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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday October 30, 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)

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Summit 205-967-5800 Crestline 205-871-0060
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...Extended Clear Weather...

A MILDER TREND STARTS: It will still be rather chilly tonight, but
not as cold as on previous nights. It is postcard clear across Alabama
this afternoon, but the dew points are still mostly in the 20s. With
light winds tonight, that makes me believe that many sections will
fall into the 30s again and even some upper 20s in the North Alabama
valleys. Across Central Alabama, we are calling for an average low of
38. But as we all know, that can vary greatly because of temperature
inversions when a cold air mass is trying to leave the state. Even in
Jefferson County there was a 10-degree difference this morning between
Pinson with 31 and Clay/Deerfoot (only about 5 miles away) with 41.
Here are a few selected lows around Alabama this morning. As usual, we
have a more complete list on the 33/40 Blog:

24 at Sardis Springs and Hamilton
26 Broomtown
28 Muscadine, Scrougout
36 Birmingham Airport
31 Tuscaloosa
33 Montgomery

The ABC 33/40 Skywatcher for the tiny community of Scrougout in NE
Etowah County, reports 8 mornings with frost and 5 with freezing
temperatures just in the last 12 days. The season is getting an early
start.
Looks like mostly sunshine all the way through the weekend. After
upper 30s tonight, lows will be mostly in the 40s over the weekend and
by the weekend, highs will be in the mid 70s.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: Clear and cool for high school games tonight and
Friday night with temperatures falling through the 50s and maybe into
the 40s by the final whistle. In college football, Arkansas State will
be the Alabama Homecoming guests at Tuscaloosa Saturday for a 2:00
p.m. kick off on PPV only. Temperature should be around 74 at kick off
and upper 60s by the final whistle. Auburn will play Ole Miss in
Oxford Saturday with an early kick off at 11:30 televised on Raycom.
The temperature will pop out in the mid 70s later in the game. UAB
will be at Hattiesburg to play Southern Mississippi in a night game.
About 67 degrees for the 7:00 p.m. kick off and in the 50s by the end
of the game.

MOVING THE OLD CLOCK: We gain an hour of sleep Saturday night and
Sunday morning. Our sunset time on Sunday will be just before 5:00
p.m. So, when you go to bed Saturday night, if you do, set your clock
back one hour.

GLOBAL ROAMING: The latest snow survey shows that 2.7% of the lower
48 states had a snow cover. A lot of the area is in the NE part of the
country. This latest storm dumped 16 inches in 16 hours at
Prattsville, New York and 11 inches in 12 hours at Old Forge. In the
high country of the west, 283 inches was on the ground at Alpine
Meadows in the Sierra-Nevada Mountains of California. Satellite snow
surveys indicate that snow covers the inner 1/3 of Canada, most of
Alaska and the snow extends far south over the pole into Northern
Russia. Cold temperatures this morning included 16 at Stanley, Idaho
and 27 below at Chalkyitsik, Alaska.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Sure enjoyed my noon walk with Little
Miss Molly. We met a lady on the walking track that had to put down
her Dachshund several months ago. She is still hurting and they plan
to get another Dachshund later. She and Molly had about a 1 minute
love session with Molly getting a good head rub and a back scratching.
Perfect walking weather. I had a short-sleeve shirt and actually
perspired a little. Visibility must be 80 miles today. Autumn leaves
are looking better, but the ridges are still muted. Molly and I still
hope for the best. She likes to play in piles of leaves after they
have fallen. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Clear, but not as cold.
Overnight Low 38
WIND: SE 3-6

FRIDAY
Sunny. A milder afternoon.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 71
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Sunny.
Morning Low 40 Afternoon High 73
WIND: SE 5-10

SUNDAY
Sunny.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 75
WIND: SE 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 70
WIND: NE 6-12

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