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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Monday August 3, 2009
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...Hotter and Drier This Week...

James is on vacation this week, and it takes three of us to do the
work of one super weatherman. There are videos and podcasts, and
forecast packages and emails, Web postings and radio all over the
country. We all hope that he and his family have a great time this
week at Walt Disney World.

STARTING OFF THE WORK WEEK: A week frontal boundary lies across South
Central Alabama this morning. This front brought clearing skies to
the northern half of the state overnight. Some patchy fog formed
since low level moisture is still fairly plentiful. Showers and
storms will be limited to South Alabama today, although we can't rule
out an isolated shower somewhere over Central sections of the state.
Highs today will return to more respectable summer levels, topping out
in the lower 90s. Lower to middle 90s will be the norm through
Wednesday as a surface high tries to control Alabama's weather. There
could be a thunderstorm complex passing in the northwest flow late on
Wednesday, but it's kind of early to be specific.

LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK: There are now indications that a strong
bubble of high pressure will build over the southeastern United States
late in the week into the weekend. Only scattered storms will form
each day, and highs will warm well into the 90s each day. Lows will
be in the lower and middle 70s.

WET START: 3.70 inches of rain had fallen through 10 a.m. Sunday in
Huntsville. That's the wettest start ever to the month of August
there. Their year to date rainfall is at 40.66, the second wettest
in this decade. Parts of West Central Alabama's Marengo, Perry,
Dallas, Wilcox and Lowndes Counties may have picked up in excess of 3
inches since Saturday morning.

WEATHERBRAINS EPISODE 184: Storm chaser extraordinaire Dave Hoadley
was our special guest on WeatherBrains episode 184 Friday night. You
can hear his views on chasing in the Southeast, storm chasing tours,
his personal forecast method, how he got started and why his daughter
wouldn't chase with him for 15 years. Get the latest daily news and
notes about the podcast that's all about weather by going to www.Twitter.com/WeatherBrains
. Learn about future guests and get special show information.

ON THIS DATE IN 1995: On this date, Hurricane Erin was nearing the
coast of the Florida Panhandle. The hurricane had emerged into the
Gulf Mexico the previous day after crossing the Florida Peninsula. By
early morning, Erin's sustained winds reached 100mph in a small area
near its center. A 98-mph wind gust was observed at Mary Esther Field
and Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The storm came ashore near Pensacola,
Florida later that morning causing six fatalities and an estimated
$700 million damage. The barrier island stretching from Pensacola
Beach to Navarre Beach absorbed the brunt of the storm as it came
ashore. Sustained winds of 94 mph and gusts up to 103 mph were
measured at Pensacola during the height of the storm. More about it
on AlabamaWX.com blog. Follow my weather history tweets @wxhistorian.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Partly cloudy and hotter. Only a tiny chance of a storm.
Afternoon High 92
WIND: W 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy and hot. An isolated PM storm possible, but not likely.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 93
WIND: W 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy and hot. Slight chance of an afternoon storm.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SW 6-12

THURSDAY
Partly cloudy. Only widely scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 95
WIND: SW 6-12

FRIDAY
Partly cloudy and hot. A slight chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 95
WIND: SW 6-12

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