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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday May 2, 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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...Stormy Weather Ahead...

We are entering a period of unsettled spring weather here in Central
Alabama. It will be characterized by a warm, moist and unstable
airmass, the proximity of a frontal system and an active upper wind
pattern. Bouts of showers and storms will occur over the next several
days, and severe weather looks like a definite possibility, especially
today through Sunday night, including the threat for tornadoes. Keep
close to a reliable source of weather information through the weekend.

FOLLOW THE BOUNDARY: A disturbance sliding eastward through southern
Tennessee on Friday evening pushed thunderstorms well down into
Central Alabama during the late night. Outflow from the storms laid
down a boundary that settled across Central Alabama. This little mini-
frontal system will provide the focus for additional showers and
storms today that will form in an active westerly flow today and
tonight. Disturbances keep ejecting out of an upper trough over the
western U.S. and rippling along in the flow. These will tap the warm
and moist
airmass to produce rounds of showers and storms. Some of the storms
could become severe.

SEVERE SUNDAY? There may be a bit of a break in the action on Sunday
morning as a surface low forms over eastern Texas and moves
northeastward. We will find ourselves in a developing warm sector.
The airmass over Alabama will be warm, moist and unstable. Showers and
storms will develop. With a good deal of speed shear, the storms will
be organized and will become severe. In addition, the low will
provide sufficient low level shear to produce an enhanced threat of
tornadoes. Sunday will be a day spent watching the weather.

SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY: A line of thunderstorms will move across the
state Sunday night ahead of a cold front. They could be severe as
well. They will slowly push into Central and East Alabama Monday
morning.

REST OF THE WEEK: It looks like we could get a break Tuesday before
an upper trough sets up across the Eastern U.S., giving us additional
rounds of showers and storm in the Wednesday through Friday time frame.

CRAWFISH BOIL: A great lineup for the annual Schaeffer Eye Center
Crawfish Boil downtown today. Gates open at 1:30 this afternoon at
the BJCC complex. Some of the acts on tap for this afternoon and
tonight include Everclear, Katy Perry, the All-American Rejects and
Snoop Dogg. 21,000 pounds of spicy, boiled crawfish will accompany the
musical acts. A truly great and unique Magic City event.

ON THIS DATE IN 1982: The Weather Channel was launched with 4.2
million cable subscribers. Created by ABC network television
weathercaster John Coleman, the all-weather network would boast 50
million subscribers by its tenth anniversary. The key component of
the network's programming was its specific local forecast and warning
information, beamed to local cable systems by satellite and displayed
on subscribers' sets.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.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
Showers and storms, mainly north of I-20. Some could be severe, with
heavy rain.
Morning Low 64
WIND: SW 7-14

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy and breezy. Thunderstorms becoming likely. Some severe.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 79
WIND: SW 10-20

MONDAY
Showers and storms slide east.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 73
WIND: W/NW 6-12

TUESDAY
Becoming mostly sunny.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 81
WIND: W 5-10

WEDNESDAY
A chance of showers and storms during the day, but more likely
overnight.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SW 6-14

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