Weather Almanac

South Sound Forecast

Today: Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs near 55. Lows 35 to 40. Sunday: Mostly cloudy. Highs around 55. Lows near 40. Monday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs 50 to 55. Lows near 40. Tuesday: Partly sunny. Highs 55 to 60. Lows near 40.

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South Sound weather conditions.

Temperature

-High/low Friday: 53/38

-Normal high/low: 55/35

-High/low last year: 49/27

-Record high: 76 in 1994

-Record low: 20 in 1954

Precipitation

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

-Friday's total: 0.01

-Total for March: 5.24

-Normal for March: 4.99

-Total year to date: 21.02

-Normal year to date: 18.70

Sun

-Sunset tonight: 6:38 p.m.

-Sunrise Sunday: 5:53 a.m.

Moon

-Last quarter: Thursday

-New moon: April 12

-First quarter: April 20

-Full moon: April 26

Tides

Today Sunday

-Olympia

12:27 a.m. 2.2 low 01:13 a.m. 3.5 low

06:20 a.m. 15.7 high 06:54 a.m. 15.5 high

01:02 p.m. -0.1 low 01:46 p.m. -0.8 low

07:16 p.m. 14.1 high 08:18 p.m. 14.4 high

-Shelton

01:35 a.m. 1.8 low 02:21 a.m. 2.9 low

07:01 a.m. 15.4 high 07:35 a.m. 15.1 high

02:10 p.m. -0.1 low 02:54 p.m. -0.6 low

07:57 p.m. 14.4 high 08:59 p.m. 14.1 high

-Grays Harbor

02:04 a.m. 11.6 high 02:42 a.m. 11.6 high

08:20 a.m. -0.9 low 09:07 a.m. 01.1 low

02:38 p.m. 10.8 high 03:30 p.m. 10.2 high

08:30 p.m. 0.6 low 09:12 p.m. 1.4 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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