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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday August 23, 2009
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...Near Record Lows...

Building high pressure at the surface over the Midwest is giving us
some of the finest August weather you will ever see in Alabama. Some
of the refreshing morning lows included: 56F at Cullman and
Crossville; 57F at Meridianville; 58F at Bankhead National Forest,
Decatur, Fort Payne and Huntsville International; 59F at Muscle
Shoals, Anniston and Birmingham; 60F at UAH, Calera and Tuscaloosa;
61F at Albertville, Auburn and Montgomery (a record for the date); 62F
at Selma and a questionable 67F at Pinson.

FINE WEATHER TO CONTINUE: There actually is an upper t rough over
Alabama and the Deep South on this Sunday afternoon. It is
responsible for the relatively cool temperatures. A surface high
pressure system over Illinois is helping to keep our weather delightful.

The trough will hang around, but the surface high will gradually slip
eastward, giving us a return moisture flow. Temperatures will
gradually warm and humidity levels will rise, but not before we see
another unseasonably cool night tonight. Overnight readings will
again average around 58-59F, much like last night.

NEXT RAIN CHANCES: Indications are that rain chances will remain
very low through at least Wednesday, and perhaps even Thursday. For
now, we will call for isolated storms to return on Wednesday, with
widely scattered storms on Thursday. The morning run of the GFS model
is hanging its hat on a new feature, a developing upper low over the
Mississippi Valley that could increase our rain chances by late Friday
and into the weekend. We had been counting on a front to do the very
same thing. We will see.

HURRICANE BILL: Bill was barely hurricane intensity at early
afternoon and should become a tropical storm shortly. The center was
passing just offshore of the coast of Nova Scotia. Strong tropical
storm force and perhaps hurricane force winds were being felt along
the coast of Nova Scotia. Moving northeast at 35 mph, Bill will cross
eastern Newfoundland tonight with tropical storm force winds. Be on
the lookout for a potential tropical system near the Bahamas this week.

QUICK WEATHERBRAINS NOTE: I will do an extended WeatherBrains Extra
interview tonight with scientist Ivor van Heerden about the events
leading up to, occurring during and what has happened since Hurricane
Katrina in September 2005. Then tomorrow night, the entire panel will
examine the events with Dr. van Heerden, the former director of the
LSU Hurricane Center. Download and listen at www.weatherbrains.com or
on iTunes. Follow us on Twitter @weatherbrains.

ON THIS DATE IN 1963: Project Stormfury was armed and ready as
Hurricane Beulah moved across the Atlantic Ocean north of Puerto
Rico. An armada of planes carried out the seeding and monitored the
results of the experiment. On the 23rd, Beulah did not really meet
the criteria for seeding. On the following day, the storm met the
criteria of having a well-formed eyewall and the seeding appeared to
be successful as the eyewall disintegrated. No other hurricanes would
be seeded until 1969 because of a lack of good targets.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Fair and very comfortable.
Morning Low 60
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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