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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday September 5, 2009
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...Mild Weather Continues...

Many folks, including yours truly, were surprised to wake up to an
active radar, or the sound of thunder on this Saturday morning.
Rainfall amounts have been fairly generous in spots across eastern
Tuscaloosa, western Jefferson, northern Bibb into southern Blount and
Cullman Counties. Just before 10 a.m., John Talbot in Hueytown has
over 1.25 inches and Richard Viola in Pleasant Grove was nearly there.
Persistent rainstorms over northern Jefferson County left over two
inches at Terry Sasser's place up in Mount Olive. The rain and thunder
a favorable area for upward motion in the atmosphere ahead of a strong
upper trough to our northwest and a surge of moisture from the south.
NEEDED RAIN: Although rainfall totals in August were good in most
spots, short term amounts have been sparse over much of Central
Alabama. So the western and northern Jefferson County rainfalls were
welcome for lawns and gardens. The atmosphere has really moistened up
over the past couple of days, and that means more showers and storms,
especially with the heating of the day or with the approach of any
additional disturbances. The rain area will move northeastward out of
Central Alabama by early afternoon. Sinking air behind the disturbance
may keep us mostly rain free this afternoon, although that isn't a
guarantee. Left over low clouds will hold temperatures back to around
80. A few spots may not get out of the 70s. Look for a passing shower
overnight with a low in the 60s.

SUNDAY: Tomorrow will be partly to mostly cloudy. Storms Sunday should
be more scattered in nature, as opposed to the concentration of
showers and storms that we saw this morning. Look for about a 40-50%
chance of seeing rain in your backyard.

LABOR DAY: About the same for Labor Day: partly cloudy, warm and
humid, with about a 40-50% chance of a shower or storm at your
barbecue, lake party, softball or golf game. Highs will be in the
lower and middle 80s.

REST OF THE WEEK: Not much change in the offing, with a generally
moist, southwesterly flow over Alabama. Look for occasional showers
and a few storms, with temperatures right about where they should be
for this time of year, 80s/60s.

TROPICS: The remnants of Erika were bringing heavy rains to Puerto
Rico this morning. Conditions unfavorable for redevelopment, but may
become more so by Monday or Tuesday over the Bahamas. Two waves in the
Atlantic. One is a couple of hundred miles west of the Cape Verde
Islands, the other about 1,400 miles east of the Leewards. Neither
very promising right now.

WEATHERBRAINS: This week, we will talk all things National Weather
Service with Meteorologists Jim Stefkovich and John Gordon from the
Birmingham and Louisville offices respectively. The show will be
available by late Monday night at www.WeatherBrains.com or on iTunes.
Follow our tweets for WeatherBrains on Twitter @weatherbrains.

ON THE DATE IN 1965: One of the most unpredictable hurricanes ever in
the North Atlantic, Hurricane Betsy was making a series of loops off
the Southeastern United States coast, confounding forecasters and
upsetting the Labor Day Holiday plans for millions of vacationers
1983. Follow my weather history tweets on Twitter.com @ wxhistorian.

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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TONIGHT
Good chance of morning showers middle and east. Mainly dry over
western sections.
Morning Low 67
WIND: SE 5-10

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy. A fairly good chance of showers, storms.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SE 5-10

MONDAY
Partly cloudy. Chance of an afternoon storm.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SE 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 86
WIND: E 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 86
WIND: E 5-10

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