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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Wednesday October 21, 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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...Rain Returns Tomorrow Night...

ONE MORE NICE DAY: We will be able to squeeze out one more fantastic
fall day across Alabama, as we are forecasting a good supply of
sunshine today with a high up in the mid 70s. The humidity will stay
low, and the visibility remains excellent.

TO THE WEST: A storm system will continue to strengthen over the
nation's mid-section, and moisture from East Pacific Tropical Storm
Rick will become entrained in the system tomorrow, adding to the rain
potential. Clouds will begin to increase across our state tomorrow in
advance of the system, and a few showers could enter the western
counties by afternoon. Rain and storms will become more widespread
statewide tomorrow night.
Friday promises to be a wet day with periods of rain and a few
thunderstorms. Instability values appear marginal for a really serious
severe weather threat, but the rain could be heavy at times with the
tropical moisture involved. We project rain amounts between one and
two inches between tomorrow night and Friday night, and there will be
a risk of rain and storms at the high school football games both
nights. The rain will end late Friday night.

THE WEEKEND: Clouds will linger much of the day Saturday as cooler air
invades the state on brisk north winds. Temperatures will hold in the
50s most of the day, and a little lingering light rain is possible
Saturday morning, mainly across the Tennessee Valley of extreme North
Alabama. The sky will clear Saturday night, and sunshine returns in
full force Sunday with a high in the upper 60s.

NEXT WEEK: An upper trough will bring some clouds to Alabama Monday,
but for now the air looks too dry for any significant chance of rain.
The dry weather should continue through Wednesday, but another wet
weather system is due in here around Thursday of next week with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms.

EXTREMES: Hottest place in the nation yesterday was Bullhead City, AZ
with 94; coldest was Kaltag, Alaska with 4 degrees.

ON THIS DATE IN 1743: Benjamin Franklin makes the revolutionary
discovery that the wind in storm systems rotate in a counter clockwise
direction. Franklin was waiting in Philadelphia that night to view a
lunar eclipse, but had his opportunity foiled by a nor'easter that
blocked the sky with clouds. Franklin later discovered that his
brother in Boston was able to observe the eclipse clearly and that the
storm did not arrive at his location until four hours later. It
puzzled Franklin that the system seemed to move from southwest to
northeast even though winds at his location were from the northeast.
He theorized that the winds in the storm system must have been
rotating around a center. A brilliant deduction considering he had no
satellite to show his the big picture!

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Mostly sunny and warmer.
Afternoon High 74
WIND: SE 6-12

THURSDAY
Increasing clouds. Showers and storms arrive Thursday night.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 75
WIND: SE 7-14

FRIDAY
Periods of rain and a few thunderstorms. Rain could be heavy at times.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SW 10-20

SATURDAY
Mostly cloudy, breezy, and cooler.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 59
WIND: NW 10-20

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 70
WIND: N 6-12

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