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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday February 16, 2008
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...Mild Saturday Afternoon...

Temperatures are in the middle and upper 60s across Alabama on this
mid-February Saturday. Clouds were over much of the state, with only
some filtered sunshine. Showers were showing up on radar over
Southwest Alabama, ahead of a warm front that was organizing and
getting ready to lift northward ahead of our next storm system. '

SEVERE WEATHER WEST OF ALABAMA: Severe thunderstorms
were occurring over North Texas on this Saturday ahead of a strong
upper level low pressure system over Southwest Texas. This system
will be our next weather maker. Storms will increase through the
evening hours from eastern Texas and southern Oklahoma into Arkansas,
Louisiana and western Mississippi. Tornado watches have been issued.
The Storm Prediction Center continues a moderate risk outlook for
severe weather over Southeast Texas and western Louisiana. Here a few
strong tornadoes are possible before the system morphs into a powerful
squall line that will cause widespread damaging winds later tonight.

TONIGHT: Those showers will continue to lift northward
through the evening hours, but widespread rains are not expected.
Winds will increase out of the south and southeast overnight as the
surface low to the west of Alabama intensifies. After midnight, wind
chimes will be working overtime with those winds averaging 15-20 mph
with higher gusts.

SEVERE WEATHER FOR US? A complex weather map will be in
the cards by tomorrow morning, with a wedge of cool air over Northeast
Alabama, a warm front over Central Alabama and the intensifying low
pressure system over Central Missouri. The decaying line of storms
will be pushing out of eastern Mississippi into western Alabama during
the morning. Instability should be limited initially. But a surge of
moisture up into Alabama during the day and an approaching upper
disturbance may re-energize the storms, especially during the
afternoon over eastern sections. We stress that this is a developing
whether situation, and the intensity and timing of the system will be
difficult to pin down until late tonight into tomorrow. The line of
storms should exit eastern sections Sunday evening and much colder air
will flow into Alabama on northwesterly winds.

RAW MONDAY: Temperatures wil fall into the lower 40s by
Monday morning, with those brisk northwesterly winds continuing.
Temperatures will fall into the upper 30s during the morning hours
with mostly cloudy skies. Some clearing during the afternoon may
allow the mercury to make a late comeback intothe middle 40s, but some
places could stay in the 30s all day.

WEEK AHEAD: An unsettled period will be in place at the
end of the week, with strong storms possible Thursday, more showers on
Friday and another round of storms late on Sunday.

ON THIS DATE IN 1994: Australia's worst brushfire
incident occurred as Australia was in the midst of a brutally hot and
dry summer. Driven by high winds, the fires whipped through the
tinder-dry brush as speeds of up to 100 mph killing 71. -

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TONIGHT
A cloudy start, then becoming partly cloudy. A mild afternoon.
Becoming windy overnight.
Overnight Low 45
WIND: SE 6-18

SUNDAY
Windy and mild. Showers and storms likely. Some could be severe.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 66
WIND: S 15-30

MONDAY
Windy and colder. A few morning snow flurries.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 43
WIND: NW 12-22

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny. A cold morning.
Morning Low 23 Afternoon High 55
WIND: NE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 37 Afternoon High 62
WIND: SE 5-10

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