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The Associated Press PACIFICA A beached humpback whale was dis- covered south of San Fran- cisco, marking the second dead whale to wash ashore in less than three weeks. The 32-foot female whale is within sight of the car- cass of a sperm whale that was discovered dead in mid-April. This is the third dead whale found in the San Francisco Bay Area this year. Marine Mammal Center spokeswoman Laura Sherr said Sue Pemberton from the California Academy of Sciences is at the beach to assess whether they would be able to examine the ani- mal. Sherr says the carcass is in the waves so it is un- likely that a team would be able to safely perform a nec- ropsy Tuesday. Officials say the whale was spotted four or five days ago floating in the surf. Last month, a 50-foot sperm whale washed ashore at Mori Point on the south end of Sharp Park State Beach in Pacifica. Biologists were unable to determine the cause of death for that whale, how- ever. Researchers found no broken bones in the first whale. There was some hemorrhaging in the mus- cles, but not enough to clearly indicate blunt force trauma. The whale was emaciated, but had some squid beaks in its stomach, indicating it had been eat- ing. The two strandings in the last few weeks could be a coincidence. Strong onshore winds in the area could also force carcasses onto the beach. . "We're hopeful that con- ditions on the beach im- prove, allowing us to con- duct a necropsy on this an- imal, as every stranding represents an opportunity for us to learn more about this species and our ocean environment," said Lauren Rust, Research Biologist at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. "There tend to be peaks in whale strand- ings in the spring and fall, aligned with the migration and calving season." NECROPSY PLANNED Second beached whale found south of San Francisco ERICRISBERG—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Waves come in around a beached humpback whale Tuesday in Pacifica. By Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Forest Service warned Tuesday of an "above average" fire season that could cost the agency more than $1 billion and require shifting funds from programs designed to pre- vent wildfires. Tom Tidwell testified be- fore the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Commit- tee that the fire season is 60 to 80 days longer than it was just 15 years ago, and he didn't expect any falloff. "These are the fire seasons we're going to continue to have," he said. California and several other Western states are battling severe drought, increasing the risk of wild- fires. Tidwell estimated that the agency's cost of fight- ing wildfires this year would be in the range of $800 million to $1.7 billion. The Forest Service and the Department of Interior can transfer money from other programs once their fire suppressions accounts have been depleted. But Tidwell called that process self-defeating because it re- quires the agencies to delay work designed to limit the threat of wildfires. Lawmakers agreed that changes are needed, but they differ on key details that could make consen- sus difficult. There's some bipartisan support for the administration's efforts to make the biggest forest fires eligible for disaster funding. Two Republican members of the commit- tee, Jeff Flake of Arizona and John Barrasso of Wy- oming favor an approach that places more empha- sis on forest management projects to prevent wild- fires, including a speedier environmental review pro- cess for those projects. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the committee's chairman, said residents in her state are worried about the coming fire season. She said she vis- ited Fairbanks recently and couldn't remember another beginning of May with no snow on the ground. The ranking Democrat on the committee, Sen. Maria Cantwell of Wash- ington, called for Tidwell to work with other agen- cies to improve communi- cations services during a forest fire. FIREFIGHTING Forest Service chief expects busy season Thank you! PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Washington 83/63 New York 67/57 Miami 82/72 Atlanta 82/58 Detroit 75/56 Houston 84/70 Chicago 75/59 Minneapolis 81/62 Kansas City 73/63 El Paso 84/58 Denver 64/42 Billings 61/39 Los Angeles 68/56 San F rancis co 66/52 Seattle 61/43 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: THURSDAY 80° 55° FRIDAY 85° 54° Abundant sunshine Some sun, breezy and pleasant SATURDAY 89° 56° Sunn y and ve ry wa rm SUNDAY 88° 57° A sho we r in the afternoon TODAY 81° 57° Mostly sunny, breezy and pleasant. Partly cloudy and breezy tonight. High ....................................................................... 78° Low ........................................................................ 53° Normal high ......................................................... 78° Normal low ........................................................... 51° Record high ........................................... 102° in 1992 Record low .............................................. 37° in 1975 Humidity noon today ........................................ 17% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.00" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.25" Season to date ................................................ 