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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday October 22, 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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...Quick Changes Ahead...

THE WEATHER MARCHES ON: Seemingly never a dull moment in the weather
office this autumn. Most of the time, this is a docile time of the
year weatherwise. This afternoon we are watching a line of strong
thunderstorms with locally heavy rain taking its time to move eastward
from Arkansas to Louisiana. A Tornado Watch was posted until after
midnight for much of Louisiana and a part of extreme SW Mississippi.
More later.

WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN FOR ALABAMA? Some showers will reach the
western part of the state by this evening. Showers and storms will
become more numerous late tonight, especially after midnight. Some
will have locally heavy rain. It looks like the main showers and
storms on Friday will be through the morning and early afternoon then
diminish late in the day.

ANOTHER COOL FRONT IN OUR PICTURE: It will come through early
Saturday and give us some partly sunny, breezy and cool weather during
the day. It will be rather chilly Saturday night as temperatures drop
to near 40 with some upper 30s in the cooler valleys. Sunday should
feature mostly sunshine. We believe that from the time the showers
start tonight and end late Friday or early Friday evening, Central
Alabama could get between 1 and 2 inches of rain. A few of the storms
could be strong, but at this time we do not see a significant risk of
severe weather. The strongest storms will be south.

SEVERE WEATHER: Since 10:00 this morning, there have been at least 16
Tornado Warnings issued in Louisiana and a number of Flash Flood
Warnings. Several tornadoes were spotted. One of those moved across
I-10 near Jennings in Jefferson Parish. The tornado blew cars off I-10.

DEADHORSE: Always like to mention Deadhorse. They were reporting
blowing snow and freezing fog today with visibility only one-half
mile, a zero wind chill and gusts to 47 mph. Barter Island had east
winds to 55 mph and 23 degrees. Around the USA, extremes in the last
24 hours included 97 at Desert Center, California yesterday to 18 this
morning at Laramie, Wyoming and 3 at Buckland, Alaska. I am amazed at
how the big drought areas of Central and South Texas have made such a
turn around in the last couple of months. Several roads around San
Antonio were closed this morning as rain came down at 2 inches an hour
in some areas. There was 5.49 inches of rain at Burnet and 4 inches at
Ft. Worth Meacham Field.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: There is a chance that most high school games
tonight can be played before the rain gets here, although the extreme
western part of the state may not be dry through the entire game. Mild
temperatures. For Friday night games, it now appears that most of the
rain will have ended or tapered off, but fields will be wet. On
Saturday, UAB will be in Huntington, West Virginia to play Marshall at
11:00 a.m. 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 at Alabama at 2:30 p.m., partly sunny or
clearing, in the 60s at kick off and 50s at the end. Similar weather
in Montgomery when Alabama State plays Alcorn, also in Jacksonville
where East Illinois will play Jack 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.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly amazes me a lot of the
time (it does not take much to do that). I am convinced that when she
goes for her main morning bathroom walk and again in the late
afternoon, that she has a mental checklist of the spots where she
wants to leave a few drops and certain stops to hope for her friends
to see her. She knows where everybody lives who love her, so this
morning she stopped where Dino lives and peered through the backdoor
window where she can often see him pressing his nose against the
window wanting to get out. Molly cried when he was not there. She also
cried behind the home of a lady that always gives her a belly rub.
Life goes on. Sometimes with minor disappointments.

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

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TONIGHT
A few showers this evening. Showers and storms more numerous after
midnight.
Morning Low 65
WIND: S 10-16

FRIDAY
Showers and thunderstorms. Rain heavy at times, diminishing late.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 71
WIND: SW 10-20

SATURDAY
Becoming partly sunny, breezy and cooler.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 59
WIND: NW 10-18

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny. A chilly morning.
Morning Low 40 Afternoon High 70
WIND: NE 5-10

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

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