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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday March 11, 2006
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GOOD AFTERNOON: Sunshine was slowly breaking out across Alabama at late
morning. A warm, moist airmass covers the state. Temperatures are in the
middle and upper 70s, and dewpoints are in the lower and middle 60s.

THIS AFTERNOON: Instability levels will slowly rise through the afternoon,
with CAPE values peaking at about 600-800 j/kg. Lifted indices will be
about -2. There is a bit of a cap on the atmosphere, but expected max
temperatures will be able to break that in some places. All that means that
showers and storms should form across the area later this afternoon. With a
decent amount of shear in place, storms with organized updrafts could occur,
and those could be quite strong. We can't rule out a severe storm or two,
but widespread severe weather is not expected. Activity should diminish
this evening, even though more showers could occur overnight as disturbances
pass overhead in the southwesterly upper flow.

SUNDAY: Sunday should feature a little more sunshine, slightly warmer
temperatures and a tad more instability. This means more showers and storms
forming during the afternoon hours, and some of them could again be strong.
In fact, the Storm Prediction Center thinks that severe storms are possible
tomorrow over about the northwestern quarter of the state, generally west of
I-59.

MONDAY: A cold front will approach the state Monday. This will set the
stage for another round of strong to severe showers and thunderstorms.
Monday afternoon, we will deal with the potential of supercell storms ahead
of the main line of storms. That main line will sweep through the state
during the evening hours.

TUESDAY AND BEYOND: Much cooler air will flow into Alabama behind the
front. Skies will clear fairly quickly on Tuesday and temperatures will
drop close to freezing by Wednesday morning. Wednesday will be a nice day,
but showers and storms will return Thursday.

BACK IN 1963 ON THIS DATE: A series of tornadoes injured thirty five
Alabamians. The outbreak, which lasted from early afternoon through
mid-evening started around 2 p.m. with an F2 twister that skipped across
Pickens and Fayette County. The strongest tornado of the day cut a 25 mile
path across Cullman County about the same time. The F4 tornado killed 2
people, one at Good Hope and the other at Berlin. Additional tornadoes
touched down in Franklin, Limestone and Madison Counties by late afternoon.
Marion and Winston Counties felt the storms' wrath during the evening hours.

ON THIS DATE IN 2004: The town of Santa Paula, California returned to the
local weather forecast map of the Los Angeles Times after a ninety two day
absence. Times' officials said that they had made the move because of a
lack of reliable weather information from the town. The move caused an
uproar among civic officials and residents who felt slighted by the move. A
tongue in cheek protest was held at the Times' offices. A Times' writer
began publishing the forecast for Santa Paula in his weekly columns. The
dot for Santa Paula returned to the map on March 11th when Times' officials
found a dependable source for weather information from the town.

Bill Murray

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TONIGHT
A slight chance of a shower or storm.
Morning Low 64
WIND: S 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny, breezy and warm with a chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 79
WIND: S 10-18

MONDAY
Continued mostly cloudy, breezy and warm with increasing showers and storms.
Some could be severe.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SW 10-20

TUESDAY
Clearing and cooler.
Morning Low 40 Afternoon High 59
WIND: N 7-15

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 36 Afternoon High 64
WIND: E 5-10

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