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WEATHER

Washington area today

The Capital Weather Gang’s forecast

On the backside of the low-pressure

system, we’ll be treated to a chilly and breezy late-April day. There could be an isolated early morning shower, but otherwise we’ll see clearing skies. Highs rise into the lower 60s, with northwest winds around 15 mph and higher gusts.

For the latest updates, visit the Capital Weather Gang blog:

washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang

The Region Today

Today’s Pollen Index

Mold Trees Weeds Grass

Low Moderate Absent

Low

Harrisburg Hagerstown

56/37 57/36

Baltimore

63/39

Washington

62/43

Richmond Charlottesville

65/35 65/43

Norfolk

66/48

Blue Ridge

•Today, mostly cloudy, showers. High 50-64. Wind northwest 4-8 mph. •Tonight, shower early, partly cloudy. Low 30-35. Wind northwest 3-6 mph. •Wednesday, mostly sunny, breezy. High 50- 64. Wind west 10-20 mph. •Thursday, sunny. High 60-70.

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Virginia Beach

67/45

Recreational Forecast

Atlantic beaches

•Today, mostly cloudy, showers. High 58-66. Wind north-northwest 10- 20 mph. •Tonight, shower early, partly cloudy. Low 40-48. Wind north 4-8 mph. •Wednesday, partly sunny. High 60-65. Wind west-northwest 15-25 mph. •Thursday, mostly sunny. High 62-68.

Upper Potomac River: Today, mostly

cloudy, showers. Wind northwest 10-20 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, mostly cloudy,

showers. Wind northwest 10-20 knots. Waves 1-2 feet on the lower Potomac. Waves 1-3 feet on the Chesapeake Bay. River Stages: The river stage at Little Falls will be 4.2 feet today, ris- ing to 4.4 feet Wednesday. Flood stage at Little Falls is 10 feet.

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Annapolis

62/44

Ocean City

61/39

Dover

62/39

Ultra-Violet Index Air Quality Index

4 out of 11+, Moderate

Yesterday’s main offender:

Today: Good

Particulates, 27

The higher the UV Index number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

Philadelphia

61/41

North

KEY»

Temperature

100s°+ 90s° 80s° 70s° 60s° 50s° 40s° 30s° 20s° 10s° 0s° -0s°

-10s°+

Precipitation

Showers Rain T-Storms Flurries Snow Ice

Nation

City Today

Albany, NY

Albuquerque 74/50/s Anchorage 56/42/pc Atlanta 66/45/t

48/33/c 47/36/pc 78/45/pc 54/40/sh 73/49/s

Austin 78/47/pc 83/62/s Baltimore 63/39/pc Billings, MT

Birmingham 67/46/t

71/47/pc 57/37/t 72/48/s

Bismarck, ND 64/38/s 77/45/c Boise 67/39/c

53/35/sh

Boston 52/39/pc 53/42/pc Buffalo 50/36/pc 52/38/pc Burlington, VT 48/33/sh 42/35/r Charleston, SC 79/49/t 73/48/s Charleston, WV 61/37/c 63/38/s Charlotte 65/42/t

68/40/s

Cheyenne, WY 60/39/s 67/33/pc Chicago 54/36/s

65/45/s

Cincinnati 60/36/pc 63/41/s Cleveland 54/35/pc

Dallas 74/51/pc 83/64/s Denver 66/42/s Des Moines

64/44/s 69/52/s

Detroit 58/36/pc 63/41/s El Paso

78/58/pc 88/63/s

Fairbanks, AK 60/39/pc 63/41/c Fargo, ND

83/70/s 64/47/s

Houston 79/54/pc 80/64/s Indianapolis 62/38/pc Jackson, MS

70/45/pc 74/50/s

Jacksonville, FL 80/52/pc 73/48/s Kansas City, MO 62/43/s 72/56/s Las Vegas

90/63/pc 76/50/t 66/42/s 72/51/pc

Hartford, CT 50/34/pc 55/37/pc Honolulu 82/70/s

58/40/s 76/37/pc 63/40/pc

Tomorrow City Today

Little Rock

Los Angeles

Tomorrow

Louisville 62/40/r Memphis 66/48/c

68/45/c 76/56/s 69/56/pc 65/52/c 67/48/s 73/57/s

Miami 86/66/pc 85/69/s Milwaukee 52/37/s Minneapolis 64/46/s Nashville 60/44/c

57/44/s 68/51/s 70/49/s

New Orleans 74/54/pc 78/60/s New York City 59/44/sh 61/46/pc Norfolk 66/48/t

65/47/s

Oklahoma City 66/46/s 80/60/s Omaha 64/42/s Orlando 84/61/s Philadelphia 61/41/pc Phoenix 92/67/s

