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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday April 5, 2007

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LEBANESE FOOD AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Saint Elias Maronite Catholic Church
April 13-14, 2007 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
836 8th Street South--Near University Boulevard & 8th Street South

Get Homemade Lebanese Food Lunch and Dinner April 13 - 14
Easy Friday Lunch -- Fast Service in/out in minutes -- Take out or
dine in.
For really fast service come early or late. We serve food the whole
day.
You can also have food delivered to your place of business for Friday
lunch.
Click on our website below for details.

Baked Kibbee, spinach pies, rolled grape leaves, fresh grilled lemon
chicken, loobia (spiced green beans), and sweets galore.
Have you ever tried Lebanese ice cream or the traditional baklawa?
Visit the a-la-carte station - inside only - Meat Pies, Spinach Pies,
Grape Leaves, Tabouleh, and Homus. Stock up.

Take a tour of the church, visit our heritage room and learn more
about the language of Aramaic spoken at our liturgy. See scenes of
Lebanon in our main hall. Silent Auction and Live Band from New York,
back by popular demand, each evening. Shuttle service Friday and
Saturday night from 5-9 from Epic School parking lot. Follow the signs.

All this and there is No Admission Charge. 25% of all proceeds go to
charities other than St. Elias Church. For more info and a complete
menu,
visit our website at http://www.stelias.org/festival_2007.html
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POSSIBLE DAMAGING FREEZE OVER THE WEEKEND: Our weather has taken a
turn to very un-April-like. In fact, it is not out of the question
that we could see the coldest temperature ever recorded in the month
of April in Central Alabama by Sunday morning and again Monday
morning. We are sticking to a 26 low for Sunday morning, although
some in and out clouds could hold that up a bit. A 26 low seems even
more certain for Monday morning. We will need to watch this very
closely. Some of the latest model data has temperatures as low as 22
for Sunday morning and similar temperatures for Monday morning. We
think that is a bit overdone.

However, it is important that precautionary measures be taken for
this unusual freeze so late in the season. Tender vegetation is in
real danger. Be sure to bring your pets indoors.

A very strong high pressure system (1053 millibars) is bulging down
from Central Canada bringing some very cold weather to a wide area.
There will be occasional disturbances rotating down in the upper air.
This could bring some imminent cloudiness at times over the next
couple of days. There is even a chance of some rain trying to push
inland along the Gulf Coast Saturday nights and Sunday. If that
happens, we believe it will be far to the south and not affect
Central and North Alabama.

EASTER SUNDAY: Warm clothing is definitely the order of the day.
After morning lows in the mid 20s, it will barely reach the mid 50s
during the afternoon. On Saturday, North Alabama highs may be in the
chilly 48 to 52 range with NW winds gusting over 20 mph at times.

THE EVER INTERESTING WORLD OF WEATHER: When that powerful F5
tornado devastated the Smithfield area on the NW side of Birmingham
30 years ago yesterday, a pony became airborne. Later it was found
still alive, but stumbling around because debris had blinded him.
Amazingly, the pony gave birth to a new baby and it was immediately
named Tornado 77. Very heavy snow fell again overnight in parts of
Michigan, especially the Upper Peninsula, and in Maine. Coldest in
Alaska this morning was 20 below at Umiat. There was a 100-degree
contrast in temperature across the lower 48 states in the last 24
hours from 100 in Death Valley yesterday to an even zero this morning
at Grand Marais, Michigan and Wadena, Minnesota.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: An action-packed walk with Little Miss
Molly this morning very early. I never know what to expect. As soon
as we walked out the back door, some neighbors were passing by on the
track. Fifty feet behind them was a friendly neighborhood dog that
voluntarily walks around the track with anybody just to keep him
company. When Molly saw that combination, she exploded and pulled me
up an embankment as fast as I could run. We never did catch up, but
she saw Brigette, her real good friend and also a Shih-tzu at the
upper end of the track. All of this action upset every dog along the
track. Sounded like a rumble. There was a rumpled front page of The
Birmingham News that was lying near the hedgerow. Molly approached it
with extreme caution with one front foot lifted like a bird dog. She
decided it was dangerous and backed off twice. The third approach she
got very close and I said, boo. She jumped straight up clearing the
ground. The majority owner fussed at me. Life goes on.

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

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THE ALABAMA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
INDUCTION CEREMONY & REUNION OF WINNERS!
June 2 through June 4

Make plans now to be part of a great weekend with Alabama sports
legends.
Three days of incredible festivities.

Saturday, June 2--ASHOF Reunion of Winners Dinner and Silent Auction
Sunday, June 3--ASHOF Class of 2007 Induction Banquet
Monday, June 4--Reunion of Winners Celebrity Golf Tournament at Bent
Brook

The Class of 2007 inductees are Jerry Duncan, Wilbur Jackson, Buck
Johnson,
Barry Krauss, Al Lary, David Marsh, Sonny Smith, Gene Washington and
Distinguished Sportsmen David Housel and Mal Moore

Become part of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame family!
Call 205-323-6665 or visit us at http://www.ashof.org
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TONIGHT
Fair and colder.
Overnight Low 34
WIND: N 4-8

FRIDAY
Partly sunny and breezy. Even colder Friday night.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon 56
WIND: NW 10-20

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny, windy and colder. A morning freeze.
Morning Low 28 Afternoon High 51
WIND: NW 12-25

SUNDAY
Possible record morning lows. Partly sunny.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 56
WIND: NE 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny. Another morning freeze, but a milder afternoon.
Morning Low 26 Afternoon High 63
WIND: E 4-7

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