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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday May 26, 2006
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HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN ALABAMA: It is going to be plenty warm and the
old relative humidity is on the increase. There will be occasional periods
of scattered showers and thunderstorms for the next 5 to 7 days. Probably
our better chance will be on Monday and Tuesday. With a little more
cloudiness, we expect high temperatures on Monday and Tuesday to back off a
few degrees to around 86 or 87. At some point between now and Sunday, some
communities will see the 90-degree mark. See our day-by-day forecast for
specifics. It was rather breezy across Alabama this afternoon as
temperatures approached the 90-degree mark. Some places were getting gusts
to around 25 mph.
AT THE BEACH: Most highs in the upper 80s through Tuesday. Very few
showers/storms over the weekend, slightly better chance Monday and Tuesday.
ANY RISK OF SEVERE? Strong thunderstorms moved down through
Tennessee during the night. They diminished greatly before reaching the
Tennessee River this morning. However, this means there is an outflow
boundary lurking somewhere across North Alabama. This was expected to fire
up some more thunderstorms this afternoon during the heat of the day. Some
of those may extend well into the night. The Storm Prediction Center has
about the north 1/3 of the state under slight risk for later this afternoon
and into the nighttime.
HISTORY OF MAY 27: It was on that date in 1973 when a powerful F4
tornado cut a path over 100 miles long from Hale County to near Mt. Cheaha
in East Alabama. 7 persons were killed and 199 injured. Brent, in Bibb
County, was devastated. (See special story on the BLOG.) Overshadowed was
another tornado that touched down 30 minutes later and ripped across the NE
part of Birmingham, especially Center Point. One person was killed and 76
injured, 32 homes and 48 mobile homes were destroyed and over 300 homes
damaged.
May 27 has also been very bad in earlier years especially 1917. 7
tornadoes touched down on that date and into the early hours of May 28-all 7
were killers. 50 persons were killed and 274 injured. The worst single
tornado was an F4 that tracked along the Jefferson-Walker County line
killing 27 and injuring 100. Nine persons were killed in Sayre and 17 in
Bradford.
EVENTS ELSEWHERE: Can you believe a Winter Storm Watch for the
weekend in the Western Montana mountains with as much as 10 to 15 inches of
snow? Yellowstone National Park will also get 10 to 15 inches, especially in
the higher elevations...almost all of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado
as well as most of the Texas Panhandle are dealing with a high fire
danger..32 in Yellowstone Park was the lowest in the lower 48 this morning
with 30 in Atqasak, Alaska.
MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: When I go from my weather office to the
kitchen to get coffee, which is many times a day, I have to pass within 1
foot of Molly's recliner. (It used to be mine until she seized it through
the eminent domain laws.) Often when she hears me coming, even if asleep,
she will stand up, yawn, stretch and moan, which is a signal for me to
pause, scratch her head and give her a belly rub. She is the most organized
little dog you ever saw. She knows exactly how to manipulate me. I don't
mind and life goes on.

J.B. Elliott
jbelliott@centurytel.net

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TONIGHT
Warm and humid. Scattered showers and thunderstorms-a few strong to severe
mainly north.
Morning Low 69
WIND: SW 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly afternoon.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 88
WIND: W 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of a shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SW 5-10

MONDAY
Warm and humid. Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly afternoon and
evening.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SW 6-12

TUESDAY
Variable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 86
WIND: S 6-12

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