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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Friday June 1, 2007
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...Code Orange Air Quality Alert...

The Alabama Partners for Clean Air maintain a Code Orange Air Quality
Alert for Jefferson and Shelby Counties for today, and really for the
entire area for particulate pollution, namely smoke from the South
Georgia and North Florida wildfires. At-risk groups (children, the
elderly, and people with heart and lung diseases) are urged to take
precautions for the day: stay inside and no heavy exercise or work.

RAIN DANCE: All across North and Central Alabama, people are hoping
for rain. Praying for rain. Some have even resorted to doing rain
dances. The problem is that we don't see any drought busting rains in
Alabama's future. Unless a tropical system in the Gulf was to defy
forecasting logic and come northward instead of northeastward this
weekend. More about that in a second. This morning, high pressure
remains to the east of us, keeping us in a southeasterly surface flow
that blows the smoke from Georgia fires our way. Then the morning
inversion traps the smoke and haze, making for unpleasant conditions.
It will break up as the atmosphere begins to stir with the heating of
the day. Partly cloudy skies with just a slight chance of an isolated
storm will be our weather word through Saturday. By Sunday, a front
will be approaching from the north and may give us a better chance of
showers and storms.

IN THE TROPICS: A tropical low is near the northern coast of the
Yucatan. It is expected to move northeast, reaching the coast of
Florida near Tampa Saturday morning. It will bring much needed rain
to South Florida, where water rationing is underway. I twill emerge
over the Atlantic and pick up steam over the Gulfstream, passing east
of the Outer Banks and weakening off the coast of New England.

NEXT WEEK: We start the week with the front lingering across Alabama
along with a chance of showers and storms. By Tuesday, the tropical
low will be moving off to the northeast and taking the trough with it,
and we will return to a pattern of widely scattered afternoon and
evening storms for the rest of the week.

ON THIS DATE IN 1999: How many times have you been on a late flight
that was delayed, and just wanted to get home? Of just hoping the
pilot would go ahead and fly through the storm to get you to your
destination? On June 1, 1999, American Airlines flight 1490 departed
the Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport at 10:40 p.m. CDT for the
relatively short flight to Little Rock. The flight had been scheduled
to depart at 8:28 p.m., but thunderstorms in the Dallas area caused
general delays. There were 2 flight crew members, 4 flight attendants
and 139 passengers aboard the DC-9 aircraft as it left for Little
Rock. Flight duty rules were becoming an issue for the crew.
According to the NTSB report, American was working to get the flight
out as quickly as possible. Another looming problem was thunderstorms
that were expected in the Little Rock area on arrival. After
departure, the crew received weather information and commented that
they needed to expedite the arrival. At 11:25, the Captain commented
that they "needed to get there quick." The crew could see lightning
near the airport. The decided to land rather than divert. Read the
rest of the story in today's Weather Blog.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://abc3340.com/weather/7day.hrb
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

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TODAY
Some morning smoke and haze. Partly sunny. Few, if any, afternoon
showers or thunderstorms.
Afternoon High 87
WIND: SE 6-12

SATURDAY
Warm and humid. Only a small chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SE 7-14

SUNDAY
Partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly in the
afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 85
WIND: S 6-12

MONDAY
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SW 7-14

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of a shower or storm.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 84
WIND: N 5-10

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