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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday November 7, 2004
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GOOD AFTERNOON: Whole lotta shakin' going on down in Greene County this
morning as a magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck at 5:20 a.m. local time this
morning about 25 miles southwest of Tuscaloosa. Lots of people noticed the
tremor, but no reports of significant damage have been received.

LOOKING OUT ACROSSS THE FRUITED PLAIN on this Sunday afternoon, we see a
weather map that it rather bereft of interesting features. Your eyes are
drawn to a swirl off the California coast. That is the upper low we have
been talking about all weekend. It is drawing lots of Pacific moisture
northward into Arizona and New Mexico and some of the high clouds are
getting blown across Texas on high altitude winds.

A shortwave disturbance is dropping through Missouri this morning. It is
shunting some of those high clouds across Arkansas, Mississippi and into
Alabama, but they will be inconsequential in our weather.

The shortwave will deliver a reinforcing order of cool, dry air to the
Alabama weather warehouse later today. This will give us a surplus of
pleasant conditions into midweek. Temperatures will average near or just
below normal through much of the coming week.

OUR NEXT WEATHERMAKER: The big upper low over the Pacific will move into
the Four Corners region early this week. It will weaken into an open trough
and move into the Plains states. As it moves eastward, it will push a cold
front towards Alabama. The Gulf of Mexico will open for business by
midweek. This will bring moisture northward, accompanied by more clouds.
By Thursday, the front will approach Alabama and showers will arrive in
northwestern sections during the afternoon. Those showers will spread
eastward across the state during the overnight hours. Rain will end Friday
morning, followed by breezy and cooler conditions. In fact, a freeze will
be possible across the area Saturday morning.

ON THIS DATE IN 1837: Hawaii seemingly should have lots of hurricanes. It
lies in the middle of warm ocean waters. It is the same latitude as
hurricane-prone areas as the Caribbean Sea and the Bay of Bengal. But the
islands are usually protected in summer by sprawling high pressure systems
that deflect tropical storms away from Hawaii. On this date, one of the
most intense hurricanes ever to strike Hawaii brought winds of 115 mph to
Hilo. 730 people were missing or killed.

ON THIS DATE IN 1989: Shortly after daybreak strong thunderstorms developed
over a narrow, but almost stationary, east-west band across New Orleans, in
southeastern Louisiana. As a result, heavy rains persisted over the same
area until mid-afternoon before tapering off, and triggered flash flooding
across a five county area. Eight to twelve inch rains deluged the area
between 9 AM and 6 PM, and totals for the 48 hour period ending at 7 AM on
the 8th ranged up to 19.78 inches, between Lake Lexy and Lake Borgne.
Approximately 6000 homes in the area reported water damage. The rainfall
total for November of 19.81 inches at New Orleans was their highest total
for any given month of the year.

Bill Murray
billmurray@worldnet.att.net

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TONIGHT
Clear and cool.
Morning Low 45
WIND: Light NW

MONDAY
Lots of sunshine.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 67
WIND: N 6-12

TUESDAY
Continued sunny.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 64
WIND: NE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Becoming partly cloudy.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 67
WIND: E 6-12

THURSDAY
Becoming cloudy with a chance of showers. Rain likely overnight.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 62
WIND: SE 6-12

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