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B6 eZ re the washington post.saturday, april 4 , 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

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:

Temperatures

Precipitation

for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica

Ye sterday's National

67 ° 5:00 p.m. 47 ° 5:55 a.m. 62°/43° 87 ° 1963 27° 1906

66° 4:00 p.m. 45° 6:26 a.m. 62°/38° 86° 1981 23° 1991

65° 12:41 p.m. 46 ° 6:24 a.m. 60°/39° 88° 1963 27° 2013

Washington 12:01 a.m. 5:20 a.m. 12:14 p.m. 5: 40 p.m.
Annapolis 2:17 a.m. 8:40 a.m. 3:11 p.m. 9:26 p.m.
Ocean City 4:56 a.m. 11:20 a.m. 5:19 p.m. 11:31 p.m.
Norfolk 12:29 a.m. 6:56 a.m. 1:17 p.m. 7:23 p.m.
Point Lookout 4:35 a.m. 11:01 a.m. 5:44 p.m. 11:18 p.m.

63 ° 49 ° 67 ° 51 ° 69 ° 54 ° 73 ° 56 ° 77 ° 53 ° 69 ° 47 °

Sun 6:48 a.m. 7:35 p.m. Moon 3:33 p.m. 4:59 a.m. Venus 8:37 a.m. 11:34 p.m. Mars 3:45 a.m. 1:32 p.m. Jupiter 3:12 a.m. 12:52 p.m. Saturn 3:33 a.m. 1:23 p.m.

Apr 7 Full

Apr 14 Last Quarter

Apr 2 2 New

Apr 30 First Quarter

0.00" 0.00" 0.34" 8.31" 9.34"

0.00" Tr ace 0.37" 8.56" 9.26"

0.00" Tr ace 0.36" 9.14" 10.31"

Blue Ridge: Today, partly sunny, cool. High 50–57. Wind
north 6– 12 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy. Low 39–43. Wind
northwest 6–12 mph. Sunday, partly sunny, shower. High
53– 57. Wind west 6–12 mph. Monday, partly sunny, shower.
High 54–60.

Atlantic beaches: Today, partly sunny, breezy. High 50–56.
Wind northeast 10–20 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy. Low
41– 45. Wind northeast 6–12 mph. Sunday, partly sunny.
High 55–64. Wind east 6–12 mph. Monday, partly sunny,
shower. High 56–65.

Pollen: High Grass Low Tr ees High Weeds Low Mold Low

UV: Moderate 3 out of 11+

Air Quality: Good Dominant cause: Particulates

63 /44

56/ 45

50 /42

59 /47

56/ 43

52/ 42

61/ 46

65/ 47

69 /44

55/ 43

53/ 45

61/ 47 59 /45

60 /47

56/ (^39) 63/ 49
49°
49°
54°
51°
Waterways: Upper Potomac River: Today, partly sunny. Wind
northwest 5–10 knots. Waves a foot or less. Visibility unrestricted.

Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, partly sunny. Wind
northwest 7–14 knots. Waves around a foot on the Potomac, 1–2
feet on the Chesapeake. Visibility good.• River Stages: The stage at
Little Falls today will be 4.1 feet, falling to around 4.0 feet Sunday.
Flood stage at Little Falls is 10 feet.

Albany, NY 58/45/c 61/38/c Albuquerque 70/46/s 72/46/s Anchorage 40/33/c 40/24/sf Atlanta 76/56/pc 78/58/pc Austin 56/53/r 70/61/sh Baltimore 61/46/pc 66/48/c Billings, MT 49/26/pc 56/33/c Birmingham 79/57/pc 81/58/pc Bismarck, ND 45/21/pc 48/30/sh Boise 57/40/c 59/42/c Boston 43/36/c 51/42/c Buffalo 53/41/pc 53/33/pc Burlington, VT 54/40/pc 55/33/c Charleston, SC 75/52/s 75/55/s Charleston, WV 69/47/pc 67/50/c Charlotte 76/49/s 76/53/pc Cheyenne, WY 52/31/s 61/36/pc Chicago 51/35/sh 54/38/s Cincinnati 70/49/pc 60/48/sh Cleveland 60/41/pc 51/33/pc Dallas 53/48/t 67/58/c Denver 58/35/s 68/40/pc

