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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday October 26, 2006

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LOTS OF RAIN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY—A MOSTLY DRY WEEKEND: The weather
map today is certainly not lazy and Alabama will undergo some
significant weather changes over the next few days, including a
widespread drenching tonight and Friday. There is a good chance that
many sections of Alabama, especially the central part, could get over
3 inches of rain in the next 24 hours. If Birmingham were to get 3
inches, it would increase the surplus for the year to 9 inches.

The main reason for this foul weather is a low pressure system
intensifying as it moves eastward across the central part of the
country. The low should be near Memphis or over extreme NW Mississippi
by daybreak and to NE of Nashville by nightfall Friday. Rain has
already spread into much of Alabama this afternoon. Not all of it was
touching the ground, but that will change as we go through the night.
The timeline for our heaviest rain will be after midnight tonight
through about mid afternoon Friday. There will also be some
thunderstorms involved. For Central Alabama, most of those will wait
until tomorrow. The Storm Prediction Center has about the south half
of Alabama under a slight risk of severe weather Friday from about
Tuscaloosa and Talladega southward. We look for mostly dry weather
Saturday and Sunday, although some patchy light rain could linger over
the north early Saturday.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: It is not absolutely certain that the rain will be
over in time for high school games Friday night, but dry weather is
expected for college games Saturday, including the Magic City Classic
in Birmingham. We will have a more complete football forecast on our
Friday editions.

OUR WORLD OF WEATHER: Big, big things going on in the Rockies today.
By midday, 20 inches of new snow had blanketed Idaho Springs on I-70
west of Denver. As much as 18 inches was on the ground in SE Colorado
where blizzard warnings continued…winds were expected to gust as high
as 60 mph in the blizzard area…there was 13 inches on the ground at
the Air Force Academy and 18 inches at Jamestown in Boulder County…as
much as 10-20 more inches will occur in the higher mountains,
including places like Leadville, Climax and the Pikes Peak area with
some thunder and lightning thrown in…cold temperatures this morning 12
at Wakefield, Michigan and 3 above zero at Arctic Village, Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: When Little Miss Molly comes back from
the beauty shop, the hair has been trimmed from her face enough that
her eyes look bigger. That is bad for me, because she can look me
straight in the eyes and make me do anything he wants. Her latest
thing is that she can actually nod her head toward the back door when
she needs to go out. She can also wham the daylights out of that
little bell. Nice walk this morning and we were honored by a fly over
of 13 old crows. We consider them our good friends and we have a lot
of characters around the walking track…it is estimated that I have
walked 40 miles with Molly so far this month. If she continues to
reverse my aging, I will revert to being a teenager in about 10 years.
That should be fun. Life goes on....

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

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://abc3340.com/weather/7day.hrb
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

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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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TONIGHT
Rain gradually increasing as the night goes on becoming locally heavy late.
Overnight Low 59
WIND: Light SE 7-14

FRIDAY
Cloudy and breezy with rain heavy at times diminishing late. Some
thunderstorms also—a few possibly severe south.
Morning Low 59 Afternoon 67
WIND: S 12-20

SATURDAY
Lingering light rain early. Clouds decreasing by afternoon. Breezy and cooler.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 63
WIND: NW 10-16

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny. A cool early morning, mild afternoon.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 71
WIND: W 5-10

MONDAY
Sunny and mild.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 75
WIND: W 4-8

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