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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday May 22, 2009
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FARMER'S MARKET TIME IN CALHOUN COUNTY!

The Calhoun County Farmers Market will be open this week to
provide local goods for your Memorial holiday enjoyment. Locally
grown produce and plants as well as home made goods and crafts
will be available.

The Calhoun County Farmers Market is open on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 1702 Noble Street in Anniston. Arrive by 8:00 am
for best selection. The Buckner Group market at Zinn Park will
open later in the summer.

For information on our Farmer's Markets, "Lunch and Learn"
educational series or other events, visit www.aces.edu/calhoun
or call 256-237-1621.
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AN UNSETTLED WEEKEND: We are still dealing with the same main weather
feature that we have been discussing for days. Let us update that
discussion quickly and we will go on to mention how it will affect
Alabama. The low-pressure center was over the Central Gulf of Mexico
this morning almost exactly where weather models had predicted for the
last four days. I have sort of a love/hate relationship with weather
models, but there is no way I could do without them. By Saturday
morning, the low will be near the SE Louisiana coast and by Sunday it
should be over Mississippi and Louisiana and not as well defined.
Meanwhile, this system will keep pumping moist air from SE to NW out
of the Gulf of Mexico and from Florida. This does not look good if you
like lots of sunshine. We think you will see more clouds than sun all
the way into early next week and there will be occasional periods of
showers and thunderstorms. Some of our computerized guidance that we
always take with several grains of salt indicate as much as 3 inches
of rain for the Birmingham area between now and early next week. The
NAM model points to a storm total of 1.47 inches. That may be a little
more realistic. There is a chance that SW Alabama from about
Livingston down to Mobile could get a storm total of around 4 inches.
As much as 5.70 inches is a possibility for East/Central Mississippi.

Here in Central Alabama we will have to deal with these showers and
possible thunderstorms every day. We believe the weekend and extending
into Monday will be the time for most of the showers.

There is a big plus to all of this. The cloud cover and showers will
hold temperatures down somewhat. Highs tomorrow should be in the mid
70s and the lower 80s into early next week.

AT THE BEACH: Does not look good. Showers and thunderstorms will be
numerous at times all the way through Monday and lesser in number by
Tuesday. It is entirely possible that Mobile, Gulf Shores and Dauphin
Island could receive between 3 and 4 inches of rain over the next
three days. It will also be windy at times, which means that the surf
will be quite rough, maybe even some riptides.

GLOBAL ROAMING: Did you know that if you overlaid a map of Iraq on the
lower 48 states of the USA that it would only cover a little over 5%
of our country. Baghdad is the capitol, of course. Their average high
temperature in January is 61 and low of 39. In mid-summer it is a
completely different story. Their average high for July and August is
a blistering 109 as compared to 91 in Birmingham. That city only gets
6.10 inches of rain a year compared to 54 inches for Birmingham. It
was 97 in Baghdad tonight and it should be 107 tomorrow. As Memorial
Day approaches, we should be especially thoughtful of our military
there and in other places and say many sincere prayers, not only for
the troops but their families.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I have had a number of requests lately to
see an updated photo of my little 9-pound pal known as Miss Molly. I
will try to post one of those on our Weather BLOG one day next week. I
ran into a gentleman at a Trussville restaurant last Sunday. I did not
that he knew me, but he immediately asked about the Old Crow Motel.
That is a tall, dilapidated tree in its last years where Little Miss
Molly and I on our very first walk together nearly 7 years ago
witnessed two old crows in a vicious argument at dawn. We feel they
eventually divorced. We immediately named that tree the Old Crow
Motel. Life goes on.

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

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2009 SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
MAY 20-24--THIS WEEK!
REGIONS PARK STADIUM in Hoover
For Tickets, call (800) 732-4849 (800-SEC-4TIX)
or visit http://www.southtix.com/secbb.html
For Corporate Hospitality Packages, call (205) 977-9335

Here's your chance to see the best college baseball in the country,
right here in Hoover, Alabama! See the top eight teams in the SEC
compete for the tournament title over the course of this five day
event.

Reserved seats are going fast so be sure to order yours today at
(800) 732-4849 or by logging onto http://www.southtix.com/secbb.html
Opportunities still exist to entertain employees, clients or friends
in the Corporate Hospitality suite. Call (205) 977-9335 to inquire
about the various corporate hospitality packages.

Mark your calendars to go to Regions Park Stadium this week
to see some big time college baseball.

The 2009 SEC Baseball Tournament
THE BEST COLLEGE BASEBALL IN THE COUNTRY!!
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TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy and breezy with occasional showers.
Morning Low 66
WIND: E 10-20

SATURDAY
Breezy with scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 79
WIND: SE 10-20

SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 80
WIND: S 8-16

MONDAY
Periods of rain with a few thunderstorms.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 80
WIND: S 8-16

TUESDAY
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 81
WIND: SW 7-14

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