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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Monday August 10, 2009
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...Dog Days of Summer Waning...

The Dog Days of Summer have an interesting background. The ancient
Greeks watched for the arrival of the star Sirius, part of the
constellation Canus Major. It rose in the morning with the sun. They
believed it brought the raging heat of summer along with it.
Officially, the Dog Days run from July 3rd to August 11th. So the
Dog Days will draw to a close after tomorrow…

HOT WEATHER TO WANE JUST A BIT: Even as the astronomical Dog Days
wane, so will our recent hot weather wane just a bit. The combination
of a deep flow of tropical moisture and an upper level trough making a
dent in the heat ridge over the Southeast will conspire to produce
higher than average shower and storm chances during this week's
afternoon and evening hours. It will still be seasonally hot, with
highs around 90 and lows in the 70s. Of course it will be sticky as
well. It's summer in Alabama.

DROUGHT WATCH: Those daily scattered thundershowers will be welcome
even though many places have rainfall surpluses. Really only
Randolph, Lee and Chambers Counties in East Alabama are abnormally dry
now according to the Drought Monitor. There are some pockets of short
term dryness where lawns could use a drink, especially across Shelby
and southern St. Clair Counties.

TROPICS: Felicia is the headliner right now. The hurricane has been
slowly weakening and is now a tropical storm. It will pass through
the Hawaiian Islands today, likely as a weak tropical storm, perhaps
adepression. It will only be the 10th depression or higher tropical
cyclone to hit the islands since 1950. A strong tropical wave in the
eastern Atlantic could become a tropical depression shortly. I think
it will move northwestward into a weakness in the subtropical ridge.
The GFS depicts one more depression this week in the Atlantic that
will stay on a more southerly track over the next two weeks and make
it into the Caribbean. Even though NOAA and Colorado State have
reduced their seasonal forecasts, we still have a dangerous hurricane
season to get through.

WEATHERBRAINS EPISODE 185: Get ready to be enthralled tonight with
the fascinating story of Muggah's Hotel and the Last Island Resort on
the Louisiana coast. It disappeared beneath the rising sea of a
category four hurricane's storm surge on August 10, 1856. Author Abby
Sallenger will relate the story and tell us how he thinks it foretells
of what might increasingly happen ins a warming world. The show will
be available late tonight on iTunes or WeatherBrains.com. 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 1980: Hurricane Allen made landfall on the Texas
coast just north of Brownsville with winds near 115 mph. Gusts to 140
mph were reported at Port Mansfield where the storm surge was 12
feet. Ten to twenty inches of rain fell across South Texas, which
ended the tremendous drought of 1980. Twenty nine tornadoes spun from
the storms winding bands. Two deaths and $300 million of damage were
reported in Texas. Total damage $700 million. Are you on Twitter?
Follow my weather history tweets @wxhistorian.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Partly sunny. A chance of a storm.
Afternoon High 91
WIND: W 5-10

TUESDAY
A better chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 92
WIND: W 5-10

WEDNESDAY
A good chance of afternoon and evening showers and storms.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SW 5-10

THURSDAY
A good chance of showers and storms continues.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SW 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SW 5-10

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