WEATHER ALMANAC

South Sound's

Today: Cloudy with light rain. Highs 45 to 50. Lows 35 to 40. Thursday: Light rain. Highs 55 to 60. Lows 40 to 45. Friday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs near 55. Lows around 40. Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs 50 to 55. Lows near 35.

Weather hot line

Call 360-357-6453 for the latest South Sound weather conditions.

Temperature

-High/low Tuesday: 49/33

-Normal high/low: 55/35

-High/low last year: 53/35

-Record high: 76 in 1969

-Record low: 24 in 1975

Precipitation

All totals as of 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, in inches:

-Tuesday's total: 0.04

-Total for March: 5.13

-Normal for March: 4.54

-Total year to date: 20.91

-Normal year to date: 18.25

Sun

-Sunset tonight: 6:34 p.m.

-Sunrise Thursday: 5:59 a.m.

Moon

-Full moon: Thursday

-Last quarter: April 4

-New moon: April 12

-First quarter: April 20

Tides

Today Thursday

-Olympia

04:47 a.m. 15.6 high 05:17 a.m. 15.9 high

10:56 a.m. 4.1 low 11:37 a.m. 2.5 low

04:16 p.m. 13.7 high 05:17 p.m. 14.2 high

10:55 p.m. 0.1 low 11:41 p.m. 1.0 low

-Shelton

05:28 a.m. 15.2 high 12:03 a.m. 0.1 low

12:04 p.m. 3.5 low 05:58 a.m. 15.5 high

04:57 p.m. 13.4 high 12:45 p.m. 2.1 low

05:58 p.m. 13.9 high

-Grays Harbor

12:06 a.m. 10.2 high 12:47 a.m. 10.8 high

05:52 a.m. 1.6 low 06:43 a.m. 0.5 low

12:01 p.m. 11.2 high 12:55 p.m. 11.4 high

06:20 p.m. -0.6 low 07:05 p.m. -0.5 low

Week-ahead tides run Saturdays in South Sound.

Air pollution

Outdoor burning is banned in Lacey, Olympia and Tumwater. Also, outdoor residential and land- clearing burning is banned in South Sound's urban growth area. For outdoor and indoor burning information, call the Olympic Air Pollution Control Authority at 360-438-8768.

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