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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday September 29, 2007
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...Red Flag Warnings This Afternoon...

Red flag conditions this afternoon with warm temperatures, a fresh
breeze and very dry air contributing to extreme wildfire conditions.
All precautions should be take n to prevent the possibility of fire
this afternoon.

YOUR FORECAST: Fine weather for the foreseeable future is the long
and the short of it. Unfortunately, that means no rain. October is
normally a dry month in Central Alabama and we will be starting off
that way. Look for warm sunshine through at least Friday. In fact,
we could be completely dry for the next fourteen days! The deficit
will continue to grow. .

FOOTBALL WEATHER: Alabama is in Jacksonville to play Florida State
today with a 4:00 p.m. kick off. Only a slight chance of a shower
during the game with 82 degrees at kick off lowering into the 70s.
There will be a brisk NE wind. Also in Florida, Auburn plays the
University of Florida at Gainesville starting at 7:00 p.m. There just
a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the area with 84 at
kick off. UAB plays Tulsa in Tulsa with a 6:00 p.m. kick off. Clear
and dry with a gusty south wind. 85 at kick off, but near 70 by the
end of the game

ABOUT TOWN: Did you know Birmingham has one of the up and coming film
festivals in the world? The Sidewalk Film Festival is playing at
venues around downtown. Go to www.sidewalkfest.com to pick out your
list of films to see. The weather will be perfect for being downtown.
And make the 35th Annual Greek Food Festival a part of your downtown
fun. It will feature a live Greek band, folk dancers and a market
place offering food, icons, fine jewelry and more. 3rd Avenue and 19th
Street South will be the headquarters for the excitement. The event
is free, with fabulous food individually priced. Log onto
www.holytrinity-holycross.org.

Tomorrow, Vulcan After Tunes will
feature a concert at 3 p.m.with great weather and views of the city
skyline.

TROPICS: Karen was downgraded to a tropical depression this morning.
The depression is located a little over 400 miles east of the northern
Leeward Islands. It is moving northwest, but is expected to be
downgraded even further later today. The problem: wind shear which
is keeping the convection from staying concentrated around the center,
a necessity for tropical cyclones. Tropical depression number
fourteen became Tropical Storm Melissa this morning, but it will be a
short stay in the majors for Melissa. Shear will weaken this system
also, and it is likely to

ON THIS DATE IN 1915: Isaac Cline of 1900 Galveston Hurricane fame
was the Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau Forecast Center for the Gulf
Coast in New Orleans LA. Cline knew that major hurricane was moving
across the Gulf of Mexico. His hurricane observation stations on Swan
Island and in Cuba had warned that a strong hurricane was forming in
the Caribbean and moving into the Gulf through the Yucatan Channel.
By the morning of the 29th, Cline predicted that the hurricane was
going to strike the coast south of New Orleans, spreading a dangerous
storm surge along the coast east of where the storm center was going
to make landfall. Warnings were disseminated to the public in the
areas south of New Orleans. Cline's predictions were correct as the
hurricane passed over Batatraia Bay during the early afternoon hours
and moved northward over New Orleans. The town of Leeville on the
Louisiana coast was destroyed, with all but one of the town's
buildings destroyed. A hurricane in 1893 had killed 2,000 people in
the same area, but because of the warnings, only 275 people died in
the 1915 hurricane. - Bill Murray

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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ANNOUNCING
The ADA's "Step Out to Fight Diabetes"

"Step Out to Fight Diabetes" is the American Diabetes Association's
2007 fund-raising walk scheduled October 7th, 2007, at Linn Park.
Donations go to support ADA's mission: to prevent and cure diabetes
and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

More than 20 million Americans fight Diabetes daily, with Alabama
ranking in the top ten states with the highest number of diabetics per
capita!

I'm working towards a $10,000 goal and would appreciate your support
very much. Please make your tax deductible donation to the American
Diabetes Association by going to:
http://main.diabetes.org/goto/Cheryl.Thompson

Cheryl H. Thompson, Fighting Diabetes for 30+ Years
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TONIGHT
Brilliant blue skies.
Overnight Low 55
WIND: E 6-12

SUNDAY
Another fine start to the day. Sunny and pleasant.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 85
WIND: SE 6-12

MONDAY
Plentiful sunshine.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Sunny skies the rule.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 87
WIND: S 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SW 5-10

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