The Boston Globe - 07.08.2019

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2019 The Boston Globe G9

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EasternMassachusettsairquality

GOOD MOD. UNHEALTHY HAZARDOUS

50 10 0 150 200 300

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Trees Weeds Grass Mold

Yesterday’s mold and spore rating.

Absent AbsentAbsent N.A.

Smallcraft advisory

GalewarningStormwarning

●Travel delays possible,CClouds,FFog,HHaze,IIce,PcPartly Cloudy,RRain,ShShowers,SSun,SnSnow,FlFlurries,TThunderstorms,WWindy

Boston’s forecast

Temperatures are

today’s highs

and tonight’s lows.

MountWashington

Almanac

Climate data are compiledfrom NationalWeather Service records and are subjectto change or correction.

New Englandmarineforecast

Wind Seas Temp Wind Seas Temp

Cities

Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow

Forecast high and low temperatures and conditions

TODAY:Showers and thunderstorms will become more

widespread as a cold front approaches. Severe weather

and flooding in spots, mainlysouth.

TOMORROW:There will be another round of

showers and thunderstorms as a cold front slowly

movesthrough.Smallhailpossibleinanystorm.

EXTENDED:A refreshing air mass will push

in on Friday. High pressure will bring pleas-

ant conditions thorugh the weekend with

dry weather.

New Englandforecast

Tides A.M. P. M. Hightides A.M.P. M. Hightides A.M.P. M.

Hightides

Old Orchard ME4:465:18

Hampton

BeachNH 5:005:32

PlumIsland 5:065:36

Ipswich 4:455:17

Gloucester 4:555:24

Marblehead 4:555:24

Lynn 4:575:25

Scituate 4:545:24

Plymouth 4:595:29

CapeCod

CanalEast 4:455:15

CapeCod

CanalWest 3:464:15

Falmouth 4:395:08

HyannisPort 6:016:30

Chatham 5:536:23

Wellfleet 5:095:38

Provincetown 4:595:28

Nantucket

Harbor 6:086:36

OakBluffs 5:235:59

NewBedford 1:312:07

NewportRI 1:242:00

Bostonhigh 4:555:24

Height 10.310.7

Bostonlow 11:0311:40

Height -0.1 0.0

Weather Mostlycloudy

Visibility 50 miles

Wind south-southwest at 9 m.p.h.

High/low temperature 58/46

Snow depthat 5 p.m. 0.0”

(5 p.m. yesterday)

Yesterday’s high/low 76°/64°

Sunrise 5:42 a.m.

Sunset 7:57 p.m.

Moonrise 1:20 p.m.

24 Hr. Precipitation

Yesterday 0.00”

Precip days in August 1

Monthto date Trace

Norm.monthto date 0.73”

Year to date 30.85”

Norm.year to date 26.00”

(valid at 5 p.m. yesterday)

Forecasts and graphics provided byAccuWeather, Inc.©2019

BostonHarbor S 7-14kts. 1-2 ft. 83/72

EastCape

Cod Canal S 8-16kts. 1-2 ft. 82/72

Buzzards Bay S 7-14kts. 1-3 ft. 81/72

Martha’s

Vineyard S 8-16kts. 2-4 ft. 80/71

Nantucket S 8-16kts. 1-3 ft. 75/69

Provincetown S 7-14kts. 1-2 ft. 79/71

Atlanta 92/73 Pc 92/75 Pc

AtlanticCity 89/70 T 87/71 Pc

Charlotte 92/68 T 92/70 S

Chicago 86/69 S 83/61 Pc

Dallas 100/81Pc 99/81 Pc

Denver 92/61 T 87/62 Pc

Detroit 84/67 Pc 83/59 T

Fort Myers 88/75 T 89/76 Pc

Los Angeles 84/63 Pc 83/63 Pc

Miami 90/78 T 91/79 T

NewOrleans 91/79 T 91/79 T

NewYork City86/71 T 83/71 Pc

Philadelphia 90/71 T 87/72 Pc

Phoenix 105/87 T 106/86 Pc

Salt Lake City 92/72 Pc 89/67 Pc

San Francisco 70/59 Pc 71/60 Pc

Seattle 82/60 C 74/59Pc

Washington 91/71 T 90/74 S

Beijing 84/73 T 89/74Pc

Cancun 90/78 Pc 90/80Pc

Mexico City 72/55 T 75/58 T

Montreal 79/66 T 83/62Pc

Toronto 81/64 T 79/59 T

Vancouver 75/59 S 72/59Pc

Jerusalem 84/63 S 84/66 S

London 74/56 T 76/64 Pc

Moscow 70/57 C 73/58 R

Paris 79/58 Pc 84/67 Pc

Rome 87/72 Pc 86/70 Pc

San Juan 90/77 Pc 88/79 Pc

Stockholm 71/55 T 69/54 T

Tokyo 91/81 Pc 90/80 Pc

HIGH

LOW

6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M.

