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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Thursday May 24, 2007
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FARMER'S MARKET TIME IN CALHOUN COUNTY!

The Calhoun County Farmers Market and Buckner Saturday Market
will be open this week to provide local goods for your holiday enjoyment.
Locally grown produce and plants as well as home made goods and crafts
will be available.

The Calhoun County Farmers Market is on Wednesdays and Saturdays at
1702 Noble Street in Anniston. Arrive by 8 am for best selection.

The Buckner Saturday Market begins promptly at 8 am on May 26 and will
continue each Saturday, 8 am to noon, until our FallFest on October 13.

Information on each Market and the FallFest is available at
http://www.aces.edu/Calhoun or by calling 256-237-1621.
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...Temperatures Back off Slightly...

A fresh easterly breeze will blow across Alabama today, helping to
create an improvement in air quality, and also knocking daytime
temperatures down a bit. Most of the smoke coming from the big
wildfire over South Georgia (the two big fires merged yesterday) will
blow due east into the southern half of Alabama. Air quality today
should be greatly improved over the northern counties of the state.
And, instead of a high in the upper 80s like recent days, we expect a
high today somewhere between 82 and 86; the cooler readings will be
over far East Alabama, near the Georgia border. Unfortunately, we
still do not expect any significant rain across Alabama today and
tomorrow.

HOLIDAY WEEKEND: Not much change in the weather for the Memorial Day
weekend; partly to mostly sunny days and fair nights will continue
through Monday with highs generally in the 80s and lows in the 60s. A
few isolated showers could actually show up Monday, but they will be
mainly over the southern half of the state, and the chance of any one
spot getting wet will remain rather tiny.

LONG RANGE: Some encouraging signs for the latter half of next week;
the GFS (the primary American global model) develops an upper trough
over the Southeast U.S., which will bring a pretty decent chance of
showers and thunderstorms to Alabama by June 1-2 (if the model is
correct!). Also, it continues to develop a tropical storm in the
Yucatan Channel, which ultimately moves toward Tampa Bay and then
northeast to Jacksonville.

AT THE BEACH: Generally dry weather continues through the weekend
along the Central Gulf coast, with mostly sunny days and fair nights.
Highs along the immediate coast will be at or just over 80 degrees,
and the sea water temperature is generally in the upper 70s from
Panama City westward to Gulf Shores. Any showers over the weekend will
be isolated.

DROUGHT MONITOR: Birmingham's rain total for the year is still 10.28";
the deficiency for the year is 13.82". For May, our total is only
1.08". Birmingham has had measurable rain on only 10 of the last 69
days.

A FEW RAINDROPS: An easterly wave actually produced a few isolated
showers across parts of Alabama late yesterday and last night... our
Skywatcher in Jemison (just north of Clanton in Chilton County)
actually reported 0.30" from a passing shower. A large percentage of
Alabama remained dry, however. Alan Beck, our Skywatcher in Helena,
reports "dust and dehydrated bugs in the rain bucket".

AIR QUALITY: Birmingham's AQI (Air Quality Index) yesterday was 151,
which is in the unhealthy (or red) category. This was due to the large
amount of particulate pollution due to the smoke coming from the fires
in far South Georgia. Today the air quality is expected to improve,
and we have a "code yellow" forecast, meaning air quality is expected
to be moderate.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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2007 SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT--THIS WEEK!!
MAY 23-27
REGIONS PARK (formerly the Hoover Met)
For Tickets, call (800)732-4849 (800-SEC-4TIX)
or visit http://www.SECsports.com
For Corporate Hospitality Packages, call (205) 262-2832.

Here's your chance to see the best college baseball in the country,
right here in Hoover, Alabama! See the top eight teams in the SEC
compete for the tournament title over the course of this five day
tournament.

Reserved seats are going fast so be sure to order yours today at
(800) 732-4849 or by logging onto http://www.SECsports.com.
Opportunities still exist to entertain employees, clients or friends in
the Corporate Hospitality suite. Call (205) 262-2832 to inquire
about the various corporate hospitality packages.

Mark your calendars to go to Regions Park (formerly the Hoover Met),
May 23-27 to see some big time college baseball.

The 2007 SEC Baseball Tournament. It Doesn't Get Any Better!
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TODAY
Mostly sunny and breezy at times.
Afternoon High 84
WIND: E 10-18

FRIDAY
A good supply of sunshine.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SE 7-14

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 86
WIND: S 5-10

SUNDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 87
WIND: S 5-10

MONDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SW 5-10

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