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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday August 8, 2009
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...Hawaii Eyes Felicia...

It's not too often that we spend time talking about Hawaiian weather.
It's not that it's boring. But it's hard to say much about the
weather in Paradise. Hawaiians don't get too uptight about much, not
even hurricanes. At least until they get within 500 miles of the
islands. Forecasters get uptight a lot earlier, and when it looked
like Felicia was heading toward the islands this week, they got the
Hurricane Hunters ready. Felicia is a little less than 1,000 miles
east of Hilo early this afternoon. The hurricane is weakening and it
is expected to be a tropical storm, or perhaps a tropical depression
by the time it reaches the islands Monday. More on the Hurricane
Hunters special missions on AlabamaWX.com.

SUMMERY SATURDAY: Visible satellite photos this afternoon look about
like you would expect for August over Alabama with lots of cumulus
clouds everywhere. A little enhanced band across the Central Part of
the state is associated with some convergence from an upper
disturbance moving northwest into Louisiana. More showers and a
couple of storms will develop this afternoon from around Columbus GA
up into the Tuscaloosa/Greater Birmingham areas. Temperatures are
topping out in the 90s. Fair skies tonight.

REST OF THE WEEKEND : I think we will see widely scattered showers
and storms on Sunday as moisture levels come up a bit and the
disturbance continues to swing around the western periphery of the
upper ridge that is over the Southeast. Temperatures will again be in
the 90s.

NEW WORK WEEK: Shower and storm chances will be return to near or
just above typical for late summer in Alabama as we head into the new
work week. Warm and humid conditions will prevail next week with
scattered storms each day.

IN THE ATLANTIC: The disturbance about 500 miles east of the islands
has shown signs of a little better organization, but it is battling
dry air and the chance of development looks low. We will monitor it.
Another disturbance fresh off the coast of Africa will have the
potential to develop and I would not be surprised to see a depression
in the eastern Atlantic after midweek.

WEATHERBRAINS: It will be a busy show Monday night as we hear from
Hawaii as they experience Hurricane Felicia and welcome author Abby
Sallenger to hear all about the 1856 Last Island Hurricane in
Louisiana. It is a fascinating and compelling story that is part of
legend and lore in Louisiana. He believes there are warnings in the
story for us as we continue to experience a warming planet. We will
also have Dr. Tim Coleman along to tell us how he got out of Oklahoma
alive and about his presentation at the National Weather Center.
The show will be available late Monday night at
www.WeatherBrains.com. You can also subscribe on iTunes. It's free!
Get a chance to win a copy of Dr. Sallenger's book by following the
WeatherBrains tweets at www.twitter.com/WeatherBrains.

ON THIS DATE IN 1851: The Electric Telegraph Company of London
produced a daily weather map using reports received by telegraph. The
map was sold to visitors to London's Great Expedition at Hyde Park.
People paid one penny for a copy of the map.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
A couple of isolated storms through early evening.
Morning Low 72
WIND: S 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Slight chance of an isolated storm.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 5-10

MONDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of a storm.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 5-10

TUESDAY
A better chance of scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
A good chance of afternoon and evening showers and storms.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 5-10

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