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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday November 5, 2009
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...Three More Nice Days...

THE ALABAMA STORY: As advertised, a new supply of cool very dry air
spread across Alabama late yesterday and overnight. For that reason,
these low temperatures were recorded this morning by 33/40 Skywatchers:

33 Cottondale
34 Scrougeout (with light frost)
36 Concord/Hueytown

This new supply of air is so dry that the dew point was as low as 28
this afternoon in Haleyville and Decatur and 25 in Alexander City. A
high-pressure area will be drifting across the mid-south overnight.
This leads me to believe that by sunrise tomorrow someone in the NE
Alabama valleys will report a low of 28 or 30. Across Central Alabama,
the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham-Anniston area, we are pegging the morning
low at about 37.

We look for three more model autumn days. I was out for a short walk
well before sunrise today and the scene that Mother Nature painted was
awesome. The early morning silhouette of the surrounding hills and
trees would have made a great painting for Thomas Kinkade. There will
be a bit of cloudiness showing up on Sunday as the warming trend
becomes more pronounced.

OUR NEXT RAIN: We have not had a drop so far in November, but we do
expect some rain to spread into the area Monday with the better chance
Monday afternoon and Monday night. The rain will persist into Tuesday
and maybe Wednesday. Some of our guidance suggests as much as 1 inch
of rain over that period of time in Livingston and over 1 inch in
Mobile. Some of that will depend on the future track of Tropical Storm
Ida.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Hurricane Ida was demoted to a Tropical Storm at
midday as the center moved over land into Eastern Nicaraugua. The
center should stay over land until emerging into the extreme NW
Caribbean Saturday morning. Meanwhile, it will drop to a depression.
By daybreak Monday, the center will be the NW tip of the Yucatan and
back to Tropical Storm strength. Projections beyond that indicate the
center will move northward into the South/Central Gulf of Mexico. The
water temperature over the Southern Gulf is still fairly warm, but
over the Northern Gulf the seas surface temperature has cooled as low
as the mid 60s.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: Absolutely perfect weather for high school play off
games tonight and Friday night and, for a
change, the games will be on a dry field. Kick-off temperatures will
be in the 60s dropping into the 50s. On Saturday, LSU will be in
Tuscaloosa to play Alabama with a 2:30 kick off on CBS. It should be
in the low 70s at kick off and in the 60s during the second half.
Almost identically the same weather for the Auburn/Furman game in
Auburn. UAB will have homecoming Saturday at Legion Field playing
Florida Atlantic. Close to 70 at kick off and in the 60s during the
second half.

ROAMING: 8-foot waves over the South Gulf of Mexico due partially to
Ida…97 at Mesa, Arizona—the hottest yesterday…USA cold spots this
morning 14 at Kremling, Colorado and 8 below zero at Anaktuvik Pass,
Alaska…it was 26 below at the northernmost weather station in North
America at Alert at the north tip of Canada…at the opposite end of
the world, it was 59 below at Vostock, Antarctica where it is now
springtime.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Every time I step out the door with the
leash in my hand holding back Little Miss Molly I never know what to
expect. Strangely enough, on our morning walk today, it was totally
uneventful. Molly walked slowly for the entire half-mile, took her
time going to the bathroom, we did not see anybody, did not hear a
single bird, no dogs or cats and no sound of distant barking dogs. But
things will change—you can bet on that. I plan a World Series game
with her this afternoon. Live goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Clear and cold.
Morning Low 37
WIND: Light NE

FRIDAY
Sunny. Scattered valley frost early.
Morning Low 37 Afternoon High 69
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Sunny.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 71
WIND: S 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. A mild afternoon.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 74
WIND: SE 6-12

MONDAY
Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain—best chance afternoon and night.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 70
WIND: SE 7-14

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