thunderstorm this evening and a few again Sunday night. Probably our
best chance of getting some showers and storms will be Monday as a
weak front gets down into this area. By Tuesday, you should notice a
pleasant drop in the humidity and high temperatures backing off to the
low or mid 80s.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: For high school games tonight, very little risk of
a shower. Temperatures at kick off around 85 and near 80 by
the end of the game. Very humid conditions. Auburn will be at
Mississippi State for a 6:00 p.m. kick off tomorrow. Only a slight
chance of a shower with temperatures dropping from the mid 80s to near
80. Western Kentucky will be in Tuscaloosa to play Alabama also at
6:00 p.m. Temperatures will be similar to what Auburn has in
Starkville. UAB will be in Knoxville for an 11:30 kick off to play
Tennessee. Temperatures will be in the 80s and only a small risk of a
shower during the game.

HISTORIC HURRICANE IKE: Let's go ahead and call him historic because
he is going to be remembered for many years to come. In some ways, I
don't like judging the category of a hurricane only on the sustained
wind and pressure. Ike is a huge hurricane and at times today he was
so spread out that he covered at least half of the Gulf of Mexico. His
hurricane-force wind profile goes out a very long distance and
storm-force winds even greater. He is approaching the upper Texas
coast in such a way that he is driving huge waves on shore long before
he makes landfall. This has caused major beach erosion and battering
waves. Some reports say that only 50% of Galveston evacuated and a lot
of Houston did not evacuate. This means that people are going to be in
extreme danger and don't be surprised to hear of a high fatality
count. At midday, water was 4-feet deep at the courthouse in Cameron,
Louisiana. The pier at Galveston will likely be destroyed and numerous
homes will go down under the force of the huge battering waves. At
landfall, winds will gust over 100 mph in places like Galveston and
Houston and maybe on the SW coast of Louisiana. Because of his size,
Ike is probably going to cause a total storm damage as much as a
Category 4 or possibly a Category 5. He is not to be taken lightly,
but it is almost too late.

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

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TONIGHT
Warm and very humid. Only a small chance of a shower through the evening.
Overnight Low 74
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
More sun than clouds. A hot afternoon.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 91
WIND: S 8-16

SUNDAY
Partly sunny and breezy. A few showers Sunday night.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 90
WIND: S 10-20

MONDAY
Partly sunny and breezy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SW 8-16

TUESDAY
Not as warm and less humid.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 84
WIND: N 7-14

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