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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
L AWRENCE J OURNAL -W ORLD
DATEBOOK
SATURDAY
FRIDAY
21 TODAY
Mostly sunny and pleasant
Plenty of sunshine
Partly sunny, a t-storm possible
Partly sunny, a t-storm possible
Some sun with a t-storm possible
High 89° Low 59° POP: 5%
High 92° Low 64° POP: 5%
High 89° Low 66° POP: 30%
High 84° Low 70° POP: 30%
High 88° Low 67° POP: 30%
Wind SSW 3-6 mph
Wind SSW 6-12 mph
Wind S 10-20 mph
Wind S 7-14 mph
Wind S 8-16 mph
POP: Probability of Precipitation
Kearney 83/61
McCook 86/60 Oberlin 85/60
Clarinda 85/59
Lincoln 86/61
Grand Island 85/61
Beatrice 86/60
St. Joseph 89/61 Chillicothe 85/59
Sabetha 87/63
Concordia 89/60
Centerville 81/57
Kansas City Marshall Manhattan 93/66 84/61 Goodland Salina 91/61 Oakley Kansas City Topeka 84/61 89/61 83/60 91/61 Lawrence 91/65 Sedalia 89/59 Emporia Great Bend 91/62 91/61 89/62 Nevada Dodge City Chanute 91/60 83/61 Hutchinson 91/59 Garden City 91/60 81/60 Springfield Wichita Pratt Liberal Coffeyville Joplin 91/62 91/63 86/60 81/61 91/61 91/61 Hays Russell 87/61 91/63
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
LAWRENCE ALMANAC
Through 8 p.m. Monday.
Temperature High/low 90°/46° Normal high/low today 87°/66° Record high today 109° in 2003 Record low today 42° in 1956
Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 8 p.m. yest. 0.00 Month to date 1.13 Normal month to date 2.59 Year to date 15.25 Normal year to date 27.13
REGIONAL CITIES
Today Wed. Today Wed. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Independence 91 63 pc 95 68 s Atchison 91 61 s 91 64 s Fort Riley 91 61 s 93 66 s Belton 93 64 s 91 67 s Olathe 94 63 s 91 67 s Burlington 91 59 pc 92 64 s Osage Beach 88 58 pc 92 62 s Coffeyville 91 61 pc 96 69 s Osage City 91 60 s 92 65 s Concordia 89 60 s 90 64 s Ottawa 89 59 s 92 65 s Dodge City 83 61 pc 92 64 s Wichita 91 63 pc 92 68 s Holton 91 60 s 92 64 s Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
NATIONAL FORECAST
SUN & MOON
Aug 24
Full
Last
New
Aug 31
Sep 8
Sep 15
LAKE LEVELS
As of 7 a.m. Monday Lake
Clinton Perry Pomona
Level (ft)
873.69 888.43 972.68
Discharge (cfs)
24 100 19
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for today.
Fronts Cold
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2012
INTERNATIONAL CITIES
Today Cities Hi Lo W Acapulco 89 76 t Amsterdam 73 59 pc Athens 92 77 s Baghdad 111 81 s Bangkok 92 77 t Beijing 86 63 s Berlin 83 67 pc Brussels 77 54 sh Buenos Aires 64 53 s Cairo 97 75 s Calgary 84 57 s Dublin 67 53 sh Geneva 89 64 s Hong Kong 90 81 pc Jerusalem 87 68 s Kabul 100 64 s London 73 55 c Madrid 101 69 s Mexico City 72 56 t Montreal 73 57 pc Moscow 63 40 pc New Delhi 88 79 r Oslo 74 55 pc Paris 86 55 pc Rio de Janeiro 80 68 pc Rome 91 70 s Seoul 85 74 r Singapore 88 78 t Stockholm 68 57 sh Sydney 70 43 s Tokyo 89 79 s Toronto 78 57 pc Vancouver 70 57 c Vienna 90 71 pc Warsaw 82 61 t Winnipeg 84 57 s
Wed. Hi Lo W 90 75 t 68 58 sh 96 79 s 109 82 s 93 78 t 84 59 s 78 56 s 73 51 pc 73 55 t 97 74 s 72 50 t 64 50 sh 83 61 pc 90 81 t 88 67 s 99 65 s 71 54 pc 103 70 s 70 56 t 79 59 s 64 46 s 88 77 r 63 55 r 76 52 s 80 66 s 91 68 s 84 73 r 87 77 sh 66 52 r 75 52 pc 91 79 s 81 59 s 70 57 pc 91 69 t 81 58 t 83 57 pc
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Warm Stationary
Precipitation Showers T-storms
Rain
Flurries
Snow
Ice
