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B6 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST.SATURDAy, MARCH 21 , 2020

AVERAGERECORDACTUAL FORECAST

PREVIOUS YEAR NORMAL LATEST

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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:

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Temperatures

Precipitation

for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica

Ye sterday's National

Snow, past 24 hours

Snow, season total

83° 3:32 p.m.

57° 3:50 a.m.

57°/39°

83° 2020

12° 1885

80° 3:45 p.m.

55° 6:00 a.m.

57°/34°

80° 2020

18° 1981

83° 3:20 p.m.

53° 6:45 a.m.

55°/35°

85° 1945

12° 1885

Washington 1:42 a.m. 7:05 a.m. 1:55 p.m. 7:28 p.m.
Annapolis 4:02 a.m. 10:16 a.m. 4:58 p.m. 10:51 p.m.
Ocean City 12:17 a.m. 6:38 a.m. 1:03 p.m. 6: 47 p.m.
Norfolk 2:21 a.m. 8:47 a.m. 2:51 p.m. 8:59 p.m.
Point Lookout 6:22 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:20 p.m. none

55

°

37 ° 54

°

42 ° 52

°

43 ° 61

°

49 ° 67

°

50 ° 65

°

46 °

Sun 7:09 a.m. 7:21 p.m.

Moon 6:13 a.m. 4:53 p.m.

Venus 8:55 a.m. 11:17 p.m.

Mars 4:05 a.m. 1:39 p.m.

Jupiter 4:00 a.m. 1:38 p.m.

Saturn 4:25 a.m. 2:13 p.m.

Mar 24

New

Apr 1

First

Quarter

Apr 7

Full

Apr 14

Last

Quarter

0.02"

0.99"

2.14"

6.99"

7.66"

0.0"

0.6"

0.04"

0.95"

2.04"

7.52"

7.55"

0.0"

2.9"

0.04"

1.60"

2.44"

7.69"

8.49"

0.0"

1.8"

Blue Ridge: Today, partly sunny, shower, brisk. High
44–48. Wind northwest 10–20 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy,
cold. Low 25–29. Sunday, cloudy, cold, wintry mix at night.
High 35–42. Monday, cloudy, rain. High 47–51. Tuesday,
cloudy, shower. High 44–48.

Atlantic beaches: Today, morning shower, clearing, breezy,
cooler. High 50–59. Wind north 10–20 mph. Tonight, clear,
chilly. Low 33–45. Wind northeast 6–12 mph. Sunday,
partly sunny. High 47–53. Wind east 8–16 mph. Monday,
cloudy, rain. High 52–65.

Pollen: High

Grass Low

Tr ees High

Weeds Low

Mold Moderate

UV: Moderate

5 out of 11+

Air Quality: Good

Dominant cause: Particulates

57 /38

62/45

52/ 40

53/36

52/35

51/37

55/33

55/37

58/37

59 /45

62/ 47

52/28^54 /33

52/28

43/25 55/37

50°

52°

52°

55°

Waterways: Upper Potomac River: Today, small craft advisory. Wind
north 10–20 knots. Waves around 1 foot. Visibility clear. • Lower
Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, small craft advisory. Wind north
12–25 knots. Waves 3 feet on the Chesapeake and on the Potomac.
Visibility 3 miles in showers.• River Stages: The stage at Little Falls
today will be around 4.0 feet, rising to around 4.1 feet Sunday. Flood
stage at Little Falls is 10 feet.

