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Washington area today
Today
Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
The Capital Weather Gang’s forecast
Rain Rain, breezy Rain, breezy Shower possible Shower possible
Other than a possible sprinkle, most of
63° 57° 60° 63° 55°
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Thursday should be dry and mostly cloudy,
with highs about 60. At night, rain
51° 53° 48° 44° 38°
becomes more likely, with overnight lows Wind southeast 6-12 mph Wind southeast 10-20 mph Wind east 12-25 mph Wind west 7-14 mph Wind east-northeast 12-25 mph
around 50. Rain likely Friday morning and
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FOR NOON TODAY
CalgaCCalgaryalgary
High 65° at 3:40 p.m. 67° at 4:00 p.m. 60° at 3:32 p.m.
The Region Today
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Low
Temperature
SSeattleSeattleattle
WWinnipegWinnipeinnipeg 43° at 6:21 a.m. 38° at 2:00 a.m. 36° at 2:00 a.m.
OOttawattawttawa
Normal
54°/36° 53°/30° 52°/32°
Today’s Pollen Index Ultra-Violet Index
100s°+
Record high
1 out of 11+, Low 90s° PortlanPPortlandortland
78° in 2006 78° in 2006 77° in 2006
HelenaHelena
RapidRapid
MplMMpls.-pls.-s.- Record low
14° in 1932 7° in 1996 11° in 1996
Air Quality Index
80s°
BostoBBostonoston
Mold Trees Weeds Grass
Today: Moderate
70s°
CiCCityity
St. PauSSt. Pault. Paul
Precipitation
Yesterday’s main offender: 60s°
SaltSalt ChiCChicagohicagcago NNew Yorkew Yorew York
Past 24 hours None None Trace
Low High Absent Absent
Particulates, 67
50s°
The higher the UV Index number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
LaLLakeakeke
PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia
Total this month 0.06” 0.06” 0.10”
40s° San FranciscSSan Franciscoan Francisco
CiCCityity
Normal month to date 1.16” 1.11” 1.28”
30s°
Harrisburg
DenverDDenveenver
ColumbusColumbus
Total this year
4.34” 6.70” 6.49”
56/48
Philadelphia
20s°
St. LouiSSt. Louist. Louis
WashingtoWWashingtonashington
Normal to date
7.00” 6.93” 7.77”
60/46
10s°
Hagerstown
Los AngeleLLos Angelesos Angeles
0s°
Relative humidity
57/47
-0s° Fronts
PPhoenixhoenix
Max. 68% at 2:00 a.m. 72% at 5:00 a.m. 79% at 9:00 a.m.
-10s°+
Cold
DDallasDallaallas
AtlantAAtlantatlanta
CharlCCharlestonharlestoeston
Min. 39% at 4:00 p.m. 35% at 4:00 p.m. 44% at 4:00 p.m.
Baltimore
Dover
60/48 60/49
Precipitation
Warm
Barometric pressure
Showers
HoustonHouHoustoston
NNewewew
Washington
Annapolis Rain
Stationary
OrlOOrleansrleaneans
TampTTampaampa
High 29.99” 29.97” 29.99”
Low 29.91” 29.89” 29.92”
63/51
58/49
T-Storms
Flurries
Pressure MiamiMiami Temperature trend Actual and f or ecast Normal Record Wind Chill:
Ocean City
Snow
Centers
MoMMonterreyonterrenterrey
Charlottesville
40°
58/49
Ice
High Low
100°
(Comfort index com-
63/45
80°
bines temperature
Richmond
Key » s-Sunny, pc-Partly Cloudy, c-Cloudy, r-Rain, sh-Showers, t-Thunderstorms, sf-Snow Flurries, sn-Snow, i-Ice.
and wind.)
