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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Sunday October 12, 2008
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...Lots of Clouds...

An easterly flow continues to spread Atlantic moisture into Alabama on
this October Sunday. This means a good bit of clouds today again
across the area. Most areas should top out around 80 degrees.
Cloudier spots could stay in the 70s. You will notice the easterly
breezes today, averaging some 7-14 mph, as high pressure way to the
northeast pushes southwestward. There could be a little drizzle this
morning and an isolated shower this afternoon.

THE WEEK AHEAD: The easterly flow will keep Alabama in its hold
through tomorrow. That means that Monday will be a carbon copy of
today with considerable cloudiness, a little drizzle and a few
showers. Clouds should begin to break up a bit by late tomorrow,
however. By Tuesday, high pressure will still be sliding southward
and it will take up residence over Georgia. This should lead to some
fine weather through midweek. A cold front will approach from the
northwest by Thursday, and this will cause a few isolated showers and
storms, most likely on Friday. But high pressure will build back in
for the weekend and much of the following week. In you believe in
voodoo (the long range part of the GFS) you might believe we would be
dry until the final week of the month, when a nice shot of cool air
would be preceded by a round of rain and storms.

NATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: Snow continues to pile up over Montana and
Wyoming. Final snow totals were expected to reach 305 feet over parts
of Montana. Tornado watches were in effect overnight in New Mexico,
where instability from the powerful upper low. High pressure
settling into the West will produce those dreaded Santa Ana winds
through the mountain passes of Southern California. It is fire season
there and the danger will be high Monday and Tuesday. Flooding will
occur in the Rio Grande Valley of Southwest Texas as the moisture from
Pacific Hurricane Norbert spreads northeast. .

IN THE TROPICS: Disturbance 97L is very close to being a tropical
depression. It is some 1,200 miles east of the Lesser Antilles this
morning. It is over warm water (29C) and is under only moderate wind
shear, so look for an upgrade to tropical depression soon. It should
curve to the northwest and north over the next couple of days, staying
way out over the open waters of the Atlantic.

NORBERT: Pacific Hurricane Norbert may have been one of the strongest
hurricanes ever to hit western Mexico. It made landfall on Baja
California Saturday afternoon, crossed the Gulf of California and
moved into western Mexico last evening. Air Force recon into the
storm measured a central pressure of 958 millibars before landfall.
The storm had top winds of 105 mph at landfall, making it a category
two storm. It took advantage of water that was up to three degrees
above normal as it approached land, allowing it to remain strong.
There has never been a category three hurricane on the west coast of
Mexico, so Norbert qualifies as one of the strongest. The Sierra
Nevada mountains will quickly knock the stuffing out of Norbert by
tomorrow, but lots of moisture will be pulled northward into the
Southern Plains.

ON THIS DATE IN 1979: Typhoon Tip in the Northwest Pacific Ocean
achieved the dubious distinction of being the strongest tropical
cyclone ever measured on earth. It was measured to have a central
pressure of 870 millibars and estimated surface sustained winds of 190
mph as it swept through the Luzon Strait.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Mostly cloudy. A little drizzle or an isolated shower possible. A
fresh easterly breeze.
Afternoon High 80
WIND: E 7-14

MONDAY
Another gray start. Maybe a shower or a little drizzle still.
Sunshine returns later in the day.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 80
WIND: E/SE 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SE 6-12

WEDNESDAY
A good deal of sunshine.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SE 6-12

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. Chance of a late shower over northwestern sections.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 81
WIND: SW 5-10

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