72/54/s 81/55/s 60/42/pc 90/60/s

Pittsburgh 55/33/pc 57/36/s Portland, ME 46/34/sh 43/36/pc Portland, OR

58/44/r 55/44/sh

Providence, RI 54/38/pc 56/41/pc Raleigh, NC Reno, NV

Richmond 65/43/c Sacramento 66/46/r St. Louis

69/43/t 68/43/s 59/36/r 48/33/sn 68/42/s 64/43/c

62/46/c 70/54/s

St. Thomas, VI 86/78/s 86/78/sh Salt Lake City 78/40/pc 44/33/sh San Diego

56/43/sh 66/59/pc 64/54/pc

San Francisco 61/49/r 61/48/c San Juan, PR 91/76/pc 91/76/pc Seattle 59/43/r

Spokane, WA 58/38/r 50/35/c Syracuse 48/33/c Tampa 81/62/s Wichita 66/44/s

52/36/pc 74/59/s 81/58/s

NOTE: These are the predicted high/low temperatures and forecasts, through 5 p.m. Eastern time.

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KLMNO

Today

Showers

62°

43°

Wind north-northwest 6-12 mph

American Forecast

FOR NOON TODAY

SeattlSeattle Portlan Portland

Portland

Helena

Helena Salt

Salt La

San Francisc Los Angele

Fronts

Cold

Warm Stationary

Pressure Centers

High Low

Key » s-Sunny, pc-Partly Cloudy, c-Cloudy, r-Rain, sh-Showers, t-Thunderstorms, sf-Snow Flurries, sn-Snow, i-Ice.

World

City Today

Addis Ababa 78/60/c 79/60/pc Amsterdam 62/49/s Athens 63/50/pc Auckland 69/60/r Baghdad 96/64/t Bangkok 92/79/t Beijing 58/46/pc Berlin 57/42/sh Bogota 67/50/sh Brussels 63/49/s

64/55/pc 66/52/s 69/59/c 86/65/t 94/79/t 62/48/s 63/51/pc 65/50/r

69/53/pc

Buenos Aires 72/50/pc 72/46/s Cairo 90/66/s Caracas 82/74/t Copenhagen 55/45/c Dakar 79/69/s Dublin 59/46/sh Edinburgh 58/50/r

85/65/s 81/72/t 56/53/r

78/69/pc 63/46/pc 62/53/r

Frankfurt 64/47/pc 73/52/s Geneva

67/43/s

Ham., Bermuda 74/64/t 73/62/t Helsinki 51/30/sh

Islamabad 102/68/c Istanbul 63/51/r Jerusalem 80/52/s Johannesburg 61/46/t

99/78/s 71/49/s 48/32/pc

Ho Chi Minh City 95/75/c 94/75/pc Hong Kong

77/68/sh 79/70/c 105/71/s 61/50/s 69/50/s 67/46/sh

Kabul 78/49/pc 80/50/pc Kingston, Jam. 87/79/pc 88/78/sh Kolkata

100/79/s

Lagos 90/77/pc 87/78/t Lima 79/65/pc 79/64/c

Yesterday’s extremes

(Continental U.S. only)

High: 96° Palm Springs, Calif. Low: 10° Laramie, Wyo.

SOURCES: AccuWeather.com; Walter Reed Army Medical Center (pollen data) ; Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments; American Lung Association; National Weather Service.

Tomorrow City Today

Lisbon 85/61/pc

London 66/48/pc Madrid 84/54/pc Manila 88/77/sh Mexico City

Montreal 43/32/sn

Tomorrow

82/61/pc

70/52/pc 82/54/pc 85/77/sh

84/52/s 84/52/pc 45/37/sn

Moscow 54/38/pc 51/36/r Mumbai 97/81/pc Nairobi 83/65/t New Delhi

Oslo 46/36/pc 45/41/r Ottawa

48/37/c

Paris 66/53/s Prague 63/44/sh

95/80/pc 83/67/t

110/81/pc 108/80/pc 50/38/r

71/55/pc 65/46/pc

Rio de Janeiro 83/72/s 79/69/r Riyadh 92/74/s Rome 68/56/r Santiago 68/39/s

San Salvador 85/73/t 86/72/t Sarajevo

66/48/sh

Seoul 50/37/sh Shanghai 66/52/s Singapore 88/80/t Stockholm 50/34/sh

54/38/r 52/39/r

66/46/pc 90/79/sh 52/39/c

Sydney 73/54/pc 72/55/s Taipei 77/68/r Tehran 76/63/pc Tokyo 59/58/r Toronto 50/36/pc Vienna 62/45/sh

