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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday May 29, 2008
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ISRAEL & NEW BREED, MARTHA MUNIZZI HEADLINE
"ONE CITY, ONE CHURCH, ONE STAGE" AT CITY STAGES

Last year, City Stages turned one of its main stages over to gospel
music for an entire day. This year "One City, One Church, One Stage"
returns with even bigger names for a full Father's Day of Christian music.

Grammy award-winner Israel & New Breed and Stellar Award winner
Martha Munizzi are among the headliners for the second annual OCOCOS.

Also on the bill: Canton Jones, William Murphy, the Birmingham Mass
Community Choir and The Basement, who were responsible for one
of the most moving sets the Coca-Cola Classic Stage has ever witnessed
when they wrapped up the evening last year.

Tickets to the 20th Annual City Stages are on sale now at area locations
of Books-A-Million, Moe's and Publix, as well as all Ticketmaster
locations and ticketmaster.com.

Or, phone 205-715-6000 or 800-277-1700. More info at http://www.citystages.org.
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...Showers Scarce...

THE ALABAMA STORY: It is a story of weather a bit more tranquil over
the next several days. In an atmosphere this humid, it is not out of
the question for a shower or thunderstorm to develop almost any day.
We think the chances are so small that we have left them out of the
forecast for Friday and Saturday. We have reintroduced some widely
scattered showers and thunderstorms both Sunday and Monday. Part of
the reasoning for that is another week frontal boundary that should
push down into the north part of the state Sunday and stall somewhere
across North/Central Alabama by Monday morning. Then, like so many
others this time of year, it goes back northward leaving us in a very
warm and humid blanket of air.

Actually, today we had somewhat of a wedge effect coming in from the
east. Early this afternoon, it was only 68 atop Mt. Cheaha with winds
out of the east occasionally up to 18 mph. It was also 68 at Ft.
Payne. It was mostly in the 70s north and 80s over the central and
south. A few showers were developing across North/Central Alabama this
afternoon, but they were mostly light.

TROPICAL WEATHER: The new season starts Sunday for the Atlantic
Basin, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. It is already underway
over the Eastern Pacific. Tropical Storm Alma was getting stronger
this afternoon and Hurricane Warnings have been posted for the Pacific
coast of Honduras and Nicaragua. The projection is for it to make
landfall and go up through Central America.

SEVERE WEATHER: Another very scary situation looms for the Northern
Plains and part of the Midwest. The Storm Prediction Center has one of
those dreaded High Risk areas posted for this afternoon and overnight
for about the eastern half of Nebraska and Western Iowa. This includes
Lincoln and Omaha over to near DesMoines. A Moderate Risk extends from
North Kansas across much of Iowa. This includes the area of the EF5
tornado last weekend. For tomorrow, a Slight Risk extends all the way
from Oklahoma City and Tulsa NE across Eastern Kansas, Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and the south half of Wisconsin.
Within that area, is a Moderate Risk over NE Missouri, most of
Illinois and the west half of Indiana. That Moderate Risk includes St.
Louis and Chicago.

RANDOM THOUGHTS: 100 in Laredo was the hottest yesterday…coldest
this morning was shared by three locations: Bryce Canyon, Utah, Grand
Canyon Village, Arizona and Tin City, Alaska, all with 26…I am always
interested in unique place names. The low this morning was 35 in
Joshua Tree-Lost Horse, California…Black Creek in NE Etowah County
finally got 1.93 inches of rain in about 30 hours…Huntsville has
received 5.10 inches of rain so far in May, but still 6 inches short
for the year.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Several readers chided me for letting
Little Miss Molly run out of food and water. I could not help but
laugh at Bridget Tytler when she sent an e-mail explaining that one of
her dogs named Maggie (and blind) will pick up her food dish if it is
empty and throw it down vigorously. Her water bowl is plastic, so she
is barely able to pick it up and throw it down. It gets their
attention….Little Miss Molly sure has had good luck meeting her little
boyfriend every day. She absolutely loves little Dino, the young
Yorkie form up the street. They have a rigorous play session almost
every day. Life goes on. I will take better care of Molly.

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

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FARMER'S MARKET TIME IN CALHOUN COUNTY!

The Calhoun County Farmers Market will be open this week 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 Market begins promptly at 8 am each Tuesday at
Pickette's Feed and Pet Supplies, 8 am to noon, until our FallFest
on October 18. They will also be at Zinn Park on Saturdays beginning June 21.

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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TONIGHT
A few widely scattered evening showers. Patchy fog developing late.
Overnight Low 68
WIND: E 4-7

FRIDAY
Some early low clouds, then partly sunny.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 6-12

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. A hot afternoon.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 90
WIND: NW 6-12

SUNDAY
Warm and humid with widely scattered showers or thunderstorms, mostly afternoon.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 5-10

MONDAY
Very warm. An isolated shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 87
WIND: NE 5-10

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