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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday June 16, 2007
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...Lower Humidity...

The continued drought emergency headlines the Alabama weather
situation on this mid-June Saturday. Water restrictions are in place
across the area. Please conserve in this time of crisis. You will
want to check and see what specific restrictions are in place for your
locale as it relates to watering, washing cars, etc.

CITY STAGES FORECAST: We always say that drought is the most
insidious of the weather disasters, because it is accompanied by what
would generally be considered fine weather with lots of sunshine and
warm temperatures. But that is what we are experiencing on this
Father's Day weekend. That means nearly optimal conditions for fans
headings to the downtown streets of Birmingham for our world class
music festival, City Stages. There is a full lineup of diverse
musical acts for every taste through late tonight. Expect partly
cloudy skies this afternoon, with only the tiniest chance of a shower
or storm. Brian Peters is watching over the festival from his lofty
forecasting perch, and we will all keep an eye on the weather for the
event. Highs today and Sunday will make the lower 90s. Readings will
drop off into the 70s during the evenings.

OUTLOOK FOR RAIN: Our best chance for significant rains in some times
appears to be in the offing come Tuesday and Wednesday. The Global
Forecast System model has been waffling back and forth as to the
amounts and coverage of precipitation with our next weathermaker.
Yesterday's morning run looked really, really wet. The evening run
backed off a bit. Let's look at the morning run from today: high
pressure that is centered over the Southeast today will slide east
over the next few days as a trough moves into the central part of the
nation. Our moisture levels will really increase. Isolated storms
will return on Monday, but then it looks like storms will be rather
numerous Tuesday and Wednesday. The latest runs back off a bit on the
amounts, but still indicate we will have some good rain chances. The
model seems to be picking up on a weak frontal boundary that will
settle into the southeast and give us higher than average rain chances
through Saturday.

MAIN EVENTON THIS DATE IN 1992: 65 tornadoes reported across the
central U.S. on this date, the second highest one day total in
history. 27 occurred in Minnesota. An F5 tornado leveled half of the
town of Chandler, Minnesota, where one person was killed. It was the
only F5 tornado of the year in the United States. The Chandler-Lake
Wilson Tornado touched down shortly after 5 p.m. near Leota, MN,
embarking on a 35 mile path that lasted over an hour. The tornado
reached its maximum strength as it topped a hill on the edge of
Chandler, descending with hellish fury on a residential area. The
two-day count of twisters was 123, second only to the Superoutbreak of
April 3-4, 1974.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TODAY
Skies become fair.
Overnight Low 72
WIND: Light

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny and hot.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 94
WIND: NE 5-10

MONDAY
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 93
WIND: S 5-10

TUESDAY
Mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SW 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy. A good chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 85
WIND: SW 6-12

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