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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday February 2, 2008
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...Unsettled Weather Ahead...

SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER: It's official! Our friends at the
Birmingham Zoo report that Birmingham Bill, our local groundhog,
emerged from his den to make his annual Groundhog Day appearance. He
did see his shadow. That means six more weeks of winter for us here
in Alabama.

WARM UP AHEAD: The folklore is nice, but the thermometer
will not be cooperating. In fact, readings will feel increasingly
like spring over the next couple of days. Temperatures this afternoon
are topping out right around 60 degrees, about 15 degrees warmer than
yesterday. We will warm up another 2-4 degrees tomorrow and will be
in the 70s on Monday. A big Bermuda type high pressure system over
the western Atlantic is acting like a giant pump, pushing warm, moist
air northward out of the Gulf.

SHOWERS AND STORMS: In addition, a big trough over the
western United States has Alabama in a southwesterly flow aloft. It
is spreading Pacific moisture our way. So moisture levels will be
increasing at the surface and aloft. Showers will begin to break out
on Sunday, and a fairly widespread rain event looks likely for late
Sunday afternoon and Sunday night into Monday. Over one inch of rain
is expected across the northern half of the state through Monday
evening.

STRONG STORMS FOR TUESDAY: By Tuesday, the big trough of
low pressure will swing our way. It will be very deep and powerful.
With nearly four days of moisture influx here in the Deep South, along
with warm temperatures, instability will be on the increase as the
trough approaches. This will lead to showers and thunderstorms on
Tuesday. Wind shear values will be very high, so t he potential for
rotating thunderstorms will be there. The storms may become severe
over much of Alabama. In addition, a long squall line will form late
in the day and rush
towards Alabama. A significant wind damage event is possible with
this line. It is a developing situation that will be better defined
in later forecasts, but needless to say, it will be one to watch.

SNOWBOUND TRAIN! In January 1952, the Southern Pacific
streamliner train the City of San Francisco became snowbound as it
tried to cross the Sierra Mountains at Donner Pass. It would be three
long, frustrating days as the train was stuck in the grips of a
horrific Sierras blizzard. Yesterday, both the eastbound and the
westbound AMTRAK California Zephyr passenger trains became stranded
when a snowplow damaged the tracks. The westbound train and its 165
passengers were pulled back to Reno late last night, where the
passengers were put up in hotels. The eastbound Zephyr could not be
moved, and the passengers remained on the train, but there was plenty
of food, lights and heat.

TORNADO DROUGHT: A fifty two day streak of no tornadoes
anywhere in the United States came to an end on this date in 1986. No
twister had occurred anywhere in the country since December 11, 1985.
The streak is the longest in recorded American weather history.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TONIGHT
Increasing clouds overnight.
Overnight Low 30
WIND: SW 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy with a chance of a shower. Rain chances increase
overnight along with a chance of a storm.
Morning Low 40 Afternoon High 64
WIND: SE 7-14

MONDAY
Windy and mild. A good chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 71
WIND: S 12-25

TUESDAY
Windy with showers and storms. Some may be severe.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SW 15-30

WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy and colder with a little light rain.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 49
WIND: NW 10-18

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