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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday October 29, 2008
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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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...Dry As A Bone...

SUPER CLEAR: You have seen us occasionally mention severely clear.
That is a word a pilot coined a long time ago when he wanted to fly. I
would call the weather today "super clear." Never used that term
before, but I was out doing chores over a good part of NE Jefferson
County early this morning and it was so clear that I could not find a
cloud anywhere—not even any jet contrails. The distant ridges were
sharp and clear.

It was a cold morning with our lowest temperature so far this season.
Here is a short list. We have a longer list on the blog:

20 Grantley in North Cherokee County
23 Hamilton
26 Haleyville, Centreville, Lafayette
27 Gadsden, Tallagdega, Tuscaloosa
30 Birmingham Airport
31 Montgomery
32 Mobile

The 27 low in Tusclaoosa was the lowest ever recorded on October 29.
Montgomery, with 31, tied the record.

LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD: All we can see at this time is more clear
weather with chilly nights, but afternoons that will be getting
milder. Dew points across Alabama this afternoon were mostly in the
20s. The high-pressure area is going to be sitting right over us
tonight, so we have lowered our low tonight to 33. There will probably
be a bigger variation in the temperatures tonight. On some of the
ridges, it may be closer to 38 or 40, but look for more frost in the
valleys.

WAY TOO COLD IN ALASKA: In Fairbanks, this has been the fourth
coldest October on record with an average temperature of nearly 9
degrees below normal. The NWS says it will likely end as one of the
top two or three coldest Octobers ever. The temperature in Fairbanks
has been above average on only two days this month.

GLOBAL ROAMING: Did you know that an avalanche can sweep downhill so
fast that the fastest skier has no chance of escaping. In extreme
cases, the tons of snow can accelerate at over 200 mph knocking down
trees everywhere in its path. Coldest temperature in the lower 48 this
morning was 14 at Embarrass, Minnesota. It was 25 below zero at
Chandalar Lake, Alaska. On Mount Washington visibility was near zero
and blowing snow with a temperature of 10 degrees and the wind was as
high as 83 mph. In the Great Smoky Mountain National Park on Mt.
LeConte, the high yesterday was only 18 and the low this morning 12.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly had me out before
sunrise again today. It sure was pretty with the early morning light
reflecting off the frost. She has been in her investigative mode
lately stopping to see everything along the way and sticking her
little nose in clumps of grass. At one point this morning, when she
withdrew frost fell on top of her head and she had a salt and pepper
hairdo. I stood there laughing and she gave me the funniest look. What
good is a dog if you cannot laugh at them. She and I read each other
like a book. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Clear and cold.
Overnight Low 33
WIND: Calm

THURSDAY
Sunny. Scattered early morning frost. A milder afternoon.
Morning Low 33 Afternoon High 68
WIND: NE 4-8

FRIDAY
Sunny. A pleasant afternoon.
Morning Low 40 Afternoon High 71
WIND: E 5-10

SATURDAY
More sunshine.
Morning Low 42 Afternoon High 73
WIND: E 5-10

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

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