Des Moines 48/32/pc 60/48/pc Detroit 58/39/pc 56/35/pc El Paso 80/56/c 79/59/pc Fairbanks, AK 39/29/sf 37/14/sn Fargo, ND 38/27/pc 45/35/pc Hartford, CT 54/40/c 60/39/c Honolulu 82/69/sh 81/70/sh Houston 67/60/r 77/65/pc Indianapolis 58/40/c 58/45/pc Jackson, MS 80/59/c 78/58/pc Jacksonville, FL 83/59/s 78/58/pc Kansas City, MO 51/37/s 63/55/pc Las Vegas 78/57/s 75/54/pc Little Rock 66/53/t 72/57/c Los Angeles 71/58/s 64/55/r Louisville 73/52/pc 66/53/pc Memphis 73/54/c 75/59/c Miami 85/68/s 85/70/pc Milwaukee 48/32/sh 48/35/s Minneapolis 47/29/pc 56/42/pc Nashville 75/52/pc 75/54/pc New Orleans 81/63/c 77/65/c New York City 56/45/pc 59/44/c Norfolk 56/45/pc 64/52/pc

Oklahoma City 52/41/s 65/54/c Omaha 50/30/s 60/51/pc Orlando 88/65/s 78/63/pc Philadelphia 59/45/pc 65/47/c Phoenix 84/59/s 84/58/s Pittsburgh 63/46/pc 59/36/c Portland, ME 48/37/pc 49/37/c Portland, OR 53/43/r 60/42/c Providence, RI 48/35/pc 53/41/c Raleigh, NC 67/46/s 72/54/pc Reno, NV 55/40/c 52/33/sh Richmond 63/44/pc 69/50/pc Sacramento 58/51/r 56/43/r St. Louis 56/45/t 62/52/pc St. Thomas, VI 86/76/pc 85/75/s Salt Lake City 63/45/pc 65/52/c San Diego 65/57/pc 66/58/r San Francisco 60/51/r 57/46/r San Juan, PR 87/74/pc 85/74/sh Seattle 53/42/c 55/40/c Spokane, WA 48/34/c 49/34/c Syracuse 55/39/pc 55/33/pc Tampa 84/66/s 80/66/pc Wichita 54/38/s 64/54/pc

Addis Ababa 81/54/pc 81/54/pc Amsterdam 57/42/pc 66/49/pc Athens 62/54/r 60/50/r Auckland 72/57/s 70/56/s Baghdad 84/57/pc 85/64/c Bangkok 99/83/pc 97/83/pc Beijing 66/38/s 68/45/pc Berlin 54/34/pc 63/42/s Bogota 70/51/t 70/51/t Brussels 59/40/s 68/50/pc Buenos Aires 76/62/s 76/59/pc Cairo 93/74/pc 83/60/pc Caracas 73/68/pc 76/68/t Copenhagen 48/41/pc 50/43/pc Dakar 75/66/s 76/67/s Dublin 53/45/pc 58/42/sh Edinburgh 53/42/pc 64/49/pc Frankfurt 59/39/s 68/41/s Geneva 61/39/s 66/39/pc Ham., Bermuda 68/63/sh 69/61/pc Helsinki 43/25/pc 44/35/pc Ho Chi Minh City 100/79/s 99/80/s

Hong Kong 75/66/t 73/64/c Islamabad 85/61/pc 78/58/c Istanbul 53/48/r 53/46/sh Jerusalem 76/65/s 78/53/pc Johannesburg 61/50/t 70/51/pc Kabul 71/46/pc 66/41/c Kingston, Jam. 86/77/pc 87/76/s Kolkata 98/75/pc 99/76/pc Lagos 91/79/t 92/80/pc Lima 76/69/pc 76/69/c Lisbon 63/56/sh 65/55/r London 59/45/pc 66/52/pc Madrid 67/48/pc 64/53/sh Manila 95/78/s 95/77/s Mexico City 77/56/t 79/55/pc Montreal 50/37/c 50/30/sn Moscow 47/29/pc 43/25/pc Mumbai 92/79/pc 91/79/pc Nairobi 79/58/pc 80/60/pc New Delhi 91/64/pc 93/66/pc Oslo 44/36/pc 49/39/c Ottawa 49/38/c 51/29/c Paris 63/43/pc 69/49/pc Prague 51/32/s 60/38/s

