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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday July 11, 2009
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TWO GREAT BASEBALL EVENTS!

Southern League All-Star Game
Monday, July 13 7:00 pm
Regions Park

Southern League Home Run Derby and
Celebrity Softball Game 3:00 pm
Sunday, July 12
Rickwood Field

For tickets, call 205-988-3200 or
http://www.barons.com
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...Storms on the Increase...

That huge bubble of heat that has been baking parts of the Central
Plains will shrink just a bit today, opening the door for a
northwesterly flow aloft to set up over Alabama. This will lead to
the possibility of thunderstorm complexes driving southeastward over
the next couple of days. It will also allow a frontal boundary to
sink southward towards Alabama.

IT'S THE WEEKEND, THERE MUST BE SEVERE WEATHER: It seems like every
weekend for the longest has featured storms and a chance of severe
weather. Hot and humid conditions will provide fuel for any storm
complexes that head our way and create the potential for severe
weather today and tomorrow.

NEXT WEEK: As the ridge of high pressure eases back to the west for
the start of the week, the cold front will become aligned northwest to
southeast and come in from an
unusual direction: the northeast. This will provide a focus for
scattered showers and storms across the area on Monday and Tuesday,
perhaps into Wednesday. In fact, scattered storms should be a fixture
through the end of the week. But we have heard that a lot over the
past three weeks.

ALL STAR EVENTS: This is a big weekend for Birmingham as the Barons
host the Southern League All-Stars. Home Run Derby and a Celebrity
Softball Game featuring our very own James Spann will take place at
3:05 p.m. Sunday at Birmingham's historic Rickwood Field. Here is
your chance to spend an afternoon in America's Oldest Ballpark. Then
Monday evening, Regions Park will be the site of the Southern League
All Star Game. Go see up and coming ballplayers, many just a step
from the Major Leagues.

NOTES FROM ALL OVER: Tornadic supercells ripped across the deeply
wooded regions of northwestern Ontario Thursday night. One of the
tornadoes struck the Fisherman's Cove resort near Ear Falls. Two men
were killed and another was still missing at press time last evening
after the cabin in which they were staying was destroyed and hurled
into a lake. Ironically, the victims of the rare tornado were from a
place where tornadoes are common: Oklahoma. The Sooner State was
baking in extreme heat on Friday. Temperatures soared to 115F at
Freedom. There was an unofficial report of 117F at Alva. Storm
chasing tour companies reported brisk reservations for the 2010
tornado season on t he announcement from NOAA that we are going into
an El Nino phase.

ON THIS DATE IN 1961: The Major League Baseball All Star game at
Candlestick Park in San Francisco was buffeted by strong winds. Giants
pitcher Stu Miller was called for a balk when the gusting winds blew
him off the mound in the ninth inning. Baserunners advanced and tied
the score. The National League won the windy contest, 5-4 in 10
innings, but one AL run was chalked up to the weather.

WEATHER TWISTORY: If you are interested in historic weather events,
then follow my weather history tweets. I am wxhistorian at
Twitter.com.
Bill Murray

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TODAY
Partly cloudy, hot, hazy and humid. Chance of an isolated PM storm.
Afternoon High 91
WIND: SW 5-10

SUNDAY
Hot and hazy. Slight chance of an afternoon storm.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SW 5-10

MONDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered afternoon and evening storms, mainly
east.
Morning Low 74 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SW 6-12

TUESDAY
Continued hot and humid. A better chance of storms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SW 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 73 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SW 6-12

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