ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday July 9, 2006
==================================================================
Alabama One Call .... where safe digging starts.

Before beginning any type of excavation work, no matter how large or how
small, be sure to DIG SAFELY and have the underground utilities marked prior
to beginning your work.

Simply call Alabama One Call at 252-4444, 48 hours prior to the start of
your excavation and the member utility companies will send out someone to
mark their facilities free of charge.

Remember - Dig Safely
* Call Before You Dig
* Wait the Required Amount of Time
* Respect the Marks
* Dig with Care

Visit http://www.al1call.com for more information.
==================================================================

GOOD AFTERNOON: Showers and thunderstorms were fairly numerous across much
of North and Central Alabama this afternoon. By 2:30, the activity was
congealing into a single line just west of the I-59 corridor, with a few
storms over East Alabama. This activity was forming in a moderately
unstable airmass ahead of a trough of low pressure that was moving across
the area. If you happen to be near one of the thunderstorms as it pulses up
to a peak, you will experience brief heavy rains, dangerous lightning and
some gusty winds to about 40 mph or more. Go inside if you are in the path
of one of these storms.

TONIGHT AND MONDAY: Showers and storms associated with the trough will
continue to push slowly east through the evening hours. We can't rule out
the chance of an overnight or morning shower or storm tonight and Monday
morning, but the main activity on Monday should develop during the afternoon
hours again.

REST OF THE WEEK: We should be in a fairly typical summertime pattern after
that, lasting through about Thursday with just scattered storms each
afternoon. It looks like storm chances will increase by Friday and into the
weekend.

NATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: Severe weather over Sothern Colorado this afternoon.
A severe thunderstorm was near Alamosa, one of my favorite places in the
world. The public reported numerous funnel clouds and an actual tornado
touchdown with this storm earlier. Flash flood watches and warnings
continue across Colorado into southwestern Kansas. Nearly an inch of rain
fell in one hour at Lafayette, Louisiana from heavy thunderstorms. Special
marine warnings were in effect for parts of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron for
strong thunderstorms. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for eastern
Wisconsin, Lake Michigan and northern Michigan. Flood warnings were in
effect in the Fairbanks, Alaska area.

RECORD BIN: The record low of 67F was tied this morning in Apalachicola,
Florida. Unusually low dewpoints led to the low reading. It was 59F at
Florence, South Carolina and Macon, Georgia, establishing new records. It
was 61F at Gainesville and 63F at Jacksonville, both new records. On the
other side of the country, the 82F yesterday afternoon at Seattle was a
record high for the date.

TROPICS : Across the tropical Atlantic, a large upper low is centered north
of the islands of the greater Antilles (Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.) This
low is accompanied by a good deal of convection, but tropical development
does not appear likely in the near term. A tropical wave is along longitude
40 West, about 1,2000 miles east of the southernmost Lesser Antilles. No
development is expected from this system at this time.

ON THIS DATE IN 2002: Colorado's third major wildfire of the terrible
wildfire season of 2002 was sparked by a lightning strike 5 miles southwest
of Norwood, CO in the San Juan Mountains. The fire doubled in size in just
two hours as tinder dry conditions allowed the fire to explode, burning over
6000 acres in just two hours. The fire quickly became a firestorm as it
created a strong updraft just like a thunderstorm, then collapsed on itself,
spreading wind and fire out in all directions. The firestorm was so intense
that witnesses said the inflow to the fire was strong enough to pull rocks
off of the road. A total of 30,000 acres were scorched by the wildfire,
which would be third largest in Colorado history. The largest and second
largest fires also occurred in the tinder dry summer of 2002.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://abc3340.com/weather/7day.hrb
ABC 33/40 Weathertalk: http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/weathertalk.hrb

*******************************************************

TONIGHT
Storms move east and diminish. Slight chance of an overnight shower or
storm.
Morning Low 70
WIND: Light

MONDAY
Slight chance of a morning shower or storm. Scattered storms form during
the afternoon.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 90
WIND: S 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon and evening storms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 90
WIND: S 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy. A chance of mainly afternoon and evening storms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 91
WIND: S 5-10

THURSDAY
Hot, hazy and humid, with scattered PM storms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 90
WIND: S 5-10

============================================================
2006 AVP HOOVER OPEN PRESENTED BY VAULT
PRO BEACH VOLLEYBALL
JULY 13-16 at The Hoover Met
For Tickets, call (800) 240-2300
or visit http://www.avphoover.com

Pro Beach Volleyball is coming to Alabama! The Hoover Met is being
converted to a beach for Birmingham's biggest beach party. Come see Olympic
Gold Medalists Misty May and Kerri Walsh along with the greatest volleyball
player of all time, Karch Kiraly. Get your flip flops and tank tops
ready and make your plans to come to the Hoover Met July 13-16.

Be sure to order your tickets today. Single session tickets and all
tournament books are available at 800-243-2300 or by logging on to
http://www.avphoover.com. Tickets are also available at Bruno's, Food
World, and Food Max locations. For discounted group tickets (10 or more)
call, 205-262-2832. Go to http://www.avphoover.com for all of the latest
info.

The 2006 AVP Hoover Open presented by Vault - Pro Beach Volleyball!
============================================================
*********************************************************

Tonight on ABC 33/40:

6:00pm Extreme Makeover
7:00pm Extreme Makeover
8:00pm Desperate Housewives
9:00pm Grey's Anatomy
10:30pm ABC3340 News
11:05pm The Zone

*********************************************************
If you are interested in advertising on this E-Forecast, please contact us
at 205-985-9725 or bill.hardekopf@theweathercompany.com. Ads reach over
18,200 subscribers each day, creating over 125,000 impressions each week.
Just $95 per week!

To subscribe or unsubscribe from the ABC 33/40 E-Forecast, go here:
http://www.jamesspann.com/eforecast.html