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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday August 26, 2009
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...Showers Back In The Picture...

THE ALABAMA STORY: Cannot let showers and thunderstorms stay out of
our weather menu for very long this time of year. Yes, it is possible
they will become more scarce as we get over into September and
especially in October. Adding up all the Octobers since weather
records began in the mid 1880s, October has pretty much proven to be
the driest month of the year. Mind you, a weather situation can flip-
flop so markedly that it can be the wettest month of the year in any
given year. That depends almost entirely on hurricanes or tropical
storms.
Actually, we do have showers and some thunderstorms getting back in
our weather picture over the next few days. A few will show up
tomorrow, but the better chance will be Friday and part of Saturday.

In recent weeks, we have had a number of little thermal boundaries (we
are too chicken to call them cold fronts) that pushed down from the
NW. We have another one that wants to give us a visit. We now expect
the latest front to be near the NW corner of Alabama when the rooster
crows Saturday morning. By Sunday morning, it should be way down
south. Like almost all of the others this time of the year, it will
stall just off shore. This one is not as pronounced as the last one,
so do not look for record-breaking low temperatures like we had a few
days ago. We could possibly see some upper 50s by around Tuesday
morning, but you will feel a drop in humidity again late this weekend.

AT THE BEACH: High temperatures over the weekend should be tolerable,
mostly around 88. The best chance of showers and thunderstorms will be
Thursday, but there will be some
each day through the weekend. Not an all-day rain and there will be
several hours of sunshine each day and no threat of a tropical storm.

TROPICAL WEATHER: His name is Danny. Not too long ago we had one
named Danny that stalled over the North Gulf of Mexico and brought
major flooding to Dauphin Island. This one is not expected to enter
the Gulf of Mexico. Danny was centered about 445 miles east of Nassau
and about 775 miles SSE of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. He was
moving WNW at a good clip around 18 mph. He is expected to turn more
NW and slow down his forward speed and with an eventual turn toward
the NNW by Friday. Highest sustained winds were 45 mph and he should
slowly grow stronger. He will take a curved path somewhat like Bill,
but all along he will be closer to the east coast of the United
States. Persons in the northeast, especially from about Washington or
Philadelphia on, should keep in close touch.

FINAL WRAP UP: The only part of the good old USA dealing with severe
thunderstorms today is extreme SE Texas and part of that is in the
edge of the severe drought area. Not the most desirable way to help a
drought. Hottest in the country yesterday was Imperial, California
with 108. Low this morning was 34 at Lakeview, Oregon. In the drought
area, it was 100 yesterday again and San Antonio 101 in Austin, 103 in
Waco and 106 in Wichita Falls.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: No way we can individually thank all of
you for the numerous birthday wishes for my Little Miss Molly in the
last 24 hours. We are glad you enjoyed the special story and
photographs of her on the ABC 33/40 Weather BLOG. We had 47 greetings
sent to her on the weather BLOG and about 20 e-mails. As we have said
before, we have been astounded at the amount of interest in that
little 9-pound dog, but we love every minute of it. I hope to be able
to write about her for many more years. One thing for sure, there is
never a shortage of material. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear, but an isolated shower SE Alabama.
Morning Low 68
WIND: SE 3-6

THURSDAY
Morning sunshine. Partly sunny with a slight chance of an afternoon
thunderstorm.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SE 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered, mostly afternoon, thunderstorms.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 87
WIND: S 6-12

SATURDAY
Cloudy at times. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SW 7-14

SUNDAY
A morning shower possible. Cooler Sunday night.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 85
WIND: N 6-12

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