ABC 3340 Podcast for Friday, June 24, 2005

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Hot, Hazy, and Humid

It may be a cliche' but it accurately describes the forecast for today and this weekend! The heat, the haze, and ever-increasing humidity will make for a less-than-comfortable weekend, unless you happen to be one of the lucky ones to get underneath one of the showers that develop!

Today, the ridge (high) that has kept the cap on widespread rain this week is weakening and moving east toward the Atlantic Coast. Because of the way ridges work, spreading air away from the center in a clock-wise direction, the same feature that has kept the weather relatively dry will help bring more widely scattered showers and some afternoon thunderstorms back to Alabama this weekend. A stubborn upper-air low over Florida will get caught up in the ridge's circulation tonight, and that moisture will push northwest toward the central Gulf Coast. As moisture increases around here, look for an increased chance of a scattered shower or thunderstorm starting Sunday afternoon, lasting through the middle of next week.

As is the case in the summertime, afternoon high temperatures will really only change by a degree or two each day. The only real changes from day to day will be whether or not you see a shower or not! Rain is not expected to occur on a widespread basis for the next 7 days, but showers and thunderstorms could overspread a large chunk of the state each afternoon next week!


ABC 33/40 Podcast for Friday, June 24, 2005

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Today in Weather History

This is the initial advisory on 1957's tropical depression number one that wold intensify radidly into Hurricane Audrey. Audrey would bring terrible loss of life to the coastal sections of southwestern Louisiana.

BULLETIN
1030PM CST JUNE 24 1957
NEW ORLEANS WEATHER BUREAU

A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AT 1030 PM CST. HIGHEST WINDS ARE ESTIMATED ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH. INDICATIONS ARE FOR NORTHWARD MOVEMEN OF THE DEPRESSION. SMALL CRAFT ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST SHOULD NOT VENTURE INTO THE OPEN GULF. NEXT RELEASE WILL BE AT 4 AM CST UNLESS DEVELOPMENTS WARRANT AN EARLIER RELEASE.

KRAFT WEATHER BUREAU NEW ORLEANS

The new depression was directly south of Cameron, LA. The storm would become Hurricane Audrey, moving northward over the next 3 days and striking near the town of Cameron, causing extreme loss of life. More all weekend.


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