60°
64/54
Nation World
40°
City Today Tomorrow City Today Tomorrow City Today Tomorrow City Today Tomorrow
Heating
degree days
Norfolk
Albany, NY 52/37/c 47/36/r Little Rock 66/42/pc 59/40/c Addis Ababa 77/50/s 77/51/s Lisbon 54/45/pc 59/46/s
20°
Virginia Beach
An index of fuel con-
Albuquerque 49/28/pc 53/29/s Los Angeles 70/50/s 70/52/s Amsterdam 42/38/s 45/32/r London 48/34/pc 46/34/sh 0°
64/53
sumption indicating
66/54 Anchorage 16/2/pc 17/11/sf Louisville 64/48/r 57/43/t Athens 63/49/c 63/50/pc Madrid 50/30/pc 54/29/pc
how many degrees
Atlanta 68/50/r 70/48/sh Memphis 72/46/pc 64/42/c Auckland 73/56/r 66/56/pc Manila 84/75/sh 86/75/r
PAST TEN DAYS TODAY TEN-DAY FORECAST
Recreational Forecast
the average tempera-
Austin 74/43/s 70/40/pc Miami 80/74/t 82/70/t Baghdad 92/67/pc 93/68/c Mexico City 84/52/s 82/48/pc
Precipitation almanac, 2009 - 2010
ture fell below 65 for
Baltimore 60/48/r 56/48/r Milwaukee 56/43/r 50/37/r Bangkok 96/79/s 98/79/s Montreal 43/36/pc 46/37/c
Blue Ridge Atlantic beaches
the day. If a day’s
Billings, MT 46/31/pc 61/34/s Minneapolis 46/40/r 47/36/r Beijing 48/35/s 39/25/s Moscow 34/23/sf 32/23/pc
10" average temperature
Today, cloudy, rain. High Today, cloudy, afternoon
Birmingham 74/48/t 70/46/sh Nashville 68/46/t 60/43/t Berlin 41/27/pc 40/33/sf Mumbai 93/78/s 97/79/pc
Actual Normal
were 45, there would
56-62. Wind southeast rain. High 55-67. Wind
Bismarck, ND 38/22/sn 36/16/c New Orleans 74/53/pc 71/50/pc Bogota 67/47/t 69/48/r Nairobi 89/58/s 88/56/pc 8" be 20 ‘degree days’
6-12 mph. Tonight, southeast 6-12 mph.
Boise 48/35/pc 57/35/pc New York City 57/44/c 47/44/r Brussels 45/28/c 40/28/sh New Delhi 93/58/s 95/60/s for the date.
Boston 47/38/pc 49/37/r Norfolk 64/53/r 68/55/sh Buenos Aires 79/50/s 77/63/s Oslo 36/31/c 33/17/sn
6"
Wednesday ........ 11
cloudy, rain, drizzle. Low Tonight, cloudy, rain.
Buffalo 54/46/pc 55/44/r Oklahoma City 58/36/pc 55/37/c Cairo 98/69/pc 91/65/pc Ottawa 50/35/pc 44/37/c
This month....... 191
38-46. Wind southeast 7- Low 43-50. Wind east 10-
Burlington, VT 50/32/c 51/35/c Omaha 40/35/r 44/34/r Caracas 82/74/s 83/72/s Paris 45/31/pc 45/36/pc
4"
This season .... 3389
14 mph. Friday, cloudy, 20 mph. Friday, cloudy, Charleston, SC 68/57/r 76/56/t Orlando 78/65/t 75/60/t Copenhagen 40/37/c 42/31/c Prague 36/23/c 36/33/pc
2"
Normal to
rain, thunderstorms. High rain. High 56-67. Wind Charleston, WV 66/49/r 73/50/t Philadelphia 60/46/r 52/45/r Dakar 88/76/s 85/72/s Rio de Janeiro 87/75/s 85/75/s
yesterday ...... 3350
54-61. Wind southeast southeast 10-20 mph.
Charlotte 61/53/r 71/52/t Phoenix 67/47/s 73/50/s Dublin 46/36/pc 45/36/pc Riyadh 90/64/s 92/64/s 0"
Last season .... 3480
10-20 mph. Saturday, cloudy, rain.
Cheyenne, WY 40/22/c 49/23/pc Pittsburgh 64/48/pc 63/48/t Edinburgh 49/36/sh 45/34/sh Rome 52/38/r 52/42/pc
M A M J J A S O N D J F
High 56-68.
