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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday October 24, 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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...A Cool Saturday...

Cooler air moved into Alabama overnight behind a cold front. Low
clouds accompanied the cooler air into the state, and those clouds
will hang tough for much of the morning. Clearing should reach
western sections by late morning, and progress across the state
through mid-afternoon. Highs will be in the 50s where it remains
cloudy much of the day, with 60s where it is sunnier. It will be
breezy.

SUNDAY: After a morning start near 40, Sunday promises to be a sunny
and mild day with an afternoon high near 70. Lows Sunday night will
be back in the middle 40s.

THE WEEK AHEAD Monday looks seasonally perfect with partly cloudy
skies and a high in the lower 70s. Look for a chance of showers
Monday night into early Tuesday as a system zips by to our north.
Wednesday will see a quick return of moisture as a big storm system
heads our way. It will bring a chance of rain and storms Thursday
into early Friday, but be gone for race weekend.

FOOTBALL FORECAST: UAB will be in Huntington, West Virginia to play
Marshall at 11:00 a.m.today. Look for a good chance of showers with a
peak temperature of 62. Miles College will be in Frankfort, Kentucky
to play Kentucky State at 1:00 p.m.: about a 30% chance of showers and
temperatures falling through the 50s. Tennessee visits Alabama at 2:30
p.m. Expect partly sunny or clearing skies, temps in the 60s at kick
off and 50s at the end. Similar weather in Montgomery when Alabama
State plays Alcorn and in Jacksonville where East Illinois will play
Jax State. Auburn will be at LSU for a 6:30 p.m. kick off. Clear and
cool, 63 at kick off and falling into the 50s.

TROPICS: The disturbance over the western Caribbean will move slowly
northward toward the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend. There is a
chance that a tropical depression could form and affect the West Coast
of Florida by Tuesday. Another disturbed weather area over the
Bahamas will move to Miami by Sunday before getting absorbed by a
frontal system and pulled northward toward the Carolinas. Air Force
Reserve recon is on call for this afternoon just in case.

WEATHERBRAINS: National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read was our
guest on Monday. It was a thrill to interview him live from the
National Weather Association meeting. More news from the NWA Monday
night in episode 196, along with an AM Weather Reunion with
meteorologists Joan von Ahn and Carl Weiss! Listen at www.WeatherBrains.com
or subscribe on iTunes. It's free!

ON THIS DATE IN 2005: Category Three Hurricane Wilma made landfall on
the Southwest Coast of Florida just south of Marco Island and cut like
a buzz saw through the southern part of the state. It was the eighth
hurricane to strike Florida since 2004. The Florida Keys received a
battering from storm surge caused by Wilma. It was the fourth time
that the island chain had been evacuated during the 2005 hurricane
season. Less than 10 percent of the 78,000 residents in the Keys
actually evacuated, disappointing emergency officials there. Follow
my weather history tweets on Twitter @wxhistorian.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TODAY
Clouds hang tough during morning. Clearing during afternoon. Breezy
and cooler.
Afternoon High 62
WIND: NW 10-18

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny. A chilly morning.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 71
WIND: NE 5-10

MONDAY
Partly sunny. A few showers possible Monday night.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 73
WIND: E 6-12

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 75
WIND: W 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny and mild.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 76
WIND: S 7-14

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