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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday April 19, 2008
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Rain and storms moved across the area during the night ahead of a cold
front that has pushed east of Atlanta this morning. Skies will clear
quickly this morning from west to east as drier air works into the
state. Temperatures this afternoon will range from the upper 60s to
the lower 70s with a decent west wind. Look for comfortable lows
overnight in the upper 40s with clear skies.

REST OF YOUR WEEKEND: Tomorrow promises to be a beautiful April day.
Skies will be mostly sunny and temperatures will warm into the upper
70s. A few spots may reach 80 degrees. There will be a nice westerly
breeze.

THE WEEK AHEAD: We are going to get a little preview of summer in the
week ahead. We will see warm and humid conditions with a chance of
isolated showers each day during the afternoon. A passing upper level
disturbance could trigger a couple of storms on Monday, but the rain
chance is actually quite low. Tuesday and Wednesday will feature
partly sunny conditions, warm temperatures and relative high
humidities along with a chance of a few showers. A cold front will
try to sag our way on Wednesday, giving us a fairly good chance of
rain then. A developing storm system will keep us breezy and warm on
Thursday with showers over northern sections. The system will get its
act together bringing us showers and storms Friday night. Things
should clear out for Talladega.

ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER WEEK: It looks like the coming week will be
active with severe weather across the Plains and Midwest. Storm
chasers are already salivating over the setup Monday and Tuesday from
Illinois and the Midwest all the way back into Texas and Louisiana.
It looks like there will strong instability and a very dynamic upper
air situation. It will bear watching.

TYPHOON NEOGURI : Typhoon Neoguri is the earliest typhoon to threaten
China in the past six decades. The system weakened back to a tropical
cyclone with top winds near 70 mph as it made landfall west of Hong
Kong early this morning. The system will be near Hong Kong this
afternoon. The weather forecast from the Hong Kong Observatory:
Under the combined effect of Severe Tropical Storm Neoguri and the
northeast monsoon, it will be windy and rainy over the northern part
of the South China Sea and the south China coastal areas in the next
couple of days. For Hong Kong: Cloudy with occasional rain. Winds
out of the east at force six to force seven (22-33 knots or 26-38 mph)
with occasional gusts to force eight (34-40 knots, or 39-47 mph)
offshore and on higher ground. Today's high 23C or 73F.

ON THIS DATE IN 1996: The period April 19 to April 21 produced an
almost continuous outbreak of 111 tornadoes from Arkansas, through
Illinois, and into southern Canada. The downtown of Berea, Kentucky
was destroyed and Fort Smith, Arkansas was also heavily damaged.
Almost every one of the 150 homes in Ogden, Illinois were damaged or
destroyed by the tornado that struck at 7:00PM on the 19th. Seventeen
people were injured, but there were no deaths in the residential area.
Urbana and Decatur were also hard hit. The good news was that 105 of
the 111 tornadoes and all of the killer tornadoes occurred within
tornado watches.

Bill Murray

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TODAY
Sunshine returns. A cloudy period possible.
Afternoon High 71
WIND: W 10-18

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny and warmer.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 79
WIND: SW 6-12

MONDAY
Partly sunny and warm. A slight chance of a shower.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 82
WIND: S 6-12

TUESDAY
Mix of clouds, some sun. A chance of showers.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 83
WIND: S 7-14

WEDNESDAY
A good chance of showers, maybe a storm.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 79
WIND: SW 6-12

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