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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday November 8, 2008
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...Powerful Paloma...

Major hurricanes are rare in November. There have only been four
since 1871. Two additional ones have made their way from October into
November. The last one was Michelle, in 2001, a category four
hurricane that struck Cuba. The strongest and a candidate for most
unusual was 1999's Hurricane Lenny. The powerful hurricane reached a
max intensity of 155 mph as it made a beeline across the Caribbean
from west to east. Wrong Way Lenny was its nickname.

COOLER FOR THE WEEKEND: Clearing skies, relatively calm conditions
and a it of surface moisture have led to the formation of fog this
morning across the area. The patchy fog will lift by mid-morning.
Skies will be mostly sunny with a cool westerly breeze, occasionally
approaching 20 mph. After morning lows in the 40s, afternoon readings
will rise into the middle 60s. Tonight will be clear and chilly.
Lows will drop into the middle and upper 30s. Some of the normally
colder locations will experience a light freeze. Sunday will be a lot
like today, except a few degrees cooler and a little less breeze.
Some spots may not get out of the 50s tomorrow.

NEXT WEEK: Monday will dawn clear and cold again, but temperatures
will begin to moderate during the day as our winds turn around to the
southeast. Clouds will be on the increase Monday night as a cold
front approaches from the west. Showers will arrive during the day on
Tuesday. There could be few storms, but it doesn't look like anything
will get out of hand. There is a good chance that the front will
stall over Alabama by Wednesday as we find ourselves in a
southwesterly flow aloft. This will keep rain chances in the forecast
for Wednesday. A bigger storm system will affect the area on Thursday
or Friday, bringing along a good chance of rain with it. Look for
another storm system to follow on the heels of the late week system.

THE LATEST ON PALOMA: Paloma became a major hurricane last night. It
passed between Grand Cayman and Little Cayman and Cayman Brac as a
category three hurricane with winds of 115 mph. It will weaken very
slowly as it moves toward the central Cuban coast today. It should
make landfall between Cienfuegos and Camaguey around midnight
tonight. It will weaken dramatically as it crosses Cuba. As it moves
through the Bahamas tomorrow, it will encounter very strong wind shear
and will weaken rapidly. As a matter of fact, Paloma may cease to
exist by late Monday.

FOOTBALL FORECAST: U. T. Martin travels to Auburn for the Auburn
homecoming game tomorrow afternoon. Kick off is 1:30 and on PPV only.
Look for sunshine with a temperature around 68 at kick off and in the
50s by the 4th quarter. Alabama will be playing LSU in Baton Rouge
with a 2:30 kick off Saturday on CBS. It should be mostly sunny with
about 72 at kick off and 60s in the second half. No significant wind.

ON THIS DATE IN 2002: An early season snowstorm brought one to three
feet of snow to the mountains of Colorado. Twenty nine inches was
reported at Wolf Creek Pass and 31 inches at Monarch Pass. The
Crested Butte ski area picked up thirty six inches.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Patchy fog early. Sunny with a cool breeze.
Afternoon High 66
WIND: W 10-18

SUNDAY
Sunny. A chilly early morning.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 62
WIND: N 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. Clouds increase overnight.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 67
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
A chance of showers.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 66
WIND: S 8-16

WEDNESDAY
Rain likely.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 67
WIND: S 6-12

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