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Afternoon Edition For Thursday August 27, 2009
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ANOTHER FRONT LATE IN WEEKEND: It sure is interesting to sit in our
weather offices and watch the air masses across the country maneuver
for position and try to figure out what they are going to cause as
they move from place to place. That is better known as weather and it
changes almost daily in most sections of the country. Sometimes those
changes are right on the money and sometimes they feature small
surprises. The group of showers and thunderstorms that formed over SE
Alabama last night was only semi-expected. An upper area of low
pressure over South Louisiana was the main culprit. It started moving
southward today kicking up more showers and thunderstorms northward
from the Gulf of Mexico into Alabama. There was even one report of 1/4-
inch hail in NW Jefferson County. This afternoon most of the showers
and thunderstorms in the good old USA were over the NE Gulf of Mexico,
North Florida, South Georgia and SE Alabama. Around the rest of the
USA, it was a fairly quiet day.
So what does all this mean for Alabama? It means another frontal
passage. We have had a number of those in the last couple of months
giving us some notable breaks from high humidity right here in summer
and now we have another one. It should enter NW Alabama early Saturday
and move through most of the state by Sunday morning. This should give
us clearing pleasant weather on Sunday with lowering humidity.
Monday should feature sunshine, low humidity and some early morning
temperatures as low as the mid 50s. We should stay in that cool dry
air mass at least through the middle of next week. We cannot rule out
a few showers early in the week, but high temperatures should hang
around the mid 80s.
TROPICAL: Tropical Storm Danny was wobbling a bit toward the west this
afternoon. Interests from the Carolinas north to New England should
watch his progress. A Tropical Storm Watch may be required for part of
that area later today. The center of Danny was about 120 miles NE of
Nassau or about 550 miles SSE of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. He was
moving somewhat erratically toward the NW at 13 mph. He should
continue that way today, then with a turn toward the north with a
faster speed on Friday. The official forecast track the center off the
U.S. coast, but he comes awfully close to Eastport, Maine by Sunday
morning.
Meanwhile, a new tropical wave over the far east Atlantic was about
350 miles SSW of the Cape Verde Islands. It shows sign of organization
and slow development is possible over the next few days as it moves
west at 10-15 mph. NHC believes there is a 30-50% chance of this
system becoming a named storm in the next 48 hours.
AT THE BEACH: Most high temperatures through the weekend will be in
the upper 80s. While there will be some showers and thunderstorms each
day, Saturday probably offers the best chance and then mostly sunny
and less humid weather Sunday and Monday.
MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly has been catching up on
her sleep since her birthday two days ago. She sure did get a lot of
attention and while she has no idea what it was about, she never
turned it down. I had planned to buy her one of those little spiked
balls for her birthday, but I could not find one. That has been her
all-time favorite toy because she can run across the room, retrieve it
in a San Antonio second and come racing back and throw it at my feet.
I really would like to have about three of them to keep them flying in
the air all the time. That would blow her little mind and probably
mine also. Life goes on.....
J. B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com
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TONIGHT
Mixed sun and clouds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 67
WIND: SE 5-10
FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SW 6-12
SATURDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SW 6-12
SUNDAY
A stray morning shower possible... otherwise clearing with pleasant
temperatures. Lower humidity.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 82
WIND: NW 7-14
MONDAY
Sunny and pleasant.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 80
WIND: N 6-12
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