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Washington 80/62 New York 70/59 Miami 86/76 Atlanta 86/63 Detroit 83/63 Houston 86/73 Chicago 81/63 Minneapolis 84/65 Kansas City 79/67 El Paso 90/63 Denver 73/47 Billings 65/46 Los Angeles 69/57 San Francisco 64/54 Seattle 68/51 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: WEDNESDAY 80° 55° THURSDAY 85° 58° Mostly sunn y Some sun, a shower in the p.m. FRIDAY 86° 59° Mostly sunn y SATURDAY 86° 61° Mostly sunn y TODAY 77° 54° Cool with periods of sun; a p.m. t‑storm in spots. A t‑storm in spots early; otherwise, partly cloudy tonight. High ....................................................................... 74° Low ........................................................................ 55° Normal high ......................................................... 83° Normal low ........................................................... 56° Record high ........................................... 101° in 2000 Record low .............................................. 44° in 2010 Humidity noon today ........................................ 49% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.51" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.96" Season to date ................................................ 22.10" Normal season to date .................................. 23.16" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ........................................................... Good Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ...................... High Mold .........................Low Trees ............. Moderate Weeds ........... Moderate 6 Highest at 1 p.m. Today 5:46 a.m. 8:26 p.m. 10:55 p.m. 8:14 a.m. Wednesday 5:45 a.m. 8:27 p.m. 11:41 p.m. 9:07 a.m. 14 hr., 40 min. May29 Last Jun4 New First Jun12 Full Jun20 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........2.60 .......none atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.10 ......+0.20 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.50 ......+0.10 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.60 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......201.30 ......+0.10 atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......167.20 ......+0.10 BlackButte ....................460.84..............86,719 .....60.3% LakeOroville..................888.03.........3,351,979 .....89.7% LakeShasta .................1054.76.........4,196,464 .....92.2% LakeTrinity..................2295.48.........1,409,410 .....53.2% Whiskeytown...............1208.55............236,465 .....98.1% Weather Trivia ™ Which state reports the most occurrences of hail each year? Colorado Today Wednesday Anaheim 68/54/pc 68/56/pc Bakersfield 76/56/pc 76/57/pc Chula Vista 67/58/pc 67/58/pc Crescent City 58/49/pc 58/47/c Death Valley 89/59/pc 88/64/pc Eureka 60/50/sh 60/50/c Fremont 66/54/pc 66/53/pc Fresno 75/54/pc 78/54/pc Glendale 67/53/pc 67/55/pc Huntington Beach 66/57/pc 66/59/pc Irvine 67/56/pc 67/57/pc Lake Tahoe 48/35/t 53/34/t Long Beach 69/57/pc 69/58/pc Los Angeles 69/57/pc 70/58/pc Mammoth Mountain 52/31/t 55/33/t Modesto 76/53/pc 80/53/pc Monterey 63/53/pc 61/52/pc Moreno Valley 66/49/pc 66/50/pc Napa 69/51/pc 72/49/pc Needles 88/64/s 86/65/s Oakland 65/55/pc 65/54/pc Oxnard 66/54/pc 65/54/pc Redding 76/55/t 80/55/pc Riverside 68/50/pc 67/51/pc Sacramento 74/51/pc 77/51/pc San Bernardino 68/51/pc 68/52/pc San Diego 69/61/pc 68/62/pc San Francisco 64/54/pc 63/53/pc San Jose 67/54/pc 67/53/pc San Luis Obispo 67/52/pc 67/51/pc Santa Ana 68/57/pc 68/59/pc Santa Barbara 66/50/pc 65/50/pc Santa Clarita 68/50/pc 68/50/pc Stockton 73/50/pc 76/49/pc Ventura 66/54/pc 66/53/pc Yosemite Valley 