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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday May 27, 2006
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GOOD AFTERNOON: It's a good day for baseball. Great drama and excitement
at the Hoover Met with the SEC Championship. There will be games at 1:30
and 5 this afternoon, and possibly another at 8:30 p.m. depending on how the
brackets go. Don't ask me for an explanation, but best I can tell, if
Alabama wins the 1:30 game against Ole Miss, there will be an 8:30 game.
Don't hold me to that...check it out for yourself..

REST OF AFTERNOON/TONIGHT: The weather should be great if you are heading
out to the Hoover Met. Expect plenty of sun with puffy cumulus clouds
through sunset. Temperatures will be in the upper 80s to near 90 cooling
into the 70s this evening. There is a chance that an isolated storm could
develop over your house or stadium, but that chance looks remote.

TOMORROW: The GFS had been hinting that we would see better shower and
storm chances tomorrow, but it has changed its tune on the morning run.
Looks like more sun, cumulus clouds and hot temperatures again on Sunday
with just an outside chance of an isolated storm. Temperatures will once
again approach 90 degrees.

MEMORIAL DAY: The models differ significantly on their treatment of
Monday's forecast. The GFS keeps us in the same pattern we are experiencing
this weekend: partly cloudy skies, only isolated storms and very warm
temperatures. Meanwhile, the NAM says more showers and storms. In fact the
two solutions look similar, they are just displaced by about 150 miles, with
the GFS putting the precipitation further west. The enhanced precipitation
area is the result of a return southerly flow around high pressure to the
east of Alabama and a low to the west. So we will call for an enhanced
chance of showers and storms on Monday. But the day will not be a washout
by any stretch.

REST OF THE WEEK: It looks like more of the same through midweek, with warm
temperatures and isolated thunderstorms developing during the afternoon and
evening hours. It looks like a fairly decent cold front will approach
Alabama from the northwest on Thursday, leading to a significant increase in
showers and storms. Some of them could be on the strong side Thursday
afternoon and evening. Frontal passage will be followed by some drier, less
humid air for Friday, continuing into the weekend.

DID YOU KNOW? That the May 27, 1973 Brent Tornado ranks as one of the
longest tornado paths in U.S. history? According to Tom Grazulis and the
Tornado Project, the Brent Tornado ranks as the sixth longest in U.S.
history. Actually, the 135 mile path is a family of tornadoes produced by
one parent thunderstorm. According to Grazulis, the Brent tornado was on
the ground for 65 continuous miles after touching down just NNE of
Demopolis. It did not lift until it had struck Greensboro, Brent,
Centreville, and onto Montevallo. The path became intermittent to Mount
Cheaha, striking Wilsonville along the way. Of the twenty six tornado paths
listed on Grazulis' list, twenty three are families. Only three aren't.
The Tri-State Tornado, which is the longest, and two tornadoes that struck
Alabama on April 3, 1974: the Guin Tornado (102 miles) and the Jasper
Tornado (103 miles.)

Bill Murray

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TONIGHT
Isolated strong storms Northeast this evening. Otherwise partly cloudy and
mild.
Morning Low 70
WIND: Light W

SUNDAY
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 91
WIND: W 5-10

MONDAY
Partly cloudy. A little better chance of showers and storms, mainly during
the afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Scattered showers and storms developing. .
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy. A chance of afternoon or evening showers or storms.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SE 5-10

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