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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday April 5, 2008
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TENTH ANNIVERSARY LEBANESE FOOD AND
CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Saint Elias Maronite Catholic Church
April 11-12, 2008 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Get Homemade Lebanese Food Lunch and Dinner April 11-12
Easy Friday Lunch -- Fast Service in/out in minutes -- Take out or
dine in. For really fast service come early or late. We serve food
the whole day. You can also have food delivered to your place of
business for Friday lunch. Click on our website below for a full menu
and further details.

New Church cook book $25 at St. Elias Booth. Expanded Silent Auction
and Live Band from New York, back by popular demand, each evening.
Shuttle service Friday and Saturday night from 5-9 from Epic School
parking lot. Follow the signs.

All this and there is No Admission Charge. 25% of all proceeds go to
charities other than St. Elias Church.

FOR MORE INFO AND A COMPLETE MENU, VISIT
http://www.stelias.org/festival_2008.html
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..Nice Rains Here...

For the most part, yesterday's storm system left nice gentle rains
here across Central Alabama. Amounts varied greatly, with the areas
that saw the heaviest thunderstorms picking up the heavier amounts of
course.

CENTRAL ALABAMA RAINFALL AMOUNTS: Almost every major
reporting station saw one inch of rain in the past twenty four hours.
Tuscaloosa was the lone exception with 0.77 inches. 1.24 fell at the
Birmingham Airport. 1.67 fell at Calera. Pinson picked up 1.00
inch. I picked up 1.38 inches in Trussville.

MAJOR FLOODING: Beneficial rains in South Alabama? Not
so much, at least in some areas. As of 8 a.m., 8.11 inches of rain
had fallen at the Mobile Airport. Now for some even more amazing
numbers: 11.20 inches fell in nine hours at a CoCoRAHS observer gauge
just west of the Airport. 8.39 inches fell in Tillmans Corner, 8.25
inches in Spanish Fort and 7.58 inches in Saraland. Severe flooding
was reported, especially in the Saraland and Prichard areas. Numerous
water rescues had to be performed overnight.

TONIGHT: Low pressure will move along the stalled front
to our south through the afternoon, continuing rains over southeastern
sections of Central Alabama, mainly south of I-85. Clearing will
continue to progress southeastward as the front gets moving. The
clear skies and ample low level moisture will allow low clouds and
dense fog to form overnight. Temperatures will fall into the upper
40s to near 50 by morning.

NEARLY PERFECT SUNDAY: The only fly in the ointment in
Sunday's bid to be a perfect weather day will be those low clouds and
fog. Skies should start to clear by midmorning with full sun by early
afternoon. Temperatures will warm into the upper 70s for daytime highs.

THE WEEK AHEAD: On Monday, the wedge will try to work
its way into eastern Alabama. This will set up the chance for a few
showers, mainly across eastern sections. Our winds will become more
southerly by Monday night and our moisture levels will increase. By
Tuesday morning, low pressure will be over southern Missouri headed
northeast toward the Great Lakes. But the front will run out of steam
as the upper level support moves out too quickly and the front will
stall to our north. Showers and storms will droop into the Tennessee
Valley, but the rest of the state should remain dry until a stronger
low pushes a front in here late Thursday night into Friday. This
system may stall over Central Alabama, waiting for another system that
will keep us wet into Saturday.

ON THIS DATE IN 1936: The United State's second
deadliest tornado outbreak ever occurred as seventeen tornadoes struck
from Mississippi to the Carolinas on April 5th and 6th. The deadliest
tornado in the outbreak struck Tupelo, Mississippi, killing 216
people. One of the survivors in Tupelo was a baby named Elvis
Presley. Gainesville, Georgia had 203 fatalities and 934 injuries in a
tornado that occurred early on the morning of the 6th.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TONIGHT
A few showers ending this afternoon. Some clearing late. More low
clouds, dense fog overnight.
Overnight Low 58
WIND: N 5-10

SUNDAY
Fog and low clouds to start, but becoming sunny quickly.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 78
WIND: Variable 5-10

MONDAY
Partly sunny with an easterly breeze. A few showers possible.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 74
WIND: E 6-14

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy and warm.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 78
WIND: S 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of showers and storms, mainly northern sections.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 79
WIND: S 6-12

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