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TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2011 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM KATIA...LOCATED ABOUT 1285 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. 1. A LARGE AREA OF DISORGANIZED CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE CURRENTLY UNFAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT...BUT ARE FORECAST TO BECOME MORE CONDUCIVE ON THURSDAY...AND THIS SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. THIS SYSTEM HAS A HIGH CHANCE...60 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD. INTERESTS ALONG THE ENTIRE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DISTURBANCE. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BROW...

Here’s who did make the list - maybe: 1.Nancy Grace (commentator, host) 2.Kristin Cavallari (reality star from Laguna Beach, The Hills) 3.Ricki Lake (actress, host). 4.Chynna Phillips (singer, formerly in Wilson Phillps) 5.Hope Solo (pro soccer player) . 6.Elisabetta Canalis (model, George Clooney’s ex) 7.David Arquette (actor, Courteney Cox's ex) . 8.Rob Kardashian (Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kim's brother). 9.Ryan O’Neal (actor, currently on Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals) 10.Jr. Martinez (actor from All My Children) 11.Chaz Bono (Sonny and Cher's son; transgender advocate) 12.Ron Artest (L.A. Lakers) 13. TBA The new cast will be officially announced during the two-hour Bachelor Pad, which airs at 8 Monday night on ABC The new season of Dancing with the Star s kicks off on Sept.19.

2011 AdvoCare 500 Fast Facts Date:                           Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011 Time:                           7:30 p.m. (ET) Location:                     Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga., 1.54-mile quad-oval with 24-degree banking in turns Sanctioning Body:                           National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR),                           ...

NEAL McCOY RECORDS TWELFTH CAREER STUDIO ALBUM WITH FAMOUS NAME PRODUCERS Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton and Brent Rowan producing new album Nashville, TN (August 29, 2011) - After eleven albums, over twenty-five charted singles, and countless fans across the nation, charismatic country music sensation  Neal McCoy  is back in the studio making music of a lifetime.  McCoy, who was named Entertainer of the Year twice by the fan voted TNN/Music City News Awards, will be releasing his highly-anticipated new album, 'XII,' in January 2012.   The new collection of 12 songs, which is being produced by Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton and Brent Rowan, marks McCoy's 12th studio album, and his first with new label home, Blaster Records. "Having Miranda and Blake involved in this project is 'Huge' for me. Not only do they have great vision, but they know when to have fun and when to get serious along with being Fantastic musicians," says McCoy. McCoy'...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 29, 2011     Brad Paisley’s Duet with Carrie Underwood, “Remind Me,” Hits Number 1 on Both Country Airplay Charts   Paisley  and Underwood to Co-Host “The 45 th  Annual CMA Awards” November 9   Nashville, TN – Country superstar Brad Paisley’s duet, “Remind Me,” with fellow country superstar Carrie Underwood has hit the No. 1 spot on both the  Billboard  and  Country Aircheck  country airplay charts this week. “Remind Me” becomes Paisley’s 20 th  No. 1 single and Underwood’s 14 th  No. 1 single.   Written by Paisley, Chris DuBois and Kelley Lovelace, “Remind Me” is Paisley’s third single from his Gold certified album, This Is Country Music.  In addition to hitting the top of the airplay charts, the single was certified Gold earlier this month by the RIAA for sales exceeding 500,000 downloads. "Remind Me" has already surpassed 750,000 digital downloads.   Paisley and Underwood will tea...

South Carolina Rainfall Wind Myrtle Beach, 3.62 inches Springmaid Pier, 62 mph Murrells Inlet, 3.15 inches North Myrtle Beach, 49 mph Pawley's Island, 2.95 inches Myrtle Beach, 44 mph North Carolina Rainfall Wind Bunyan, 14.00 inches Cedar Island, 115 mph Washington, 11.31 inches Fort Macon, 92 mph New Bern, 11.13 inches Hatteras, 88 mph Virginia Rainfall Wind Ft. Eustis, 12.52 inches Williamsburg, 76 mph Suffolk, 10.71 inches Richmond, 70 mph Fentress, 8.82 inches Dahlgren, 67 mph Maryland Rainfall Wind Camp Springs, 11.31 inches Cobb Island, 73 mph California, 9.76 inches Chesapeake Beach, 72 mph Ridge, 8.96 inches Gaithersburg, 72 mph Delaware Rainfall Wind Federalsburg, 8.50 inches Lewe's 56 mph Blackbird 8.41 inches Delaware City, 51 mph Ellendale 8.34 inches Georgetown, 43 mph New Jersey Rainfall Wind Jefferson Township, 9.66 inches Tuckerton, 69 mph Newark, 8.92 inches Ocean City, 66 mph Caldwel...

The GOES-13 satellite captured this stunning visible image of Hurricane Irene at 8:32 a.m. EDT, just 28 minutes before Irene's landfall in New York City. The image showed Irene's huge cloud cover blanketing New England, New York and over Toronto, Canada. Shadows in Irene's clouds indicate the bands of thunderstorms that surround now tropical storm Irene. (Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project) Rainfall was Irene's biggest issue, and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission provided a look at heavy rains within the storm as it made its way from the North Carolina coast to a landfall in New York City at 9 a.m. EDT today, August 28, 2011. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite can measure rainfall from its orbit high above the earth and on Saturday August, 27, 2011 at 1:50 p.m. EDT it revealed several areas of heavy rainfall within Irene around her eye and in her outer bands. At that time Irene's center of circulation was still ...

Kenny Chesney Throws Hurricane Party For 59,000 Fans Hurricane rains did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of Kenny Chesney’s fans on Saturday in  Foxboro ,  MA , as 2,000 tickets released on the day of the show were snapped up within minutes despite hurricane warnings, bringing the attendance for Saturday’s show to 59,000 and the total for Chesney’s two sold-out Gillette Stadium shows to over 106,000. As the first ring of storms from Hurricane Irene showered the capacity crowd in advance of Sunday’s expected storm impact, Chesney celebrated the close of his 2011 'Goin' Coastal' Tour with a triumphant set that included a massive crowd sing-along on "She’s From Boston," a high kicking chorus line by Billy Currington and his band on "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems," an audacious version of "Baby Got Back" with Zac Brown Band, and a mid-set award by CMA President Steve Moore to Chesney keyboardist Wyatt Beard as the CMA's first-ever ‘Touri...