-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: Showers and thunderstorms will stretch from the northeastern Gulf Coast to the mid-Atlantic coast today. Thunderstorms will also cluster over part of the southern Plains. Storms will dot the interior West. Today Wed. Today Wed. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Memphis 86 65 pc 92 66 s Albuquerque 86 67 t 85 64 t 91 78 t 90 81 t Anchorage 62 50 pc 64 52 pc Miami Milwaukee 74 61 s 79 63 pc Atlanta 86 65 pc 86 65 s 78 61 s 85 65 t Austin 93 68 pc 94 70 pc Minneapolis Nashville 82 59 pc 86 60 s Baltimore 82 65 pc 84 64 t New Orleans 88 73 pc 89 73 pc Birmingham 88 64 pc 89 64 s 81 66 pc 83 68 t Boise 96 59 pc 87 57 pc New York 84 63 s 94 63 s Boston 81 64 pc 81 64 pc Omaha Orlando 88 72 t 90 73 t Buffalo 76 54 pc 80 58 s Philadelphia 82 66 pc 84 66 t Cheyenne 82 56 s 86 61 t Phoenix 104 84 t 101 78 t Chicago 78 60 s 84 63 s Pittsburgh 78 55 pc 80 57 s Cincinnati 80 58 pc 82 59 s Portland, ME 80 57 pc 79 57 pc Cleveland 76 53 pc 80 54 s Dallas 88 70 t 93 74 pc Portland, OR 76 55 pc 71 53 pc Reno 90 57 pc 89 59 s Denver 88 61 pc 93 65 t Richmond 84 66 pc 85 65 pc Des Moines 82 61 s 89 64 t Sacramento 88 53 s 90 55 s Detroit 78 57 pc 82 60 s St. Louis 84 62 pc 91 66 s El Paso 94 75 pc 95 73 t Salt Lake City 92 69 pc 90 65 t Fairbanks 61 41 pc 66 45 s 77 68 pc 75 65 pc Honolulu 88 73 s 88 75 pc San Diego Houston 94 72 t 93 73 pc San Francisco 68 54 pc 67 55 pc Seattle 70 54 pc 66 51 pc Indianapolis 80 57 pc 84 61 s Spokane 86 57 pc 79 54 s Kansas City 91 65 s 91 67 s Tucson 95 76 t 92 73 t Las Vegas 103 82 t 99 84 t Tulsa 89 65 pc 96 72 s Little Rock 88 63 pc 93 62 s 84 67 pc 85 67 t Los Angeles 84 66 pc 82 65 pc Wash., DC National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Death Valley, CA 119° Low: Tomahawk, WI 32°
WEATHER HISTORY By Aug. 21, 1888, a massive lightning-induced fire in the northern Rockies was finally contained.
WEATHER TRIVIA™
Q:
What is the hottest place in the world?
Dallol, Ethiopia has a mean annual temperature of 94(F)
First
Today Wed. 6:40 a.m. 6:41 a.m. 8:07 p.m. 8:06 p.m. 11:08 a.m. 12:17 p.m. 10:10 p.m. 10:51 p.m.
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Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., field near Robinson Gym at KU. Tuesday Farmers’ Market, 4-6 p.m., 1020 Vt. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, 5:15 p.m., 536 Fireside Court, Suite B. Information meeting for prospective volunteers. Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 p.m., field near Robinson Gym at KU. Lonnie Ray’s open jam session, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St. Lawrence City Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Peace Corps General Information Session, 7 p.m., Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. Free English as a Second Language class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Affordable community Spanish class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Free swing dancing lessons and dance, 8-11 p.m., Kansas Room in the Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. Poker Night, 8 p.m., Applebee’s, 2520 Iowa. Gamer Night, 8 p.m., Burger Stand at the Casbah, 803 Mass. Geeks Who Drink pub quiz, 8 p.m., Phoggy Dog, 2228 Iowa. Teller’s Family Night, 9 p.m.-midnight, 746 Mass. Tuesday Night Karaoke, 9 p.m., Wayne & Larry’s Sports Bar & Grill, 933 Iowa.
FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
Dollar Bowling, open to close, Royal Crest Lanes, 933 Iowa. Global Population University Community Forum: Growth, How Do We Have a Dialogue And Not A Debate?, noon, Ecumenical Campus Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, noon, 536 Fireside Court, Suite B. Information meeting for prospective volunteers. Country Jam hosted by Good Ole Boys, 6-8:30 p.m., Cutter’s Smokehouse, 218 E. 20th St., Eudora. Douglas County Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Mass. Constitutional Controversies in the 2012 Elections: Health Care Reform and Federal/ State Relations, with KU law professor Richard E. Levy, 7 p.m., Lawrence Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Drive. Conroy’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St. Pride Night, 9 p.m., Wilde’s Chateau, 2412 Iowa.
23 THURSDAY
Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., field near Robinson Gym at KU. Scams and the Elderly, 10:30 a.m., Drury Place at Alvamar, 1510 St. Andrews Drive.