57/41/pc 60/42/pc Today Wednesday Albuquerque 83/51/s 80/49/pc Atlanta 86/63/s 88/65/pc Baltimore 80/58/pc 84/61/s Boston 60/54/t 81/63/pc Buffalo 75/59/s 76/63/t Chicago 81/63/t 81/66/t Cincinnati 82/60/pc 85/66/t Dallas 87/73/t 87/74/pc Denver 73/47/t 73/46/t Detroit 83/63/s 80/66/t El Paso 90/63/s 92/63/s Fargo 86/60/pc 74/54/t Honolulu 85/74/sh 84/73/sh Houston 86/73/pc 86/74/pc Indianapolis 82/63/pc 82/65/t Kansas City 79/67/t 83/69/t Las Vegas 79/60/s 78/62/pc Louisville 84/65/pc 85/68/t Miami 86/76/t 86/76/t Minneapolis 84/65/pc 76/64/r New Orleans 87/73/pc 88/74/pc New York City 70/59/r 85/67/s Oklahoma City 83/69/t 88/72/pc Clouds and showers will still cool coastal areas of the Northeast today. Warmth will continue to build over the Southeast and Midwest and expand into more of the central Appalachians with sunshine. A corridor of thunderstorms will remain to affect the Central states as a multiple-day outbreak of severe weather continues. The greatest risk of large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes will extend from west-central Texas to Nebraska and southwestern Iowa. Most areas from North Dakota to New Mexico and southern Arizona can expect a dry day. High ................................. 99° in Pecos, TX Low ......................... 21° in Bridgeport, CA High ............ 118° in Jacobabad, Pakistan Low ... -14° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 68/52/c 69/52/c Buenos Aires 61/46/pc 63/44/pc Caracas 90/79/pc 90/75/pc Ensenada 70/52/pc 69/53/pc Mexico City 83/55/pc 84/57/pc Montreal 82/58/s 77/52/sh Rio de Janeiro 73/65/pc 76/64/pc Tijuana 68/56/pc 67/57/pc Toronto 83/61/s 80/56/pc Vancouver 66/51/c 64/50/pc Orlando 87/66/pc 88/66/pc Philadelphia 79/61/t 85/65/s Phoenix 89/65/s 89/64/s Pittsburgh 79/58/s 82/65/pc Portland, ME 60/49/sh 77/55/c Portland, OR 71/51/pc 66/50/c St. Louis 84/69/t 83/71/t Salt Lake City 72/50/t 69/49/t Seattle 68/51/pc 65/50/c Tucson 90/60/s 88/55/s Washington, DC 80/62/pc 84/66/s Cairo 86/63/s 91/74/s Casablanca 78/60/s 73/58/pc Johannesburg 64/40/s 64/43/pc Kinshasa 88/73/c 90/73/pc Lagos 85/74/t 88/76/t Nairobi 72/53/t 74/55/t Tripoli 91/63/s 97/74/s Baghdad 93/70/s 94/69/s Beijing 86/60/pc 87/63/pc Hong Kong 89/78/c 89/81/pc Jerusalem 66/56/pc 74/62/s Kabul 81/47/s 85/48/s Manila 92/82/t 92/82/t Melbourne 60/47/pc 62/52/sh New Delhi 106/79/t 105/83/t Seoul 73/58/r 78/58/pc Singapore 91/79/pc 91/79/t Sydney 69/51/s 69/52/pc Tehran 90/67/pc 85/59/pc Tokyo 82/69/pc 76/69/c Amsterdam 58/49/r 61/48/c Athens 80/62/s 79/61/pc Belgrade 68/54/t 70/56/t Berlin 77/58/t 71/57/c Budapest 69/54/c 76/55/t Dublin 59/45/pc 53/46/pc London 64/46/pc 59/47/c Madrid 77/55/pc 72/54/pc Moscow 68/51/r 69/50/sh Paris 62/46/pc 66/50/pc Rome 71/54/s 73/56/pc Stockholm 75/47/t 58/44/t Vienna 62/54/t 71/55/pc Zurich 58/41/r 70/49/pc 58/42 63/46 63/48 65/43 66/44 74/51 76/53 69/51 71/51 75/54 77/53 60/38 63/43 62/43 76/55 77/54 67/48 60/51 61/51 60/50 70/46 66/44 71/44 58/49 72/49 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 ByQassimAbdul-Zahra and Susannah George The Associated Press BAGHDAD Iraq's prime minister hailed "big suc- cesses" Monday by govern- ment troops after launch- ing an offensive to retake Fallujah from Islamic State militants, but the opera- tion promises to be one of the toughest challenges yet for the country's struggling security forces. Troops recaptured some agricultural areas in Garma, a district along the northeastern edge of Fallu- jah, under intensified Iraqi airstrikes and heavy artil- lery, said Col. Mahmoud al- Mardhi, who leads Shiite militia forces in the oper- ation. The U.S.