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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday October 3, 2006

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FALL FEST IN ANNISTON!
Saturday, October 28, 11 am to 5 pm
Fun for the whole family!

Come enjoy our Fall Farmers Market, our Plant Sale, a Quilt Show,
a Pumpkin Patch, and a Bantam Chicken Show. We'll also have
hayrides, a cake walk and live music

And contests for people of all ages--contests for Canned Goods,
Arts & Crafts, a Horseshoe Toss and a good ol' fashion
Chicken-Que contest.

Admission is just ONE DOLLAR and it's free if you wear a
Halloween Costume!

It all takes place at the Buckner Arts and Exhibit Center at
412 Buckner Drive in Anniston

Contact the County Extension Office for more information
and to register for contests. 256-237-1621

http://www.aces.edu/counties/Calhoun/MG/Temp/CountyEvents1.htm
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VERY LITTLE RAIN FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS: Any chance at all will come
later in the day Thursday as a fairly pronounced cool front comes
rolling through. There has been a lot of storminess with this system
over the Midwest. However the front will be much more starved for
moisture when it gets down into this part of the country. There is a
chance we will not see any showers, but we did insert a few for late
Thursday. Probably the better chance of those will be north and NE of
Birmingham.

Meanwhile, we will have to negotiate with Mother Nature over some
high temperatures that will be closer to normal for mid-summer than
early October. During the next two days, the old thermometer will
shoot for 90 over on the west side of the state, but more like upper
80s in the greater Birmingham area and a little lower over the extreme
east and NE. After the cool front comes through Thursday night, it
will be followed by a large high pressure area that will give us some
brisk NE winds Friday and some cooler temperatures. High temperatures
Friday and Saturday should back off to around 78. Our coolest morning
will be Saturday morning with mid 50s.

OUR WORLD OF WEATHER: The tropics are quiet, especially our old
friend the Gulf of Mexico…it still blows my undersized mind that if
all the water in the Great Lakes could be drained, the entire lower 48
states would be covered with water between 9 and 10 feet deep. That is
assuming the whole country is flat, of course. Those lakes hold an
estimated six quadrillion gallons of water, which is about one-fifth
of the world's supply of fresh surface water and nine-tenths of the
USA supply…early this morning, the NWS in Chicago sent out a special
report of severe weather events over North Illinois and there were 114
incidents of severe weather in less than 24 hours. Not sure I have
ever seen a list that long before. At one time, as many as 300,000
people were without power. Extremely heavy rain with 4-8 inches in
parts of the Chicago area and hail up to the size of quarters. Today
there is another significant risk, especially from South Minnesota
through Southern Wisconsin…hottest place in the USA yesterday was 103
in Bullhead City, Arizona…cold spots this morning 27 in Yellowstone
National Park and 21 in Wainwright, Alaska…on this date in 1995, there
was growing concern about Hurricane Opal. More on that in later
editions.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Since Molly has to check out everything
along the walking track, I have been a little concerned lately. We
have a sudden proliferation of toadstools or mushrooms. Some look like
the top of a vanilla ice cream cone; others are solid black or a rich
brown color. I let her check them out, but I am on alert to pull back
on her leash if she tries to take a bite. I do not know if they are
poisonous. Kept that little girl up late last night with two ballgames
that would rival major league playoffs. When we finished, she was
totally exhausted. She got up on my ex-National Geographic blanket on
the couch and was passed out in 30 seconds. Thirty minutes later I
woke her up for a short walk and bathroom break and we all went to bed
after midnight—pooped but happy. Sure will be glad when October 29
gets here. At 2:00 a.m. we go back on CST. Little Miss Molly and I
both have a metabolism, biological parts and everything else that work
better on standard time. Life goes on....

J.B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Mostly clear.
Overnight Low 63
WIND: Light SE

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. A very warm afternoon.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SE 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly sunny and warm. A small chance of a shower late.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 5-10

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny, breezy, not as warm and less humid.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 79
WIND: NE 8-16

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny. A cool early morning.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 78
WIND: E 7-14

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