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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday September 29, 2008
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FREE WORSHIP CONCERT OCTOBER 5 6:00 pm

Hunter Street Baptist Church invites you to a free worship concert
called Praise 150 on Sunday, October 5 at 6:00 p.m.

Praise 150 will include favorite songs and features the Hunter Street
choir and orchestra.
A new full-length studio worship album, SDG: Soli Deo Gloria, will
also be released that evening.

Hunter Street is located at 2600 John Hawkins Parkway (Highway 150) in
Hoover near Regions Park.

For information, visit http://www.hunterstreet.org or phone the church
at 205.985.7295.
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...October-Like Dryness...

AUTUMN FLEXING ITS MUSCLE: It is not quite October, but the last
couple of weeks in Alabama have acted like October, which is
traditionally our driest month of the year. A series of tropical
systems chipped away at our rain deficit for quite a while, but
finally we turned dry.

That dryness is the continuing story for the rest of this week. On the
thermometer, autumn is insisting that we recognize its presence. We
will have another cool front come through Central Alabama early
tomorrow morning and still another one at some point late in the week
or this weekend. With the front tomorrow, do not be surprised to see 1
to 2 isolated showers on radar. However, we considered the threat so
small that we did not mention it in the formal forecast.

It was quite warm across the state Monday with Montgomery even
reaching the 90-degree mark. Those high temperatures will back off
considerably by Wednesday holding in the mid 70s through Friday. When
you wake up Thursday and Friday morning, there will be a chill in the
air with mid 40s common across Central Alabama. Look for some of the
NE Alabama traditionally colder valleys to report about 38.

SPORTS WEATHER: We will post a specific football forecast later in
the week, as well as a more definitive forecast for the NASCAR at
Talladega. However, we believe that both the Alabama/Kentucky game in
Tuscaloosa Saturday and the Auburn/Vanderbilt game in Nashville will
be dry. The NASCAR weekend looks dry, but we will re-examine that
later in the week.

NOW THERE IS LAURA: She is not a full-blooded tropical storm, instead
semi-tropical, but she has trended more toward tropical in the last
several hours. Not to worry. She will not bother the USA. She was
centered 700 miles SSE of Cape Race, Newfoundland this afternoon with
sustained winds of 60 mph. That lady should curve NE and east and head
straight toward the British Isles by this weekend. Meanwhile, Kyle is
out of the picture, but he dumped a lot of rain over the NE and there
were a number of reports of flooding in Maine. He caused Portland to
set an all-time record for September rain with 10.83 inches—the first
time ever they have exceeded 10 inches in September.

OUR WEATHER WORLD: It is interesting that the Sahara Desert in Africa
plays a part in our annual hurricane drama. I will do a longer story
on that soon as to how that works…23 in Stanley, Idaho and 10 in
Arctic Village, Alaska were the USA cold spots this morning.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Interesting how different dogs have
contrasting personalities. Our friends in New Hope in Cullman County,
Robbie and Noel Mize, took their dog to the PBS the same day as Molly.
A very different attitude. Their dog Beau jumps up and down with
excitement when he gets to go. He rides looking out the window and, if
Noel asks him, "Do you want to go," he gets overly excited. He looked
like a woolly burger before the haircut and now they can see his
bright eyes. Our Little Miss Molly, my stick-tight pal, came to me
late Saturday to tell me she does not like football. Our living area
was as loud as the game at times Saturday and Saturday night with the
grown adults cheering or moaning and making so much noise that Little
Miss Molly slinked away. She does not like that much commotion. On top
of that, she had to give up her playtime for the day. Life goes on and
she is still a very happy little girl.

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

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FANTASTIC MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD FESTIVAL!

On October 9th, 10th, and 11th, Saint George Melkite Catholic Church,
425 16th Avenue South, will sponsor its Annual Middle Eastern Food
Festival.

Come enjoy traditional delicacies and authentic folk dancing presented
by our church community. Listen to music performed by Amin and the
Sultans band of New York. Our menu features a variety of dinner plates
as well sandwiches, side orders of spinach and meat pies and pastries.

Tours of our beautiful Byzantine church will be 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 $50.00 minimum for downtown and
limited areas. A drive thru service will operate from 11:00 am to 2:00
pm and 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

For more info, go to http://www.saintgeorgeonline.org or call us at 252-5788
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TONIGHT
Mostly clear.
Overnight Low 56
WIND: N 4-7

TUESDAY
Partly sunny and breezy. Cooler Tuesday night.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 84
WIND: NW 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Sunny, breezy and cooler.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 73
WIND: NW 10-16

THURSDAY
Sunny with an early morning chill.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 74
WIND: N 5-10

FRIDAY
Sunny. Another cool morning.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 77
WIND: NW 6-12

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