Albany, NY 47/21/s 43/25/s

Albuquerque 64/38/t 62/45/pc

Anchorage 39/25/sn 37/20/s

Atlanta 74/53/c 63/53/r

Austin 58/54/t 76/63/c

Baltimore 55/33/s 53/40/pc

Billings, MT 51/29/s 44/32/s

Birmingham 69/49/c 65/60/r

Bismarck, ND 39/20/s 43/22/s

Boise 60/35/s 61/41/pc

Boston 47/26/s 36/28/s

Buffalo 34/22/s 43/33/pc

Burlington, VT 35/16/s 34/20/s

Charleston, SC 86/60/pc 65/57/r

Charleston, WV 48/32/pc 60/47/pc

Charlotte 78/49/c 57/46/r

Cheyenne, WY 47/26/s 48/27/pc

Chicago 37/28/pc 42/33/sn

Cincinnati 44/28/s 50/42/pc

Cleveland 34/24/pc 46/39/c

Dallas 61/53/pc 71/58/c

Denver 47/30/pc 51/29/pc

Des Moines 43/31/s 41/33/c

Detroit 38/21/s 42/32/pc

El Paso 74/48/pc 74/51/pc

Fairbanks, AK 36/15/sf 24/19/sf

Fargo, ND 31/25/s 37/18/c

Hartford, CT 50/23/s 45/26/s

Honolulu 81/70/c 80/70/pc

Houston 66/62/t 81/69/t

Indianapolis 42/28/s 45/37/pc

Jackson, MS 68/55/c 75/64/r

Jacksonville, FL 89/63/s 83/63/c

Kansas City, MO 48/37/pc 46/37/sh

Las Vegas 65/50/pc 68/53/pc

Little Rock 58/41/pc 55/48/sh

Los Angeles 66/51/pc 66/53/pc

Louisville 49/33/s 55/45/sh

Memphis 58/44/pc 55/51/r

Miami 85/72/s 85/72/pc

Milwaukee 35/27/pc 40/32/pc

Minneapolis 38/30/s 44/33/c

Nashville 56/39/pc 59/52/r

New Orleans 76/69/t 83/70/c

New York City 51/32/s 46/36/s

Norfolk 62/45/r 53/49/pc

Oklahoma City 55/45/pc 66/47/c

Omaha 44/33/s 46/35/c

Orlando 89/66/s 89/66/pc

Philadelphia 54/33/s 50/38/s

Phoenix 74/54/s 75/57/pc

Pittsburgh 42/24/pc 51/38/c

Portland, ME 45/20/s 38/23/s

Portland, OR 62/38/pc 63/43/pc

Providence, RI 51/25/s 43/26/s

Raleigh, NC 67/45/sh 56/45/sh

Reno, NV 54/31/pc 57/36/pc

Richmond 57/38/sh 56/44/pc

Sacramento 67/42/pc 69/49/sh

St. Louis 47/34/s 46/38/sh

St. Thomas, VI 84/74/pc 84/75/sh

Salt Lake City 55/39/sh 58/42/pc

San Diego 65/55/pc 68/60/pc

San Francisco 65/50/pc 65/52/r

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

Seattle 57/39/s 57/42/pc

Spokane, WA 57/31/pc 56/41/pc

Syracuse 37/18/s 42/30/s

Tampa 85/67/s 85/67/pc

Wichita 51/40/pc 56/38/c

Addis Ababa 77/57/sh 71/56/sh

Amsterdam 48/31/pc 46/30/s

Athens 69/52/s 63/52/c

Auckland 73/62/c 75/64/pc

Baghdad 72/49/sh 62/49/pc

Bangkok 94/79/pc 96/79/pc

Beijing 67/36/s 73/43/s

Berlin 44/26/pc 42/23/s

Bogota 66/42/c 69/47/pc

Brussels 49/32/pc 48/30/s

Buenos Aires 79/66/s 79/68/s

Cairo 64/49/pc 70/59/s

Caracas 71/63/pc 72/65/pc

Copenhagen 44/29/s 41/31/s

Dakar 79/69/pc 78/67/pc

Dublin 47/36/c 48/34/pc

Edinburgh 49/30/pc 50/31/pc

Frankfurt 48/30/r 47/27/s

Geneva 62/41/c 53/32/r

Ham., Bermuda 71/64/pc 71/64/pc

Helsinki 36/17/pc 35/20/pc

Ho Chi Minh City 97/77/s 97/77/s

Hong Kong 76/71/c 77/71/pc

Islamabad 71/53/sh 80/58/pc

Istanbul 57/45/pc 61/48/pc

Jerusalem 49/42/sh 55/41/pc

Johannesburg 79/58/pc 76/57/c

Kabul 61/39/c 64/44/pc

Kingston, Jam. 86/75/pc 85/74/pc

Kolkata 91/71/pc 86/70/pc

Lagos 92/81/t 91/81/t

Lima 79/71/c 79/71/pc

Lisbon 59/46/sh 64/52/pc

London 51/37/pc 50/35/s

Madrid 51/42/r 55/45/r

Manila 93/78/s 93/78/s

Mexico City 79/53/pc 80/53/pc

Montreal 31/14/c 32/20/s

Moscow 34/21/pc 33/21/s

Mumbai 87/76/pc 89/78/pc

Nairobi 80/56/pc 80/59/c

