The Washington Post - 13.03.2020

B8 EZRE the washington post.friday, march 13 , 2020

AVERAGE RECORD ACTUAL FORECAST

PREVIOUS YEAR NORMAL LATEST

<–10–0s 0s 10 s20s 30s 40 s50s 60s 70 s80s 90s 10 0s 110+

T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm FrontStationary Front

NATIONAL Today Tomorrow

High

Low

Normal

Record high

Record low

Reagan Dulles BWI

Reagan Dulles BWI

Today’s tides (High tides in Bold)

WORLD Today Tomorrow

Sources: AccuWeather.com; US Army Centralized

Allergen Extract Lab (pollen data); airnow.gov (air

quality data); National Weather Service

* AccuWeather's RealFeel Temperature®

combines over a dozen factors for an accurate

measure of how the conditions really “feel.”

Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain,

sh- showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries,

sn-snow, i-ice

Moon Phases Solar system

NATION

OFFICIAL RECORD

Rise Set

REGION

Past 24 hours

Total this month

Normal

Total this year

Normal

Richmond

Norfolk

Ocean City

Annapolis

Dover

Cape May

Baltimore

Charlottesville

Lexington

Washington

Virginia Beach

Kitty Hawk

Harrisburg Philadelphia

Hagerstown

Davis

OCEAN:

OCEAN:

OCEAN:

OCEAN:

Temperatures

Precipitation

for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica

Ye sterday's National

Snow, past 24 hours

Snow, season total

64° 2:25 p.m.

48° 2:00 a.m.

54°/36°

89° 1990

11° 1900

66° 2:40 p.m.

39° 1:58 a.m.

54°/32°

89° 1990

18° 1969

62° 12:48 p.m.

41° 1:52 a.m.

52°/32°

86° 1990

12° 1900

Washington 6:24 a.m. 11:43 a.m. 7:09 p.m. none
Annapolis 2:37 a.m. 9:05 a.m. 3:30 p.m. 9:17 p.m.
Ocean City 5:14 a.m. 11:16 a.m. 5:28 p.m. 11:43 p.m.
Norfolk 12:57 a.m. 7:15 a.m. 1:21 p.m. 7:26 p.m.
Point Lookout 4:58 a.m. 11:46 a.m. 5:19 p.m. 11:21 p.m.

74

°

43 ° 59

°

43 ° 55

°

35 ° 53

°

41 ° 60

°

44 ° 67

°

46 °

Sun 7:22 a.m. 7:13 p.m.

Moon none 10:01 a.m.

Venus 9:06 a.m. 11:05 p.m.

Mars 4:16 a.m. 1:44 p.m.

Jupiter 4:27 a.m. 2:04 p.m.

Saturn 4:54 a.m. 2:41 p.m.

Mar 16

Last

Quarter

Mar 24

New

Apr 1

First

Quarter

Apr 7

Full

Tr ace

0.17"

1.19"

6.17"

6.71"

0.0"

0.6"

0.00"

0.15"

1.15"

6.72"

6.66"

0.0"

2.9"

0.00"

0.31"

1.38"

6.40"

7.43"

0.0"

1.8"

Blue Ridge: Today, becoming partly sunny, breezy, mild.
High 60–58. Wind northwest 10–18 mph. Tonight, partly
cloudy, cooler. Low 32–38. Saturday, mostly cloudy. High
48–54. Wind northeast 8–15 mph.

Atlantic beaches: Today, morning showers, cloudy. High
66– 72. Wind southwest 12–22 mph. Tonight, clearing,
breezy. Low 40–45. Wind northwest 8–15 mph. Saturday,
partly sunny, breezy. High 39–44. Wind west 8–16 mph.

Pollen: Moderate

Grass Low

Tr ees Moderate

Weeds Low

Mold Low

UV: Moderate

4 out of 11+

Air Quality: Good

Dominant cause: Particulates

79 /44

77/49

68/42

71 /41

74 /40

66/42

74 /39

76 /41

69/36

74 /48

69 /49

67 /38^72 /40

66/37

55/28 74 /43

46°

46°

50°

53°

Waterways: Upper Potomac River: Today, turning sunny. Wind
northwest 8–16 knots. Waves a foot or less. Visibility unrestricted.

• Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, a morning shower,
  mostly cloudy. Wind west 8–16 knots. Waves around a foot on the
  Potomac, 1–2 feet on the Chesapeake.• River Stages: The stage at
  Little Falls today will be around 3.7 feet and slowly falling Saturday.
  Flood stage at Little Falls is 10 feet.

Albany, NY 60/35/r 49/27/pc

Albuquerque 61/38/sh 61/40/pc

Anchorage 24/8/pc 25/10/s

Atlanta 70/56/sh 70/56/sh

Austin 80/68/c 80/63/c

Baltimore 74/39/pc 58/40/pc

Billings, MT 37/26/c 42/16/pc

Birmingham 67/56/t 75/60/sh

Bismarck, ND 35/16/pc 27/22/c

Boise 57/39/s 54/37/sh

Boston 59/39/r 53/32/s

Buffalo 50/32/pc 41/25/pc

Burlington, VT 51/34/r 43/20/s

Charleston, SC 83/61/pc 70/56/c

Charleston, WV 62/35/r 48/35/r

Charlotte 74/50/sh 61/48/c

Cheyenne, WY 31/22/sf 43/27/c

Chicago 49/32/s 40/32/c

Cincinnati 53/35/pc 42/31/r

Cleveland 48/32/s 42/30/pc

Dallas 68/62/t 75/54/t

Denver 40/27/r 54/30/s

Des Moines 50/31/pc 41/27/sn

Detroit 47/31/s 43/27/s

El Paso 70/47/sh 69/44/s

Fairbanks, AK 21/2/pc 25/13/c

Fargo, ND 24/7/c 25/17/c

Hartford, CT 62/35/r 54/31/s

Honolulu 80/68/sh 80/68/pc

Houston 81/67/sh 81/64/c

Indianapolis 50/35/pc 40/30/sn

Jackson, MS 73/61/c 79/62/c

Jacksonville, FL 87/59/pc 84/61/pc

Kansas City, MO 50/33/pc 40/30/c

Las Vegas 60/50/pc 67/51/c

Little Rock 57/44/t 59/42/t

Los Angeles 62/55/r 63/53/sh

Louisville 57/40/pc 44/36/r

Memphis 56/47/c 62/42/t

Miami 84/71/pc 85/72/pc

Milwaukee 47/30/s 38/30/c

Minneapolis 38/22/s 37/25/pc

Nashville 58/45/pc 56/40/r

New Orleans 80/66/sh 81/63/c

New York City 68/40/r 54/38/pc

Norfolk 77/49/c 57/44/pc

Oklahoma City 51/46/r 60/40/c

Omaha 49/32/pc 41/26/sn

Orlando 87/62/s 87/63/pc

Philadelphia 72/40/sh 56/40/pc

Phoenix 66/54/sh 72/53/pc

Pittsburgh 53/30/sh 44/29/pc

Portland, ME 51/36/r 50/25/s

Portland, OR 44/35/r 44/29/r

Providence, RI 62/36/r 55/33/s

Raleigh, NC 75/48/c 64/47/c

Reno, NV 66/42/s 53/39/r

Richmond 79/44/sh 61/41/c

Sacramento 71/46/s 55/45/sh

St. Louis 52/36/pc 39/31/r

St. Thomas, VI 84/74/sh 84/74/sh

Salt Lake City 52/46/s 63/47/pc

San Diego 64/59/r 66/58/c

San Francisco 63/50/pc 57/47/sh

San Juan, PR 83/73/sh 82/73/sh

Seattle 44/34/r 44/31/r

Spokane, WA 37/15/c 28/12/sf

Syracuse 56/33/sh 43/23/c

Tampa 84/65/s 86/65/pc

Wichita 47/38/c 46/34/c

Addis Ababa 81/57/pc 79/58/pc

Amsterdam 48/34/sh 51/45/c

Athens 73/53/s 72/53/pc

Auckland 74/60/s 75/60/pc

Baghdad 82/62/c 74/56/sh

Bangkok 99/82/c 98/81/pc

Beijing 54/35/s 61/40/s

Berlin 47/28/pc 45/30/pc

Bogota 67/50/sh 66/51/sh

Brussels 50/37/pc 51/44/c

Buenos Aires 90/70/s 76/64/t

Cairo 66/60/sh 70/58/pc

