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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday October 6, 2008
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FALL FEST 2008
Saturday, October 18th 9:00 am-2:00 pm Cane Creek Community Gardens
at McClellan.
Join us for a day of food, fun, and fellowship celebrating agriculture
and homemaking skills. Live music provided by Chris Scott.
There will be an Arts & Crafts contest, a Canning Contest, a Baked
Foods Contest and Cake Walk, and an adult and children's BBQ Contest--
just like an old fashioned county fair.
TONS of activities for kids! Vacation trip to Opryland to be given away.
For more info and contest rules, visit http://www.aces.edu/Calhoun or
call the Calhoun County Extension Office at 256-237-1621.
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...Waiting On The Rain...

GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN COMING UP: We have thoroughly enjoyed several
weeks of autumn-like weather with almost all sunshine, mild afternoons
and cool nights. However, it is time for us to be willing to give up
that weather and root for some beneficial rain. I have a neighbor who
is an excellent rain dancer and she has been pounding away for days.
She is about to get results. It is all due to a disturbance aloft and
a low-pressure area off to our west and moving toward the east. By
tomorrow morning, the low should be centered near Kansas City with a
cold front extending southward through East Texas. All of that will be
moving toward the east.OUR TIMELINE FOR RAIN: There will be some
scattered showers entering Alabama during the day Tuesday. It may be
afternoon before they reach Central Alabama. The showers, along with
some thunderstorms, will increase Tuesday night and still remain
rather numerous well into Wednesday.

HOW MUCH RAIN? We think this is a good chance for most communities to
get over an inch of rain and some places should receive close to 1.50
inches. That will be the first measurable rain so far this month and
the first measurable in over two weeks for most areas. It will be a
godsend, not only because of drought conditions, but also because of
the high danger of forest fires. The showers should end early Thursday
followed by clearing. Friday should sport mostly sunshine, but there
is a slight chance of some more showers arriving over the weekend.
Temperatures are going to be very comfortable over the next 5 to 7 days.

TROPICAL WEATHER: Would you believe that we now have Tropical
Depression #13? The first Advisory was issued this morning. This one
is going to short-lived. It was centered in the very bottom of the Bay
of Campeche, which is the SW extension of the Gulf of Mexico. By
tomorrow morning, it should already be inland in Mexico. The main
threat will be flash flooding. Meanwhile, there is another nervous
area over the far Eastern Atlantic about 450 miles SW of the Cape
Verde Islands. The winds upstairs are arguing with it and will
probably not let it develop into a storm or depression.

SEVERE WEATHER: The Storm Prediction Center has a Slight Risk of
severe thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight over NE Texas and the
east half of Oklahoma. That is the same weather system that is giving
us high hopes of rain. They do not extend the slight risk eastward
into our part of the country. Old habits never die, however, so we
will watch the storms closely.

OUR WORLD OF WEATHER: There are a lot of interesting facts about the
50 states in our great country. Did you know that the Great Lakes form
the largest body of fresh water in the world? One other fact: the
highest elevation in Minnesota is 2,301 feet in the NE tip of the
state called Eagle Mountain…24 at Bryce Canyon, Utah was the coldest
in the lower 48 this morning…it was 7 above at Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska…
Barrow, on the north coast, has 5 inches of new snow. The first
significant snow this season is forecast for the northern Cascades
tonight with possibly as much as 8 inches on the west-facing slopes.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Since I am the main Molly walker again,
I get a chance to pay close attention and I have noticed that some
trees are turning, but I am disturbed at the number of trees that are
getting a brown tint instead of bright autumn color. I hope the
upcoming rain will help that situation. Sure am glad that people enjoy
the Molly stories. Several weeks ago I received an e-mail suggesting
that I ignore Molly and spend more time on the forecast. It so
happened that showers forecast missed his location altogether. I want
to assure everyone that I never spend over 2 or 3 minutes writing the
Molly stories. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Clouds increase late.
Overnight Low 63
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Scattered showers and thunderstorms by afternoon and increasing
Tuesday night.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 78
WIND: SE 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Breezy with a good chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SW 10-18

THURSDAY
Showers ending early. Clearing.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 79
WIND: NW 6-12

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 84
WIND: NE 5-10

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