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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday June 24, 2006
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GOOD AFTERNOON: The heat has relented just a bit this afternoon across North and Central Alabama. Temperatures at mid-afternoon were running some 5-8 degrees below those at the same time yesterday. Most locations over Central Alabama will top out near 90 degrees today. .

SCATTERED STORMS: Scattered showers and storms formed over the northwestern quarter of the state by early afternoon. The storms were not as widespread or as strong as on Friday, but they will pack a punch in areas lucky enough to get under one again. Of course, people with downed trees or power outages may not feel very lucky, but the rainfall is beneficial.

DID YOU SEE: Several reports of hail and wind damage across Alabama on Friday? Hail to the size of golfballs was reported in Meridianville in North Alabama. Numerous trees were reported down in Blount County. Some significant damage down in Randolph County in downtown Roanoke. Locally, viewers sent in pictures of trees blown down in places like Tarrant.

RELENTLESS HEAT: Finally relenting a bit. There are signs that we may only see highs in the middle to upper 80s tomorrow. With the proximity of the boundary and trough, we could even see showers overnight tonight, and we probably will wake up cloudy. Some sunshine will break out during the day and more showers and storms will develop. Those rain chances will spill over into Sunday night.

TROPIC CHECK: The upper low east of the Florida coast has picked up a little convection today. The morning recon mission was cancelled. Two flights are scheduled for tomorrow. The system still has the potential to develop into a tropical or subtropical depression before it makes landfall late tomorrow and turns north toward the Carolinas. It will bring beneficial rains to those areas and could indirectly enhance our rain chances tomorrow night and maybe Monday.

WEEK AHEAD: As the low moves up the coast, slightly drier air will filter into behind it, reducing our rain chances for Tuesday and Wednesday. A typical summertime patter of daily scattered storms returns for midweek.

ON THIS DATE IN 1998: One of J.B,’s weather fascinations, as well as mine, is that of the heatburst. An unusually damaging wind event and heatburst occurred during the late night hours on the 23rd and the early morning hours of the 25th in southwest Iowa. Winds were sustained at 30-50 mph for over an hour at several locations, including Creston, Shenandoah, Clarinda and Red Oak. The wind gusted to 80mph at Shenandoah at 11:23 PM.

Two factors are surmised to have caused the event. First, light showers had moved through the area left lots of hot, dry air aloft between 4000-10,000 feet. When rain falls through the dry air, it cools evaporatively, which makes it heavier and results in strong downdrafts and high winds. Secondly, winds between 600-5000 feet were quite strong and the momentum of these winds dropped to the surface causing higher winds. The wind event was accompanies by dramatic rises in temperature.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy with a chance of an overnight shower or storm.
Morning Low 72
WIND: SE 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. A good chance of showers and storms. Showers and storms possible overnight.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 85
WIND: NE 6-12

MONDAY
A continued chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 86
WIND: NE 6-12

TUESDAY
A refreshing start. Then mostly sunny and a little less humid with just an isolated storm.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 86
WIND: NW 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of a shower or storm.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 86
WIND: W 5-10

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