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Washington 66/44 New York 62/43 Miami 85/71 Atlanta 64/50 Detroit 65/41 Houston 83/66 Chicago 67/47 Minneapolis 73/56 Kansas City 75/57 El Paso 85/56 Denver 58/32 Billings 51/31 Los Angeles 76/59 San Francisco 68/51 Seattle 60/44 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: SATURDAY 84° 54° SUNDAY 88° 53° Mostly sunn y and ve ry warm Mostly sunn y and warmer MONDAY 88° 55° Mostly sunn y and ve ry warm TUESDAY 83° 53° Re maining wa rm with some sun TODAY 74° 50° Mostly sunny, breezy and pleasant. Mainly clear tonight. High ....................................................................... 61° Low ........................................................................ 42° Normal high ......................................................... 71° Normal low ........................................................... 47° Record high ............................................. 98° in 1947 Record low .............................................. 36° in 2003 Humidity noon today ........................................ 29% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.06" Month to date ................................................... 0.67" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.72" Season to date ................................................ 20.98" Normal season to date .................................. 21.36" 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 ............. Moderate Mold .........................Low Trees ............. Moderate Weeds ..................... Low 7 Highest at 1 p.m. Today 6:31 a.m. 7:48 p.m. 1:59 p.m. 3:12 a.m. Saturday 6:29 a.m. 7:49 p.m. 2:57 p.m. 3:48 a.m. 13 hr., 17 min. Apr21 Full Apr29 Last New May6 First May13 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........2.30 ....... -0.10 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......130.10 ....... -0.02 atOrdFerry................................114 ........97.70 ......+0.06 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.60 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......201.30 ....... -0.10 atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......167.40 ....... -0.08 BlackButte ....................461.17..............87,870 .....61.1% LakeOroville..................880.40.........3,237,379 .....86.6% LakeShasta .................1052.86.........4,142,878 .....91.0% LakeTrinity..................2295.21.........1,406,298 .....53.1% Whiskeytown...............1207.44............232,950 .....96.6% Weather Trivia ™ What is the average time a tornado remains on the ground? 10 minutes. Today Saturday Anaheim 78/55/s 84/56/s Bakersfield 70/48/s 81/53/s Chula Vista 70/53/pc 78/53/s Crescent City 58/44/pc 62/48/s Death Valley 81/62/s 90/61/s Eureka 60/42/s 65/47/s Fremont 70/47/s 78/51/s Fresno 72/50/s 78/54/s Glendale 76/57/s 82/58/s Huntington Beach 73/58/s 77/60/s Irvine 76/56/s 83/57/s Lake Tahoe 46/25/pc 57/27/s Long Beach 79/55/s 83/57/s Los Angeles 76/59/s 84/60/s Mammoth Mountain 50/24/s 60/24/s Modesto 74/50/s 79/51/s Monterey 62/47/s 69/51/s Moreno Valley 74/50/s 81/50/s Napa 73/49/s 79/46/s Needles 78/60/s 83/63/s Oakland 70/49/s 75/53/s Oxnard 71/51/s 75/52/s Redding 75/51/s 84/55/s Riverside 74/46/s 82/49/s Sacramento 73/51/s 82/51/s San Bernardino 76/55/s 83/57/s San Diego 70/57/pc 77/60/s San Francisco 68/51/s 74/54/s San Jose 70/48/s 79/53/s San Luis Obispo 73/47/s 80/51/s Santa Ana 75/56/s 82/57/s Santa Barbara 74/49/s 74/52/s Santa Clarita 72/50/s 82/54/s Stockton 74/46/s 80/50/s Ventura 72/51/s 75/53/s Yosemite Valley 61/34/pc 71/42/s Today Saturday Albuquerque 71/41/pc 56/38/c Atlanta 64/50/c 68/49/pc Baltimore 63/39/s 67/41/s Boston 52/40/s 52/41/pc Buffalo 63/38/s 66/41/s Chicago 67/47/s 