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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday August 22, 2009
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...Beautiful Weekend In Store...

A cold front moved into Alabama overnight, preceded by showers and
thunderstorms. A few warnings, including flash flood warnings were
required. The front will allow cooler and drier air to flow into
Alabama today, and you will notice the difference.

YOUR FORECAST: Clouds will be moving out this morning and humidity
levels will be dropping. Lows tonight and tomorrow night will drop to
near 60 on average, meaning that a few lucky spots will see lows in
the 50s. It looks like we stay bone dry through Tuesday as high
pressure dominates our weather. We could see a few afternoon showers
or thundershowers by Wednesday and Thursday over eastern sections as
moisture begins to increase again.

HURRICANE BILL: Hurricane Bill is passing about 225 miles northwest
of Bermuda this morning. At its closest approach, the hurricane
moved within 150 miles of the island. Tropical storm force winds and
heavy rains were experienced there. Bill weakened a bit on Friday,
but could make a bit of a comeback today. The hurricane will stay
well east of the U.S. East Coast, but Bill will likely still be a
hurricane on

Sunday as it passes just east of the Canadian Maritimes. Some 18-23
foot waves will be observed on Cape Cod on Sunday. Gale force winds
will be felt on Nova Scotia, and strong tropical storm force winds may
be felt on Cape Breton Island. It should weaken to tropical storm
force as it brushes eastern Newfoundland early Monday morning.

REST OF THE TROPICS: The disturbance in the eastern Atlantic will
turn northwestward around the Bermuda high, passing north of the
islands, perhaps developing into a tropical cyclone by midweek. Look
for an Atlantic storm around Labor Day.

STOKIN' THE FIRE: Two days of world-class barbeque competition is set
to fire up August 21-22 at Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark.
Sanctioned by the prestigious Kansas City Barbeque Society, "Stokin'
the Fire" is a fundraiser of the top-notch sort for the historic
landmark. The event is expected to draw more than 80 competitors,
along with music by Cowboy Mouth and Shemekia Copeland and, for the
first year, an iron pour by Sloss metal artists. www.slossfurnaces.com

WEATHERBRAINS EPISODE 186: It was a commemoration of the 40th
anniversary of Hurricane Camille last Monday night on WeatherBrains,
the netcast that's all about the weather. Go to www.WeatherBrains.com
to listen, or subscribe at iTunes. Follow the show on Twitter
@WeatherBrains.

ON THIS DATE IN 1985: Birmingham's high of 104F was a record for the
date, and the thirteenth day of triple digit heatin the Magic City.
The 13 days of 100 degree plus temperatures established a new record
for any month in Birmingham. The previous mark was 12 set in 1925.
Montgomery tied its record streak at fourteen days. It was 107F in
Pinson and 108F in Mumford. The 104F at Atlanta was within one degree
of their all time high and set a new record for August. Follow my
daily weather history tweets on Twitter @wxhistorian.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
A good deal of sunshine.
Afternoon High 86
WIND: NW 8-16

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny. A pleasant start.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 84
WIND: N 6-12

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. A cool early morning.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SE 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. Slight chance of a shower or storm, mainly east.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 90
WIND: S 5-10

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