New Delhi 87/64/pc 87/64/pc

Oslo 42/25/s 42/30/pc

Ottawa 29/13/c 32/20/s

Paris 52/38/c 53/33/pc

Prague 40/24/r 37/21/s

Rio de Janeiro 79/74/t 80/72/pc

Riyadh 83/61/pc 73/48/pc

Rome 63/45/c 64/46/c

San Salvador 89/68/pc 91/69/pc

Santiago 77/52/s 79/51/s

Sarajevo 64/40/pc 43/26/sn

Seoul 64/40/sh 62/36/s

Shanghai 79/62/pc 69/51/c

Singapore 88/79/t 88/78/t

Stockholm 37/20/s 39/27/pc

Sydney 72/64/pc 79/64/pc

Taipei City 85/68/pc 88/70/pc

Tehran 67/50/c 61/43/c

Tokyo 69/50/s 69/48/c

Toronto 34/20/pc 34/28/pc

Vienna 47/29/r 42/25/pc

Warsaw 43/25/pc 38/22/sf

Today

Mostly sunny,

cooler

Sunday

Partly sunny

Monday

Cloudy, rain,

chilly

Tuesday

Increasingly

cloudy

Wednesday

Mostly cloudy,

shower

Thursday

Mostly cloudy

MTuWThFSa Su MTuWThFSa Su M

through 5 p.m.yesterday

Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: +8.0° yr. to date: +6.2°

High: Immokalee, FL 90°

Low: Garrison, ND –15°

World

High: Te lfer, Australia 109°

Low: Summit Station, Greenland –50°

Weather map features for noon today.

WIND:NNE 7–14 mph

HUMIDITY:Moderate

CHNCE PRECIP:5%

FEELS*:58°

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:54°

ENE 7–14 mph

Low

10%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:48°

E 7–14 mph

High

80%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:60°

N 4–8 mph

Moderate

5%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:66°

SSE 6–12 mph

Moderate

45%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:65°

SE 6–12 mph

Moderate

10%

A little more seasonal feel

Some showers may linger until mid-
morning, especially south and east of
the city. After that, we should see a
good deal of sun after we get rid of
those morning spring showers.
Highs reach the low to mid-50s in most spots.
That’s about 30 degrees colder than today,
especially considering the “feels-like” conditions.
Winds will be out of the north around 10 mph.

The Weather

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Chapman predicts the Wash-

ington area will fare slightly bet-

ter than the nation as a whole be-

cause its economy is based com-

paratively little on manufactur-

ing and thus is less vulnerable to

international supply-chain inter-

ruptions.

Also, a relatively high share of

workers in the region are able to

work remotely.

other observers think the fed-

eral government’s presence in

the region means it will be less

affected.

“In times of uncertainty, [the

federal government] is a pretty

good buffer,” Layne said.

“They’re not going to stop paying

federal employees. They’re not

going to stop shipbuilding [in

Hampton roads].”

He added that decisions by the

White House and Congress on

the size and shape of relief pack-

ages would determine how much

pain the state government in

richmond will experience.

“It all comes back to how

much money the federal govern-

ment gives us, as to how severe

the revenue reductions are going

to be in Virginia,” Layne said.

officials and analysts said

state and local governments

should move quickly to provide

small businesses with grants,

loans and relaxed regulations to

prevent layoffs.