Rio de Janeiro 79/70/s 79/72/pc Riyadh 91/67/pc 93/72/s Rome 66/43/s 67/45/s San Salvador 86/70/pc 88/70/pc Santiago 82/50/pc 79/52/s Sarajevo 54/35/pc 59/31/pc Seoul 56/32/s 59/33/s Shanghai 68/45/pc 60/47/pc Singapore 90/78/sh 90/78/t Stockholm 45/28/pc 49/38/sh Sydney 80/56/s 75/56/s Taipei City 68/61/r 69/60/r Tehran 70/48/pc 68/49/s Tokyo 67/52/s 56/47/c Toronto 53/38/c 55/31/pc Vienna 59/33/s 62/40/pc Warsaw 51/30/pc 57/35/s

Today Partly sunny

Sunday Variably cloudy

Monday Partly sunny, warm

Tuesday Mostly cloudy, shower

Wednesday Warm, showers

Thursday Partly sunny, breezy

M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M through 5 p.m.yesterday

Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: +0.7° yr. to date: +5.7°

High: Fa lfurrias, TX 94 ° Low: Lake Yellowstone, WY –13°

World High: Mongo, Chad 114 ° Low: Summit Station, Greenland –45°

Weather map features for noon today.

WIND:NNE 6–12 mph HUMIDITY:Moderate

CHNCE PRECIP: 10 %

FEELS*:63°

W: H:

P:

FEELS: 67 °

SW 4–8 mph Moderate

25% W: H:

P:

FEELS: 72 °

NW 4–8 mph Moderate

25% W: H:

P:

FEELS: 72 °

WNW 6–12 mph Moderate

55% W: H:

P:

FEELS:74°

ENE 7–14 mph Moderate

65% W: H:

P:

FEELS:66°

W 10–20 mph Moderate

20 %

Mild and pleasant

Light northerly breezes should
nearly calm by afternoon. High
temperatures are dependent on
cloud-cover levels, but we should
come out somewhere in t he low to
mid- 60 s. S kies may be mostly cloudy for much of
the night. Winds look calm. By around dawn,
temperatures bottom out in the upper 30 s to
mid- 40 s.

The Weather

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pandemic,” she said in a statement. Twelve Democratic delegates wrote to Northam on Thursday urging him to ensure that K-12 teachers receive full pay and benefits through the end of the aca- demic year. Layne said he is continually adjusting his revenue projections for the state. “right now, if we were to do a formal forecast, I suspect it would be very, very bad,” he said. for now, the governor’s o ffice is focused on the costly process of ramping up its coronavirus re- sponse — securing protective gear for health-care workers, set- ting up temporary bed space and supporting emergency respond- ers as they prepare for a surge in patients. “You’re talking in the hundreds of millions of dollars,” Layne said. The federal stimulus package passed by Congress and signed by President Trump will provide about $3.3 billion for the state and its localities to help offset some costs, Layne said, “but it doesn’t help with the lost reve- nues, it doesn’t help with some of the other expenses we have to do to support that.” At the same time, localities and businesses are clamoring for re- lief from state taxes. The problem, Layne said, is that the state col- lects many taxes on behalf of localities, which are facing their own budget crises. “So it’s a bal- ancing act,” he said. Eventually, the state will shift emphasis to restoring its business sector. “The governor has made it clear that it’s an economic crisis also — there’ll come a time for that,” Layne said. “But that’s not what we’re focused on right now.” [email protected] l [email protected]

antonio olivo contributed to this report.

“The first thing you do when you’re in a hole is stop digging.” many republicans had sup- ported this year’s budget, and Newman said he was proud to offer raises to law enforcement workers and teachers. But now, he said, it would be better to cut raises than furlough state em- ployees. As a member of the Senate finance and Appropriations Committee, Newman was asked to convey his suggestions to the committee staff this week. How- ell, who chairs the panel, will review the suggestions along with Layne, the finance secretary. “We’re preparing priorities and contingencies,” Howell said in an interview. “It’s a little bit early to be making any decisions.” She noted that the state is still trying to determine how much of a revenue hit it will take, how much federal funding the state will receive and what that money can be spent on. Howell was not receptive to Newman’s i dea of reverting to the 2018-2020 budget, which was ap- proved when the General Assem- bly was under GoP control, say- ing, “It gets rid of all our priorities.” She said she hopes to avoid across-the-board cuts to agencies. But no matter what, “it’s going to be very painful.” House budget w riters are going through the same process, al- though House Appropriations Chairman Luke E. To rian (D- Prince William) noted that the state has historically high reserve funds. “A t the end of the day, my priorities for Virginia remain the same, and I will work to protect them,” Torian said in a statement. filler-Corn said she would push to keep the minimum wage increase. “It is imperative that we stand with the grocery store workers, janitors, home health care providers and other front- line essential workers who are risking their lives during this

