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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday August 8, 2009
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...A Hot Saturday...

On the weather maps this morning, we find a ridge of high pressure in
the upper atmosphere over Alabama and surface high pressure over the
Carolinas. A tropical wave is passing along the underside of the
upper ridge, and will brings an increased chance of showers to
Louisiana today. South Alabama will get in on some activity this
afternoon.

WEEKEND FORECAST: A fairly typical summertime Saturday is in store for
Central Alabama today. It will be partly cloudy and hot with highs in
the lower 90s. Tonight will be mostly clear and warm, with overnight
lows in the lower 70s. Sunday will feature partly cloudy and
seasonably hot conditions again, but we will introduce the chance of
an isolated thunderstorm over central sections of the state. Highs
tomorrow will be in the lower 90s again.

NEW WORK WEEK: Showers and storms will become a daily fixture as we
head into the new work week, with about a one in three to one in two
chance each afternoon. Highs and lows will be right around average:
91/70.

TROPICS: The Atlantic basin is still quiet. The GFS tries to develop
a low pressure system in the Central Atlantic early next week, but
degrades it to a wave as it passes north of the islands. Look for a
significant uptick in tropical cyclone activity starting at mid-month
as an upward pulse in the Madden-Julian Oscillation overspreads the
Atlantic basin. Hurricane Felicia will gradually weaken into a
tropical storm as it moves over cooler sea surface temperatures before
it crosses the big island of Hawaii on Monday.

BEACH FORECAST: A deep southerly flow will transport disturbed
weather northward out of the Gulf Coast, and this means increased
chances of showers and storms along the beautiful beaches of Alabama
and Northwest Florida for the next few days. But, as always, a rainy
day at the beach beats any day just about anywhere else.

WEATHERBRAINS: Getting excited about Monday night's episode of
WeatherBrains. Author Abby Sallenger will recount the story of the
Last Island Hurricane that struck virtually without warning in 1856.
Scientist Peter Walker will also weigh in on the paper he co-authored
about the correlation between Pacific warming phases and land falling
U.S. hurricanes. Go to www.WeatherBrains.com to listen, or subscribe
at iTunes. Follow the show on Twitter @WeatherBrains.

ON THIS DATE IN 2007: A rare F2 tornado skipped along a nine mile
path across parts of the New York City Metro area. The tornado first
touched down on Staten Island about 6:22 in the morning. The tornado
crossed the Verrazano Narrows and touched down in the Bay Ridge area
of Brooklyn. The storm caused massive problems for the morning
commute in the Big Apple, with trees down on train lines and subways
knocked out of commission. The problems would continue into the
following day. It was the highest rated tornado ever to strike New
York City and the first tornado to hit Brooklyn since 1889. More
tornadoes that hit cities on AlabamaWX.com.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

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TODAY
Mostly sunny and hot.
Afternoon High 93
WIND: S 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Slight chance of an isolated storm.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 5-10

MONDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of a storm.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 5-10

TUESDAY
A better chance of scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
A good chance of afternoon and evening showers and storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 5-10

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