“The most important thing

that government can do right

now is put money in the hands of

business owners,” said Yesim

Sayin Ta ylor, executive director

of the D.C. Policy Center. “Not a

lot of them have a lot of cash on

hand or immediate access to

credit.”

Another important form of as-

sistance could be aid to renters,

but available funds could disap-

pear quickly.

“We have a rental assistance

program with more than

$500 million in reserves that

could help a lot with the commu-

nity,” said richard S. madaleno

Jr., director of montgomery

County’s office of management

and Budget. “In some sort of cra-

zy, complete meltdown, that

could be gone in a month.”

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Erin Cox, Darran Simon and Patricia

Sullivan contributed to this report.

dustries lasts until June.

In the Washington region, the

jurisdictions hit hardest at the

start are likely to be the District

and the two state governments.

That’s because they rely more

than county governments on

sales tax and income tax for reve-

nue.

Sales-tax receipts are expected

to drop quickly as economic ac-

tivity dries up. Income-tax reve-

nue will follow, although much

of the impact will be delayed un-

til next year, when individuals

will report lower capital gains as

a result of the recent stock mar-

ket collapse.

County government budgets

rely more on property taxes,

where the impact will be felt only

if a general economic downturn

reduces home prices and thus as-

sessments.

“The long-term fundamentals

for home and real estate values

won’t change much,” said Jean-

nette Chapman, director of

George mason University’s Ste-

phen S. fuller Institute for re-

search on the Washington re-

gion’s Economic future. “We’re

not in ‘mad max’ land yet.”

Still, Chapman and other

economists are expecting an eco-

nomic downturn. Her initial

forecast, issued Wednesday, is for

an economic contraction from

April to December in the nation

and the Washington region.

“Unless there’s a vaccine de-

veloped like, next week, this will

cause a recession nationally, and

it will flatten out our economy,”

Chapman said. “right now, my

assumption is that there will be

some return to normal life in

June. obviously, if it’s longer

than that, it will have a larger im-

pact.”

The good news for the region

is that its governments start with

abundant cash reserves, thanks

to years of economic growth in

the nationwide expansion that

economists say the virus has

slammed to a halt.

Virginia has nearly $2 billion

in reserves, maryland has

$1.2 billion in its “rainy-day

fund,” and the District begins

with the equivalent of 77 days

worth of spending.

But those buffers are going to

shrink as tax revenue drops and

demands rise.

“That’s the greatest difficulty

in government, that your reve-

nue goes down and your expen-

ditures go up during a recession,”

said Andrew Schaufele, director

of the maryland comptroller’s

Bureau of revenue Estimates.

“We are certainly preparing for

that.”

Early signs point to the sharp-

est drop in economic activity in

memory. Unemployment claims

in maryland rose fivefold in a

week; in Virginia, claims spiked

even more. Local 25 of the hotel

workers union, Unite Here, re-

ported that more than three-

quarters of its 7,200 members

were out of work.

“It’s not a slowdown. It’s a

shutdown, basically,” Virginia fi-

nance Secretary Aubrey Layne

said.

Alexandria City manager

mark B. Jinks said Wednesday at

an emergency City Council meet-

ing, “Sometimes it feels like we’re

on a surfboard with a tsunami at

our backs.”

State and local governments

have begun looking at ways to

cut hundreds of millions of dol-

lars from their spending.

The maryland Senate has al-

ready curtailed a costly overhaul

of the state’s K-12 schools over

economic concerns springing

from the pandemic. Virginia Gov.

ralph Northam (D) is expected

to seek amendments or make ad-

justments in the budget recently

passed by the General Assembly.

DeWitt warned the D.C. Council

on Wednesday that the District

would have to reduce spending

by $500 million to account for

lost revenue if the shutdown of

the tourism and hospitality in-

BUDGET from B1

State and local governments see era

of flush budgets halted by coronavirus

“Unless there’s a

vaccine developed like,

next week, this will

cause a recession

nationally.”

Jeannette Chapman, director of

GMU’s Stephen S. Fuller Institute

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