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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday September 5, 2009
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...Moisture on the Increase...

Moisture levels are on the rise across Alabama and the Deep South on
this Holiday weekend, thanks to a southwesterly flow aloft and a low
level southeastern flow. That means the return of showers and storms,
especially as we head into a new week.

YOUR FORECAST: Today will start off with a fair amount of sunshine,
but clouds will thicken during the day. Showers and storms will
develop during the day. Rain chances will be about 30 percent and
rainfall amounts will average less than a quarter inch across the
area. Highs will top out in the middle 80s. Looks for lows tonight
to be in the middle and upper 60s. There could be an overnight
shower. Tomorrow will look a lot like today. Then get used to that
forecast, because it will likely be with us for much of the week
ahead. We should average between one and two inches of rain over the
next five days. Next weekend looks damp as well.

FOOTBALL FORECAST: The Blazers will entertain Rice at Legion Field at
3 p.m. today. About a 30% chance of a shower or storm. Temperatures
will start out around 86 at gametime, and fall back into the middle
70s. Louisiana Tech will travel to Auburn to take on the Tigers at 6
p.m. About the same chance of rain on the Plains. Kickoff temps in
the lower 80s, falling back into the 70s during the game. No weather
worries in Atlanta for the Tide and Hokies. Tailgaters might run into
a shower, but chances are that they won't.

TROPICS: The remnants of Erika still show no signs of regeneration
at this time. A tropical wave a couple of hundred miles west of the
Cape Verde Islands in the far eastern Atlantic does have the potential
for development over the next couple of days. It should become a
hurricane and will skirt the southern periphery of the subtropical
high, which has retreated fairly fair to the northeast. This means
that the eventual Fred will recurve northward before it can pose a
threat to the U.S.

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ON THIS DATE IN 1933: Steady rains finally brought the Tillamook Burn
to an end. The Tillamook burn is the name given to a series of forest
fires that burned 211,000 acres of prime timber in 1933 in
northwestern Oregon. The heart of some of the world's best timber had
been destroyed in just 14 days. The economic losses were staggering,
officially listed at $600 million. Amazingly, only one person lost
his life during the disaster, a fire fighter named Frank Palmer. One
hundred million board feet of lumber would be salvaged from the burned
trees over the next few years. Major fires would return every six
years until 1951 in the same area. A major reforestation program has
now renewed the resource and harvesting of the timber is now
underway. The Tillamook Burn is now known as Tillamook State Park.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Partly sunny. A chance of an afternoon shower or storm.
Afternoon High 86
WIND: SE 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered afternoon showers.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SE 6-12

MONDAY
Mostly cloudy with a chance of scattered, mostly afternoon showers and
storms.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Cloudy at times. A good chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 83
WIND: SE 6-12

WEDNESDAY
More showers and storms.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 87
WIND: S 6-12

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