Dinner Theater And Sudan Missions Fundraiser, 6 p.m., First Southern Baptist Church, 4300 W. Sixth St. Informational meetWise Women Build reliing for people intergious conference, gospel ested in volunteering at music performance and Headquarters Counselworship, 7 p.m., Ninth ing Center, 6-7:15 p.m., Street Missionary Baptist First United Methodist Church, 847 Ohio. Church, 946 Vt. Darrell Lea, 7 p.m., The Reading and SignDynamite Saloon, 721 Mass. ing: Eleanor Sullivan, KU Theatre’s “Orauthor of “Cover Her estes” by Euripides, 7:30 p.m., Crafton-Preyer TheBody,” 7 p.m., The Raater, Murphy Hall, 1530 ven, 8 E. Seventh St. Naismith Drive Lawrence Opera Works: Acts of Highs Wild Horse and Burro Adoption, 2-6 p.m., Doug- and L.O.W.s!, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 las County Fairgrounds, N.H. 21st and Harper streets. Quiet Corral, 8-11 p.m., Thursday Farmers’ The Nest on Ninth, The Market, 4-6 p.m., 1121 Oread, 1200 Oread Ave. Wakarusa Drive. Roving Imp Comedy Cottin’s Hardware Show, 8 p.m., Ecumenical Farmers’ Market, 4-6:30 p.m., behind store at 1832 Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Mass. Tyler Gregory at Cottin’s Hardware Farmers’ Market, 4-6:30 p.m., beSaturday Farmers’ Marhind store at 1832 Mass. ket, 7-11 a.m., 824 N.H. Lawrence Police FounRed Dog’s Dog Days dation Golf Benefit, to workout, 7:30 a.m., raise money for automated parking lot at Ninth and external defibrillators, Vermont streets. 4:30 p.m., Orchards Golf Wild Horse and Burro Course, 3000 Bob Billings Adoption, 8 a.m.-noon, Parkway. Douglas County FairThe Open Tap, discusgrounds, 21st and Harper sion of a selected religion streets. topic, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wise Women Build Henry’s, 11 E. Eighth St. religious conference anRed Dog’s Dog Days nual prayer breakfast, 8 workout, 6 p.m., field near a.m., First United MethodRobinson Gym at KU. ist Church, 946 Vt. Dinner Theater And Let’s Make a Buzz in Sudan Missions Fundthe Air, free clinic just raiser, 6 p.m., First Southfor kids, 10 a.m.-noon, ern Baptist Church, 4300 Orscheln Farm & Home, W. Sixth St. 1541 E. 23rd St. Baker University ComLawrence Humane munity Choir rehearsal, Society Pet Adoption 6 p.m., McKibbin Recital Event, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Hall, 408 Eighth St., BaldDitto, 4000 W. Sixth St. win City Meet the Authors: “The Food Not Bombs free Curiosities” by authors dinner, 6:30 p.m., South Tessa Gratton, Maggie Park. Stiefvater and Brenna Junkyard Jazz Band, Yovanoff, 2 p.m., Lawrence 7 p.m., American Legion, Public Library, 707 Vt. 3408 W. Sixth St. League of Women Free English as a SecVoters voter outreach at ond Language class, 7-8 Busker Festival, 2 p.m., p.m., Plymouth CongregaNinth and Massachusetts tional Church, 925 Vt. streets Affordable community Lawrence Busker FesSpanish class, 7-8 p.m., tival, 3 p.m., downtown Plymouth Congregational Lawrence. Church, 925 Vt. Launch party for Big Tent: Stories and “Favela de Rocinha, BraPoems in Three Acts, zil,” a photography book 7 p.m., The Raven, 8 E. by Lawrence artists Sarah Seventh. Stern and Gary Mark Smith, Busker Ball, 7 p.m., 3:30-6 p.m., Lawrence Arts Lawrence Arts Center, 940 Center, 940 N.H. N.H. Sounds for TomorPoker Night, 8 p.m., row Fest, a benefit for the Applebee’s, 2520 Iowa. American Cancer Society, Floyd the Barber, 8:30 4 p.m., South Park, 12th p.m., Pachamama’s, 800 and Massachusetts. N.H. Dinner Theater And Team trivia, 9 p.m., Sudan Missions FundJohnny’s West, 721 Wakaraiser, 6 p.m., First Southrusa Drive. ern Baptist Church, 4300 Ladies Night Free W. Sixth St. Bowling, 9:30 p.m., Royal Megan Leigh, 7 p.m., Crest Lanes, 933 Iowa. The Dynamite Saloon, 721 Mass. KU Theatre’s “OrWild Horse and Burro estes” by Euripides, 7:30 Adoption, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., p.m., Crafton-Preyer TheDouglas County Fairater, Murphy Hall, 1530 grounds, 21st and Harper Naismith Drive streets. Lawrence Opera Works: Acts of Highs and Perry Lecompton Farmers Market, 4-6:30 L.O.W.s!, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. p.m., U.S. Highway 24 Arnie Johnson and the and Ferguson Road. Lawrence Busker Fes- Midnight Special, 8 p.m., Knights of Columbus Hall, tival, 5 p.m., downtown 2206 E. 23rd St. Lawrence.
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