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Afternoon Edition For Sunday June 25, 2006 ==================================================================
2006 AVP HOOVER OPEN PRESENTED BY VAULT
PRO BEACH VOLLEYBALL
JULY 13-16 at The Hoover Met
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The 2006 AVP Hoover Open presented by Vault - Pro Beach Volleyball!
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GOOD AFTERNOON: Sunshine was breaking out across Alabama just before the noon hour. Temperatures ranged from 75 at Gadsden at 11 a.m. to 83 at Calera to 84 at Tuscaloosa. With more sunshine than anticipated, my high temperature forecast of 86 will likely bust. Some areas will see 90 today. Showers were beginning to form from the Tennessee Valley down into Northwest Alabama. Those showers will continue to blossom during the afternoon hours into thunderstorms. Some of the storms will be quite heavy again, with torrential rains, deadly lightning and strong gusty winds. Small hail is not out of the question either, but no organized severe weather is expected.

TONIGHT: On the weather maps, we find a trough of low pressure along the Alabama/Mississippi border. That trough will be going nowhere fast this week as it will be anchored by a big upper low pinwheeling over the Midwest. Tonight, a couple of isolated showers or storms will still be around during the overnight hours.

NEW WORK WEEK: We are also tracking a low pressure system at the surface over South Florida today. That low is expected to move to near Dothan by Monday morning. This system will bring wonderful rains to much of Georgia through Monday. East Alabama may benefit from some of these rains, but areas west of I-65 may miss out. The low is expected to migrate northward into the Ohio Valley on Tuesday and as it does, drier air will begin filtering into Alabama. This will mean slightly lower humidity, little or no precipitation and temperatures that are fairly close to normal for this time of year. Expect these dry conditions to continue through Thursday as high pressure sits over Alabama.

WEEKEND OUTLOOK: Moisture levels will begin to increase by Friday and we will see the return of the ubiquitous afternoon and evening showers and storms. They should be around in a scattered fashion through the coming weekend. Temperatures will be very near normal.

TROPICS: Our low pressure system east of Florida never got its act together before reaching land. Radars are active over the Florida Peninsula and even more so over the Florida Keys. This activity associated with the circulation of the low extends as far north as the coasts of Georgia and the Carolinas. Still, the NHC notes that the system does still have the potential to become a tropical depression as it moves northward. The only other system of note in the tropical Atlantic is a non-tropical low well to the east southeast of Bermuda. Conditions are not favorable for significant development.

WESTERN HEAT: It has not been 90F in Seattle since August 9, 2004. It could happen today. It was 75F at SEATAC at 10 a.m. PDT.

ON THIS DATE IN 2000: Lightning struck four rock climbers on Cathedral Peak in Yosemite National Park CA. Fortunately, the victims all survived, but many climbers are not so lucky. Climbers should carefully check weather forecasts, which often include mention of thunderstorms. It is generally safer to climb in the morning hours, because most thunderstorms occur after noon.

ON THIS DATE IN 1957: At noon, the tropical depression in the southwest Gulf of Mexico was upgraded to a hurricane and christened Audrey. Air Force reconnaissance investigating Hurricane Audrey over the southwest Gulf of Mexico found a central pressure of 989 mb. Audrey would eventually achieve Category 4 status before devastating the Cameron LA area on the 27th.

Bill Murray

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TONIGHT
Scattered afternoon showers and storms. Chance of an isolated overnight shower or storm.
Morning Low 69
WIND: N 5-10

MONDAY
Partly cloudy with a small chance of a shower or storm west of I-65, better chance to the east.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 89
WIND: NW 5-10

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny. A little less humid.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 88
WIND: NW 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy and warm.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 90
WIND: W 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly cloudy and continued warm.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 92
WIND: NW 5-10

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