82/70/pc 65/59/c 73/57/r

55/38/pc 63/47/pc

Warsaw 54/43/sh 53/35/pc Yerevan 68/50/pc 70/48/c

The world (excluding Antarctica)

High: 115° Matam, Senegal Low: -39° Summit Station, Greenland

Rise Set

94/76/pc 71/52/sh 73/45/s

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Phoenix

Phoenix

Dalla

Houston

Mo

HoustoHouston Monterre

Monterrey

nterrey Dallas

Dallas

Atlant New OrleanOrleans

New Orleans

ew Tamp Miami

Miami

Tampa

Tampa

Atlanta

Atlanta

CharlCharlesto

Charleston

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San Francisco

Lake Ci

Lake City

City ke

Denver

Denve Denver Columbus

Columbus

St. LouiSt. Louis

St. Louis

Rapid Ci

Rapid City

City

Mpls.-Mpls.- St. Pau

St. Paul

Mpls.-

St. Paul

ChiChicag

Chicago

cago

Seattle

Calga Calgary

Calgary

Winnipeg Winnipe

Winnipeg

Ottaw

Ottawa

ttawa Bosto Boston

Boston

New Yor

Washingto

New York

ew York Philadelphia Philadelphia

Washington

Washington

Wednesday

Mostly sunny

64°

46°

Wind west-northwest 10-20 mph

Thursday

Mostly sunny

70°

51°

Wind west 6-12 mph

Friday

Mostly sunny

76°

61°

Wind south 8-16 mph

Saturday

Storms possible

79°

59°

Wind south-southwest 7-14 mph

Official weather data

Reagan

Temperature

High Low

Normal Record high

Record low

Precipitation

Past 24 hours Total this month

Normal month to date

Total this year Normal to date

Relative humidity

Max. Min.

62° at 4:00 p.m. 54° at 2:00 a.m. 70°/49°

94° in 1915 34° in 1883

0.16” 1.33” 2.37” 9.16” 11.81”

89% at 3:00 a.m. 80% at 11:00 a.m.

Barometric pressure

High Low

Temperature trend

20° 40° 60° 80° 100°

PAST TEN DAYS

TODAY

TEN-DAY FORECAST

Precipitation almanac, 2009 - 2010

10"

0" 2" 4" 6" 8"

Actual Normal

29.39” 29.24”

Actual and f or ecast

THROUGH 5 P.M. YESTERDAY

BWI

Dulles

65° at 3:00 p.m. 53° at 3:00 a.m. 69°/43°

92° in 2009 31° in 1967

0.38” 1.14” 2.75” 11.14” 12.12”

92% at 3:00 a.m. 77% at 3:00 p.m.

29.40” 29.22”

Normal

57° at 5:00 p.m. 51° at 2:00 a.m. 68°/45°

92° in 1990 32° in 2001

0.92” 2.15” 2.57” 14.07” 12.99”

96% at 2:00 a.m. 83% at 5:00 p.m.

29.38” 29.24”

Record Wind Chill:

54°

(Comfort index com- bines temperature and wind.)

Heating

A M J J A S O N D J F M

Today’s tides High tides are in bold face

Washington Annapolis Ocean City Norfolk

degree days

An index of fuel con- sumption indicating how many degrees the average tempera- ture fell below 65 for the day. If a day’s average temperature were 45, there would be 20 ‘degree days’ for the date. Monday ................7 This month....... 130 This season .... 3747 Normal to yesterday ...... 3948 Last season .... 4120

TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010

2:07 a.m. 7:35 a.m. 2:56 p.m. 8:07 p.m. 4:48 a.m. 11:42 a.m. 5:03 p.m. 10:49 p.m. 1:11 a.m. 7:06 a.m. 1:14 p.m. 7:31 p.m. 3:05 a.m. 9:11 a.m. 3:09 p.m. 9:34 p.m.

Point Lookout 12:52 a.m. 7:50 a.m. 1:07 p.m. 6:57 p.m.

