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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Monday September 15, 2008
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...A Little Taste of Fall Ahead...

Didn't it feel a little like an unsettled spring day yesterday? With
the warmth and humidity, combined with strong south winds, it almost
had the feel of tornado weather. The darkening and lowering clouds
racing along in the strong southerly flow added to the feel.
Fortunately, there weren't any tornadoes, hardly and storms and barely
any rainfall even though a cool front was approaching. Now, yesterday
felt like spring, and it looks like we will have a little taste of
fall for the remainder of the week.

SHOWERS: An approaching frontal system triggered showers and a
little isolated thunder on Sunday afternoon into Sunday evening. The
front sort of ran out of steam much as we expected and will slowly
edge into southeastern Alabama later today. Meanwhile, scattered
showers and perhaps a thunderstorm or two will be around through the
morning hours. By afternoon, we should see this activity shifted
southeastward out of the area as drier air starts to flow into the
state.

TOUCH OF FALL? The clouds and precipitation will hold temperatures
in the 70s today. Dewpoints will drop back into the upper 50s
tonight, allowing for morning lows on Tuesday to average around 60F.
Ditto for Wednesday. In fact, throw Thursday morning in there too.
Some of the normally cooler spots might see 50s. You know who you
are. Highs will be right around 80, give or take a couple of
degrees, right on through Thursday. The next chance of rain will come
for the weekend as an increasing easterly flow and approaching upper
trough combine to produce showers and storms.

RECORD REPORTS: Lots of record heat in the Northeast U.S. on Sunday.
Some of the newly established mark for September 14th include 92F at
Newark, NJ and 93F at Georgetown, DE. Cape Hatteras tied their record
for the date with a high of 87F as did LaGuardia Airport in New York
with a high of 89F. For the second day, South Bend, Indiana recorded
a rainfall record for the date. 3.94 inches fell on Sunday. This
adds to the 6.58 inches that fell on Saturday. That amount was good
enough to be an all-time record for South Bend.

TROPICS: A disturbance about 500 miles east of the Leeward Islands
continues marching to the west northwest. It is underneath some
fairly significant wind shear, so development is not expected in the
short run. Conditions are forecast to become more favorable this
week. Still, the global models aren't predicting any tropical cyclone
development this week.

ON THIS DATE IN 2004: States of emergency were declared in Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama and Florida as powerful category four Hurricane
Ivan steamed toward the northern Gulf Coast. Ivan was the third
strong hurricane to affect the United States in a thirty three day
period since Hurricane Charley struck the coast of Southwest Florida
in August. Mandatory evacuations and curfews were in place along the
coast. Prisoners had to be moved out of the Mobile County Jail out of
fears that the facility would flood. Casinos were closed along the
Mississippi Coast. The city of New Orleans, the Mississippi Coast and
the City of Mobile were spared the worst as the hurricane shifted east
in the hours before landfall, which occurred near Orange Beach,
Alabama.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers, mainly during the morning.
Some clearing by late afternoon.
Afternoon High 78
WIND: N 6-12

TUESDAY
Nearly perfect. Sunny after a refreshing start.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 80
WIND: N 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny and continued pleasant.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 80
WIND: NE 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly cloudy. Another nice start to the day.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 82
WIND: N 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 83
WIND: E 6-12

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