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Morning Edition For Saturday May 5, 2007
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...Rain Rain Don't Go Away...

I just got back from a quick trip to Washington, D.C. last night. It
was a beautiful day on Friday, with clear, blue skies and temperatures
in the 60s. Those were thanks to the same back door cold front that is
in our neighborhood now. I always enjoy catching a quick train ride,
even if was just from Union Station to BWI to fly out. Union Station
truly is a national treasure. The weather was a bonus.

EXTREME DROUGHT: The big news around these parts is the continuing
lack of rainfall. Despite some nice showers and storms Thursday night
over northwestern sections, we continue under an extreme drought
across much of North and North Central Alabama with severe drought
conditions covering basically the northern half of the state. Our
rainfall deficit is climbing quickly toward one foot again.

OUR FORECAST: We will be in a very high amplitude pattern the next
few days, which just means that the jet stream will look like a roller
coaster with a big trough in the East, big trough in the West and a
ridge in the middle. As a weakening shortwave trough bypasses us to
the north today, we will see decreasing shower chances. As the ridge
builds in, shower chances will be limited on Sunday, and likely
disappear for much of the coming week.

STORM CHASERS UNITE: And unite they will with a Saturday moderate
risk on the Plains. Chasers will be converging on every supercell
thunderstorm that develops today from around Oklahoma City up through
Central Kansas and into Central Nebraska. A powerful upper level
trough over the western United States is responsible for the activity
yesterday, today and even tomorrow. The situation should begin to
improve by Monday. It is the time of year for tornadoes on the
Plains. Highs will be in the 80s today and tomorrow, but fall back
into the 70s on Monday as a wedge of cooler air comes in from the
east. Our next rain chance does not come in until the weekend, and it
even looks puny.

TROPICS: Could we have a May tropical storm in the next few days?
The GFS has been bullish on the idea, although the devil is in the
details. It has been promoting the idea of a warm core, or tropical
low near the Bahamas and a cold core low off the coast of the
Carolinas. For now, the cold core solution is the leader in the
clubhouse. Either way, a strong northeasterly onshore flow will
buffet the Mid Atlantic coast down the Florida coast into early next
week. May tropical storms are unusual, but not unheard of. Since we
started naming storms in 1950 with the phonetic alphabet, I found the
following May tropical storms: Able 1951; Arlene 1959; Alma 1970;
Subtropical Storm Alpha 1972 and Arlene in 1981. That's five in 58
years. Not good that we are already talking about the tropics in
early May.

Bill Murray

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TODAY
Partly sunny. Scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mostly
during the morning.
Afternoon High 83
WIND: S 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Few, if any, showers.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 84
WIND: NE 6-12

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. Not as warm.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 77
WIND: E 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. A cool early morning.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 79
WIND: SE 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny and warm.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 81
WIND: SW 6-12

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