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By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON » Relief may be on the way for a weather- weary United States with the predicted warming of the central Pacific Ocean brewing this year that will likely change weather world - wide. But it won't be for the better everywhere. The warming, called an El Nino, is expected to lead to fewer Atlantic hurricanes and more rain next winter for drought-stricken Cali - fornia and southern states, and even a milder winter for the nation's frigid northern tier next year, meteorolo - gists say. While it could be good news to lessen the south- western U.S. drought and shrink heating bills next winter in the far north, "worldwide it can be quite a different story," said North Carolina State University atmospheric sciences pro - fessor Ken Kunkel. "Some areas benefit. Some don't." Globally, it can mean an even hotter year coming up and billions of dollars in losses for food crops. The National Oceanic At - mospheric and Administra- tion issued an official El Nino watch Thursday. An El Nino is a warming of the central Pacific once every few years, from a combination of wind and waves in the tropics. It shakes up climate around the world, changing rain and temperature patterns. Mike Halpert, acting di - rector of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, says the El Nino warming should de- velop by this summer, but that there are no guarantees. Although early signs are ap- pearing already a few hun- dred feet below the ocean surface, meteorologists say an El Nino started to brew in 2012 and then shut down suddenly and unexpectedly. Scientif ic studies have tied El Ninos to farming and fishing problems and to upticks in insect-born dis - ease, such as malaria. pAcIfIc El N in o: G oo d ne ws for U.S. weather woes In this March 25, 1998 file photo, Enrique Lagunas digs a trench to redirect water toward a street in Laguna Beach aer heavy rains from an El Nino storm hit Southern California. OraNgE COuNty rEgIStEr, BruCE ChaMBErS — thE aSSOCIatEd PrESS Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Willows Paynes Creek Paskenta Colusa La Porte Yuba City Grass Valley Quincy Nevada City Strawberry Valley Gridley Bangor Chester Corning Butte Meadows Magalia Paradise Elk Creek Orland Red Bluff Chico Westwood Oroville National forecast Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Prec.-24-hour precipitation total Regional outlook HOW TO READ THIS MAP City name Today's 75/43 High/low forecast 75/43/0.05 Yesterday's High/low/precipitation *Estimated NATIONAL CITIES CALIFORNIA CITIES ALMANAC Temperatures Valley Foothills Valley Foothills Valley Foothills Valley Foothills Valley Foothills 24-hour Month Season City total to date to date PRECIPITATION TOTALS Precipitation EXTREMES Global National (for the 48 contiguous states) LAKE LEVELS Storage From crest Chng Inflow Release Lake (acre-feet) (feet) (feet) (cfs) (cfs) RIVER LEVELS Sacramento River Feather River River / Location Flood stage Level Change SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period schedule allows planning days so you will be fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover during those times. Major periods begin at the times shown and last for 1.5 to 2 hours. The minor periods are shorter. Major Minor Major Minor Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset SKY WATCH ALLERGY REPORT Pollen levels Source: National Allergy Bureau AIR QUALITY FORECAST City Today's air quality What it means: 0-50: Good; 51-100: Moderate; 101-150: Unhealthy for sensitive people; 151+: Unhealthy for all. Source: airnow.gov As of 7 a.m. yesterday Lake Oroville 1,483,131 171.75 +1.75 7065 649 Shasta Lake 1,876,668 117.02 +1.45 14396 2383 In feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Hamilton City 148.0 131.00 -1.60 