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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday August 29, 2009
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...Of Troughs...

Trough. It is a weather word that we have gotten used to hearing this
summer. I am not complaining. Troughs mean more clouds and
precipitation, as well as less really hot summer weather in the Deep
South. The persistent trough over the East will be around for much of
the week ahead, finally lifting out before t he weekend.

FOR YOUR WEEKEND: Troughs and showers go together like peanut butter
and jelly. Not only do we have the larger, or longwave trough over
the East, little troughs rippling through the flow will help to focus
a few periods of showers and storms through the weekend. Finally, by
late tomorrow, the trough will muscle a front through the area,
bringing us cooler and drier air.

A NEW WORK WEEK: The coming airmass will look and act a lot like the
one that we experienced earlier this week. This means more 50s in
some lucky spots Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Ahhhh….
Things will be dry for much of the week ahead. In fact, it is pretty
safe to say that we will be dry into the weekend.

SNEAK PEEK LABOR DAY WEEKEND: The coming airmass will look and act a
lot like the one that we experienced earlier this week. This means
more 50s in some lucky spots Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
Ahhhh…. Things will be dry for much of the week ahead. In fact, it
is pretty safe to say that we will be dry into the weekend.

TROPICS: Struggling Hurricane Danny is off the North Carolina coast
this morning. The storm is moving north and is expected to turn
northeast today. We could see some tropical storm
force gusts over New England as the storm passes east of the area.
There will be high surf. Although it is not expected to be as bad as
Bill, it did claim the life of a North Carolina youth on Friday.

WEATHERBRAINS EPISODE 187: The WeatherBrains crew had a great visit
with coastal scientist Ivor van Heerden. He gave a frank account of
what went wrong in Hurricane Katrina and fielded some tough questions
from the panel. Go to www.WeatherBrains.com to listen, or subscribe
at iTunes. Follow the show on Twitter @WeatherBrains.

ON THIS DATE IN 1995: The 1995 North Atlantic Hurricane Season was
one of the busiest ever. The National Hurricane Center had their
hands full on this date, as they tracked dissipating Tropical Storm
Jerry, a strong tropical wave and 4 named storms (Hurricane Humberto,
Hurricane Iris, Tropical Storm Karen and Tropical Storm Luis.)

ON THIS DATE IN 2000: Record heat continued across the Deep South.
Tuscaloosa recorded 107F, which tied their all-time record high
established during the extremely hot summer of 1952 on July 28th and
29th. Interestingly, the temperature at Tuscaloosa dropped 25 degrees
in ten minutes when a late afternoon thunderstorm moved over the
observation site. The mercury reached 105 degrees at Mobile, setting
an all-time record high for the Port City. The record high also
established a new mark for most 100 degree days in a summer in Mobile,
as it was the 8th day in 2000 that the temperature was 100 or hotter.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Scattered showers and storms at times.
Afternoon High 86
WIND: SW 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 81
WIND: W/NW 6-12

MONDAY
Sunny, cooler, and less humid.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 80
WIND: N 6-12

TUESDAY
Sunny with a cool morning.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 83
WIND: NE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SE 5-10

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