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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday October 4, 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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COOL FRONT WILL BRING VERY LITTLE RAIN: Another reason I look
forward to October 29 when we go back to standard time, is that it
will give us an extra hour to absorb the zillion bits of information
we digest in making our forecast. Weather models and all weather
information do not honor Daylight Saving Time. It is on Universal
Time. Now, back to the weather at hand. Look for another unusually
warm day tomorrow with temperatures peaking in the upper 80s and with
some spots reaching 90 or 91. Meanwhile, a cold front (cool front, if
you wish) will be approaching North Alabama tomorrow and during
Thursday night it will move through the entire state. That front gives
us our only hope of rain for about the next 6 days. Unfortunately, we
do not see any significant rain with this front. The atmosphere will
be too dry, with most of the weather action passing off well to the NE
of Alabama. The big plus is that high temperatures will drop back to
the mid and upper 70s on Friday and near 80 over the weekend. Looks
like excellent weather for the Talladega races over the weekend and
great weather for Friday night high school football and for Saturday
college games.

TROPICAL WEATHER: No suspicious areas according to the National
Hurricane Center. There is some above normal shower activity found in
the lower Gulf, but not indication of development. Dr. William Gray,
the famous hurricane researcher at Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, has lowered his forecast even more for the rest of this
hurricane season due to El Nino activity increasing in the Pacific. He
expects only two more named storms with neither of those being a major
hurricane. We sure were anxious on this date in 1995. Hurricane Opal
roared ashore in NW Florida about 6:00 p.m. and moved all the way
northward through Alabama not being downgraded to a tropical storm
until she crossed into East Tennessee. There are stories about the
non-lady on the 33/40 weather blog.

OUR WORLD OF WEATHER: You would not believe how many place around
the world we get weather information from—literally thousands and
thousands of observations. One place that has always intrigued me is
Ten Sleep, Wyoming where the low this morning was 31. That community
of 300 souls is located in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming. It was named
that because the early day Indians reckoned that it was ten sleeps
from both Yellowstone and Ft. Laramie…low temperatures this morning 28
in Laramie and Yellowstone Park and in Alder, Montana…in Alaska, it
was 26 at Wainwright.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Since I accidentally started writing
about Little Miss Molly over three years ago (to fill some extra space
one day), we have received over 3,000 e-mails telling how the stories
are so enjoyable. Only one negative in all of those. Numerous folks
have strongly encouraged writing a children's book or journal and I
plan to do that. Occasionally, we also get a report of someone that
lost their dog to illness or old age. Recently we heard of one small
dog that died in the arms of the owner. I don't know how I would
handle that with Molly and I certainly feel for them. I always try to
respond and offer encouragement. Little Miss Molly and I had another
big ballgame real late last night. At that late hour, it totally
exhausts her. I woke up way too early today, went back to bed for a
30-minute power nap. Only 30 seconds later I heard a ker-plunk. Molly
had jumped up on my bed with a ball in her mouth ready to play. So
much for a nap, but life goes on. Fun over sleep.

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

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TONIGHT
Fair.
Overnight Low 63
WIND: Light

THURSDAY
Partly sunny and very warm. A slight chance of a shower or a
thunderstorm late afternoon and at night.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SW 6-12

FRIDAY
Clearing, breezy and cooler.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon High 76
WIND: NE 8-16

SATURDAY
Sunny with pleasant temperatures.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 80
WIND: E 7-14

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 82
WIND: E 5-10

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