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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Friday September 5, 2008
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...A Few Scattered Showers Today...

BRING ON THE WEEKEND: The moisture axis associated with former
Hurricane Gustav (which is now over the Great Lakes) will move over
Alabama today, and accordingly we will mention the chance of scattered
showers statewide. Rain totals should be light and spotty, and most of
the showers will end once the sun goes down tonight. Drier air will
begin to enter the state tomorrow, and most of the showers will be
confined to the eastern third of the state. The dry air takes over
Sunday, and we should be rain free on Sunday and into the first part
of next week with lower humidity values.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: For tonight's high school games, there is an outside
risk of shower, otherwise the sky will be clearing with temperatures
falling from the low 80s into the upper 70s. Tomorrow, Auburn hosts
Southern Miss at 11:30; we expect a mix of sun and clouds with about a
one in four chance of a shower during the game. The kickoff
temperature will be near 84 degrees, rising to around 86 by the fourth
quarter. Alabama will host Tulane in Tuscaloosa at 6:00; the sky will
be generally clear with a kickoff temperature of 86, falling into the
upper 70s by the end of the game. UAB will be down in South Florida to
play Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton (north of Miami) at 3:00.
Hurricane Ike will be too far away to be a factor, thankfully; the sky
will be mostly fair with a kickoff temperature of 87 degrees.

TROPICAL TRIO: Hanna should make landfall somewhere around Wilmington,
North Carolina tonight as a strong tropical storm. The system will
then move pretty much along the coast all the way to Cape Cod over the
weekend; the main threat from Hanna will be downed trees and power
outages. Serious flooding issues are not expected since the system is
moving quickly. Hanna will not impact Alabama; if anything it will
help to pull drier, continental air into the U.S. from the north.

EYEING IKE: Hurricane Ike is the one to watch; it is forecast to be
very close to Miami by Tuesday of next week, possibly as a major
hurricane. We believe an upper trough over the eastern half of the
U.S. will turn Ike northward before entering the Gulf of Mexico, but
that is not carved in stone. Most of the better computer models turn
Ike up the East Coast of Florida; then it moves northeast, very close
to the coast, all the way to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. On the
other hand, if the north turn happens early enough, it might miss the
U.S. coast completely and recurve into the open Atlantic. But,
residents of Florida from Key West to Miami to Daytona Beach will need
to monitor the progress of Ike very closely, and be ready to begin
hurricane preparedness actions this weekend.

JOSEPHINE: Our third system is a tropical storm over the eastern
Atlantic; it will move steadily to the west/northwest in coming days
with little change in strength due to hostile upper air winds and
upwelling from Ike.

THIS DATE IN 1925: The high in Centreville was 112; that still stands
today as Alabama's hottest temperature.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://cfc.abc3340.com/abc3340/7day.cfm
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

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TODAY
Mixed sun and clouds. Scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm.
Afternoon High 87
WIND: S 6-12

SATURDAY
Partly sunny with only a small risk of a shower.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 87
WIND: NW 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny and less humid.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 89
WIND: N 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 89
WIND: E 5-10

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