19.67" Normal season to date .................................. 23.07" 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 ..................... Low 7 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 6:03 a.m. 8:09 p.m. 10:47 p.m. 8:07 a.m. Thursday 6:02 a.m. 8:10 p.m. 11:40 p.m. 8:58 a.m. 14 hr., 06 min. May11 Last May17 New First May25 Full Jun2 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........2.70 ......+0.10 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.11 ......+0.01 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.62 ......+0.02 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.60 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......201.30 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......167.16 ....... -0.04 BlackButte ....................455.09..............67,945 .....47.3% LakeOroville..................758.26.........1,755,859 .....47.0% LakeShasta ...................990.72.........2,631,509 .....57.8% LakeTrinity..................2272.16.........1,159,865 .....43.8% Whiskeytown...............1208.31............235,702 .....97.8% Weather Trivia ™ How much does the Earth's atmosphere weigh? Approximately 5,600 trillion tons. Today Thursday Anaheim 68/54/pc 65/51/c Bakersfield 82/53/s 70/52/t Chula Vista 65/56/pc 64/55/c Crescent City 54/43/s 56/45/pc Death Valley 91/64/pc 81/54/pc Eureka 56/41/s 60/42/s Fremont 73/43/s 68/47/pc Fresno 80/52/s 71/52/t Glendale 67/53/pc 63/50/c Huntington Beach 66/57/pc 65/55/c Irvine 64/57/pc 63/55/c Lake Tahoe 57/29/t 47/31/t Long Beach 69/58/pc 66/55/c Los Angeles 68/56/pc 66/55/c Mammoth Mountain 62/31/t 46/26/t Modesto 79/52/s 74/53/t Monterey 61/51/pc 61/50/t Moreno Valley 69/48/pc 62/44/c Napa 71/44/s 72/48/pc Needles 89/64/s 83/56/pc Oakland 67/51/pc 68/52/pc Oxnard 65/52/pc 64/50/c Redding 80/57/s 80/58/pc Riverside 69/49/pc 62/48/c Sacramento 80/54/s 73/51/t San Bernardino 69/48/pc 63/44/c San Diego 66/59/pc 65/59/c San Francisco 66/52/pc 66/53/pc San Jose 70/50/s 68/51/pc San Luis Obispo 64/50/pc 61/49/t Santa Ana 67/58/pc 64/56/c Santa Barbara 68/50/pc 64/51/c Santa Clarita 68/50/pc 61/47/c Stockton 80/52/s 74/51/t Ventura 66/53/pc 65/51/c Yosemite Valley 71/41/t 57/40/t Today Thursday Albuquerque 71/48/c 73/48/pc Atlanta 82/58/s 85/61/pc Baltimore 79/56/t 78/57/pc Boston 72/54/pc 79/56/s Buffalo 71/52/pc 76/56/s Chicago 75/59/sh 83/63/pc Cincinnati 84/61/pc 84/61/pc Dallas 80/67/t 80/67/t Denver 64/42/t 59/41/c Detroit 75/56/pc 82/60/pc El Paso 84/58/s 82/60/s Fargo 75/59/t 72/38/r Honolulu 82/69/pc 82/70/pc Houston 84/70/pc 86/71/pc Indianapolis 83/61/pc 83/61/pc Kansas City 73/63/t 79/60/t Las Vegas 84/61/pc 76/52/pc Louisville 86/65/pc 88/65/pc Miami 82/72/t 85/73/t Minneapolis 81/62/t 77/55/t New Orleans 82/68/pc 84/70/pc New York City 67/57/sh 76/60/s Oklahoma City 79/64/t 77/65/t As cooler air and some sunshine push into New England, clouds and spotty showers and thunderstorms will trim temperatures over the mid-Atlantic. Much of the South and the Ohio Valley will remain very warm with some sunshine. A storm system that may develop tropical characteristics will continue to bring showers and thunderstorms to the Florida Peninsula with rough surf expanding northward on the Atlantic coast. Farther west, showers and locally heavy thunderstorms will continue to affect many areas from the Plains to the Rockies. High ............................... 90° in Dryden, TX Low ........................ 24° in Embarrass, MN High .................... 118° in Matam, Senegal Low ... -39° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 67/50/pc 67/51/c Buenos Aires 61/45/pc 61/47/s Caracas 88/76/s 88/76/s Ensenada 63/49/pc 61/50/c Mexico City 80/55/pc 79/53/t Montreal 76/47/s 79/51/s Rio de Janeiro 75/68/t 75/67/r Tijuana 66/56/pc 66/55/c Toronto 69/50/s 75/52/pc Vancouver 59/42/s 64/47/s Orlando 85/67/pc 87/65/pc Philadelphia 76/57/c 81/60/pc Phoenix 88/64/c 85/61/s Pittsburgh 80/56/pc 85/62/pc Portland, ME 74/49/s 79/47/pc Portland, OR 64/45/pc 72/48/pc St. Louis 86/67/pc 85/68/pc Salt Lake City 66/50/t 69/49/t Seattle 61/43/pc 69/47/s Tucson 85/57/s 83/55/s Washington, DC 83/63/t 82/62/pc Cairo 86/63/s 88/66/s Casablanca 77/57/s 85/56/s Johannesburg 78/49/s 72/47/s Kinshasa 91/72/t 87/72/t Lagos 90/77/t 89/79/t Nairobi 79/59/c 78/60/t Tripoli 99/71/s 93/66/s Baghdad 96/69/s 95/66/pc Beijing 73/49/pc 76/51/s Hong Kong 88/81/sh 88/81/sh Jerusalem 83/56/pc 83/57/s Kabul 84/52/pc 81/52/pc Manila 96/81/s 96/80/s Melbourne 57/47/sh 60/51/sh New Delhi 108/81/pc 108/84/pc Seoul 67/45/pc 74/49/pc Singapore 90/79/t 90/79/t Sydney 67/52/s 70/52/s Tehran 80/63/t 81/61/t Tokyo 73/64/pc 76/64/s Amsterdam 59/47/sh 58/45/c Athens 84/67/s 84/67/pc Belgrade 90/62/pc 73/52/t Berlin 68/48/pc 62/45/pc Budapest 81/54/pc 73/47/pc Dublin 54/37/sh 53/39/pc London 58/47/sh 62/48/pc Madrid 72/50/pc 83/56/s Moscow 57/34/s 59/36/s Paris 62/45/pc 63/48/pc Rome 77/58/pc 78/55/pc Stockholm 64/43/pc 62/42/sh Vienna 71/51/t 70/45/pc Zurich 64/46/c 65/45/pc 64/35 70/42 63/42 63/39 68/43 80/54 79/52 71/44 73/43 80/54 80/58 55/35 60/34 63/40 80/57 81/57 70/43 60/47 64/45 56/41 66/40 61/38 62/35 54/43 60/34 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 MANSELL FIREARMS TRAINING Calif. 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