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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday August 22, 2009
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Our Hope In Difficult Times

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...Ahhhh...

One of my friend's Facebook pages summed it up nicely this morning:
Wow what a beautiful day. I'm sitting on the back porch drinking my
tea and loving it. Temp is pleasant and the 98% humidity is gone.
Feels like fall.

LOWER HUMIDITIES, RELATIVELY COOL TEMPS: The difference that you
felt this morning was in lower dewpoints. They were in the
lower 60s at daybreak across Central Alabama and they have continued
to fall through the day, dropping into the upper 50s. This drier air
will allow the mercury to fall to near 60F on average, with a few
lucky spots in the 50s. Tomorrow will look a lot like today with
plentiful sunshine, a light north wind and unseasonably low humidity.
Highs on Sunday will top out about 84F on average.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY: The deep upper trough will continue over the
eastern United States through Monday and Tuesday, keeping us
relatively dry and cool. By late Tuesday, the trough will lift out to
the northeast and a low level southeasterly flow will begin to
increase moisture across the area. We will see isolated showers and
thunderstorms return to the forecast by Wednesday. A passing tropical
wave will increase showers and storms across the area on Thursday. By
Friday, an approaching frontal system will trigger additional showers
and storms. Those rain chances may remain high through the weekend
and perhaps even into the start of the following work week if the
front stalls over the area.

BILL: Tropical Storm warnings are in effect for parts of
Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard. A hurricane
watch is in effect for parts of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
My namesake hurricane is 400 miles south southeast of Cape Cod, moving
north at 23 mph with top winds of 100 mph. It will pass 200 miles
east of Cape Cod and just east of Nova Scotia tomorrow.

WEATHERBRAINS: Things are heating up as we head into the fall season
for WeatherBrains, the netcast that is all about weather. This week,
scientist Ivor van Heerden will talk about what went wrong in Katrina
and what the future holds for New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana.
The show will be available by late Monday at night at www.WeatherBrains.com
or on iTunes. Follow our tweets for WeatherBrains on Twitter
@weatherbrains.

ANDREW: On Saturday morning, August 23, 1992, forecasters at the
National Hurricane Center were alarmed to see that Hurricane Andrew is
strengthening and moving faster toward the Bahamas and South Florida.
Andrew was located ,800 miles east of Miami, moving west showed the
storm at 12 mph. The Aviation model was the odd-man-out on that
bright sunny morning in Miami, showing the storm moving faster toward
South Florida, arriving early Monday morning. By evening, the
official forecast shows Andrew making landfall on the South Florida
coast about midday on Monday and a Hurricane Watch is issued along the
East Coast of Florida from Titusville to Key West. This would give
emergency management officials and the public about 30 hours lead time
before the actual landfall early Monday
morning
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Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
A good deal of sunshine.
Morning Low 66
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 sunny.
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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