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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Wednesday November 4, 2009
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...Dry Through The Weekend...

MILD DAYS, COOL NIGHTS: More fabulous fall weather is the story for
Alabama through the weekend. A reinforcing shot of cool, dry air will
arrive tonight, pushing afternoon highs down about 7 degrees. We will
be in the low 70s today, with mid 60s likely tomorrow. Friday morning
will be chilly with a low in the upper 30s; some of the colder valleys
will be close to freezing
at daybreak Friday. But, we will warm right back up into the upper 60s
Friday afternoon.

An upper ridge will nose into Alabama from the south over the weekend,
and that will bring warmer daytime temperatures.
Looks like we will enjoy highs in the low to mid 70s both Saturday and
Sunday with a good supply of sunshine both days. We will have the
specific football forecasts tomorrow, but the weather looks nearly
perfect for the high school football playoff games Friday night, and
the college games in the state on Saturday. It will be nice not having
to dodge raindrops.

NEXT WEEK: Rain will return to Alabama next week, but inconsistent
computer model data is making for a low confidence forecast. We will
mention a chance of showers as early as Tuesday, but the better chance
of rain will most likely hold off until Wednesday, and possibly
Thursday. Afternoon highs will be mostly in the low 70s next week,
with warmer nights due to a moist airmass.

TROPICS: The 2009 tropical weather season is down to just a few
remaining weeks, and this will turn to be one of the most inactive
seasons on record. We are watching a disturbed area of weather over
the far western Caribbean, which has some potential to become a
tropical storm in coming days. This one could move harmlessly into
Central America, or move north and grow stronger. If by chance this
gets into the Gulf of Mexico, we don't expect a problem up this way
since water temperatures are very cool near the coast; the Dauphin
Island Sea Lab reported a sea water temperature of 65 degrees
yesterday afternoon. Most late season tropical storms and hurricanes
form in the deep tropics, and rarely make landfall on the U.S. coast.

EXTREMES: Hottest place in the nation yesterday was Rialto, California
with 98 degrees; coldest was Arctic Village, Alaska with 26 degrees
below zero. That is one of the coldest temperatures so far this fall
in Alaska.

ON THIS DATE IN 1988: A total of 19 tornadoes recorded in the
southeast ahead of fast moving cold front. One tornado narrowly missed
a high school football game in McComb MS. Another tornado F3 tornado
struck a school at New Site MS just as it was dismissing. Alert
teachers rushed the students back into hallways just in time. One
woman is killed in Lee, Florida and sixteen people are injured in
Alabama; most of the tornadoes in our state were over the northwest
corner of the state. Meanwhile, McAllen, Texas soared to a high of 102
degrees.

James Spann
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TODAY
Sunny with a mild afternoon.
Afternoon High 71
WIND: W 6-12

THURSDAY
Sunny and breezy at times.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 65
WIND: N 10-18

FRIDAY
Sunny with a chilly morning.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 68
WIND: NE 5-10

SATURDAY
Sunny and warmer.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 74
WIND: SW 5-10

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 75
WIND: SW 6-12

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