-led coalition carried out two airstrikes, the Pentagon said, part of an aerial campaign that has seen an average of two bombings a day over the past week in the city about 40 miles west of Baghdad. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi toured the Fal- lujah front line dressed in the all- black fatigues of Iraq's elite counterter- rorism forces, saying the troops had achieved "more than what was planned for," and "big successes," but he did not elaborate. He had triumphantly an- nounced the start of the op- eration in a televised ad- dress late Sunday night, flanked by senior military commanders. The city has been under the control of Is- lamic State militants since January 2014. "The Iraqi flag will be raised high over the land of Fallujah," he vowed, saying it would be taken back from those who "kidnapped" it. Originally planned to start more than two months ago, the offensive was de- layed by political infight- ing and the deteriorating security situation in Bagh- dad, Abadi said. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said he does not believe the Iraqis have gotten into the city yet. The latest estimates put the number of IS fighters in all of Anbar province at about 1,000 and "dropping quickly," Davis said. The number of fighters in Fal- lujah also has been falling, he said, but he added that he did not have a firm num- ber. One previous coalition estimate put it at 500-700 fighters. The offensive follows a series of territorial gains over IS in western Iraq, but it still could delay plans to win back the second-largest city of Mosul, the focus of the U.S. plan to defeat the militants in Iraq and neigh- boring Syria. A number of other oper- ations announced by Iraqi leaders have faltered. A plan to retake Mosul was announced in March with much fanfare, but only a handful of villages near the city have been captured since then. The assault on Fallu- jah is the first major of- fensive in an urban area since Iraqi forces cleared Ramadi of IS fighters ear- lier this year. Despite be- ing declared a victory, Ra- madi stands largely unin- habitable. IS explosives and a punishing campaign of airstrikes destroyed thou- sands of homes and build- ings, and many still stand- ing are suspected of being bobby-trapped. More than 100 civilians died trying to return to Ramadi after IS was pushed out. While Ramadi was un- der IS control for less than a year, the extremists have controlled Fallujah for more than twice that time. The predominantly Sunni pro- vincial capital was the first Iraqi city to fall to IS, and it has long been a bastion of militancy opposed to the Shiite-led central govern- ment in Baghdad. During an insurgency waged by the IS group's pre- decessor, al-Qaeda in Iraq, Fallujah was the scene of some of the bloodiest urban combat with U.S. forces. In 2004, more than 100 U.S. troops died and another 1,000 were wounded fight- ing insurgents in house-to- house battles. Once home to more than 250,000 people, only about 60,000 to 100,000 civilians remain in Fallujah, accord- ing to the coalition and the United Nations. ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS Ir aq i le ad er c it es s uc ce ss in p us h to r et ak e Fa ll uj ah THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Iraqi security forces backed by Shiite and Sunni pro- government fighters preparing to attack Islamic State group positions in Fallujah, 40miles west of Baghdad, Iraq. 714WalnutSt., Red Bluff Your One Stop Convenience Store ONE STOP Red Truck Rock Yard, LLC 6041 Hwy 99W Corning 530-824-0773 • Standard Blends • Premium Blends • Special Blends • Also Available: Mushroom Compost Mulch • Worm Castings OpenMondaythroughFriday8:00amto5:00pm. 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