ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday April 26, 2009
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Head Down Under for an Outback Adventure
with SummerQuest at Hunter Street, June 1-5

It's summer and the kids are home from school with nothing to do.
Instead of leaving them to watch TV and play video games all day, you
can
send them on a week-long Outback Adventure with SummerQuest!

Outback Adventure will be held at Hunter Street Baptist Church in
Hoover,
June 1-5. At Outback Adventure, kids grades 1-6 will learn about our
great
God as they take part in arts and crafts, sports activities, Bible
study,
and corporate worship each day. Outback Adventure is free, so bring a
friend, family member or neighbor with you.

Outback Adventure starts each morning at 8:30 a.m. and dismisses at
12:15 p.m. Registration is required, and you can register your kids at
www.kidquestonline.org. T-shirts are available for $7. For more
information, call Hunter Street, 205.985.7295 or visit www.hunterstreet.org
.
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...Warm Weather To Continue...

A beautiful Sunday is in progress across Alabama. Lots of warm
sunshine is pushing temperatures into the middle 80s across the area.
It looks like our fine spring weather will continue through Tuesday,
and perhaps longer, depending on the eventual stalling point of a cold
front that will edge our way at midweek. It is a low confidence
forecast after the next couple of days, but here goes…

WARM WEEK AHEAD: The short term forecast is pretty easy. Tomorrow
will look a lot like today. Temperatures will start off in the lower
60s in the morning, and rise into the lower 80s by afternoon. Skies
will be partly cloudy. Monday night will feature partly cloudy skies
with lows in the lower 60s. Our persistent ridge in the east, trough
in the west upper pattern will be precariously balanced through Monday
night. Little disturbances rippling along the underside of the trough
will help it to move ever so slightly to the south by Tuesday. This
will allow the battle zone between the two air masses to edge our
way. I think that showers and a few thunderstorms will work their way
into the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama by Tuesday night, and could
remain there through much of Wednesday before the front decides to
retreat northward again. This is where the crystal ball is a little
fuzzy. Recent model runs have given the front greater impetus by late
Thursday, spreading showers and storms across the entire area for
Friday. I think that is a low probability happening, so for now, we
will keep Central Alabama mainly dry until the bigger storm system
arrives Sunday night.

MORE SEVERE WEATHER ON THE PLAINS TODAY: At least eight reports of
tornadoes yesterday in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. One evening
tornado skipped across parts of Enid, Oklahoma, damaging the Expo
Center there. Reports after midnight indicated a large, violent
tornado near Kremlin, Oklahoma. The damage was still being assessed
this morning. Severe is expected again today from southern Kansas
through western Oklahoma into northern Texas. A moderate risk
outlook is in place.

CLOSE CALL: A crew from KMBC-TV9 in Kansas City had a close call
with a tornado along I-70 west of the Metro Saturday afternoon the
storm turned erratically south toward them, causing them to flee into
a ditch with other motorists as debris flew all around them. The
tornado destroyed a farm near Reno, Kansas.

SKY SHOW TONIGHT: Look to the west just after sunset this evening and
you will see a spectacular conjunction of a slender crescent moon, the
planet Mercury and the star cluster the Pleaides.

OVERPASSES AND TORNDOES: One of the notable tornadoes of the April26,
1991 Andover Outbreak produced a safety controversy that exists to
this day. A camera crew from KSNW in Wichita was traveling along the
Kansas Turnpike near Eldorado, Kansas when a tornado began to overtake
them. The crew stopped and sought shelter under a highway overpass
with several other people who had parked underneath the overpass. The
television crew yelled for the people to climb under the bridge's
girders. As the crew continued to film, the tornado appeared to score
a direct hit on the bridge. The tornado appeared to strike the
overpass directly, but in reality it didn't. The video created a
false impression that overpasses provide safe haven during tornadoes.
They don't.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

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2009 SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
MAY 20-24
REGIONS PARK STADIUM in Hoover
For Tickets, call (800) 732-4849 (800-SEC-4TIX)
or visit http://www.southtix.com/secbb.html
For Corporate Hospitality Packages, call (205) 977-9335

Here's your chance to see the best college baseball in the country,
right here in Hoover, Alabama! See the top eight teams in the SEC
compete for the tournament title over the course of this five day
event.

Reserved seats are going fast so be sure to order yours today at
(800) 732-4849 or by logging onto http://www.southtix.com/secbb.html
Opportunities still exist to entertain employees, clients or friends
in the Corporate Hospitality suite. Call (205) 977-9335 to inquire
about the various corporate hospitality packages.

Mark your calendars to go to Regions Park Stadium, May 20-24
to see some big time college baseball.

The 2009 SEC Baseball Tournament
THE BEST COLLEGE BASEBALL IN THE COUNTRY!!
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TONIGHT
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 64
WIND: S 10-15

MONDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 83
WIND: S 6-12

TUESDAY
Mix of clouds and sun. Chance of a shower or storm over northern
sections.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 82
WIND: S 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Some sun, some clouds. A chance of showers and storms to the north.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 81
WIND: S 6-12

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. Slight chance of a shower or storm.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 81
WIND: S 6-12

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