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Afternoon Edition For Saturday March 4, 2006 ==================================================================
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GOOD AFTERNOON: Finally, after two straight weeks with a cold, I am beginning to feel well. I came down with the crud Saturday two weeks ago in Atlanta. But there is no rest for the sick, so I was able to work through it, and after a relapse or two, it is finally gone. Hooray!

ACTIVE WEATHER WEEK: An interesting weather pattern is developing across the United States. A very deep trough will be setting up over the western United States this week. At the same time, a sprawling high pressure cell over the western Atlantic will keep the Mississippi Valley and Deep South in a persistently strong southerly flow. This means lots of deep moisture flowing northward from the tropical regions down around Panama. This will serve as the fuel for a series of severe weather events from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama northward across the Mississippi Valley into the Great lakes States. It is a situation that will be interesting to watch as we head through the coming week, as we deal with the threat of severe weather. Additionally, a significant threat of heavy rains and possible flooding may materialize also.

SUNNY SATURDAY: Sunny skies are being reported at every single station in Alabama at the noontime hour. That bright late winter sun is overcoming the import of cold air that is flowing into Alabama on light northerly winds. A few thin, wispy high clouds will be wafting across the sky at times, but should not dull the sunny effect. Temperatures will warm into the lower to middle 60s this afternoon under mostly sunny skies. Lows tonight may drop just below 40 degrees as clouds thicken a bit.

SUNDAY: Skies should start off partly cloudy tomorrow morning. They may tend to the mostly cloudy side on occasion during the day. Our winds will become southwesterly ahead of a disturbance that will be passing up and over us. A few light showers may pass through the area tomorrow night, but rainfall amounts will be small.

MONDAY/TUESDAY: Weak high pressure will build in behind the lead disturbance, with a good supply of sunshine and seasonable temperatures.

MIDWEEK AND BEYOND: A big trough of low pressure over the West will begin shooting disturbance out like a big Space Invaders game by Monday afternoon. The first disturbance will bring a severe weather threat to the area from Texas to Missouri on Tuesday. By Wednesday afternoon, a stronger disturbance will swing through West Texas, setting the stage for a severe weather outbreak over the southern Plains over into Arkansas. As this potent disturbance slides northeast, it may bring a severe weather threat to Alabama on Thursday. This is a situation that will have to be watched for us here in Alabama. Even as that low lifts out a much deeper low will be moving northeast across the Plains. This low will deepen to hurricane strength as it starts to move into the Upper Midwest by late Friday. It will push another cold front our way on Saturday, with more showers and storms, bringing a heavy rainfall event with a lesser chance of severe weather.

ON THIS DATE IN 2004: The remarkable drought of tornadoes in Oklahoma finally came to an end as an intense low pressure system moving across the Sooner State produced a small F0 tornado near Muldrow in Sequoyah County. Prior to this, the last tornado recorded in Oklahoma was on May 16, 2003. This represented a 292 day streak without a reported twister. The previous record was 248 days, beginning on July 16, 1990 and ending on March 21, 1991.

Bill Murray

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TONIGHT
Becoming partly cloudy.
Morning Low 39
WIND: Light

SUNDAY
Partly sunny to occasionally mostly cloudy. Chance of an overnight shower.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 67
WIND: SW 5-10

MONDAY
Clearing skies.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 65
WIND: NW 6-12

TUESDAY
Mild with a mix of clouds and sun.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 69
WIND: N 4-8

WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy and breezy with an increasing chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 71
WIND: S 10-20

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