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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Sunday October 18, 2009
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FALL FESTIVAL!

Calhoun County Extension will hold its 4th annual FALL FEST this
Saturday,
October 24th, from 9am-2pm, at the Cane Creek Community Gardens at
McClellan.

Join us as for a day celebrating agricultural and homemaking skills. The
day will feature contests from the old-time country fair era, featuring
quilts, arts & crafts contest, Scarecrow building, baked goods contest
(and cakewalk), and a canning contest. The day will also feature the
Fall
Farmers Market, a plant sale, as well as hayrides, inflatables, a
petting
zoo and a treasure hunt for kids. There will also be a Grocery Giveaway
sponsored by the ALFA Farmer's Federation Women's Committee.
AM-810 will sponsor a Smokey Mountain Vacation Giveaway, and
live music during the day by local group "Crossroads". Local 4H clubs,
including the Trailblazers Horse Club and the Green Team, will be there.

Bring the whole family out for a day loaded with fun! Admission is
only $1,
or wear your Halloween costume and get in free. Proceeds benefit Calhoun
County 4H. More information, as well as contest rules, can be found by
logging onto http://www.aces.edu/calhoun.
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...Sunny Sunday...

Greetings from Norfolk, Virginia, site of the 2009 National Weather
Association Annual Meeting. Jim Stefkovich, Meteorologist in Charge of
the Birmingham National Weather Service Office is here, as well as
some other local weather folks. We will be taking careful notes about
the event, because the Magic City will host it in October 2011. I will
be blogging and tweeting all week from the meeting. Catch my tweets
@wxhistorian on Twitter.com.

RECORD HIGH YESTERDAY: We added a new record on Saturday at the
Birmingham Airport, a record high temperature for October 17th. Not
the kind of record high that you normally think of: a record cool high
of 51F. The previous record was 55F in 1943.

NICE SUNDAY: Skies cleared overnight across the state, setting the
stage for a sunny Sunday. Overnight lows managed to make it into the
30s in many locations, but a persistent northwest wind limited the
potential for frost. Still, some more protected locations will wake up
to some frost on the pumpkin this morning. With a northerly flow
continuing across the area today, temperatures will only be able to
rise into the upper 50s, despite total sunshine.

FREEZE WATCH: Those northerly winds will relax tonight. With
temperatures falling back into the lower and middle 30s, widespread
frost is expected. In fact, areas north of a line from Carrollton to
Alabaster to Roanoke may actually experience a freeze overnight. Keep
that in mind if you have any tender vegetation that might be
susceptible to a light freeze.

THE WEEK AHEAD: After the chilly start Monday morning, temperatures
will make it back into the upper 60s by afternoon. No worries about
frost Monday night and we will be back in the 70s on Tuesday as a more
typical run of October weather gains momentum. Wednesday will be sunny
as well, but clouds will return on Thursday with storms Thursday night.

TROPICS: The Tropical Atlantic continues to be extremely quiet. No
real signs of tropical development in the Atlantic over the next two
weeks. In the eastern Pacific, Hurricane Rick is one formidable storm.
Rick became a category five hurricane late Saturday afternoon as it
steamed northwestward off the Mexican coast. The hurricane is expected
to gradually weaken, but should still be a hurricane when it reaches
the coast of Baja California by late Wednesday or Thursday.

UPCOMING WEATHERBRAINS GUESTS: Bill Read, the Director of the National
Hurricane Center will join me live Monday night from Norfolk on
WeaterBrains. Thanks to Jim Stefkovich for setting that up. Follow
WeatherBrains on Twitter @weatherbrains.

ON THIS DATE IN 2005: Rainfall weary residents of Taunton,
Massachusetts warily eyed a wooden dam on the rain swollen Mill River
River that was in danger of breaking. Engineers tried to avert
disaster by opening floodgates on the 173 year old Whittenton Pond
Dam. An evacuation order was issued for the city of 50,000 people.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TODAY
A chilly start, then mostly sunny with a brisk north wind. Widespread
frost, possible freeze overnight.
Afternoon High 58
WIND: N 7-14

MONDAY
Near total sunshine. A little warmer.
Morning Low 35 Afternoon High 68
WIND: Light

TUESDAY
Still sunny.
Morning Low 41 Afternoon High 73
WIND: NE/SE 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Just about perfect. Mostly sunny and mild.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SE 5-10

THURSDAY
Increasing clouds. Rain and storms arrive late in day, continue
overnight.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 74
WIND: SE/S 6-12

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