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Afternoon Edition For Saturday April 16, 2005 ==================================================================
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GOOD AFTERNOON: Greetings from Princeton, New Jersey this afternoon. Boy, I am sorry I am missing out on the nice weather back home today, even though it is perfectly beautiful here also, compliments of the same high pressure that is in control of Alabama's weather.

FORECAST: Not much to talk about in the forecast department. An easterly flow continues to funnel cool, dry air in Alabama, giving us some wonderful sleeping weather. High pressure will remain in control of our weather through midweek, when the high will move far enough to the east to allow a more southerly flow and a return of Gulf moisture. Clouds will be on the increase by Wednesday, with showers becoming more likely by the later half of the week into the weekend.

RECORD BIN: I have always loved the idea of living in Astoria, Oregon. I don't know why. I have seen it featured in movies, and I think that I would love the cloudy, cool, damp climate. 1.92 inches of rain fell there on Friday, a record for the date.

WEATHER NOTEBOOK: It is not often that we are talking about matters of the tropics in April. In fact, in the recorded weather history of the North Atlantic, which is indisputably a drop in the bucket in the continuum of time, there has only ever been one tropical storm in April. That was Ana in April of 2003. This morning, we have a strong coastal low about 375 miles southeast of the North Carolina Outer Banks. A storm warning was in effect over the offshore waters of the western Atlantic for winds up to 55 knots (64 mph) and seas of 28 feet. Strong winds were being felt along the coast from northeast Florida to the Mid Atlantic due to the gradient between the low and the high centered over New England. Some beach erosion has been occurring along the Outer Banks. In addition, freeze warnings are in effect in many areas of the Mid Atlantic from Baltimore to northern Virginia as cold air spills into the region from the northeast.

ON THIS DATE IN 1927: The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was raging. Tremendous rains all over the Mississippi River Valley during the preceding autumn and winter sent floodwaters raging southward over a wide area. On this date, the supposedly impregnable government levee at Dorena, MO collapsed. The surge of floodwater was pushing downriver toward the Mississippi Delta, bursting more levees as it goes.

The news flashed like a shockwave to New Orleans, where the Crescent City residents remembered the 1922 flood that had nearly breached their levees. All along the river, worried residents feared sabotage to their levees. They knew that a break across the River would relive pressure on their side and possibly save their towns, so the threat of sabotage was very real. Armed men patrolled their levees to prevent such activities.

In Greenville, MS, 30,000 men were working frantically to raise the height of the levees. Eventually the workers would be working at gunpoint as the situation became more desperate. Hundreds of workers died in the crevasse that opened up at Mounds Landing, north of Greenville and water churning brown water would cover the Mississippi Delta.

ON THIS DATE IN 1990: But I swear I sent it. Many federal tax returns being loaded into a truck were blown away in Oklahoma City by a violent thunderstorm with nearly 100 mph wind gusts. Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City recorded wind gust to 93 mph, strongest there in 24 years.

Bill Murray

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TONIGHT
Clear skies.
Morning Low 46
WIND: E 5-10

SUNDAY
Lots of sunshine.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 74
WIND: E 5-10

MONDAY
Sunny skies continue.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SE 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Thickening clouds. Chance of a shower.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 77
WIND: S 6-12

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