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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Sunday October 26, 2008
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ZOËS KITCHEN
HEY MOM, WHO'S COOKING DINNER TONIGHT?

Chicken Kabobs
8 kabobs served over a bed of rice pilaf with Zo?s Greek salad
and pita bread

Greek Chicken Marinara
4 sautéed chicken breasts topped with Greek marinara sauce
and melted parmesan cheese served over a bed of orzo with
Zo?s Greek salad and pita bread

Baked Chicken
Whole chicken marinated and baked with rice pilaf and roasted
vegetables of carrots, potatoes and onions (please call 90 min.
in advance of pick-up)

Patton Creek 205-989-4020 Homewood 205-870-1100
Summit 205-967-5800 Crestline 205-871-0060
Downtown 205-252-5200 Tuscaloosa 205-344-4450
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...Gorgeous Day Ahead...

If you like blue skies and temperatures in the lower and middle 70s,
today is the day for you. But changes are on the way, in the form of
a strong cold front and the coolest air of the season so far.

FROST IN OUR FUTURE? The leading edge of the colder air will reach
Alabama late tonight. The cold front will sweep across the state,
heralded by increasing winds, but little in the way of even clouds.
Monday will be a breezy and raw day with highs struggling to reach 60
degrees along with a chilly northwest wind. Those winds will die down
Monday night, and with clear skies and calm conditions, temperatures
will sink to the lowest readings of the season so far. Lows will
range between 31-37 across Central Alabama. Frost will be widespread,
and a brief freeze will be felt in the normally colder spots.
Protection should be provided for any vulnerable vegetation. Tuesday
will be sunny, but chilly, with highs remaining in the 50s. Look for
more frost/freezing conditions Tuesday night as the high will be at
its closest proximity to Alabama. Wednesday will see highs return to
the 60s and we should see 70s by Thursday and Friday as winds shift to
the southeast and temperatures moderate.

SNEAK PEEK NEXT WEEKEND: Trick or treaters should see fine conditions
Friday night, with temperatures falling through the 60s during the
evening hours. By next Saturday morning, high pressure will centered
over the Smoky Mountains and Alabama will find itself in some fine
autumn conditions. Weekend highs should be in the low 70s. Overnight
lows will be in the in the lower 50s. The next rain chances may not
come until the weekend of the 8th.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW MACHINE: A cold northwesterly flow of Canadian air
over the Great Lakes is going to set up the first major lake effect
snow event of the season over the next few days. Snows will develop
this morning in the lee of Lake Superior across northern Wisconsin and
Upper Michigan. Three to six inches will be likely with some eight
inch amounts possible. The machine will turn its sights on Lake
Michigan by Monday, bringing heavy snows to parts of northern
Michigan. By late Monday into Tuesday, the familiar spots off Lake
Erie in New York and Pennsylvania will start to feel the effects.

ON THIS DATE IN 1998: Hurricane Mitch tied Hurricane Camille (1969)
as the fourth strongest Atlantic Hurricane of record when Air Force
Reconnaissance found a central pressure of 905 millibars, making it a
Category 5 hurricane. Of course, that all changed with the 2005
season, as Wilma, Rita and Katrina all posted lower central
pressures. Mitch would stay a Category 5 forty two hours. Allen
holds the distinction for longest time at Category 5…72 hours. The
central pressure of 905 millibars was also the lowest pressure ever
observed in an October hurricane in the Atlantic basin to that time.
Oh, wait. Wilma was an October hurricane. The maximum sustained winds
in Mitch reached 180 mph. Mitch would go on to kill over 11,000
people in Honduras and Nicaragua, making it the deadliest Atlantic
hurricane since 1780.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Nearly perfect. Lots of sunshine.
Afternoon High 73
WIND: N 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny, windy and sharply cooler.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 59
WIND: N 12-22

TUESDAY
Sunny. A cold morning. Widespread frost, a freeze in colder locations.
Morning Low 33 Afternoon High 61
WIND: N 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Sunny. Frost or freeze possible.
Morning Low 34 Afternoon High 65
WIND: NE 5-10

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 68
WIND: SE 5-10

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