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AVERAGE RECORD ACTUAL FORECAST

PREVIOUS YEAR NORMAL LATEST

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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:

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Temperatures

Precipitation

for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica

Ye sterday's National

Snow, past 24 hours

Snow, season total

77° 2:29 p.m.

51° 2:00 a.m.

55°/37°

87 ° 1990

14° 1896

75° 2:17 p.m.

50° 3:00 a.m.

54°/32°

87 ° 1990

16° 1998

75° 1:02 p.m.

50° 1:00 a.m.

53°/33°

85° 1990

12° 1888

Washington 12:20 a.m. 7:12 a.m. 12:35 p.m. 8:04 p.m.
Annapolis 3:27 a.m. 10 :04 a.m. 4:29 p.m. 10 :09 p.m.
Ocean City 6:12 a.m. 12: 07 p.m. 6:21 p.m. none
Norfolk 1:51 a.m. 8:11 a.m. 2:14 p.m. 8:19 p.m.
Point Lookout 5:55 a.m. 12:54 p.m. 6:10 p.m. none

58

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42 ° 53

°

39 ° 55

°

45 ° 66

°

45 ° 59

°

41 ° 56

°

48 °

Sun 7:20 a.m. 7:14 p.m.

Moon 12:13 a.m. 10:39 a.m.

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

Mars 4:15 a.m. 1:43 p.m.

Jupiter 4:24 a.m. 2:01 p.m.

Saturn 4:50 a.m. 2:38 p.m.

Mar 16

Last

Quarter

Mar 24

New

Apr 1

First

Quarter

Apr 7

Full

0.22"

0.39"

1.30"

6.39"

6.82"

0.0"

0.6"

0.22"

0.37"

1.25"

6.94"

6.76"

0.0"

2.9"

0.26"

0.57"

1.50"

6.66"

7.55"

0.0"

1.8"

Blue Ridge: Today, mostly cloudy, spotty shower late. High
43– 47. Wind northwest 8–15 mph. Tonight, cloudy, rain,
cooler. Low 32–36. Sunday, partly cloudy. High 36–40.
Wind northeast 5–10 mph.

Atlantic beaches: Today, partly sunny. High 53–57. Wind
northwest 8–16 mph. Tonight, cloudy, shower or two late.
Low 40–46. Wind northwest 6–12 mph. Sunday, rain south
early, cloudy then partly sunny elsewhere. High 47–51.

Pollen: Moderate

Grass Low

Tr ees Moderate

Weeds Low

Mold Low

UV: Moderate

5 out of 11+

Air Quality: Good

Dominant cause: Particulates

61/43

57 /46

54 /41

56/41

57 /40

53/ 40

59 /40

61/ 40

56/38

55/ 44

55/45

55/39^57 /40

53/37

43/29 58/42

46°

47°

51°

56°

Waterways: Upper Potomac River: Today, partly sunny. Wind
northwest 6–12 knots. Waves less than a foot. Visibility unrestricted.

• Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, partly sunny. Wind
  northwest 6–12 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 holding nearly steady Sunday. Flood
  stage at Little Falls is 10 feet.

