Weather Almanac

South Sound's

Today: Partly cloudy. Highs near 60. Lows around 40. Monday: Mostly cloudy with chance of showers. Highs around 55. Lows near 30. Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Highs around 60. Lows 30 to 35. Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. Highs 60 to 65. Lows near 35.

Weather hot line

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

Temperature

-High/low Friday: 52/34

-Normal high/low: 55/35

-High/low last year: 49/27

-Record high: 76 in 1995

-Record low: 22 in 1954

Precipitation

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

-Saturday's total: 0.00

-Total for March: 5.24

-Normal for March: 5.14

-Total year to date: 21.02

-Normal year to date: 18.85

Sun

-Sunset tonight: 6:40 p.m.

-Sunrise Monday: 5:50 a.m.

Moon

-Last quarter: Thursday

-New moon: April 12

-First quarter: April 20

-Full moon: April 26

Tides

Today Monday

-Olympia

01:13 a.m. 3.5 low 02:01 a.m. 4.9 low

06:54 a.m. 15.5 high 07:29 a.m. 14.8 high

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

08:18 p.m. 14.4 high 09:23 p.m. 14.1 high

-Shelton

02:21 a.m. 2.9 low 03:09 a.m. 4.1 low

07:35 a.m. 15.1 high 08:10 a.m. 14.5 high

02:54 p.m. -0.6 low 03:42 p.m. -0.8 low

08:59 p.m. 14.1 high 10:04 p.m. 13.7 high

-Grays Harbor

02:42 a.m. 11.6 high 03:21 a.m. 11.4 high

09:07 a.m. 01.1 low 09:55 a.m. -0.8 low

03:30 p.m. 10.2 high 04:21 p.m. 9.5 high

09:12 p.m. 1.4 low 09:56 p.m. 2.3 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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