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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Sunday August 23, 2009
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...Refreshing Morning...

You won't see many August mornings as beautiful as this one. A clear
sunrise, with low dew points allowing for some comfortable morning
readings. Temperatures are clustered around 60 degrees across Central
Alabama, with some of the luckier spots on the 50s side of that mark.
The readings are in spitting distance of record lows for the date,
which include 54F at Birmingham, 53F in Anniston, 55F in Tuscaloosa
and 63F in Montgomery. I think the capital city has the best shot
this morning, but records for Monday morning are a little warmer, so
everyone will have a better chance tomorrow.

GORGEOUS SUNDAY: A few light shows developed southwest and south of
Birmingham late yesterday afternoon, but they were the
only flies in the ointment of a picture perfect Saturday. Today will
feature fewer clouds and similar temperature readings, mainly in the
lower 80s. Humidity levels will be low and there will be a light
north breeze.

WHEN WILL THE RAIN RETURN: Surface high pressure will remain in
control of our weather through much of Tuesday, before southeasterly
surface winds return in earnest and increase our moisture levels
again. Look for the possibility of a few showers as early as Tuesday
night, with isolated afternoon and evening showers and storms on
Wednesday. By Thursday, rain chances will be going up as tropical
moisture increases and a disturbance moves from southeast to northwest
across the area. By Friday, a frontal system will approach from the
north, giving us a good chance of showers and storms for the end of
the week into the weekend.

HURRICANE BILL: The once major hurricane has understandably weakened
substantially and it is now about 250 miles east northeast of Cape
Cod. In the next few hours, it will graze the southeasterly part of
Nova Scotia, perhaps bringing hurricane force winds and substantial
tree damage. It will brush Cape Breton Island as well, weakening as
it gets ready to head out into the open ocean.

UPCOMING WEATHERBRAINS GUESTS: Ivor van Heerden this week, followed
by Tom Skilling on September 1. John Gordon joins us on Labor Day.
Catch up on past shows at www.WeatherBrains.com, or subscribe on
iTunes. Get information about the show on Twitter @WeatherBrains.

ON THIS DATE IN 1995: The Fujiwhara Effect describes the interaction
between two low pressure systems that come within a reasonably close
distance to one another – usually about 700-900 nautical miles. The
effect is usually found in assocuation with tropical cyclones such as
hurricanes and typhoons, but it can also occur with subtropical or
extratropical low pressure systems. The Fujiwhara Dance begins when
two cyclones "link arms" and begin to rotate around a common
midpoint. The entire system, the two storms and their central point,
will move off as one as they each dance around the midpoint in a
graceful ballet. On this date, as Hurricane Iris was being pursued by
Hurricane Humberto in the Atlantic east of the Leeward Islands, the
two linked in a Fujiwhara dance. Humberto began moving to the north
and Iris started moving southward as the two pinwheeled in a beautiful
tropical dance. The dance often weakens the storms, as it did in this
case, as the newly formed Hurricane Isis weakened. The tryst was
broken up by environmental conditions that flung the two tropical
cyclones in different directions, ending the dance.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Mostly sunny and mild. Low humidities.
Afternoon High 83
WIND: N 6-12

MONDAY
Mostly sunny and seasonably warm after a refreshing start.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 86
WIND: NE 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy skies.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of an afternoon or evening shower or
storm.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SE 6-12

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of a shower or storm.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 6-12

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