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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday June 6, 2004
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GOOD AFTERNOON! The numerical weather prediction models are in pretty good
agreement on the Alabama weather scenario for the next 36 hours and beyond.
A warm front over South Alabama is pushing north on this Sunday afternoon,
and will put us back into a warm and moist regime which will be with us
through the foreseeable future. In addition, a weak upper level disturbance
is pushing east northeast out of northern Louisiana. It will help to focus
our shower and storm chances late today, through tonight and into Monday.
This system will close off into a small upper level low that will help to
set off scattered mainly afternoon and evening showers and storms through
much of the rest of the coming week.

FORECAST SPECIFICS: Specific being a loosely used term here, with no real
definite weather features to hang our hat on, especially after the first 36
hours. The front and disturbance will push a weakening area of showers and
storms across much of the state tonight through Monday morning. Skies
should clear out to some degree at some point during the day on Monday,
which could allow for the development of more showers and storms during the
afternoon hours. After Monday, we should settle into a rather typical
summer like pattern, with a huge Bermuda High well to the east of Alabama,
keeping us in a warm, moist southwesterly flow. All of the moisture,
combined with occasional spits of energy in the upper atmosphere means a
broad-brush forecast of mainly afternoon and evening showers and storms
developing in scattered areas. Temperatures will be near to a little above
normal during much of the upcoming week.

LOOKING TOWARD THE WEEKEND: The crystal ball gets a little fuzzy by Friday
and Saturday. We will call for increased rain chances as we head to the
weekend as moisture levels continue to increase. We will be watching a
backdoor cold front to our northeast and a disturbance passing along the
Gulf Coast also by that time.

ON THIS DATE IN 1944: Allied Forces landed on the beaches of Normandy,
opening the long-awaited second front against the Germans and spelling the
beginning of the end of World War II. Weather Forecasting played a huge
role in the success of the invasion. On the 3rd, the invasion, which had
been scheduled for the 5th was postponed. But American forecasters
predicted a short window of good weather for the 6th. British forecasters
initially disagreed, but came around to the American thinking on the 5th and
the invasion was on for the next morning. If the invasion had taken place
on the 5th, a disaster would have occurred as stormy conditions turned the
Channel into a deathtrap. Launching the invasion on the 6th was a coup for
the Allied forecasters and provided some element of additional surprise for
the landing forces. The German military believed their meteorologists'
forecasts that the conditions were going to be too bad for invasion on the
6th also. If the invasion had not occurred on the 6th, the next window of
opportunity form a tidal standpoint would have been the 17th through the
21st. A storm of historic proportions during that time could have wrecked
the invasion.

Bill Murray
billmurray@worldnet.att.net

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TONIGHT
Showers and a couple of thunderstorms.
Morning Low 68
WIND: SW 5-10

MONDAY
Morning showers ending. Some clearing late in day.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 83
WIND: SW 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and storms.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny with a chance of an afternoon or evening storm.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SW 5-10

THURSDAY
Mix of clouds and sun. PM showers and storms possible.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 85
WIND: S 5-10

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