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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday August 5, 2006
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ANOTHER SCORCHER: Get ready for another scorcher across Alabama
today. Temperatures are already climbing through the 90s at most
locations. Everyone will top out in the middle to upper 90s, except
for a few locations that will see the century mark again. Decatur,
Selma, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Troy and Muscle Shoals all reached the
100 degree mark on Friday.

SEVERE WEATHER TODAY: There is a moderate risk of severe
thunderstorms over the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota today.
An influx of high moisture values will lead to high instability ahead
of an approaching cold front today. Throw in some strong speed and
directional shear and you have the recipe for severe thunderstorms.
There could be a few tornadoes early in the episode this afternoon
before the storms become a squall line.

HEY WAIT: We're in a slight risk today too. Much of the southern
two thirds of Alabama is included in the slight risk area. The
combination of high heat and humidity and a weak boundary will fire
storms this afternoon. Shear levels are low, so storm organization
will not really be an issue, but strong pulse thunderstorms could
produce some impressive wind. And don't forget, even garden variety
storms produce deadly lightning.

OUR FORECAST: The broken record that is our forecast continues.
After today's enhanced thunderstorm chances, we will settle back into
our lethargic pattern of high heat and humidity, hazy conditions and
widely scattered afternoon and evening storms.

THE HEAT IS ON: Record highs from yesterday: Asheville NC 92F;
98F at Charlotte, 103F at Tupelo; 98F at Charleston SC and 100F at
Brunswick, GA.
RIP CHRIS: Tropical Depression Chris was written off by the
National Hurricane Center this morning. Turned out the global models
that predicted the demise of the developing tropical cyclone from the
beginning were right. The rest of the tropical Atlantic is quiet.

ON THIS DATE IN 1783: The Mount Asama volcano in Japan erupted
violently, blowing the top off of the mountain and sending huge
amounts of ash into the atmosphere. Over 1000 villagers were killed
by lava, steam, moiling mud and superheated gases as its pyroclastic
flow engulfed the villages on the northern flanks of the mountain.
Sunlight was blocked over northern Japan for several months, resulting
in a famine that killed 1.4 million Japanese. The Winter of 1783-84
was remarkably cold in the Eastern United States, as noticed by
Benjamin Franklin from Philadelphia. Although he did not know of the
eruption, he did hypothesize that the cold temperatures were the
result of a fog of dust in the atmosphere over Europe and North
America. The cold was so intense that sleds could cross the Long
Island Sound and the harbor at New York was frozen for 10 days.

J.B. Elliott

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TONIGHT
Any showers and strong storms will dissipate.
Morning Low 75
WIND: E 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of a thunderstorm during the
afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 75 Afternoon High 95
WIND: S 5-10

MONDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of a shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 76 Afternoon High 94
WIND: S 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy. Scattered afternoon and evening showers and storms.
Morning Low 76 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy. A chance of mainly afternoon and evening showers and storms.
Morning Low 75 Afternoon High 93
WIND: NE 5-10

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