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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday May 9, 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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...Strong Storms Possible Today...

Thunderstorms will be on the menu as we head into this Mother's Day
Weekend 2009. A southward sagging cold front will trigger storms
today in a warm and humid May airmass across North and North Central
Alabama. Expect more of the same tomorrow as the front continues its
snail-like push to the south.

RATHER RARE WATCHES: PDS stands for Particularly Dangerous
Situation. PDS tornado watches are something that we are used to.
But did you know there can be a PDS severe thunderstorm watch? They
are issued when there is a threat of widespread damaging winds, as
with a derecho. They are especially rare because they are only issued
when the tornado threat is expected to remain low. We only see a
couple per year on average. Several were issued yesterday morning
from Kansas down through Arkansas as a powerful derecho moved
southeastward. We are hearing that term "derecho" a little too much
this spring.

YOUR WEEKEND: The upper flow across the Southeast United States is
fairly zonal, or from west to east. This band of westerlies is
separating cooler, continental air to the north from the warm, humid
air to the south. The boundary between the two airmasses will sag
south today as disturbances slide by the north. This will trigger
storm development today across North and North Central Alabama. There
is a cap, or lid on the atmosphere, in the form of a layer of warm,
dry air aloft. This will limit storm development this afternoon, but
once they form, they could quickly become strong to severe,
particularly over the north. Damaging wind and hail will be the main
threat. More storms will form on Mother's Day in the warm, humid
airmass as the front settles southward. These storms will likely
become severe as well, mainly over Central sections of the state.

A BREAK NEXT WEEK: There are good indications that the boundary will
shift far enough to the south Monday night to allow a cooler and drier
airmass to filter into Alabama. This will provide a welcome break
from our early season heat and humidity preview. Highs will back off
into the 70s to near 80 and lows will be in the 50s into midweek.
Moisture will begin to return by Thursday, along with a chance for
showers and storms. Depending on the front's forward progress,
showers and storms could continue into Friday.

SNEAK PEEK INTO THE WEEKEND AND BEYOND: Not only could they continue
into Friday, but those showers could continue through the weekend as
we get stuck with reruns of Battle of the Airmasses 2009. So we will
keep shower and thunderstorms chances in the forecast for Saturday and
Sunday.

ON THIS DATE IN 2006: High winds blew sixteen of the thirty cars of
a BNSF double stack container train off the tracks near Belle Plaine
in southern Kansas south of Wichita., blocking a key rail route for
more than a day. The train, bound from Chicago to Southern California
was derailed by winds estimated at over 60 mph.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://cfc.abc3340.com/abc3340/7day.cfm
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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TODAY
Becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and storms. Some will be
severe, especially north.
Afternoon High 84
WIND: SW 10-15

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and storms. Some will be severe.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 79
WIND: SW 7-14

MONDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms linger.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 76
WIND: W/NW 7-14

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny and less humid.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 75
WIND: N 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 80
WIND: NE 5-10

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