ABC 33/40 E-Forecast
ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday May 1, 2008
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MAIN STORMS DELAYED UNTIL SATURDAY: Earlier this week we were
projecting for our next round of showers and thunderstorms to occur on
Friday. There will be a few, mostly later in the day and at night. Our
great friends, the weather models, have been gradually pushing the
showers and storms further back. Everything is coming together now to
give us a good round of showers and thunderstorms, mainly Saturday and
extending into Saturday night. The Storm Prediction Center has almost
the entire state of Alabama under a Slight Risk of severe weather for
Saturday. We have mentioned in our forecast that some of the storms
could become severe. We are always interested in how much rain we will
get anytime we get showers and storms, because of obvious reasons. We
think about 1 inch to 1.30 across Central Alabama. Anytime the storms
slow in forward speed that increases the rain potential.
The entire weekend will not be stormy. We expect clearing weather
Sunday with another good drop in humidity. Our high temperature both
Sunday and Monday will be in the mid 70s. The cold front will move
across Alabama late Saturday night and Sunday morning. It will not be
as chilly behind this front, but we do look for mid 40s Monday morning.
THE SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION: The NWS has upgraded the risk for a
part of SE Kansas this afternoon and tonight to Moderate. This
includes Wichita and the Kansas City area and a Slight Risk area for
East Oklahoma and NW Arkansas north into Western Iowa and Eastern
Nebraska. The situation looks more serious for tomorrow with a
Moderate Risk area all the way from Monroe, Louisiana northward to
include Little Rock, Memphis and the extreme SE part of Missouri into
Southern Illinois. A Slight Risk goes all the way from New Orleans to
Chicago and Milwaukee. Then on Saturday, a Slight Risk includes all of
Alabama, the SE half of Mississippi and South/Central Tennessee.
WINTER FIGHTING BACK: It almost seems like mid winter in a large
part of North and Central Rockies and that will continue at least
until tomorrow. A vicious low-pressure area was centered this
afternoon near Omaha. It is fouling up the weather over many states.
On Monarch Pass in Colorado, the midday temperature was 12 with winds
to 51 mph and a wind chill of 13 below zero. Denver had ¼ mile
visibility and snow…16 inches of new snow at Alta in the Wasatch
Mountains of North Utah…in Central Colorado, places like Vail and
Aspen had 5 to 10 inches of snow were expected with near whiteout
conditions along with some thunder and lightning…Eureka, Nevada was
the lower 48 cold spot this morning with 11.
MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Bridget Tytler from Meadowbrook reads
our material daily. This is her reaction to my story about growing old
with Molly. "J.B., your Miss Molly column touched home with me
yesterday. The oldest of our dogs is Maggie, a miniature Fox Terrier,
who will be 14 in August. She is blind, pretty deaf and has now taken
to getting up in the middle of the night several times with a need to
go. My husband (God bless him) gets up, puts on his robe and slippers
and navigates our long steps down to the backyard with little Maggie
in tow. He waits on her and brings her back safely to the bed. He says
it is like having a baby in the house again, but I know he is
remembering all the times Maggie has mended our broken hearts over the
years. Sometimes one of the younger dogs will go down in the yard and
herd Maggie back up the steps. Maggie has earned a place of honor and
love in our family and will be terribly missed when she is gone."
J.B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com
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TONIGHT
Fair and mild.
Overnight Low 62
WIND: S 7-14
FRIDAY
Windy and warm. A slight chance of a shower of thunderstorm late.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SW 12-25
SATURDAY
Showers and thunderstorms, numerous at times. Some may be severe.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 77
WIND: SW 10-20
SUNDAY
Clearing, breezy and cooler.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 73
WIND: N 10-18
MONDAY
Mostly sunny. A cool early morning.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 76
WIND: NE 5-10
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