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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Sunday March 25, 2007
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...Warmest Day of the Year...

Temperatures across Alabama warmed into the 80s at all major reporting
stations except Crossville and Meridianville. It was easily the
warmest day for far in 2007, besting the 81F recorded on March 12th
and again this week on Friday. It will be even warmer today, with
temperatures running some 2-3 degrees above yesterday. This will be
enough to put us pretty close to the record high for the date at the
Birmingham Airport. Today's record is 88F. Skies will be partly
cloudy.

THE WEEK AHEAD: By tomorrow, a weak back door cold front will be
wedging into Alabama from the east. The front may have enough oomph
to produce isolated thunderstorms during the late afternoon. The main
effect will be a few more clouds and some slightly cooler temperatures
in its wake. Still, we will be running some ten degrees above normal
Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs near 90. A weak trough will pass to
our north on Tuesday, producing a slight chance of showers. We stay
in the broad southwesterly flow aloft into the weekend as an upper low
sets up to the west of us. This will keep a slight chance of showers
in the forecast. A weakening cold front will approach from the more
traditional northwest late Friday night, delivering a chance of
showers or storms through Saturday morning. The front will back
readings off to more normal levels for late March.

SEVERE WEATHER TODAY: A fairly significant outbreak of severe weather
is expected over the upper Midwest later today across parts of
Wisconsin. That area is covered by a moderate risk outlook today.

NOTES FROM ALL OVER: Two significant earthquakes overnight in the
Pacific. One occurred near t he Japanese Island of Honshu. It
measured 7.0 moment. Another near the island of Vanatu in the South
Pacific. It measured 7.3 moment. The Pacific Typhoon Warning Center
in Hawaii was not concerned about a tsunami threat for Hawaii. Team
Louisiana issued a scathing report blaming the Corps of Engineers for
the levee failures that flooded New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
The report blamed the Corps for not following its mandate in New
Orleans and for using outdated geographical information in maintaining
the necessary levee heights. The Corps has issued a statement in its
own defense.

ON THIS DATE IN 2004: The town of Elba in South Alabama received an
amazing 38.09 inches of rain during a four-week period from February
26-March 26 as every river in the state was in flood. Birmingham
received 81.82 inches of rain that year, a record that still stands.
The annual rainfall total at Seven Hills, west of Mobile was a
whopping 96.88 inches. Twenty nine people died in the flooding in
Alabama.

Bill Murray
billmurray@worldnet.att.net

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TODAY
Partly cloudy and very warm. Near record temperatures.
Afternoon High 86
WIND: SE 5-10

MONDAY
Partly cloudy. A small chance of an afternoon storm.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 82
WIND: S 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of showers.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 80
WIND: S 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of a shower.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 80
WIND: S 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly cloudy. A small shower chance.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 83
WIND: S 5-10

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