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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday October 6, 2007
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SECOND ANNUAL CALHOUN COUNTY FALL FEST
October 13 in Anniston

Hundreds of people turned out last year on a beautiful October day to
enjoy a day of celebration of agriculture, regional foods, home-made
goods, and local arts and crafts on McClellan's historic parade
grounds. This year promises to be bigger and better.

In the tradition of a county fair, contests will be held in a variety
of cooking and handcraft divisions, including the chicken-que, canned
goods and baked goods contests, and arts and crafts contests. Contact
the Calhoun County Extension Office at 256-237-1621 for complete
rules and submission guidelines or visit http://www.aces.edu/

Calhoun/ click on the Fall Fest logo and links for contest entry
forms are at the bottom of the page.

Other activities include a cake walk, hay rides, face painting for
children, pumpkin patch, antique tractor show and farm animals.
Local farmers will be selling their autumn produce, and area master
gardeners can help you can dress up your summer weary yard at their
plant sale. Local artists and crafts people will also be selling
their wares at Buckner Market.
Food and beverage vendors will also be on hand, so plan on spending
the whole day. Live music will be provided by the band "Cowboy Up",
led by former "Sawyer Brown" fiddle and guitarist Bobby Randall. Take
Alabama Hwy 21 north through Anniston, and turn right at the new
Lowe's. Follow the signs to historic Buckner.
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...Welcome Race Fans!...

Tens of thousands of race fans are converging on the world's fastest
speedway for a weekend of racing excitement. The weather will be
generally cooperative for the races today and tomorrow. Let's check
it out.
ON THE WEATHER MAPS: At the surface, high pressure is centered near
Washington, D.C. Did you see the weather for the Red Sox/Angels game
at Fenway or the Indians/Yankees at the Jake in Cleveland? 80
degrees at nine o'clock at night in Boston? Unseasonably warm
weather in the Southeast. All thanks to this high pressure system,
which ridges all the way down into the Southeast.
THE REST OF YOUR WEEKEND:: A relatively moist easterly
flow continues around that ridge and it is spreading cloudiness into
Alabama from the east. Those stratus clouds are changing into
stratocumulus and eventually cumulus clouds as a still strong fall
sun works on them. A few showers and an isolated storm could form
this afternoon. Humidity levels will continue to be relatively high
through the weekend and temperatures will be warm. Tomorrow will be
a lot like today with a mixture of partly cloudy to cloudy skies and
a slight chance of a mainly afternoon shower or storm. Coverage will
be very small.
THE WEEK AHEAD: The next big player in national weather
will be the very deep upper trough over the Intermountain Region
between the Sierras and Rockies. This powerful system is bringing
snow to parts of the west today. It will swing out onto the Plains,
closing off into a bowling ball of an upper low that will roll toward
the Great Lakes states. It will push a weakening cold front towards
Alabama. It will deliver a shot of showers and storms Monday night
into Tuesday, but starved for moisture, the chances will be low.
Drier air will filter in behind the system, but temperatures will
only fall back to near or just above normal with highs around 80,
lows around 60.
TROPICS: Convection flared overnight in the disturbance east of the
Lesser Antilles. But this system is undergoing significant westerly
wind shear and development will be difficult until tomorrow night
when the shear will diminish. It is moving northwest and is no
threat to land. The disturbance over the northwestern Caribbean is
in an area that is favorable for development this time of year. It
is moving west or southwest. The disturbance north of Puerto Rico
shows signs of slow development. If it does develop, it will
eventually move out to sea harmlessly. Only the GFDL believe that it
has a future as a tropical cyclone.
ON THIS DATE IN 1999: Disastrous flooding continued in central and
southern Mexico as a tropical depression over the Gulf of Mexico
produced torrential rains. The weak storm, barely discernible on
weather maps, dumped very heavy rains, forcing 157,000 people from
their homes and killing at least 66 people.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TONIGHT
Clouds thicker over eastern sections. Slight chance of a shower or
storm.
Overnight Low 70
WIND: E 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly cloudy. Continued unseasonably warm and humid. An isolated
shower or storm.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SE 6-12

MONDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SE 6-12

TUESDAY
A chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SW 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy and less humid.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 85
WIND: NW 6-12

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