Vina-Woodson Bridge 183.0 168.50 -1.00 Ord Ferry 114.0 99.00 -2.70 Yuba City 80.2 39.00 +0.40 Gridley 103.8 72.80 +0.20 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 Chico .................................................................. Good Gridley ............................................................... Good Paradise ............................................................. Good Yesterday Today Yesterday Today Albuquerque 62/34/0.00 67/39/pc Anchorage 29/16/Trace 31/15/s Atlanta 47/37/0.05 56/43/r Boise 59/49/0.19 54/35/pc Boston 25/11/Trace 38/28/pc Charlotte 41/33/0.27 41/32/i Chicago 33/16/0.00 42/23/pc Cleveland 38/17/0.00 45/29/s Dallas 56/42/Trace 69/49/pc Denver 62/33/0.00 43/23/r Des Moines 39/21/Trace 40/18/c Detroit 26/13/0.00 39/28/pc El Paso 72/44/0.00 77/52/pc Honolulu 81/66/0.02 82/69/sh Houston 61/44/0.00 68/49/pc Indianapolis 42/18/0.00 50/31/s Kansas City 48/24/0.00 53/28/c Las Vegas 77/53/0.00 72/55/s Miami 86/67/0.44 81/59/pc Milwaukee 24/16/0.00 40/21/pc Minneapolis 26/12/0.00 34/8/i Nashville 52/28/0.00 59/37/s New Orleans 54/47/Trace 61/48/s New York City 31/16/0.00 40/32/c Oklahoma City 55/34/0.11 69/38/pc Omaha 40/25/0.00 43/18/c Orlando 70/60/0.25 71/48/pc Philadelphia 34/21/0.00 40/30/c Phoenix 79/58/0.00 81/59/pc Pittsburgh 37/17/0.00 48/30/s Portland, OR 56/50/0.10 61/40/c St. Louis 48/25/0.00 60/36/pc Salt Lake City 62/48/Trace 50/32/pc Seattle 56/51/0.71 57/42/c Washington, DC 36/26/0.00 40/31/r Alameda 65/53/0.26 64/46/pc Anaheim 72/55/0.00 78/55/pc Avalon 68/53/0.00 72/59/pc Bakersfield 75/56/0.00 68/47/s Barstow 80/55/0.00 73/49/s Big Bear 59/34/0.00 54/32/s Bishop 74/40/0.00 61/32/s Crescent City 57/53/0.03 57/42/pc Death Valley 88/57/0.00 80/61/s El Centro 90/56/0.00 83/55/s Escondido 75/55/0.00 74/52/pc Eureka 60/55/0.03 55/39/pc Lake Tahoe 51/39/0.50 50/18/s Long Beach 67/57/0.00 72/53/pc Los Angeles 72/57/0.00 77/55/pc Mammoth Mountain 57/28/0.16 51/25/s Modesto 69/58/0.05 69/45/s Monterey 64/57/0.04 66/46/pc Napa 64/50/0.26 67/44/pc Needles 88/57/0.00 81/59/s Newport Beach 64/58/0.00 68/55/pc Oakland 65/52/0.27 65/46/pc Oxnard 67/53/0.00 75/49/s Palm Springs 88/61/0.00 83/61/s Pasadena 75/56/0.00 77/52/pc Paso Robles 73/54/0.00 75/38/s Red Bluff 68/55/Trace 72/42/pc Redding 63/48/0.26 72/43/pc Sacramento 67/53/0.28 70/42/pc Salinas 67/57/0.04 69/44/pc San Bernardino 76/55/0.00 75/53/s San Diego 70/60/0.00 68/54/pc San Francisco 63/54/0.16 65/47/pc San Gabriel 74/59/0.00 81/55/pc San Jose 67/55/0.02 67/47/pc San Luis Obispo 69/55/0.00 77/48/pc Santa Ana 69/59/0.00 75/56/pc Santa Barbara 83/55/0.00 75/45/s Santa Monica 68/57/0.00 75/53/pc Santa Rosa 63/47/0.36 69/39/pc Stockton 67/54/0.24 69/42/s Ukiah 63/50/0.32 69/37/pc Vallejo 64/53/0.26 65/47/pc Ventura 72/56/0.00 74/49/s Yosemite Valley 61/44/0.24 62/35/s 71/42 70/40 65/42 71/44 67/42 56/31 71/42 57/35 70/43 64/42 63/36 64/41 61/39 70/43 69/44 69/43 72/42 58/33 59/36 67/43 72/45 71/45 N.A./N.A./N.A. *63/52/0.08 *54/47/0.63 68/55/0.01 *48/39/0.29 N.A./N.A./N.A. *57/47/0.18 *46/38/0.27 *67/53/0.14 *47/39/0.65 68/54/0.55 *56/47/0.57 *53/41/0.31 *55/46/0.51 *51/42/0.63 *65/53/0.30 *62/51/0.52 *62/49/0.12 *48/41/0.23 56/50/1.37 *65/52/0.06 68/56/0.33 High ............................................ 90° at Thermal, CA Low ................................... -28° at Saranac Lake, NY High ........................... 111° at Roebourne, Australia Low ............................. -50° at Yekyuchchyu, Russia 24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.33" Record precipitation ............................ 2.00" (2000) Month to date ................................................... 2.02" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.83" Season to date ................................................ 10.51" Normal season to date .................................. 19.94" Enterprise-Record building through 5 p.m. yest. Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ....................... Low Mold ......................... Low Trees ............. Moderate Weeds ................ Absent 69/43 69/57/0.46 Today 5:12 a.m. 11:24 a.m. 5:36 p.m. 11:49 p.m. Saturday 7:00 a.m. 12:48 a.m. 7:24 p.m. 1:12 p.m. Sunday 7:44 a.m. 1:33 a.m. 8:08 p.m. 1:56 p.m. Today 6:32 a.m. 6:06 p.m. 10:31 a.m. 12:16 a.m. Saturday 6:30 a.m. 6:07 p.m. 11:17 a.m. 1:09 a.m. Hours of sunlight 11 hr., 34 min. Mar 8 Mar 16 Mar 23 Mar 30 Periods of clouds and sunshine Cloudy with a chance of rain Partly sunny Partly sunny 70° 49° TO DA Y 71 ° 6 7° 69 ° 6 5° 65° 68 ° 45° 43 ° 4 7° 47 ° 4 4° 43 ° Pa rtly sunn y SA TU RD AY 72 ° 49° SUNDAY MONDAY 71° 46° TUESDAY 73° 46° Orland N.A. 2.12 8.30 Oroville 0.46 2.60 11.14 Paradise 1.37 5.47 26.26 Red Bluff 0.01 1.15 9.48 Willows N.A. 2.10 9.87 Local amounts through 5 p.m. yesterday High/low ........................................................ 68°/56° Normal high/low .......................................... 65°/40° Record high .............................................. 81° (1913) Record low ............................................... 25° (1956) Humidity at noon today .................................... 41% Total days 100° and above this year ...................... 0 The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. TODAY'S UV INDEX Moderate Highest at 11 a.m. 4 By David crary The Associated Press NEW YORK » America's top doll, Barbie, finds herself in controversy once again, this time over a business partnership between her manufacturer, Mattel, and the Girl Scouts. On Thursday, two con - sumer advocacy groups often critical of corporate advertising tactics — the Campaign for a Commer - cial-Free Childhood and the Center for a New American Dream — criticized Barbie as a flawed role model for little girls and launched a petition drive urging the Girl Scouts of the USA to end the partnership. The Girls Scouts said they would not do so. Just a few weeks ago, Mattel incurred w ide - spread criticism — as well as some accolades — for let- ting Barbie be featured in Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit edition. The Girl Scouts' part - nership with Mattel, an- nounced last August, in- cludes a Barbie-themed ac- tivity book, a website, and a Barbie participation patch — the first Girl Scout uni- form patch with corporate sponsorship. "Holding Barbie, the quintessential fashion doll, up as a role model for Girl Scouts simultaneously sex - ualizes young girls, ide- alizes an impossible body type, and undermines the Girl Scouts' vital mission to build 'girls of courage, confidence and character,'" said Susan Linn, director of the Boston-based commer - cial-free childhood organi- zation. She said the Barbie patch — targeted at 5-to-8-year- old Daisies and Brownies — would transform these girls into "walking adver - tisements." "This is product place- ment at its worst," said New American Dream's execu- tive director, Wendy Phil- leo, who described herself as a longtime admirer of the Girl Scouts. "Our children are al - ready being bombarded by marketers' pitches at stores, at home, online, on TV, and in school," said Philleo, whose Charlottes - ville, Va.-based group tries to counter the commercial- ization of American cul- ture. The Girl Scouts' national headquarters in New York rejected the groups' appeal. "Our partnership with Mattel focuses on career exploration and teaches g i rl s a b out i n spi r i n g women in a fun way," said spokeswoman Kelly Parisi. "We stand behind this part - nership, as it helps us bring to over 2 million Girl Scouts the message that they can do anything." That's the essence of the Barbie uniform patch — a bright pink oval with a gold- letter slogan stitched on it: "Be anything. 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