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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Wednesday September 9, 2009
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...Showers Remain Widely Spaced...

09-09-09: Our weather won't change much for the next few days; rather
typical early September weather with no major weather systems to deal
with. No cold fronts, upper troughs, or tropical systems show up on
the maps we see daily; the daily coverage and placement of showers and
storms will be determined by small scale features that are very
difficult to identify. Bottom line is that we will maintain a chance
of widely scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and
thunderstorms on a daily basis through Friday. Otherwise, look for
partly sunny days, fair nights, and a high mostly in the mid 80s.
WEEKEND PREVIEW: The weather Saturday will be similar to the weather
all week; a mix of sun and clouds with some risk of a passing
afternoon shower or storm in scattered spots, mainly during the
afternoon. But, on Sunday, we expect a general increase in the number
of showers and thunderstorms statewide as moisture increases, and an
upper low over the nation's heartland gets a little closer.

Beyond Sunday, confidence in a specific forecast for the first few
days of next week is low due to conflicting computer model output, but
the latest runs have moved drier air down into North Alabama Monday
and Tuesday of next week.

FOCUS ON FRED: Tropical Storm Fred could be a hurricane by the time
you read this, but the system is way out in the East Atlantic, and
will be moving very slowly northward in coming days over the open
water. Fred is no threat of land, and should stay well to the east of
the U.S. mainland. Too bad there isn't a Tropical Storm Ethel or Wilma
around.

Closer to home, a low pressure center producing gale force winds is
just off the middle Atlantic coast of the U.S.; it is not a classic
tropical system, but will produce gusty winds and occasional rain for
the coast generally from Virginia north to New Jersey.

HIT AND MISS SHOWERS: Yesterday was a classic example of "scattered
afternoon showers and storms" across Alabama. At our SKYCAM site in
downtown Birmingham at the Daniel Building on 20th Street, an early
afternoon thunderstorm dropped 0.94" of rain in about 30 minutes. But,
to the west, our Skywatcher in Bessemer reported only .01". Most
communities did not receive a drop of rain, but the total in
Russellville, in Franklin County, was 2.85". Another downpour over
Huntsville produced an estimated two inches of rain right over the
city, and for a while Madison County was under a flash flood warning.
But, at the Huntsville Airport in the community of Madison, the rain
total yesterday was only .02".

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TODAY
Partly sunny and warm. Isolated showers or storms this afternoon.
Afternoon High 87
WIND: SE 4-8

THURSDAY
Morning sun; a few isolated afternoon showers or thunderstorms.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SE 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered, mostly afternoon showers or storms.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 85
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Mixed sun and clouds. A passing shower or storm in a few spots.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 85
WIND: S 6-12

SUNDAY
Showers and thunderstorms becoming more numerous.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 84
WIND: S 6-12

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