72/48/s Cincinnati 74/48/s 75/47/s Dallas 78/62/pc 76/63/c Denver 58/32/t 38/28/sn Detroit 65/41/s 68/43/s El Paso 85/56/pc 72/46/pc Fargo 72/47/c 57/38/r Honolulu 84/71/sh 83/70/sh Houston 83/66/s 80/66/sh Indianapolis 73/48/s 73/47/s Kansas City 75/57/pc 74/55/pc Las Vegas 70/54/pc 77/59/s Louisville 75/50/s 76/50/s Miami 85/71/t 82/71/t Minneapolis 73/56/s 72/59/pc New Orleans 77/64/pc 76/66/pc New York City 62/43/s 66/44/s Oklahoma City 76/58/pc 72/58/c Dry conditions with sunshine will hold over much of the Northeast and Great Lakes today. After a cool start, the afternoon will be warm. Meanwhile, an area of clouds, rain and thunderstorms is fore- cast to continue over much of the Southern states. Storms can be locally severe in part of the Florida Peninsula. Most of the rain will stay south of the Carolinas. A large storm will gather strength and moisture over the High Plains. Gusty winds, warmth and severe thunderstorms will impact the High Plains this day. Rain and snow will fall on the interior West. High ........................... 91° in El Centro, CA Low ..................... 15° in Saranac Lake, NY High ..................... 115° in Tillabery, Niger Low ... -30° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 67/52/t 67/51/c Buenos Aires 77/64/r 73/56/r Caracas 88/77/pc 86/74/pc Ensenada 73/55/s 82/52/s Mexico City 84/51/pc 83/52/pc Montreal 53/31/s 57/35/s Rio de Janeiro 92/77/pc 90/77/s Tijuana 70/51/s 79/50/s Toronto 54/35/s 59/38/s Vancouver 57/43/pc 60/44/c Orlando 81/66/t 79/62/t Philadelphia 64/42/s 66/45/s Phoenix 80/57/pc 81/61/s Pittsburgh 70/42/s 72/44/s Portland, ME 55/33/s 55/36/s Portland, OR 62/44/c 73/50/pc St. Louis 74/54/pc 76/56/s Salt Lake City 51/40/sh 61/42/pc Seattle 60/44/c 66/49/pc Tucson 83/52/pc 75/50/pc Washington, DC 66/44/s 70/47/s Cairo 87/67/s 93/68/s Casablanca 73/52/s 75/57/c Johannesburg 79/54/s 78/54/s Kinshasa 92/76/t 89/76/t Lagos 93/80/t 91/80/t Nairobi 79/60/t 77/60/t Tripoli 79/60/pc 97/73/pc Baghdad 79/59/c 84/60/s Beijing 75/56/pc 72/47/pc Hong Kong 82/73/t 83/75/t Jerusalem 70/55/c 76/57/s Kabul 75/51/pc 71/53/pc Manila 95/83/s 96/82/s Melbourne 79/56/s 64/54/pc New Delhi 107/77/pc 109/80/pc Seoul 73/46/s 71/51/r Singapore 91/81/pc 91/80/pc Sydney 76/61/pc 78/63/pc Tehran 63/49/c 68/50/pc Tokyo 66/53/s 68/61/pc Amsterdam 54/47/t 50/40/sh Athens 78/58/s 77/59/s Belgrade 67/51/pc 80/56/pc Berlin 56/42/t 60/42/sh Budapest 66/46/pc 73/50/pc Dublin 48/33/sh 46/33/pc London 56/39/t 50/35/pc Madrid 68/52/pc 65/46/pc Moscow 55/38/c 49/32/r Paris 61/46/t 59/41/sh Rome 70/52/s 71/55/pc Stockholm 53/38/sh 51/38/sh Vienna 68/45/pc 71/48/c Zurich 55/44/t 59/46/t 54/31 56/30 58/35 59/35 60/27 73/51 72/49 73/49 71/40 73/49 74/51 52/23 54/24 58/28 75/51 74/50 66/38 61/48 61/48 60/42 67/40 59/34 60/34 58/44 59/34 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 ByScottSmith The Associated Press FRESNO International crime rings targeting Cal- ifornia's booming agricul- ture industry are increas- ingly stealing truckloads of high-value nuts, prompting authorities and the firms falling victim to ramp up efforts to break the spree costing millions. The sophisticated orga- nizations in many cases use high-tech tactics, hacking into trucking companies to steal their identities. Armed with false shipping papers, they pose as legit- imate truckers, driving off with loads of nuts such as almonds, walnuts or pista- chios valued at $150,000, and some worth $500,000 each. Days later, when a ship- ment fails to arrive to its intended destination, the nuts may already be in an- other state or on a ship destined for Europe or Asia, where they fetch top dollar on the black market, authorities say. Nut thefts hit an all-time high in California last year — with losses totaling $4.6 