Albany, NY 49/28/pc 45/19/s

Albuquerque 60/40/pc 67/41/pc

Anchorage 23/9/s 26/14/pc

Atlanta 71/56/c 69/50/r

Austin 82/64/c 77/64/c

Baltimore 59/40/pc 54/34/pc

Billings, MT 41/16/pc 27/16/sn

Birmingham 78/62/c 68/55/r

Bismarck, ND 29/21/c 35/25/sn

Boise 55/39/sh 55/36/c

Boston 54/33/s 44/27/s

Buffalo 41/25/pc 38/24/s

Burlington, VT 44/21/s 31/14/s

Charleston, SC 70/57/c 69/50/r

Charleston, WV 48/36/r 49/40/pc

Charlotte 62/49/c 56/42/r

Cheyenne, WY 44/28/c 53/31/pc

Chicago 39/31/sn 43/29/s

Cincinnati 43/31/r 48/31/pc

Cleveland 41/30/pc 42/27/s

Dallas 72/54/t 67/58/c

Denver 54/31/s 59/34/pc

Des Moines 38/26/sn 45/32/pc

Detroit 43/27/s 44/24/s

El Paso 69/47/s 75/50/pc

Fairbanks, AK 25/17/c 31/14/pc

Fargo, ND 25/16/c 33/26/c

Hartford, CT 54/32/s 50/22/s

Honolulu 82/70/sh 82/70/sh

Houston 82/66/c 81/62/c

Indianapolis 39/30/c 46/28/s

Jackson, MS 79/64/c 72/57/c

Jacksonville, FL 85/61/pc 87/63/pc

Kansas City, MO 40/31/c 45/36/pc

Las Vegas 66/51/c 70/50/pc

Little Rock 58/42/t 54/42/c

Los Angeles 62/54/sh 63/51/sh

Louisville 43/36/r 52/35/pc

Memphis 67/44/t 53/43/c

Miami 85/72/pc 84/69/pc

Milwaukee 38/30/c 38/29/s

Minneapolis 37/25/pc 43/32/pc

Nashville 56/41/r 54/40/pc

New Orleans 81/64/c 80/64/pc

New York City 54/39/pc 50/32/s

Norfolk 57/46/pc 50/44/r

Oklahoma City 60/40/r 54/46/c

Omaha 38/27/sn 43/34/pc

Orlando 88/64/pc 88/66/pc

Philadelphia 57/40/pc 52/33/pc

Phoenix 71/54/pc 76/56/pc

Pittsburgh 46/30/r 48/30/pc

Portland, ME 51/26/s 42/19/s

Portland, OR 44/29/r 45/29/sh

Providence, RI 55/33/s 49/25/s

Raleigh, NC 63/47/c 50/41/r

Reno, NV 53/36/r 45/31/c

Richmond 61/43/c 49/38/c

Sacramento 55/44/sh 56/41/r

St. Louis 39/32/r 47/34/s

St. Thomas, VI 84/73/sh 83/73/pc

Salt Lake City 61/47/pc 66/45/pc

San Diego 65/58/c 65/56/pc

San Francisco 56/47/sh 58/44/r

San Juan, PR 82/72/sh 81/72/pc

Seattle 44/30/r 46/33/pc

Spokane, WA 27/11/sf 38/20/sf

Syracuse 44/23/pc 39/20/s

Tampa 87/67/pc 85/66/pc

Wichita 47/35/c 47/40/c

Addis Ababa 79/57/sh 79/58/pc

Amsterdam 50/45/c 54/42/c

Athens 73/54/pc 68/49/sh

Auckland 75/59/pc 76/61/s

Baghdad 72/54/sh 72/57/pc

Bangkok 99/80/pc 89/79/t

Beijing 60/39/s 63/31/s

Berlin 45/30/pc 51/37/pc

Bogota 66/52/sh 66/50/sh

Brussels 51/44/c 56/42/pc

Buenos Aires 79/62/t 70/64/r

Cairo 71/58/pc 73/58/pc

Caracas 73/65/pc 73/64/pc

Copenhagen 41/37/pc 47/44/pc

Dakar 80/68/pc 78/68/pc

Dublin 52/39/c 48/32/sh

Edinburgh 50/41/sh 49/29/sh

Frankfurt 51/35/pc 57/39/pc

Geneva 53/35/pc 60/38/s

Ham., Bermuda 70/65/pc 69/61/sh

Helsinki 32/17/sf 40/35/pc

Ho Chi Minh City 99/76/pc 99/77/pc

Hong Kong 74/64/c 72/66/pc

Islamabad 70/47/c 74/51/pc

Istanbul 59/48/pc 53/41/sh

Jerusalem 56/51/sh 61/49/pc

Johannesburg 77/57/t 82/59/s

Kabul 60/32/pc 61/37/pc

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

Kolkata 90/68/pc 87/70/pc

Lagos 91/79/t 93/80/t

Lima 79/73/pc 79/72/pc

Lisbon 72/52/pc 63/48/sh

London 56/46/sh 53/38/sh

Madrid 72/46/pc 68/40/r

Manila 93/76/pc 88/77/pc

Mexico City 80/55/t 78/54/t

Montreal 38/17/pc 31/16/s

Moscow 45/21/sn 29/17/sn

Mumbai 90/73/pc 93/79/pc

Nairobi 80/59/t 83/62/pc

New Delhi 73/57/pc 74/57/pc

Oslo 37/32/pc 43/34/sh

Ottawa 38/15/pc 29/13/s

Paris 52/43/c 60/43/pc

Prague 44/25/pc 49/29/s

Rio de Janeiro 83/75/pc 85/76/pc

Riyadh 81/62/pc 82/60/pc

Rome 61/47/pc 64/43/pc

San Salvador 88/68/pc 92/69/pc

Santiago 86/56/s 88/54/s

Sarajevo 49/38/c 48/29/c

Seoul 49/33/s 48/25/pc

Shanghai 59/45/pc 68/44/pc

Singapore 89/80/pc 89/79/t

Stockholm 36/25/s 44/41/pc

Sydney 66/62/sh 69/64/sh

Taipei City 63/55/r 69/56/s

Tehran 70/51/c 66/49/c

Tokyo 49/40/r 51/41/pc

Toronto 43/23/pc 37/25/s

Vienna 52/25/pc 49/34/s

Warsaw 41/20/pc 42/28/s

Today

Partly sunny,

cooler

Sunday

