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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday February 16, 2008
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...Sunday Strong Storms...

I will have the great pleasure of greeting the Crenshaw
Leadership Academy of the University of Alabama this morning. This is
t he second year that I have gotten to speak to this bright and
interesting groups of young people. They give you hope for our world.

BIG SOUTHWEST STORM: That is a big and powerful upper
level storm system near El Paso this morning. It will be swinging
northeastward toward Missouri over the next twenty four hours,
spinning up a strong surface low that will move toward Missouri also.
We will find ourselves in an expanding warm sector over the next 36
hours. This means rain and thunderstorms for Alabama.

FOR YOUR SATURDAY: Today will be a very pleasant mid-
February day. Mostly cloudy skies will become partly cloudy this
morning and afternoon highs will be mainly in the upper 60s. Several
spots will top 70 degrees. Our winds will veer around to the
southeast gradually, helping the warm up and bringing in increasing
moisture. With that increasing moisture, clouds will increase tonight
and there could be a late night shower over western sections. It will
also become windy overnight into Sunday, with winds averaging 15-30
mph with higher gusts.

STRONG STORMS TOMORROW: That big upper system will
become negatively tilted as it swings our way on Sunday. This is
usually an indication of an enhanced severe storm threat. A powerful
squall line will move across the area on Sunday. Wind fields will be
very strong on Sunday, with deep layer shear and low level spin
present. Damaging winds will be a real possibility, along with a few
isolated tornadoes within storms in the line or ahead of it. The
main threat should be generally south of US-82, but severe storms will
be possible to the Tennessee Valley. We will refine this forecast as
we head through the afternoon and overnight tonight into Sunday. The
squall line should exit eastern sections Sunday evening.

HEADS UP CHURCH OFFICIALS: Local churches should review
their severe weather action plans and be ready to implement them
tomorrow morning if need be. A key is having someone monitor weather
conditions in real time so that action can be taken if warnings are
issued.

NEXT WEEK: Monday looks to be a miserable day with
wraparound clouds, a blustery north wind and temperatures struggling
to get out of the 30s. There could be some surprise snow flurries
again like earlier this week. Monday night will be very cold again.
The next rain system is due in late in the week, likely Friday night.

WINTRY WEATHER: Cold air on the back side of this system
has produced heavy snows in New Mexico and ice from eastern New Mexico
into the Texas Panhandle. Up to six to ten inches of snow may fall
tomorrow over southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

THE BEGINNINGS OF OUR WEATHER SERVICE: "Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the United States of American in
Congress assembled that the Secretary of War be, and hereby is,
authorized and required to provide for taking meteorological
observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent
and at other points in the States and Territories of the United States
for giving notice on the northern lakes and seacoasts by magnetic
telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms."
This new law signed into effect on this date in 1870 by President
Ulysses S. Grant created a national weather service. The first
observations would be transmitted the following November 1st and storm
warnings issued for mariners on the Great Lakes. Read all about it in
my weather history post on our alabamawx.com blog

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TODAY
A cloudy start, then becoming partly cloudy. A mild afternoon.
Becoming windy overnight.
Afternoon High 66
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 39
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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