Moon phases

April 28 Full

May 6 Last Quarter

May 13 New

Solar system

Sun Moon Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus

6:15 a.m.

7:56 p.m.

7:27 p.m. 5:17 a.m.

6:15 a.m. 8:06 p.m.

7:32 a.m. 10:06 p.m.

12:33 p.m. 2:52 a.m.

4:31 a.m. 4:14 p.m.

4:36 p.m. 5:00 a.m.

4:44 a.m. 4:42 p.m.

May 20 First Quarter

Final suspect is arrested in deadly D.C. shootings

shootings from B1

someone seeking justice for Howe’s killing and that Carter vowed revenge. Those targeted in the drive-by shooting had been friends of Howe’s, police said. Some of them, including the three who were killed, had attended Howe’s funeral that day. The drive-by capped a series of

retaliations that began when a bracelet owned by Carter’s young- er brother Sanquan went missing at a party March 22. The Carter brothers and another suspect opened fire on the partygoers out- side an apartment in the 1300 block of Alabama Avenue SE, po- lice said, killing Howe and in- juring two others. Sanquan Carter, who is in the D.C. jail, was arrested and charged in Howe’s slaying a

PETULA DVORAK

D.C. suburbs need a wake-up on AIDS threat

dvorak from B1

HIV/AIDS crisis in Washington. It materialized in 2008 when the District reported an epidemic-level rate of infection —3 percent of the population, among the highest in the nation and worse than in some Third World countries. The report will tell us that almost half of the folks infected with the virus in our region live in the ’burbs. And the problem is that care, prevention and treatment programs are scattered throughout the area and often are inconsistent. Those are big situations that

involve health-care costs, treatment centers, federal funding programs and housing. Coordination and cost-sharing can mend some of those issues. But the easiest, cheapest and best long-term solution is simply information. The report found that

HIV-prevention education in schools is “inconsistent and timid.” “Ha! I can’t bring a condom into a school,” Faircloth said. “I can’t even talk about condoms.” Yes, we have no bananas. The sex-ed teachers’ classic demonstration of unrolling a condom on a banana is forbidden in many schools that are little more than a Metro ride from the nation’s HIV/AIDS epicenter. The very sight of that banana probably did more to promote abstinence in my own high school than any earnest talk could. But for those who were undeterred by the fruit, at least they knew how to do it safely.

The fact is, a lot of kids are

having sex, and the puzzling trend is that they are doing it recklessly. The number of young people

in Northern Virginia 13 to 19 years old with HIV went up 50 percent from 2006 to 2008,

Outreach workers who go to these schools told me that AIDS is now seen as a chronic disease, rather than a death sentence.

said Carol Jameson, chief executive officer of the Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry.

She thinks that information could have prevented much of that increase and put the argument for prevention education into simple arithmetic: “I can provide comprehensive teen prevention for $35 a person. If that teen gets AIDS, the lifetime medical costs will be about $800,000.” And teens need to hear every

penny of that $35 worth of wisdom.

Outreach workers who go to these schools told me that AIDS is now seen as a chronic disease, rather than a death

sentence. It’s terrific that medicine has found ways to help people with the virus live full, productive lives. But the unnerving result is that the fading of the lesion-pocked AIDS patient at death’s door as the poster child for the virus is fertile ground for the epidemic’s rebirth. “The face of HIV and AIDS has changed. You see the faces of some of these people who are HIV-positive in the ads today and you want their number. They look good,” said Bernard Jackson, who works with youth outreach as part of the AIDS ministry’s programs. “And so,maybe kids are thinking, ‘It isn’t so bad if you get it. You can live with it,” Jackson said. “And I tell them, maybe people don’t die of AIDS, but they die of complications from AIDS.” Jackson is among the invited

speakers who share their stories in Virginia schools. There’s a wife whose cheating husband infected her, a former drug user, a gay man and others. They are often bombarded with questions from kids and even teachers who have bizarre ideas and theories about the virus. So much random information is swirling in the vacuum, it sometimes feels like the 1980s.

And with a quieting of frank and realistic talk about HIV/AIDS, its slow comeback can begin. In our cities and in our quiet, pretty suburbs.

E-mail me at

dvorakp@washpost.com.

day after that shooting. That day, Orlando Carter was shot and treated for minor wounds to his head and shoulder at Washington Hospital Center. No one has been arrested in that shooting, and Orlando Carter fled the hospital before being dis- charged. He was arrested March 30 in

connection with the drive-by.

dugganp@washpost.com

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