Mostly cloudy

Monday

Partly sunny

Tuesday

A little rain

Wednesday

Mostly cloudy

Thursday

Mostly cloudy

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: +8.5° yr. to date: +6.1°

High: Fa lfurrias, TX 95°

Low: Lake Yellowstone, WY –9°

World

High: Kaolack, Senegal 109°

Low: Summit Station, Greenland –60°

Weather map features for noon today.

WIND:NW 7–14 mph

HUMIDITY:Low

CHNCE PRECIP:5%

FEELS*:59°

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:52°

NE 7–14 mph

Moderate

15%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:53°

E 7–14 mph

Moderate

5%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:64°

SSW 6–12 mph

Moderate

60%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:59°

NNW 6–12 mph

Moderate

15%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:52°

SE 7–14 mph

Moderate

25%

Sunny start, rainy finish

We’ll see some sunshine to start, but
clouds will increase and thicken
throughout the day. It will be cooler,
yet still mild for this time of year.
Highs will be in the mid-50s to
around 60. Rain will approach from the west
during the afternoon and evening, although most
or all of the rain will fall overnight.

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pany said. Results are usually

available in three to four days.

However fast things are ramp-

ing up, some experts say valuable

time has been lost.

“A month ago, we should have

already started testing widely in

the community because there are

people who don’t have symptoms

who are spreading it to others,”

said Leana Wen, a public health

professor at George Washington

University and the former health

commissioner of Baltimore. “We

lost weeks in this epidemic.”

A self-employed man from

Montgomery County who tested

positive and spoke on the condi-

tion of anonymity to discuss his

health, said his wife, who later

also tested positive, called four

hospitals seeking tests before

MedStar Georgetown University

Hospital agreed to see them. His

symptoms started when he re-

turned home from international

and domestic travel on March 4,

culminating in a fever of 103, but

because he didn’t visit a country

of top concern to the CDC, he

Residents can only obtain a test directly through

D.C. Health without a health evaluation if they are

were exposed through an ongoing outbreak.

BY JENNA PORTNOY

AND ANTONIO OLIVO

Across the United States, more
coronavirus tests should soon be
available for people who want
them, but health departments in
Virginia, Maryland and the Dis-
trict say patients still must obtain
approval from their doctor to be
tested.
If a doctor decides a test is
warranted according to Centers
for Disease Control and Preven-
tion criteria, they must set one up
through their local public health
department or a commercial lab.
President Trump on Friday de-
clared a national emergency for
the coronavirus pandemic, free-
ing up $50 billion to help states
and territories address the crisis,
and announced plans to expand
drive-through testing.
But as the number of positive
tests in the region neared 60 on
Friday, residents expressed frus-
tration with the long waits, mis-
information and confusion over
how to get tested.
“Testing is not readily avail-
able, but people in Washington
keep saying it is. I feel like we’ve
been misled,” said a retired civil
engineer i n her 60s from Virginia
Beach, who spoke on the condi-
tion of anonymity to discuss her
health.
She returned from a long trip,
including a three-night Nile Riv-
er cruise, on Feb. 26 with a low
fever, body aches, coughing and
shortness of breath. She twice
went to urgent care but was
denied a test until Tuesday when

a mask-clad nurse at Sentara

Leigh Hospital in Norfolk,

swabbed her mouth and nose.