on the Senate floor on march 12. “I’m concerned for Virginia.” But Democrats who control the Senate voted against the delay. Three weeks later, conditions are even worse than Newman antici- pated. “This is not one of the items I wanted to be right about,” he said glumly this week. To address the crisis, Newman wants to throw out the new budget entirely and revert to the two-year spending plan adopted two years ago. He would scrap legislation that could strain small businesses, such as increasing the minimum wage, imposing strict- er environmental regulations and boosting the power of unions. “I believe that businesses in Virginia have been damaged in a very deep way, and we’re going to have to do something extraordi- nary for them,” Newman said.

do that at a time when gatherings of more than 10 people have been prohibited, though House Speak- er Eileen filler-Corn (D-fairfax) said friday she intends to find an outdoor location for delegates to meet. The Senate’s plans re- mained unknown. republicans — and some Dem- ocrats — had warned about the pending crisis when the General Assembly adjourned on march 12, the same day Northam declared a state of emergency. Del. Ibraheem S. Samirah (D- fairfax) drew audible groans when he delayed adjournment by arguing for a special session to address the coronavirus. State Sen. Stephen D. Newman (r-Bed- ford) asked the Senate to hold off voting on the budget to let the crisis take shape. “There’s been a dramatic change in our economy,” he said

week, 112, 497 Virginians filed ini- tial unemployment claims, up from a record 46,277 the week before, the Virginia Employment Commission said Thursday. The pandemic is devastating finances for localities, as well. fairfax County budget officials this week projected a loss of at least $72 million in sales, business and other tax revenue by the end of the year. Prince William County officials projected a $28 million budget gap from the economic damage caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak. one bright spot: The state has nearly $2 billion in rainy day and reserve funds, the most ever. Northam is still reviewing the state budget, and the General Assembly is scheduled to return to richmond on April 22 to con- sider any amendments he might suggest. It’s u nclear how they will

of Virginia and the best interest of
our economy.”
raising the minimum wage
was a signature accomplishment
this year for Democrats, who set-
tled on a plan to increase it from
the current $7.25 an hour to $12
by 2023. Business owners have
petitioned Northam to delay the
increase, as has the Virginia mu-
nicipal League, a coalition of local
governments.
But organized labor says work-
ers need the extra pay now more
than ever, given the near-total
shutdown of the economy during
the coronavirus crisis. And many
Democrats are loath to back
down from promises they made
to voters ahead of last fall’s elec-
tions.
“We ran on that issue, and we
won on that issue,” s aid state Sen.
Janet D. Howell (D-fairfax). “So I
think we have an obligation to
follow through to the extent that
it’s at all possible.”
Northam stressed that he is
determined to address the public
health crisis first and then worry
about the crater being blown into
the state’s economy and finances.
The pandemic comes at a time
when Virginia had seemed flush
with cash, with Amazon building
its East Coast headquarters in
Arlington and other businesses
flooding in. Northam projected
an unexpected windfall of more
than $200 million as recently as
early march, when lawmakers
were putting the final touches on
the $135 billion biennial budget.
They expanded state agencies
and boosted funding for a host of
social programs.
The unemployment rate was
down to 2.6 percent last month.
Since then, record numbers of
people have filed jobless claims as
Northam declared a public health
emergency and ordered residents
to shelter at home, leading many
businesses to shut down. Last

budget from b1

Virginia’s budget was abundant, but state now faces losses of $2 billion or more

Jack Mayer/office of the governor of virginia/associated Press Virginia gov. Ralph Northam (d) p articipates in a Skype interview from his office in Richmond on thursday. He is working with state lawmakers to determine whether budget changes should be made.

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