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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday September 13, 2008
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...Ike Wallops TX/LA...

It was a long, dark and scary night for folks in Southeast Texas and
Southwest Louisiana as Hurricane Ike roared ashore with a huge storm
surge and relentless winds. Ike was over the Piney Woods of East
Texas, heading toward Tyler this afternoon, slowly weakening as it
moves away from its energy source, the Gulf of Mexico. Inland Tropical
Storm warnings do extend as far north as Texarkana. It will move
into Arkansas tonight, passing well west of Little Rock and then into
Missouri. Tornadoes will be a threat, especially to the east of the
track. Rainfall will be heavy, but flooding should not be a problem
since the storm is moving quickly.

OUR WEATHER: Windy and hot this afternoon across Central Alabama,
with any outer band activity limited to southwestern sections of the
area. It should be fair, but muggy overnight. As Ike's remnants move
quickly northeast on Sunday into southern Illinois, a cold front will
push towards Alabama. Thunderstorms will move into the warm and humid
airmass over Alabama by Sunday afternoon,a nd hopefully, we will see
some fairly widespread beneficial rainfall. This forecast is not
brimming with confidence at this time, but we can hope. The front
will slow as it runs into the strong subtropical high over the
Southeast, making it only into Central Alabama Sunday night. There
are signs that a little frontal wave could move across the area Sunday
night into Monday, bringing another uptick in rain chances. Look for
drier air to move in by Monday night, giving us a touch of fall as we
head into the midweek time period. We could see lows in the lower 60s
for much of the week ahead.

FOOTBALL FORECAST: Did you see the amazing pictures of Jones AT&T
Stadium in Lubbock Friday after and all time daily record of 7.60
inches of rain fell on the city Thursday? The field was under about 6
feet of water yesterday. SMU comes calling on Texas Tech there
tonight, where the weather should be much improved. Houston has moved
their game with Air Force to SMU's stadium in Dallas, and Ike is
stalking them there still. Closer to home, Auburn will be at
Mississippi State for a 6:00 p.m. kick off tonight. 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.

ALL TIME RECORD DAILY RAINFALL: Those kinds of records don't come
around everyday, but we had one Thursday in Lubbock as mentioned.
Then South Bend, Indiana recorded their all time daily record rainfall
on Friday as 5.40 inches fell.

ON THIS DATE IN 1988: Hurricane Gilbert became the strongest
Atlantic Hurricane of record when its central pressure is measured by
a reconnaissance plane at 888 millibars. Winds were recorded at 185
mph with gusts to 200 mph. The storm had undergone incredible
strengthening during the preceding 24 hours as its central pressure
deepened an amazing 72 millibars. It had struck the island of Jamaica
24 hours before, yet had not weakened noticeably in spite of the
island's 7,000 foot mountains. It struck the Yucatan peninsula
shortly after attaining this record strength.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Only an isolated shower or thunderstorm.
Overnight Low 74
WIND: S 8-16

SUNDAY
Partly sunny and breezy with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 76 Afternoon High 85
WIND: S 10-20

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. Few, if any, showers.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 77
WIND: N 6-12

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny. A small risk of an afternoon shower.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 79
WIND: N 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered, mostly afternoon, showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 80
WIND: NE 5-10

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