ABC 33/40 Seven Day Forecast
Thursday Afternoon September 2, 2010
Forecaster: J. B. Elliott
ARE WE GETTING SPOILED? That is a significant change in weather we have experienced lately, so we cannot blame ourselves if we get a little spoiled. We had a long hot summer and I think we deserve a break. The hot weather is not gone forever, but afternoon highs over the next few days will be more user friendly and the humidity will be much lower. By around Tuesday, the sneaky old thermometer will edge up to 90 or higher again and that will probably be the case for the rest of next week. However, it will only be low 90s and we certainly do not see any more 100-plus heat for a time. We cannot guarantee that for all of September. We had two major heat waves almost back to back in September 1925 and again two years later in 1927.
THE RAIN SITUATION: It is almost non-existent for the time being. That front we have been talking about seems to be near Kansas City this afternoon. It will be moving down across Alabama tomorrow and there may be just enough moisture to produce a small risk of a shower and maybe even a thunderstorm late in the day. After that we expect dry weather all the way until at least the middle of next week with lots of sunshine each day, low humidity and temperatures we can tolerate.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: I am going to steal a bit of information from Jason’s Midday Edition because he has the football weather well covered and it still looks like it is on target. Florida Atlantic plays UAB at Legion Field at 7:00 this evening. Clear weather, about 87 at kick off and about 80 in the fourth quarter. High school action will get into full gear Friday night. A few stadiums may get hit by a shower or a thunderstorm, but most will not. Both Alabama and Auburn will play home games Saturday night. Very nice weather, clear with temperatures about 78-80 at kick off and in the 60s by the final whistle. Jacksonville State plays at Ole Miss Saturday. It will be in the lower 80s for most of the game and clear. Georgia will be at Mississippi State Saturday night. Kick-off temperatures around 78 and 68 at the final whistle. Clear weather. Here in Birmingham, Miles College will be in the Labor Day Classic at Legion Field Sunday evening. Temperatures around 78 at kick off and falling off to the upper 60s.
TROPICAL WEATHER: Hurricane Earl dropped to Category 3 this afternoon. He will pass near the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a large and dangerous hurricane tonight and then continue northward near the Atlantic Seaboard. Even the Canadian Weather Service has posted a Hurricane Watch for Nova Scotia. The NHC was also issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Fiona about 520 miles SSW of Bermuda. Gaston was downgraded to a tropical depression centered about 1,000 miles west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands.
USA NOTES: Dallas/Ft. Worth probably enjoyed 1.85 inches of rain yesterday. It kept their high temperature from reaching 100 again with 96. In East Nebraska, Lincoln was drenched with 2.53 inches of rain. Springfield, Missouri had over 4 inches. The hottest yesterday was 110 in Death Valley and lowest this morning a subfreezing 28 in Yellowstone National Park and at Stanley, Idaho.
AT THE BEACH: Looks like mostly sunshine through Labor Day with most highs in the lower 90s. There is a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm about next Wednesday.
MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Just to show you how Little Miss Molly thinks the whole world loves her, I had her out walking this morning about the same time that the garbage collectors and recycle people came by. She wanted to cancel her walk and go play with them. Regardless of who comes by, from the smallest kid to the oldest adult, Molly thinks they are coming to see her. The MO has had visiting nurses come by for the last several days and most of them have fallen into a mutual admiration society with Little Miss Molly. She never gives up. Life goes on.
