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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Monday August 24, 2009
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...Bye Bye Bill...

Hurricane Bill brushed past Nova Scotia and the Canadian Maritimes on
Sunday after passing about 200 miles east of Nantucket. The main
effect in Massachusetts was heavy surf. Winds gusted to 31 mph at
Nantucket. In Halifax, winds gusted to 48 mph around 4 o'clock.

The center passed over southeastern Newfoundland last night, after it
weakened to a tropical storm. Bill will quickly become extratropical
as it starts the long voyage across the Atlantic towards Europe.

ANOTHER NICE START: High pressure over southern Indiana is in charge
of Alabama's weather this morning. We are getting off to another fine
start with temperatures in the upper 50s in many spots again. Skies
are starting off mostly sunny and will become partly cloudy as we go
through the day. Highs will be in the middle 80s for the most part.
Tonight will be another comfortable night, with lows in the lower 60s.

REST OF THE WEEK: By tomorrow, the high will be pushing eastward. As
it does, our winds will become southeasterly and moisture levels will
continue to rise back toward more typical levels for August in
Alabama. Highs on Tuesday will top out near seasonable levels, around
90 degrees. By Wednesday, an upper low will develop to our west and
push eastward, weakening as it goes. This will trigger showers and
storms by Thursday and Friday. The precipitation should leave by the
weekend.

LOOKING FOR DANNY: The next Atlantic named storm will be Danny. We
may have to wait until after Labor Day to see that happen. Something
could form east of the Bahamas this week, but it doesn't look likely.

WEATHERBRAINS EPISODE 187: Tonight's guest WeatherBrain will be Dr.
Ivor van Heerden, the former Deputy Director of the LSU Hurricane
Center and an expert on coastal Louisiana. He will talk about what
went wrong and why during Hurricane Katrina. There will also be an
extended interview with Dr. van Heerden that will be available on the
RSS and iTunes feeds late tonight. 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 1893: The Hurricane Season of 1893 was an especially
bad one for the United States. Only two other seasons in history have
seen six hurricanes strike the U.S. coast. Even 2005 only saw five
U.S. landfalls. On this date, a hurricane made landfall near present-
day Kennedy Airport in New York City with top winds of 90 mph. The
storm surge swamped a resort on Hog Island, completely washing it
away. Modern emergency managers fear what a similar storm would do
today. Only 25 people died in the New York hurricane, but the six
storms that year killed a total of 4000 people, making it second only
to 1900 as the deadliest in U.S. history. Just 3 days later, the Sea
Islands hurricane would strike the South Carolina coast, killing at
least 2000.Follow my weather history tweets @wxhistorian.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Another beautiful day. Plenty of sun, low humidity.
Afternoon High 85
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SE 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. A slight chance of a shower or storm.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SE 5-10

FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SE 5-10

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