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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Monday November 3, 2008
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...Next Rain Chance Late In Week...

After a tremendous Sunday weather matinee, our weekend cast of fine
autumn weather has been booked for an encore performance through
midweek here in the Magic City. In fact, it may even hang around for
an encore performance for much of Thursday. Heck, as the ensemble
adds a southerly wind to its repertoire by Wednesday, temperatures may
even push 80 degrees across parts of the area Wednesday and Thursday.
The curtain will close by Friday as a cold front pushes through the
area, preceded by showers and storms.

ON THE WEATHER MAPS: The upper air pattern over North America
features a trough in the west, a ridge across the Mississippi Valley
and a trough over the Northeast. At the surface, big high pressure is
off the coast of New England. It is ridging all the way down into
Alabama and the Deep South as these persistent highs have done so
often recently. The upper ridge and the surface high are responsible
for our fine weather. The next factor in our weather will be the
western system. Those are the players. Oh wait. One more. A
coastal low will form off the Carolinas. Let's see how the scenario
might play out.

'TIL FRIDAY: Another beautiful day today. Highs will be in the
middle 70s. Ditto for Tuesday. By Tuesday, the coastal low will
switch our winds around to the north, bringing in a little drier air.
By Wednesday, the western system will spin up a strong low pressure
system that will move out onto the Plains. Winds will shift around to
southerly and moisture levels will begin to rise over Alabama.
Temperatures may even approach 80 in some areas on Wednesday and
Thursday. By Thursday afternoon, showers and storms will be
approaching Northwest Alabama ahead of a cold front trailing from the
surface low. Those showers and storms will move across the state
starting late Thursday night into Friday. They should be ending from
the west by late morning. Hopefully, we will squeeze about a half
inch or so of rain from this system.

THE WEEKEND: Drier air will flow in on westerly and northwesterly
winds starting Friday afternoon. High pressure will begin to build
into Alabama, setting the stage for a cooler and dry weekend. Highs
on Saturday and Sunday will top out only around 60 degrees, a little
below normal for this time of year.

CHECK ON THE TROPICS: A disturbance over the southwestern Caribbean
shows some promise for tropical cyclone development. In fact, there
are signs that we could see Tropical Storm Paloma at some point this
week in t he Caribbean. It will bring heavy rains to parts of
Honduras and Nicaragua before turning to the northeast and crossing
Cuba next weekend.

ON THIS DATE IN 2003: Pinson, Alabama established a new record high
for the date with a temperature of 87F. Other locations in the Heart
of Dixie tied their record highs for the date, including Birmingham
(84F), Anniston (84F), and Montgomery (85F).

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Mostly sunny.
Afternoon High 76
WIND: E 5-10

TUESDAY
Plenty of sunshine.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 76
WIND: N 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 78
WIND: SE 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. Showers and storms arrive before morning.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 79
WIND: S 6-12

FRIDAY
Showers and storms, ending during the afternoon.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SW 6-12

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