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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday June 30, 2007
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FARMER'S MARKET TIME IN CALHOUN COUNTY!

The Calhoun County Farmers Market and Buckner Saturday Market
are open 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 is open every Saturday from 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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...Sky Show Tonight...

I have a special treat for you tonight. If you have a clear eastern
sky tonight, the moon will be huge. But if you took a photo of it, it
wouldn't be any larger than any other full moon. It looks larger
because of the converging lines of trees and buildings on the horizon
and its closeness to the horizon. Also, in the evening sky, Saturn
and Venus will appear to have a close encounter, passing within ¾ of a
degree of each other, or less than the width of your index finger with
your arm extended at full length. Of course, clouds and showers
could limit your chances to view these special astronomical features,
but I am sure you won't complain if welcome rainfall shows up in your
area.

GOOD CHANCES SHOWERS AND STORMS: A weak frontal system will sag into
Alabama from the northeast over the next 24 hours. This will enhance
our showers and thunderstorm chances today into tomorrow. Rain will
be a little more widespread and little more intense. The big question
is whether the front pushes through the area by late tomorrow. For
now, we will use that as the basis for our forecast, calling for the
rain chances to sift into Central Alabama by Monday with mostly dry
conditions on Tuesday. Then moisture levels will be back on the
increase on Wednesday. This means that celebrations on the Fourth
will feature scattered showers and
storms.

LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK: There are signs that a deep upper trough
will develop over the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys by next Thursday,
giving us a good chance of rain and storms in the Thursday/Friday time
frame. We will keep our fingers crossed that this system could bring
some general one inch amounts to the area.

WEEKEND PEEK: Behind the frontal system, drier air should spread into
Alabama by late Friday, giving us dry and less humid conditions for
the weekend

TROPICS: Weak low pressure is centered just off the east coast of
Florida this morning. This low is expected to move slowly northward
along the coast, but no development is expected thanks to strong wind
shear conditions.

ON THIS DATE IN 1886: The Tallahassee area was hard hit by a damaging
hurricane, the second of three hurricanes to strike Florida within a
month. Early season hurricanes are not uncommon in the Sunshine
State, but three striking within a month so early in the season made
1886 an unusual year. Several fatalities occurred in Apalachicola.

ON THIS DATE IN 2006: On radar, it looked like a long, snaky line of
showers and storms extending along the Mississippi River in Wisconsin,
Iowa and Minnesota. It was actually a gigantic hatch of mayflies.
The newly hatched insects piled up in drifts on roads and bridges.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TODAY
Scattered showers and storms, especially afternoon and evening.
Afternoon High 93
WIND: NW 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 91
WIND: N 5-10

MONDAY
A few showers and thunderstorms, mainly south of Birmingham. Slightly
less humid.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 92
WIND: NE 5-10

TUESDAY
More sun than clouds. A hotter afternoon. Few, if any, showers.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 94
WIND: SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms return.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 93
WIND: SW 5-10

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