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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday May 26, 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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...Nice Memorial Day Weekend...

You couldn't special order Memorial Day weekend weather that could be
any nicer for here in Alabama. Warm and dry conditions will prevail
through at least Thursday it appears. There is this constantly
gnawing worry about our constantly worsening drought situation. Our
deficit at the Birmingham Airport is now over 14 inches.

WARM AND DRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY: High pressure over the western
Atlantic will prevail through midweek. We can expect sunny to partly
cloudy skies with seasonably to slightly warmer than normal
temperatures. Humidity levels will slowly rise through the period
thanks to the flow around the Atlantic high. Rain chances will be
negligible, however.

PROMISES OF RAIN IN OUR FUTURE? A significant trough of low pressure
will set up to the west of Alabama by midweek. As it rotates toward
the state, we will experience increasing chances of showers and
storms. It now appears that the best chances will come late Friday
night
into Saturday as the front begins to run into the stubborn high
pressure system to the east.

CRYSTAL BALL LAND: After the front eases through next Sunday, high
pressure will build in for the first part of the first full week of
June. By Wednesday, we will start to feel the effects of the
backbuilding East Coast trough with chances of showers and returning
by midweek and lasting into the coming weekend.

TROPICAL WEATHER: The models had been hinting at some sort of
tropical development in the coming week, but they have backed off on
this idea for now. The North Atlantic Hurricane season officially
begins next Friday.

BEACH FORECAST: Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy through the
Memorial Day holiday and into the coming week. The Alabama and
Northwest Florida beaches will see daily doses of afternoon and
evening storms, but the coverage will be limited.

MOUNTAINS FORECAST: Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains of eastern
Tennessee and western North Carolina will see warm afternoon and
comfortably cool nights through the coming week with dry conditions
prevailing.

RECORD TORNADO PATH LENGTH? For many years, it was believed that a
single tornado remained on the ground for seven hours and 293 miles
and 7 hours 20 minutes across Illinois and Indiana on this date in
1917, It was regarded to be the longest continuous path tornado ever
in U.S. history. But it now appears that a family of as many as 8
separate tornadoes caused the path. Nonetheless, the devastation was
still spectacular and terrible. Mattoon IL and Charleston IL were
hard hit, with the F4 twister cutting a path right through the center
of the latter. 101 people were killed and 600 injured. Debris from
Mattoon was carried 50 miles.

ON THIS DATE IN 2004: Lightning struck two boats being used by the
Lewis and Clark reenactment expedition while the crew was camped at
Hermann, Missouri. There was no damage.

Bill Murray

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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
Plenty of sun.
Afternoon High 86
WIND: SE 6-12

SUNDAY
Sunny and warm.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SE 6-12

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 86
WIND: S 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 85
WIND: S 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partially sunny.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SE 6-12

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