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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Monday May 4, 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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...What A Day!...

It started out in eastern Texas early this morning. A huge complex of
thunderstorms shaped like a giant archer's bow. It raced into western
Louisiana, roaring across that state at 70 mph. It blew across the
Mississippi River about 10 a.m. It took less than three hours for it
to cross the Magnolia State and it was knocking on the door of West
Alabama shortly after noon. Reports from Mississippi were
impressive. Thousands of trees down all along the track. It remained
very organized as it curved up into Central Alabama. Winds of 60-70
downed trees and produced damage across a wide area. Even as we were
tracking it, thunderstorms began to erupt along a surface boundary
southwest of Birmingham. These supercells produced several reports of
tornadoes from south of Birmingham to Pell City and into Calhoun County.

MONDAY FORECAST: The persistent frontal system that has been to the
north of the area for the past couple of days will eventually slide
southward today. A few showers and thunderstorms will be possible
until the boundary passes through early this afternoon. There could
be some clearing during the afternoon. Highs should rise into the
middle 70s. Skies will clear overnight, briefly. Low clouds and fog
will fill back in by morning thanks to a dewpoint that will fall
slower than the mercury until they meet around 59 degrees

REST OF THE WEEK: I must admit that I don't have a lot of faith in
the particulars of this forecast. The uncertainty comes from just not
having a lot of confidence in the particular handling of the pattern
features. Tuesday looks like it will be the pick of the litter
through Friday as an upper trough sets up over the Ohio and Tennessee
Valleys. This could keep us unsettled in the Wednesday through Friday
time frame. Temperatures will remain on the warm side, running just a
tad above average for the period.

THE WEEKEND: The GFS has been consistently putting forward the idea
of a tropical storm forming in the western Caribbean in about ten
days. You have to take that with a grain of salt, since the model
tends to do this just about every year. But it has been weeks. It
will be interesting to watch. May tropical storms are rather rare,
occurring in about one out of every ten Atlantic hurricane seasons.
The first storm this year will be Ana, followed by Bill, Claudette,
Danny and Erika

ON THIS DATE IN 1961: Neil Ward was a research scientist at the
National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, OK. He began hunting
dust devils while vacationing as a youngster in the west. He became a
member of the founding fraternity of storm chasers in the 1960s,
targeting thunderstorms with the goal of spotting tornadoes along with
David Hoadley and Roger Jensen. Ward theorized that he could use
radar to pick out a potentially tornadic storm and "chase" it. On
this date, Ward intercepted a tornado near Geary, OK utilizing
direction by radio from a radar operator in Oklahoma City, making him
the first storm chaser.

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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TODAY
Cloudy with a chance of showers and storms. Some clearing late in the
day.
Afternoon High 75
WIND: W/NW 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy and seasonably warm.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 80
WIND: W 6-12

WEDNESDAY
A chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 79
WIND: SW 6-12

THURSDAY
A slight chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 82
WIND: W 6-12

FRIDAY
A chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 83
WIND: SW/W 6-12

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