Chicago 56/45/r 54/40/sh Portland, ME 44/30/s 50/31/c Frankfurt 41/28/c 43/33/c Santiago 84/54/s 84/54/s
Cincinnati 64/48/r 58/40/t Portland, OR 52/45/r 54/39/r Geneva 36/30/pc 44/32/pc San Salvador 89/71/s 88/71/s Today’s tides High tides are in bold face
Cleveland 58/49/pc 61/49/sh Providence, RI 52/38/c 51/39/r Ham., Bermuda 66/60/pc 68/62/pc Sarajevo 41/33/r 39/29/c
Dallas 67/46/s 63/42/pc Raleigh, NC 64/58/r 70/57/t Helsinki 36/25/sf 30/14/pc Seoul 46/29/s 36/16/c
Washington 4:51 a.m. 11:32 a.m. 5:15 p.m. none
Denver 42/23/sf 52/24/pc Reno, NV 56/36/s 59/31/pc Ho Chi Minh City 93/74/s 95/75/pc Shanghai 60/46/s 71/48/s
Annapolis 1:37 a.m. 7:54 a.m. 2:52 p.m. 9:08 p.m.
Boating Forecast » Upper Potomac River: Today, cloudy, Des Moines 52/39/r 49/37/r Richmond 64/54/r 67/54/t Hong Kong 70/66/c 78/72/sh Singapore 86/76/pc 86/77/sh Ocean City 4:29 a.m. 10:56 a.m. 4:36 p.m. 10:47 p.m.
rain. Wind southeast 6-12 knots. Waves 1 foot. Visibility poor. Lower
Detroit 58/47/pc 60/46/sh Sacramento 63/45/s 60/40/r Islamabad 87/57/s 86/57/c Stockholm 37/32/c 36/25/sf
Norfolk 6:30 a.m. 12:36 p.m. 6:41 p.m. none
Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, cloudy, rain. Wind east
El Paso 56/34/pc 61/35/s St. Louis 64/41/c 51/41/sh Istanbul 55/43/r 55/44/r Sydney 75/61/pc 74/61/sh
Fairbanks, AK 8/-9/sf 9/-11/pc St. Thomas, VI 86/74/pc 85/76/s
Point Lookout 4:02 a.m. 10:56 a.m. 5:16 p.m. 10:33 p.m.
6-12 knots. Waves 1 foot on the lower Potomac. Waves 1 foot on the
Jerusalem 90/61/pc 83/54/pc Taipei 73/63/s 79/67/s
Chesapeake Bay. Visibility poor.
Fargo, ND 36/28/c 38/29/c Salt Lake City 46/27/pc 54/36/s Johannesburg 83/56/s 85/55/pc Tehran 69/58/c 76/61/c
River Stages: The river stage at Little Falls will be 5.5 feet today, ris-
Hartford, CT 52/37/c 47/37/r San Diego 65/50/s 65/54/s Kabul 66/39/pc 65/40/pc Tokyo 54/41/s 57/48/pc
Moon phases
ing to 5.7 feet Friday. Flood stage at Little Falls is 10 feet.
Honolulu 81/69/s 81/67/s San Francisco 60/47/s 58/45/r Kingston, Jam. 87/79/s 87/79/s Toronto 55/41/pc 50/41/r
Houston 77/46/s 65/45/pc San Juan, PR 84/73/c 85/73/pc Kolkata 96/78/s 96/79/s Vienna 37/33/sn 42/32/pc
New First Quarter Full Last Quarter
Indianapolis 64/44/r 57/41/sh Seattle 49/41/r 52/39/r Lagos 87/79/t 88/79/t Warsaw 38/24/s 40/32/s
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Jackson, MS 76/48/pc 68/43/pc Spokane, WA 44/37/r 51/32/r Lima 88/69/c 87/68/c Yerevan 65/46/c 68/46/sh
Jacksonville, FL 74/59/t 72/55/t Syracuse 54/41/c 52/40/r
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Kansas City, MO 48/38/c 46/35/sh Tampa 76/67/t 78/64/t
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High: 94° McAllen, Texas High: 110° Kosti, Sudan
NOTE: These are the predicted high/low temperatures and forecasts, through 4 p.m. Eastern time.
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Low: 1° Clayton Lake, Maine Low: -52° Oymyakon, Russia
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from 11th to 21st streets. tion, will be converted to bike- ration.” He said the cost of the
Sebastian said the lanes would — Jim Sebastian, only traffic. Traffic signals will be new lanes was being calculated,
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