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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday October 31, 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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...Picture Perfect Weekend...

COOL NIGHTS AND PLEASANT AFTERNOONS: I guess we could describe our
weather now as being picture perfect. I mean by that, that you should
get out this weekend with your old camera and get some nice autumn
foliage pictures. Driving across the NE part of Jefferson County this
morning (the full length of Deerfoot Parkway, to be exact), I could
clearly see at least three distinct ridges and the colors are still
muted in the woodland areas. However, out in the open, some individual
trees as usual are determined to put on a great show. Several teenage
trees at the west end of Deerfoot would make a great postcard scene.

We look for mostly sunny weather to continue into next week with lows
at night in the upper 30s, but mostly in the 40s and highs in the low
to mid 70s. That is ideal autumn weather. Yes, we do need rain and
indications are we may get some of that late in next week, with
probably the better chance Thursday and Thursday night. We do not know
how much yet, but there could be a few thunderstorms involved.

FOOTBALL AND TRICK-OR-TREATERS: For the high school games that will
be played tonight, great weather with temperatures falling into the
50s with little or no wind and clear weather. There may be some upper
40s if you are still out at 10:00 tonight.

SATURDAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Mostly clear for all of these games.
Auburn will be in Oxford to play Ole Miss with an 11:30 kick off on
Raycom. The temperature should peak about 75 during the game. Arkansas
State will be the Alabama opponent for homecoming in Tuscaloosa
kicking off at 2:00 p.m. and available on PPV only. About 73 degrees
at kick off and upper 60s when you go home. UAB is in Hattiesburg for
a game with Southern Mississippi in a night game. 67 at the 7:00 p.m.
kick off and in the 50s in the 4th quarter.

FLY IN THE OINTMENT: Vast area of nice weather across a big part of
the USA today. However, a slight disturbance aloft and a cold pool
aloft set off a few severe thunderstorms over extreme SW Missouri and
extreme NW Arkansas. Hail was the main feature and it covered the
roadways for a time around Bentonville, Rogers and Springdale,
Arkansas. There were some 1-inch hailstones in SW Missouri.

GLOBAL ROAMING: One of my favorite weather stations in the far NW to
check on each day is Old Crow in the Yukon Territory of NW Canada.
Even late this morning they were reporting 24 below zero. The coldest
in that part of the world was 26 below at Chandalar Lake, Alaska. In
the lower 48, it was 14 above at Shirley Basin, Wyoming.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: When Little Miss Molly needs to go to
the bathroom, it becomes the most important event in the world—at
least in her eyes. She can whap that little bell on the back door so
hard that it reminds me of the big dinner bells mounted on tall poles
out in the country when people working in the fields were summoned to
come eat. I overslept until 6:15 this morning and I felt guilty, but
before I could get any work done, she was ringing the bell. I had
taken only 2 sips of coffee, so I put my shoes on, let my coffee get
cold and away we went. It is so relaxing to take her for a walk, so I
really did not mind. She always seems so appreciative, especially when
we get back home and she gets a treat. I do not get a treat for going
to the bathroom. Some animals have privileges that humans do not, but
life goes on and on and on.

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

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TONIGHT
Clear and cool.
Overnight Low 38
WIND: Calm

SATURDAY
Sunny and pleasant.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 73
WIND: NE 4-8

SUNDAY
Sunny.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 74
WIND: E 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SE 6-12

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