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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Thursday April 16, 2009
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ELEVENTH ANNUAL LEBANESE FOOD AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Saint Elias Maronite Catholic Church
April 17-18, 2009 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Get Homemade Lebanese Food Lunch and Dinner April 17 - 18
Easy Friday Lunch -- Fast Service in/out in minutes -- Take out or
dine in. For really fast service come early or late. We serve food
the whole day. You can also have food delivered to your place of
business for Friday lunch. Click on our website below for a full
menu and further details.

Expanded Silent Auction and Live Band from New York, back by popular
demand, each evening. Shuttle service Friday and Saturday night from 5-9
from UAB Lot 15R on 10th Avenue South next to Epic School. Follow the
signs.

All this and there is No Admission Charge. 25% of all proceeds go to
charities other than St. Elias Church.

For more info and a complete menu, visit our website at:
http://www.stelias.org/festival_2009.html
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...Rain Returns Over The Weekend...

DRY THROUGH TOMORROW: Very pleasant spring weather continues through
tomorrow, with mostly sunny mild days and clear cool nights. But,
things will change about the time the weekend arrives.

Clouds will thicken across Alabama late tomorrow night into Saturday,
and it now looks like showers will move into the state as the weekend
begins. The best chance of getting wet Saturday will be west of I-65,
but a few showers could move into East Alabama later in the day. Then,
rain and storms will be more widespread by Saturday night and Sunday
statewide. A few strong thunderstorms are possible Sunday, but for now
the severe weather parameters are not overly impressive. We are
projecting average rain amounts of one inch with our weekend system,
but isolated amounts to two inches are possible where stronger storms
develop.

NEXT WEEK: Rain should end Sunday night, but a deep upper trough will
be over Alabama Monday, which should set the stage for a mostly cloudy
and rather cool day for April, with a high only in the upper 50s. A
little light rain or drizzle will be possible Monday morning, but most
of the day will be dry. Then, the sky will clear on Tuesday, and at
this point the rest of the week looks dry with seasonal temperatures
for mid-April in Alabama.

A-DAY WEEKEND: Both Alabama and Auburn will hold their annual spring
scrimmage games this weekend; for the game at Tuscaloosa (2:00 p.m.
kickoff on ESPN), the sky will be cloudy and showers are possible
during the game, so you will need to take the rain gear. At Auburn
(1:00 p.m. kickoff), the sky will be mostly cloudy, but there is only
a small risk of a shower during the game. Temperatures at both game
sites should be in the 65 to 69 degree range.

ON THIS DATE IN 1990: But I swear I sent it. Many federal tax returns
being loaded into a truck were blown away in Oklahoma City by a
violent thunderstorm with nearly 100-mph wind gusts. Will Roger's
Airport in Oklahoma City recorded wind gust to 93 mph, strongest there
in 24 years.

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TODAY
Sunny and pleasant.
Afternoon High 71
WIND: E 6-12

FRIDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 73
WIND: SE 6-12

SATURDAY
Mostly cloudy with developing showers; becoming more widespread
Saturday night.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 67
WIND: S 10-18

SUNDAY
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Windy at times.
Morning Low 58 Afternoon High 70
WIND: S 10-20

MONDAY
Mostly cloudy, breezy, and cooler.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 59
WIND: NW 10-20

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