Caracas 75/65/pc 74/64/pc

Copenhagen 45/31/sh 42/37/pc

Dakar 82/69/pc 80/69/pc

Dublin 48/42/sh 52/41/c

Edinburgh 44/35/pc 50/41/sh

Frankfurt 50/34/pc 50/35/pc

Geneva 53/37/c 53/33/pc

Ham., Bermuda 70/62/pc 70/65/pc

Helsinki 40/17/sh 31/18/sf

Ho Chi Minh City 100/77/pc 99/77/c

Hong Kong 77/65/pc 73/64/pc

Islamabad 67/50/pc 70/50/c

Istanbul 61/45/s 59/48/c

Jerusalem 55/49/t 57/50/sh

Johannesburg 76/58/pc 77/57/t

Kabul 58/31/pc 60/32/pc

Kingston, Jam. 85/75/pc 86/76/pc

Kolkata 92/72/pc 89/68/pc

Lagos 91/79/t 92/80/t

Lima 81/72/pc 79/73/pc

Lisbon 64/54/pc 73/51/pc

London 52/41/pc 55/44/sh

Madrid 73/49/t 72/45/pc

Manila 95/75/s 93/77/pc

Mexico City 83/55/pc 80/54/t

Montreal 46/31/r 38/15/pc

Moscow 44/35/c 44/20/sn

Mumbai 84/69/pc 90/75/pc

Nairobi 80/58/pc 81/60/pc

New Delhi 78/59/pc 72/55/pc

Oslo 36/17/pc 36/32/pc

Ottawa 46/29/sh 37/15/pc

Paris 53/40/pc 53/42/c

Prague 47/32/pc 42/25/pc

Rio de Janeiro 84/74/s 85/75/s

Riyadh 86/67/pc 84/62/pc

Rome 62/50/pc 62/46/pc

San Salvador 90/69/pc 88/68/pc

Santiago 84/54/s 87/54/s

Sarajevo 67/41/pc 50/38/c

Seoul 47/26/pc 48/33/s

Shanghai 56/42/c 59/44/pc

Singapore 93/79/t 90/79/c

Stockholm 38/21/c 35/26/s

Sydney 77/64/s 67/62/sh

Taipei City 72/61/r 64/55/r

Tehran 72/56/c 68/51/c

Tokyo 64/47/pc 50/42/r

Toronto 46/29/c 44/23/c

Vienna 55/37/sh 49/25/pc

Warsaw 49/33/c 40/21/pc

Today

A.M. shower

Saturday

Partly sunny

Sunday

Mainly cloudy

Monday

Partly sunny

Tuesday

Morning rain

Wednesday

Partly sunny

Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su

through 5 p.m.yesterday

Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: +7.7° yr. to date: +6.0°

High: Fa lfurrias, TX 94°

Low: Estcourt, ME –7°

World

High: Kolda, Senegal 109°

Low: Summit Station, Greenland –60°

Weather map features for noon today.

WIND:W 10–20 mph

HUMIDITY:Moderate

CHNCE PRECIP:55%

FEELS*:73°

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:57°

NW 7–14 mph

Low

10%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:54°

NNE 6–12 mph

Moderate

10%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:48°

E 8–16 mph

Low

15%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:59°

S 4–8 mph

Moderate

60%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:67°

S 6–12 mph

Moderate

10%

We could be living in the ’80s

The overnight rain should be
clearing to the east in time for most
of the commute to be dry. It looks as
if temperatures could soar well into
the 70s as clouds break, and don’t be
shocked if there’s an 80 nearby somewhere. West
winds are feisty, sustained around 10 to 20 mph
with gusts past 30 mph.

