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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday May 6, 2006
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GOOD AFTERNOON: A beautiful Spring afternoon is in progress across Alabama,
with a good supply of sunshine and warm temperatures. There actually is a
thick layer of opaque cirrostratus and cirrus high across the sky, blowing
off from a huge thunderstorm complex over to our southwest.
This complex will approach us from the west tonight, spreading showers and
thunderstorms into the state after sunset along a warm front. Those storms
will spread across the area overnight, likely reaching a line from
Tuscaloosa to Auburn by midnight, and reaching Birmingham shortly
thereafter. You will likely hear thunder during the overnight hours.

SUNDAY FORECAST: Widespread showers and storms should be ongoing across the
area by daybreak tomorrow. The action should begin diminishing from the
west during the morning hours as the warm front moves northeast. I think we
will enjoy a dry period with even a little sun peeking through by late
morning in the Tuscaloosa and Birmingham areas. Highs tomorrow will be in
the middle 70s.

SEVERE WEATHER TOMORROW? As a surface low lifts into North Alabama during
the afternoon hours, and some sunshine starts working on that moist airmass
over the state in the wake of the warm front, more storms will develop.
Some of those could be on the strong to severe side. There is even the
potential for a couple of tornadoes, mainly over South Central Alabama.

MONDAY: The start of the new work week looks nice with a good bit of
sunshine after skies clear tomorrow night.

TUESDAY AND BEYOND: Another low pressure system will move along the Gulf
Coast early in the week. The models differ significantly in the timing of
this next system, with the NAM spreading rain and storms into the state late
Monday night, like the current system. The GFS delays the system until
Tuesday night/Wednesday. It looks like high pressure will dominate our
weather into next weekend, with fine weather prevailing.

ON THIS DATE IN 2003: :The German airship Hindenburg had just completed a
trans-Atlantic flight and was coming in for a landing at the Naval Air
Station in Lakehurst, NJ. A thunderstorm had delayed landing of the
dirigible. The Captain circled over New York City as he waited for the
thunderstorm to clear, his passengers enjoying spectacular views of the Big
Apple's skyscrapers.

As the craft hovered for landing, a flame appeared. The fire rapidly spread
as 7 million cubic feet of hydrogen exploded. It took just 32 seconds for
the entire ship to crash into burning embers. Thirty six people died.

The cause of the explosion was never discovered for sure. It could have
been a bomb, planted to sabotage the luxurious airship. It could have been
a
spark of static electricity. The Hindenburg was designed to be filled with
the non-flammable gas helium, instead of hydrogen, but the U.S. would not
sell the lighter-tan-air gas to the Nazi regime out of fear that it would be
used for military purposes. Therefore, the airship had to be filled with
the highly explosive hydrogen gas.

Bill Murray

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TONIGHT
Showers and thunderstorms becoming likely.
Morning Low 59
WIND: NE 5-10

SUNDAY
Morning showers and storms. Some sun later. Additional showers and storms
later. Some strong.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 74
WIND: SE 7-14

MONDAY
Skies become partly cloudy. Shower and storm chances increase overnight.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 79
WIND: NW 5-10

TUESDAY
Showers and thunderstorms likely.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 74
WIND: S 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Clearing skies.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 82
WIND: NW 5-10

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