She was negative, but will still

postpone visiting her 10-month

old grandson in North Carolina

and only planned to leave the

house Friday — for a Costco run.

“I’m relieved that I don’t have

it, but I’m frustrated because it

took too long,” she said.

Research facilities in the re-

gion, including the University of

Virginia Health System and Vir-

ginia Commonwealth University,

are developing new tests to meet

the demand.

Johns Hopkins University

School of Medicine started apply-

ing its in-house-developed test

Wednesday at a clip of about 30 a

day — with plans to increase that

dramatically through robotics —

said Heba Mostafa, an assistant

professor of pathology.

Quest Diagnostics, one of the

largest commercial lab compa-

nies, is preparing to open a facili-

ty in Chantilly, Va., on Monday,

plus another has opened in San

Juan Capistrano, Calif., and a

third is in the works for in

Marlboro, Mass., spokeswoman

Rachel Carr said.

The three labs operating

around the clock could handle

tens of thousands of tests weekly,

and health care provider with a

Quest account can request a test,

she said.

Despite the increasing com-

mercial availability, doctors re-

main the gatekeepers.

In a statement Thursday, Lab-

Corp, another major private test-

ing company, said physicians and

health care providers can order

the test anywhere in the United

States, assuming the patient

meets CDC guidelines. The doc-

tor ordering the test should then

collect the specimen — a swab —

and send it to LabCorp, the com-

didn’t automatically qualify for

the test. By Sunday, he was in an

isolation room in Georgetown

being swabbed.

“Nobody knew what the proce-

dure was or what the process

looks like so that was really

frustrating to deal with,” he said.

“The doctors were doing their

best but they just didn’t know

enough.”

In a call with health care pro-

viders Friday, Preetha Iyengar, an

epidemiologist at D.C. Depart-

ment of Health, said there are

two kinds of people who can be

tested in the District.

If a doctor decides a test is

necessary, they should set one up

through D.C. Health or a com-

mercial lab, she said. Physicians

do not need approval from a

public health department to or-

der a test from a private lab.

Residents can only obtain a

test directly through D.C. Health

without a health evaluation if

they are were exposed through an

ongoing outbreak, such as the

one at Christ Church in George-

town, she said. At least four

people associated with the histor-

ic church tested positive, starting

with the Rev. Timothy Cole.

Virginia officials have similar

guidelines.

Te sting at the public lab in

Richmond is mainly reserved for

symptomatic patients who have

traveled to a country of concern,

had contact with someone who

tested positive, live in a nursing

home or is a health care worker.

“Because the Virginia state lab-

oratory has limited capacity, they

have to prioritize which patients

they’re going to test,” said John

Silcox, a spokesman for the Fair-

fax County Department of

Health.

In less urgent cases, local

health officials said, doctors

should use their discretion about

ordering a test at a private lab.

Once doctors rule out the flu

and other respiratory ailments,

patients are swabbed for the

coronavirus either at their doc-

tor’s office or at a lab used by

their doctor’s health care net-

work, local health care officials

said.

In either case, the patient is

isolated in a separate room, with

the door closed, and a doctor or

nurse wearing a mask and other

protective gear will collect a sam-

ple.

Ye t in some cases, even people

with known contact with positive

cases can’t get that far.

Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and his

wife, Megan, sat at a small table

at a buffet dinner party o n Feb. 28

with a friend from the District

who later tested positive, but

could not get tested because they

had no symptoms.

In the nearly two weeks be-

tween the dinner and the start of

their self-quarantine, Beyer esti-

mated he had contact with more

than 200 people, including

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-

Calif.), 79, as well as Majority

Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.),

80, and other members of Con-

gress, including much of the Vir-

ginia delegation.

Beyer, 69, said he didn’t seek

special care, rather he wanted to

limit the potential spread of a

virus that has infected more than

141,000 people worldwide and

1,885 in the United States.

“I could be spreading it to all

kinds of people,” he said in a

phone interview Friday. “It’s the

asymptomatic who are positive

who will be responsible for com-

munity spread.”

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Fenit Nirappil and rebecca Tan

contributed to this report.

THE REGION

Getting a coronavirus test isn’t as simple as it might seem

Even as private labs

come online, doctors

remain the gatekeepers

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A Virginia public health employee a dds chemicals in the second

step of testing a sample for the virus at the lab in Richmond.

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