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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday October 10, 2007

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FANTASTIC MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD FESTIVAL!

On October 11th, 12th, and 13th, Saint George Melkite Catholic
Church, 425 16th Avenue South, will sponsor its Annual Middle Eastern
Food Festival.

Come enjoy traditional delicacies, live music and authentic folk
dance presented by our church community. Our menu features a variety
of dinner plates as well as sandwiches,side orders of spinach and
meat pies and pastries. Tours of our beautiful Byzantine church will
offered.

Lunch will be served Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10:30 am to
2:00 pm, dinner from 4:00 pm. to 9:00 pm. Delivery available during
Thursday and Friday lunch with a $50 minimum for downtown and limited
areas. Takeouts also available.

For more info, go to http://www.saintgeorgeonline.org or call us at
252-5788
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THE REAL AUTUMN SHOWS UP: Driving westward from U.S. 11 across
Deerfoot Parkway in NE Jefferson County, you cross two distinct
ridges. As I topped one of those ridges this morning, it seemed like
I could see Sandia Crest overlooking Albuquerque. Of course, I could
not even if the earth was flat, but I like to daydream. You sure
could see for miles today with a bright blue sky, low humidity and a
nice north breeze. Haze would not dare show up on a day like this.

This is our most distinct touch of autumn so far. The new season
finally comes on the weather stage. I believe if we were not short on
rain, everybody would be out in the street dancing. The weather is
going to be utopia-like all the way through the weekend. We do not
see any real prospect of rain until about Tuesday of next week.
Temperatures will fall into the upper 40s for the next four nights.
In fact, we are forecasting 45 for a low early Friday morning. This
will be perfect football weather for both high schools and college
this weekend. With a brisk north wind, we look for only 73 as a high
tomorrow and gradually climbing after that.

A part of West/Central Alabama had a good rain event yesterday.
Actual measurements (not radar estimates) showed 1.23 inches in
Livingston, 1.10 in Centreville and 1.06 in good old Havana Junction
(Hale County).

OUR WORLD OF WEATHER: The Tropics can be quite active at this time,
but it is very quiet. There is nothing on the ocean threatening to
become a tropical depression or a tropical storm. My good friend and
Rook adversary, Glenn Slye in Vestavia, suggested recently that we
should hook tugboats to those big floating icebergs in the North
Atlantic and pull them southward into the hurricane lanes and put a
damper on their intensity. Just thought I would pass that along. Did
you know that the Sahara Desert in Africa plays a part in the
Atlantic Basin tropical season? Low-pressure systems form in the
desert, move westward and slide off into the Atlantic. If all the
ingredients are friendly, that low can become tropical and can even
become a severe hurricane. That same desert also occasionally sends
some high-altitude dust across the Atlantic, which puts a damper on
development. The Sahara Desert covers 3,475,000 square miles in
Africa. It is the world's largest. Cold spots this morning 26 in
Bryce Canyon, Utah and Dickinson, N.D. and 1 above zero at Chandalar
Lake, Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I was out for a short walk at 4:45 this
morning. The planet Venus was extremely bright and seemingly
unusually large in the eastern sky. Only about a week ago, you could
see it along with a crescent moon very early each morning. There is
so much in nature that I want to see and so much reading I want to
do, that I clearly need to live to 115. Maybe Little Miss Molly will
help me do that. She sure does make life easier and calmer. Had her
on my desk for a time this morning, because my grandson was running
the garbage disposal to clean it. Little Miss Molly quickly heads for
the hills when that thing goes off. Life goes on......

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

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TONIGHT
Clear and cooler.
Overnight Low 48
WIND: N 3-6

THURSDAY
Sunny, breezy and much cooler.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon 73
WIND: N 10-15

FRIDAY
Sunny with a chilly morning.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 75
WIND: N 6-12

SATURDAY
Another beautiful autumn day. Sunny and pleasant.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 79
WIND: N 5-10

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny. A warmer afternoon.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 83
WIND: E 5-10

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