million from 31 reported cases, more than the three previous years combined, according to CargoNet, an alliance of cargo shipping firms and law enforcement agencies aimed at prevent- ing losses. Losses for all four years combined reached nearly $7.6 million, the group said. "It's made my life mis- erable," said Todd Cross- well, general manager of Caro Nut Co. Caro was victimized six times last year for a to- tal loss of $1.2 million. In each case, thieves stole ca- shews imported from Viet- nam and Africa that were roasted, salted and pack- aged in Fresno. "You get hit with that kind of loss — it hurts," Crosswell said. The value of nuts grown and processed in Califor- nia, the nation's leading agricultural state, have soared in recent years as global demand for the health-food snack grows in places such as China and emerging economies. California produces more almonds, walnuts and pistachios than any other state, with a com- bined value of $9.3 billion in 2014. Almonds alone were valued at $5.9 billion, according to the U.S. De- partment of Agriculture. The high value of nuts grabbed the attention of criminal organizations, who are exploiting weak- nesses in the cargo ship- ping industry to reap big profits, said Dan Bryant, supervisory special agent for the violent and orga- nized crimes programs of the FBI Sacramento office. Bryant declined to iden- tify any organizations un- der suspicion, citing an ongoing criminal investi- gation. "It's not just some teen- age kids ripping off nuts," he said. "These are sophis- ticated people." Local authorities also are taking action. One state lawmaker has intro- duced a bill to fund a state- wide taskforce targeting all types of cargo thefts. And law enforcement of- ficials and nut processors met Thursday to share in- formation to help prevent more nut thefts. CALIFORNIA Thievestargetingalmonds,walnuts By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON In the midst of an epic El Niño, federal meteorologists say its flip side, La Niña, is around the corner. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin- istration's Climate Predic- tion Center on Thursday reported that the current strong El Niño is weak- ening but likely to stick around a couple more months. At the same time, NOAA issued a formal watch for a fall arrival of La Niña, saying there is a 70 percent chance for the flip side of El Niño. Prediction center deputy director Mike Halpert said it often means dry weather for the U.S. Southwest and parts of California, which haven't quite recovered from a four-year drought. "A dry winter next year won't be good, I can assure you of that," Halpert said. What may be truly con- fusing is this summer's At- lantic hurricane season, Halpert said. At the start of the summer, Earth may still be in the tail end of an El Niño, which often re- duces the number of Atlan- tic hurricanes. But by the time the hurricane season hits its fall peak, it should be a La Niña, which tends to increase the number of storms. La Niña often means wetter winters in the Pacific Northwest and Ohio Valley and drier in the south, espe- cially Florida, Halpert said. It often means fewer East Coast snowstorms, but a bit colder weather, especially in the Northern Plains, with the Northeast more a wild card, he said. El Niño is the natural warming of parts of the Pacific that alters weather worldwide that occurs ev- ery several years and last nearly a year. La Niña, with cooler Pacific waters, lasts a bit longer. La Niña "largely is kind of a reverse of what we see" in El Niño, Halpert said. "Brazil should be wet in- stead of dry. South Africa should be wet instead of dry." WEATHER El Niño weakens, here comes La Niña | WEATHER | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 10 A