Times of cloudsand

sun with a couple of

thundershowers, mainly

duringthe afternoon.

Clearing and turningcooler

duringthe night.

THURSDAY

83-88

67-72

HIGH

LOW

6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M.

High pressure will build

in to bring a comfortable

air mass to the area with

plenty of sunshine and

low humidity. Cool at night.

FRIDAY

82-87

64-69

HIGH

LOW

6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M.

Beautifulweather to

start the weekend with

plenty of sunshine and

low humidity. Most of

the suburbswill drop well into

the 50s at night.

SATURDAY

79-84

61-66

HIGH

LOW

6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M.

Another nice day is

expected with plenty of

sunshineas high pres-

sure remainsin control.

Clear to partly cloudyand com-

fortable at night.

SUNDAY

79-84

64-69

HIGH

LOW

6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M.

Warm and humid

with somesunshine

givingway to clouds.

Thunderstorms will

spread eastward and be will

be locallystrong through the

evening.

TODAY

83-88

71-76

I continuea serieson carefultimingby declarer.

Cy the Cynicobserves the procrastinator’s rule:“You

can do it today, but today will be today againtomorrow.”

When Cy was declarerat six hearts, he won West’s trump

lead withthe ace and saw 11 tricks:five trumpsin dummy,

threeclubs,a diamond,a spadeand at leastone spaderuff

in his hand.

If West had the kingof spades,Cy couldget a 12th trick

with dummy’s queen.Otherwise,he mightneeda second

spaderuff.

So Cy did not draw trumps.At Trick Two he led a spade

and let West’s eightwin.Cy won the trumpreturncheaply

in dummy, took the ace of spadesand A-K of clubs,and

ruffed a spade.He cashedthe ace of diamondsand pitched

dummy’slastdiamondonthequeenofclubs.

Cy thenruffed a diamond,ruffed the queenof spades

and won the last two trickswithtrumpsin dummy. If he

mistimesby drawingtrumpsand relyingon a secondspade

trickor an unlikely squeeze,downhe goes.

DAILYQUESTIONYou hold:♠Q 5 3 2♥♥J 8 7 6 4♦♦8 4♣A

K. Your partner opensone diamond,you respondone heart

and he bids one spade.The opponentspass.Whatdo you

say?

ANSWER:You have locateda trumpfit. How highshould

you raise? A raiseto two spadeswouldbe a chance-giving

action and wouldshowseven to ninepoints.If yourjack of

hearts werethe ace, you wouldwantto play at gameand

wouldbid four spades.Raiseto threespades,invitational.

North

♠

♥♥

♦♦

♣

West East

♠ ♠

♥♥ ♥♥

♦♦ ♦♦

♣ ♣

South

♠

♥♥

♦♦

♣

Southdealer—N-Svulnerable

Q 5 3 2

J 8 7 6 4

8 4

A K

J 9 8

10 5 2

K 9 6

J 9 7 4

K 10 7 6

9

Q 10 7 5 2

10 6 3

A 4

A K Q 3

A J 3

Q 8 5 2

South West North East

2 NT Pass 3 ♣ Pass

3 ♥♥ Pass 5 ♥♥ Pass

6 ♥♥ All Pass

Openinglead —♥♥ 2

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This year, you will be unusually
quietandoftenextremelyintense.
Othersmight treat you with more
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gle, the personyou choose today
mightnot work for you in a year
or two. Go througha complete
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You need to focus on each issue,
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and go with the flow. Do not push
someone too hard or have this
personcarry more responsibilities
than normal. You could find that
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wouldprefer not to deal with.To-
night: Pace yourself.
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You mightwantto be morecre-
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work associate or personyou of-
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night: Rompthe nightaway.
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Your feelingsmight comeup
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usually insightful but challenging
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