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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Tuesday April 14, 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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...Calmer Days Ahead For Alabama...

NO STORMS FOR A FEW DAYS: After a series of wild days, including
thunderstorms with baseball sized hail, wall clouds, tornadoes, and a
gravity wave responsible for knocking down hundreds, and perhaps
thousands of trees across Alabama, the weather finally settles down
for a few days. I think we all deserve a break.

After a cloudy start this morning, we expect a clearing trend today,
with most communities enjoying sunshine this afternoon. Temperatures
will be about 10 degrees below average values for April 14; with highs
generally in the mid 60s. Tonight, with a clear sky and a calm wind,
temperatures will drop quickly, and we will be close to 40 degrees at
daybreak tomorrow. The colder valleys across North Alabama will visit
the 30s, and there is even some risk of scattered light frost. It
should not be a problem for growers.

REST OF THE WEEK: Expect beautiful spring weather tomorrow through
Friday, with sunny days, clear nights, and a gradual day to day
warming trend. We will be in the mid 70s by Friday afternoon.

WEEKEND PREVIEW: We have not seen good consistency in computer model
output for the weekend, so forecast confidence is not especially high.
But, for now it looks like Saturday will be generally dry and mild
with only a small risk of an afternoon shower over the western
counties of the state. Showers and storms will be more likely late
Saturday night into Sunday. The showers could linger into Monday of
next week. Then, out in the long range, there seems to be a trend of
the primary jet stream across North America lifting northward, and if
that is correct it will mean warmer and drier weather for the state
toward the end of the month.

ON THIS DATE IN 1935: The most notorious dust storm of the dust bowl
era strikes the Plains. Known as "The Black Blizzard," it was the
first of
many dust storms that would affect the nation's breadbasket. Dust
clouds would be clearly visible as far away as the shipping lanes of
the North Atlantic Ocean. Politicians in Washington could not ignore
the plight of the citizenry of the Plains, as huge, black clouds of
dust hovered over the Nation's capitol. Soils had been pulverized into
a fine dust by the farming techniques of the era and the wind picked
up the dry soil and blew it into huge black clouds. Gentle rains would
return in the fall of 1938, putting an end to the Dust Bowl era.

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TODAY
Clearing and a little cooler.
Afternoon High 64
WIND: NW 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Sunny with a cool morning.
Morning Low 41 Afternoon High 67
WIND: N 6-12

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 43 Afternoon High 72
WIND: NE 5-10

FRIDAY
A good supply of sunshine.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 75
WIND: S 6-12

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. A small risk of a shower late in the day.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 76
WIND: S 8-16

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