The Weather

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BY OVETTA WIGGINS

AND ERIN COX

Maryland took a major step
toward becoming the latest state
to impose a ban on single-use
plastic bags when the House of
Delegates v oted T hursday to pro-
hibit retailers in the state from
giving them out to shoppers.
The House voted 95 to 38 to
give final approval to the bill,
which heads to the Senate.
Maryland would join eight
states, including California, New
York and Connecticut, that have
prohibited single-use plastic
bags. But unlike the other states,
Maryland’s proposal does not
include a provision allowing re-

tailers to charge a fee for supply-

ing recycled paper bags or reus-

able plastic bags.

The bill was one of several

measures passed during a busy

legislative day in which presid-

ing officers announced unprece-

dented changes to how business

is conducted in Annapolis as a

way to contain the spread of the

novel coronavirus.

Senate President Bill Fergu-

son (D-Baltimore City) and

House Speaker Adrienne A.

Jones (D-Baltimore County) said

that they were canceling recep-

tions and rallies and that the

public could provide only writ-

ten testimony during hearings

on bills. No one can testify in

person.

After Gov. Larry Hogan (R)

announced plans to close public

schools and state buildings, law-

makers announced they have

scheduled sessions throughout

the weekend and will place “crit-

ical bills” on the legislative fast

track.

In addition to the plastic-bag

ban, the House gave final ap-

proval to a bill that allows the

state to begin charging a tax on

digital goods, including stream-

ing services such as Hulu, cell-

phone apps, movie purchases,

software downloads and digital

video games.

The bill is aimed at moderniz-

ing the state’s tax code, and the

proceeds will be used to help pay

for sweeping public education

measures.

The measure passed 87 to 47.

The plastic-bag ban was

amended in committee to re-

move a provision that would

have allowed retailers to charge

at least 10 cents for a durable

carryout bag.

Del. Brooke E. Lierman (D-

Baltimore City), the bill’s spon-

sor, said the decision to remove

the fee was an attempt to make

the measure more palatable.

Similar legislation to enact a ban

and impose a fee had stalled in

the General Assembly for years.

There are also exceptions to

the ban, including bags for fruit

and vegetables, candy, frozen

food, newspapers and meats.

“Ideally we want everybody to

be moving toward using reus-

able bags, and there is evidence

that demonstrates that a ban on

plastic bags and charging for

durable bags really does move

people to use reusable bags,”

Lierman said. “But grocery

stores have the ability to charge

if they want to.”

The legislation also would al-

low local jurisdictions to ask the

state to permit them to impose a

fee in the future.

“This is a law that will encour-

age our citizens to use reusable

bags more and more frequently,”

said Del. Kumar P. Barve (D-

Montgomery), chairman of the

House Environment and Trans-

portation Committee.

In addition to improving the

environment, Barve said, the

measure will reduce cleanup

costs for local governments.

Republican opponents of the

bill said the measure goes too f ar.

The House also gave initial

approval to a bill to ban flavored

tobacco products, including

menthol, and another to force a

settlement b etween t he state and

historically black colleges and

universities in a 13-year-old law-

suit over inequitable funding at

Morgan State University, Coppin

State University, Bowie State

University and the University of

Maryland Eastern Shore.

In Senate action, the chamber

approved a $48.5 billion budget

for next year that includes

$10 million to deal with the

fallout from the coronavirus out-

break. If the full budget is

passed, Hogan will have access

to as much as $60 million for the

epidemic.

State officials put off a sched-

uled release of Maryland’s eco-

nomic forecast and revenue pro-

jections, saying the coronavirus

pandemic made it impossible to

predict the economic hit to state

finances.

“Obviously, we don’t know

how long this pandemic will last,

or how much worse it will g et, so,

at this point, it’s not possible to

assess the full economic impact

of this pandemic on our state,”

Comptroller Peter Franchot (D)

said. “What we do know is that it

will be significant, if not histor-

ic.”

The Senate also passed a bill

that would require anyone con-

victed of a hate crime to com-

plete eight hours of educational

training about the racial or reli-

gious group victimized by the

crime. The requirement, which

comes amid a spike in hate

crimes nationwide, would be in

addition to any other sentence

imposed by a judge.

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MARYLAND

House gives final approval to bill banning single-use plastic shopping bags

Measure is among

several passed in a busy

General Assembly day

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