ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday October 26, 2004
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J.B. ON ASSIGNMENT: J.B. Elliott is down at the National Weather Service
today helping National Geographic as they put together a TV special on the
"Super Outbreak" of tornadoes on April 3-4, 1974. J.B. was on duty that
night when the largest outbreak of tornadoes in our nation's history was
underway.

If you want to see our version of J.B.'s experience that night, join us for
our prime time special called "Storm Alert XTREME" Thursday night from 7:00
until 8:00 p.m. on ABC 33/40. There will be many other remarkable Alabama
storm stories featured during the show.

Guess I better mention our Storm Alert XTREME show this Saturday morning at
the BJCC at 9:30. This is for people who love weather, and the highlight
will be basic and advanced SKYWARN training from ABC 33/40 meteorologist
Brian Peters, who trained over 6,000 storm spotters during his days with the
National Weather Service. There is no cost at all, just show up. You can
meet all of us while you are there, including people like J.B. Elliott and
Bill Murray who don't get the TV exposure like us. Bill will share pictures
and video from his wild tornado chase earlier this year when he intercepted
seven twisters in one afternoon. Bring some friends and come on down.

THE ALABAMA STORY: The key word for the mid-week period is warm. Afternoon
temperatures will remain a good ten degrees above normal for the next few
days, with the mercury reaching at least 80 degrees in most places. Enough
moisture will be in place for a few showers on a daily basis, but they
should remain widely separated, and many places will stay dry.

WEEKEND PEEK: A cold front will approach from the north over the weekend,
but it now looks like the front will run out of gas as it becomes parallel
to the upper air flow. It should stall out somewhere near the
Alabama/Tennessee border late Saturday, before moving northward again as a
warm front Sunday night. If this indeed is the case, then showers here this
weekend will remain few and far between, with the best chance coming near
the Tennessee Valley. And, warm daytime temperatures will stay in place on
both Saturday and Sunday.

ELECTION DAY STORMS? The longer range models suggest a major storm will form
over the southern plains early next week, and will bring a good chance of
showers and strong storms to Alabama by Tuesday of next week. This could be
a setup for severe weather, followed by noticeably cooler temperatures by
Wednesday and Thursday of next week. I can't recall having a severe weather
outbreak on election night in my many years of television weather; it will
be very interesting to see how the timing works out.

HANGING OUT THE WASH: Coldest in the "lower 48" this morning was West
Yellowstone, WY with 13 degrees. Lake Tahoe, CA should have 5 to 10 inches
of snow on the ground by this evening. Snow will fall as far south as the
mountains of southern California. A lunar eclipse begins tomorrow night at
8:14 p.m. CDT .

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://abc3340.com/weather/7day.hrb
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TONIGHT
A slight risk of an evening shower, otherwise mostly fair.
Morning Low 62
WIND: Light S

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny and very warm for late October. Scattered showers.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 81
WIND: SW 5-10

THURSDAY
Cloudy at times with scattered showers.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 80
WIND: SW 5-10

FRIDAY
A mix of sun and clouds. Just a small risk of a brief shower.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 80
WIND: SW 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny and warm. Widely scattered afternoon showers.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 81
WIND: S 5-10

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