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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday October 23, 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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...Four Mostly Dry Days...

COOLER AIR MOVING IN: Another in a series of cool fronts was moving
almost due east across Alabama this afternoon. For the most part, our
rain is over. The long line of showers that moved ever so slowly from
Arkansas and Louisiana yesterday was in West Georgia this afternoon.
Rain amounts over most of Alabama were not nearly as much as we had
earlier anticipated. Most amounts were between ¼ and ½ inch. At
Cottondale in Tuscaloosa County, the 0.62 brought the total for 2009
to an amazing 63.71 inches. Clouds will be in and out through tonight,
but the clouds may thicken again before daybreak as the cooler air
continues to move in. For Saturday, we believe the clouds will hang
tough almost all morning, but we should get some sun breaking through
during the afternoon. The timing on the sunshine makes a lot of
difference in the high temperature. We are calling for a high of only
58. If the clouds were to stay in place all day, that high could just
as well be 54, but we believe 58 is more likely and even some 60s in
some parts of the state.

Our coolest morning will be Sunday morning with a low of 39. That
could mean some mid 30s in the colder NE Alabama valleys. The next
rain expected will be a few showers about Monday night.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: Looks like no rain for the high school games
tonight, but some of the fields may still be wet. Brisk, NW wind means
take a jacket. The temperature should fall into the 50s before the
game is over, especially over the western part of the state. Not as
cool in the east. In college football, UAB will be in Huntington, West
Virginia to play Marshall at 11:00 a.m. Look for cool weather with 58
at kick off rising to 62 with a chance of a shower. Miles will be at
Frankfort, Kentucky playing Kentucky State at 1:00 p.m. Rather cool—
about 50 at kick off and maybe a shower during the game. Here in
Alabama, Alcorn State will be at Alabama State in Montgomery and East
Illinois will play Jacksonville State. It should be about 66 in
Montgomery and 59 in Jacksonville. Tennessee meets Alabama in
Tuscaloosa at 2:30. Mostly sunny. Temperatures in the 60s and lowering
to 48 to 50 at the end. Auburn is at LSU for a 6:30 night game. Clear
pleasant weather with about 68 at kick off and 48 to 50 at the end.

AROUND THE GOOD OLD USA: Lots of heavy rain reports in the central
part of the country in the last 24 hours. Two sample reports include 4
inches at Alexandria, Louisiana and 2.23 at DesMoines. 94 at Indio,
California was the Thursday hot spot. Lows this morning included 10 at
Nome, Alaska and 18 at Lymon, Colorado. Lymon is not in the mountains.
It is out on the Eastern Colorado Plains, so that probably occurred
over a snow cover.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly is retrograding to
some of her early day habits. She now expects a walk around the track
the minute those little paws hit the floor. I am usually halfway
through my second cup of coffee and do not want to go anywhere. If I
do not respond right away, she knocks the fool out of that little bell
hanging from the backdoor knob. She had already learned how to do that
before we got her 7 years ago. Sometimes she draws back with her right
front paw and hits the bell so hard that it goes up and hits the
doorknob. She gets results in a hurry. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy, breezy and cooler.
Morning Low 48
WIND: W 6-12

SATURDAY
Breezy and a lot cooler. Morning clouds, but some afternoon sunshine.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 58
WIND: NW 10-16

SUNDAY
Sunny. A chilly early morning.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 69
WIND: NE 5-10

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

TUESDAY
Partly sunny and mild.
Morning Low 51 Afternoon High 75
WIND: NW 5-10

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