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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday September 30, 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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...Great Weather, But We Miss The Rain...

A DRY ALABAMA WEATHER STORY: But, at least during the next 5 days, we
will have some most enjoyable temperatures. Too bad we need rain so
much or they would be even more enjoyable. We will have a
reinforcement of cooler air starting tomorrow and again Thursday night
and early Friday. This will keep our temperatures in the 70s the rest
of the week, except they may edge upward to the lower 80s Saturday and
Sunday. Even then, the humidity will still be relatively low, so those
temperatures will clearly be comfortable.

We are also in for our lowest night-time temperatures so far this
season. Tonight's 53 will be nice, but when you go out at daybreak
Thursday and Friday mornings to walk the dog or fetch a newspaper,
temperatures will be well down into the 40s. While we are calling for
44 to 46 across the I-20 corridor, some of the NE Alabama valleys will
almost surely chill to 38 or 39. We will post a list of those low
temperatures both mornings.

RECREATION WEATHER: We will be more specific with our football
forecast starting Thursday, including projected temperatures at kick
off and final whistle. The weather still looks great for the Alabama/
Kentucky game in Tuscaloosa and Auburn/Vanderbilt in Nashville as well
as all of the high school games. This is a big weekend coming up for
the Talladega Raceway with several races over the weekend. The weather
looks very good with lower 80s in the afternoon.

TROPICAL WEATHER: There is still a large area of cloudiness with
showers and thunderstorms across the extreme Western Atlantic, across
Florida and into the SE Gulf of Mexico, Western Cuba and the NW
Caribbean. The winds upstairs are giving the system a cold shoulder
and help them prevent development. Meanwhile, Lady Laura is hanging I
there. Laura is now a legitimate tropical storm, but she will not
remain all tropical very long. She was getting into the colder waters
of the North Atlantic over 400 miles SSE of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
Sustained winds were 60 mph. Amazingly, (but really not that unusual)
she will curve NE and then east finally reaching Scotland early Sunday
and then emerging into the North Sea and headed toward Norway. Of
course, she will just be a North Atlantic storm at that time, but
still may cause problems. My 4th grade imagination runs away at times
like this. I wish I knew what all of those great big whales think when
that storm tosses them around. I know they don't rush out and buy milk
and bread, so I guess they simply dive lower. Did you know that the
literacy rate for Norway is an amazing 100%?

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I have a backlog of e-mail telling
interesting stuff about puppies and dogs. I will catch up soon. I may
need to post a special story on the 33/40 Blog. There is a Miss Molly
category provided for such stories. Since we are running a semi-motel
in our home, I can tell that Little Miss Molly really misses me. The
bonding that built up even in the first year of her life is as strong
as super glue. Molly and I understand each other almost 100%. She
loves me—that makes me happy. Life goes on.

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
Clear and cool.
Overnight Low 53
WIND: NW 4-8

WEDNESDAY
Sunny, breezy, and cooler.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 74
WIND: N 10-20

THURSDAY
Sunny with an early morning chill.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 74
WIND: N 6-12

FRIDAY
Sunny.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 74
WIND: NE 5-10

SATURDAY
Sunny.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 81
WIND: E 5-10

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