ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Tuesday May 26, 2009
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Attention Patriots--You Can Now Personalize Your
"God Bless America" Car Tag at your county license office!!

Proceeds benefit the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy at
The American Village in Montevallo. You can transfer any
style of your current license plate. For more info, contact
your county license office or visit www.americanvillage.org
and click on the car tag icon at the bottom of the page.

Mark your calendar and celebrate Independence Day at
The American Village on July 4th. And watch for special
one-day vacation rates in July.

The American Village is located 30 minutes south of Birmingham
in Montevallo, just 4 miles off Interstate 65 at Exit 234. Call
toll-free 1-877-811-1776, or 205-665-3535, or visit online at
www.americanvillage.org for additional information to help
plan your visit.

The Village also offers unique facilities for special events:
weddings, receptions, office retreats, corporate picnics, holiday
parties and private dinners. Call today to reserve your space!
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...Tropical Air Hangs Around...

VERY MUGGY: Not much change in the overall weather situation for
Alabama today. The surface low that moved inland from the Gulf of
Mexico this past weekend is spinning away over the southwest corner of
Missouri, and to the east of that circulation a huge mass of tropical
moisture covers much of the eastern U.S., including Alabama. This
means another warm, humid day with scattered to numerous showers and
thunderstorms. While the majority of the showers will come during the
afternoon and evening hours, we can't rule out a few morning or late
night showers with this kind of airmass. Severe weather isn't
expected, but like recent days, the stronger storms will produce lots
of rain in a very short amount of time. Away from the showers, the sun
should peek out from time to time, with afternoon highs in the low 80s
for most places.

This kind of weather will continue through Thursday, with a good
chance of showers and storms in the very moist environment. But, drier
air begins moving into Alabama on Friday, and by then the showers
should become more widely spaced. Then, over the weekend, it looks
like dry air will actually win the battle, and we are forecasting
mostly sunny days and fair nights Saturday and Sunday. Humidity levels
this weekend will be lower, and nights a little cooler.

MEMORIAL DAY SHOWERS: Rain totals around Alabama yesterday included
2.95" at Mobile, 1.16" at Concord, .91" at Gadsden, .77" at Bessemer,
and .09" at the Birmingham Airport. The official rain total for 2009
in Birmingham is 25.96", giving us a rain surplus for the year of 1.56".

DID YOU KNOW? In order for a thunderstorm to be severe, winds must be
58 mph or greater, or hail must be 3/4" in diameter (penny size) or
larger. Thunderstorms during the summer in Alabama are rarely severe
in a classic sense, but occasionally they do produce "wet
microbursts", or localized areas of damaging wind that can be over 70
mph.The most dangerous element of thunderstorms on a summer afternoon
in Alabama is lightning, often called the "underrated killer" because
it doesn't get as much attention as tornadoes.

ON THIS DATE IN 1917: For many years, it was believed that a single
tornado remained on the ground for seven hours and 293 miles and 7
hours 20 minutes across Illinois and Indiana to become the longest
continuous path tornado ever in U.S. history. But it now appears that
a family of as many as 8 separate tornadoes caused the path.
Nonetheless, the devastation was still spectacular and terrible.
Mattoon IL and Charleston IL were hard hit, with the F4 twister
cutting a path right through the center of the latter. 101 people were
killed and 600 injured. Debris from Mattoon was carried 50 miles.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.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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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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TODAY
Warm and humid with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms.
Afternoon High 81
WIND: S 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Occasionally cloudy. A good chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 85
WIND: SW 6-12

THURSDAY
A good chance of showers and thunderstorms, especially during the
afternoon.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SW 6-12

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. A few scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 81
WIND: W 7-14

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and less humid.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 83
WIND: N 6-12

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