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9 8 Washington 92/73 New York 88/70 Miami 88/78 Atlanta 92/74 Detroit 80/60 Houston 93/76 Chicago 78/61 Minneapolis 77/56 Kansas City 81/57 El Paso 80/67 Denver 82/56 Billings 96/64 Los Angeles 86/63 San Francisco 71/58 Seattle 68/56 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 91° 59° FRIDAY 87° 59° Sunshine and pat ch y clouds Plenty of sun SATURDAY 88° 58° Sunshine SUNDAY 89° 59° Plenty of sunshine TODAY 90° 59° Mostly sunny. A starlit sky tonight. High ....................................................................... 88° Low ........................................................................ 64° Normal high ......................................................... 93° Normal low ........................................................... 61° Record high ........................................... 110° in 1968 Record low .............................................. 51° in 1946 Humidity noon today ........................................ 30% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.00" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.13" Season to date ................................................ 23.37" Normal season to date .................................. 24.14" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .......................................................... Moderate Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ................................................... Moderate Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ....................... Low Mold .........................Low Trees ....................... Low Weeds ........... Moderate 6 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 6:36 a.m. 7:42 p.m. 5:53 a.m. 7:25 p.m. Thursday 6:37 a.m. 7:40 p.m. 6:53 a.m. 7:57 p.m. 13 hr., 06 min. Sep1 New Sep9 First Full Sep16 Last Sep23 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........4.20 .......none atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......130.18 ....... -0.02 atOrdFerry................................114 ........97.58 ....... -0.02 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......239.30 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......202.00 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......167.72 ......+0.02 BlackButte ....................445.29..............42,389 .....29.5% LakeOroville..................769.10.........1,862,458 .....49.8% LakeShasta .................1014.61.........3,158,673 .....69.4% LakeTrinity..................2262.49.........1,067,021 .....40.3% Whiskeytown...............1208.60............236,624 .....98.1% Weather Trivia ™ Has there ever been a season without an Atlantic hurricane? Yes, in 1907 and 1914. Today Thursday Anaheim 92/63/s 88/62/pc Bakersfield 96/68/s 95/66/s Chula Vista 82/66/pc 81/64/pc Crescent City 63/52/pc 60/51/pc Death Valley 116/84/s 114/79/s Eureka 65/54/pc 62/52/pc Fremont 77/59/s 74/58/pc Fresno 94/63/s 94/61/s Glendale 92/63/s 89/61/pc Huntington Beach 81/66/pc 78/65/pc Irvine 86/64/s 83/63/pc Lake Tahoe 77/39/s 75/46/s Long Beach 87/66/pc 85/66/pc Los Angeles 86/63/s 84/62/pc Mammoth Mountain 81/40/s 81/36/s Modesto 90/61/s 89/58/s Monterey 67/56/pc 64/56/pc Moreno Valley 100/63/s 97/60/s Napa 83/55/s 80/51/pc Needles 109/86/s 107/84/s Oakland 73/60/pc 70/59/pc Oxnard 75/61/s 75/60/pc Redding 91/59/s 91/57/s Riverside 101/64/s 98/60/s Sacramento 88/58/s 86/55/s San Bernardino 101/66/s 98/62/s San Diego 79/67/pc 78/66/pc San Francisco 71/58/pc 69/58/pc San Jose 78/60/s 75/57/pc San Luis Obispo 82/58/s 79/56/pc Santa Ana 84/67/pc 82/66/pc Santa Barbara 79/59/s 77/58/pc Santa Clarita 98/66/s 94/62/s Stockton 87/57/s 87/55/s Ventura 76/61/s 75/61/pc Yosemite Valley 89/59/s 89/57/s Today Thursday Albuquerque 77/59/t 80/62/t Atlanta 92/74/s 93/72/c Baltimore 90/70/pc 83/62/t Boston 86/69/pc 77/64/sh Buffalo 79/62/pc 74/57/pc Chicago 78/61/pc 72/59/pc Cincinnati 86/66/t 78/59/s Dallas 94/76/pc 92/74/t Denver 82/56/pc 86/58/pc Detroit 80/60/pc 75/56/s El Paso 80/67/t 84/68/t Fargo 80/58/pc 81/62/s Honolulu 87/78/pc 88/77/pc Houston 93/76/s 94/77/s Indianapolis 82/62/t 76/59/s Kansas City 81/57/pc 80/56/s Las Vegas 105/82/s 103/80/s Louisville 89/70/t 82/64/s Miami 88/78/t 91/79/t Minneapolis 77/56/s 75/58/s New Orleans 95/80/s 98/81/s New York City 88/70/pc 81/66/sh Oklahoma City 86/69/t 83/63/t Two tropical systems will impact the nation today. One storm will move away from North Carolina with diminishing showers, winds and seas. Another storm over the Gulf of Mexico will cause thunder- storms, winds and seas to ramp up along the west coast of Florida. Most areas from southern New England to the interior South and the central Gulf Coast will be sunny with only sparse thunderstorm activity. Thunderstorms are forecast to be much more numerous from Texas and New Mexico to up- state New York and northern New England. These storms can cause localized flash flooding. High .......................... 114° in Thermal, CA Low ............................... 27° in Walden, CO High ......................... 124° in Nasiriya, Iraq Low ..... -1° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 67/47/pc 67/48/c Buenos Aires 69/44/pc 55/42/r Caracas 87/76/pc 87/77/t Ensenada 90/62/pc 88/62/pc Mexico City 76/55/t 74/57/t Montreal 80/60/c 74/56/pc Rio de Janeiro 85/71/t 78/71/t Tijuana 86/67/pc 83/65/pc Toronto 83/58/c 74/55/pc Vancouver 66/56/c 64/53/sh Orlando 86/76/t 84/76/r Philadelphia 91/72/pc 83/65/sh Phoenix 104/83/s 101/82/s Pittsburgh 82/63/pc 76/56/pc Portland, ME 85/64/pc 78/60/pc Portland, OR 71/57/c 67/55/sh St. Louis 87/66/t 82/61/s Salt Lake City 98/73/s 93/71/s Seattle 68/56/sh 66/53/sh Tucson 95/75/pc 95/74/pc Washington, DC 92/73/pc 86/67/t Cairo 93/74/s 94/77/s Casablanca 83/66/s 85/69/pc Johannesburg 78/47/s 76/47/s Kinshasa 86/70/pc 88/71/pc Lagos 85/76/c 85/77/c Nairobi 74/52/pc 72/53/c Tripoli 99/77/s 101/74/s Baghdad 119/85/s 113/80/s Beijing 92/66/pc 80/65/c Hong Kong 88/82/pc 90/82/t Jerusalem 84/67/s 83/65/s Kabul 83/58/s 79/53/pc Manila 89/80/t 89/79/c Melbourne 63/49/r 60/49/pc New Delhi 90/76/t 90/80/t Seoul 70/67/r 85/69/r Singapore 88/78/t 86/78/t Sydney 71/53/r 71/58/s Tehran 96/77/s 98/77/s Tokyo 88/77/s 88/75/s Amsterdam 76/60/pc 71/53/pc Athens 92/75/s 89/73/s Belgrade 81/57/s 83/59/s Berlin 77/55/s 77/56/pc Budapest 78/51/s 80/56/s Dublin 65/48/pc 65/55/c London 75/56/pc 75/55/pc Madrid 91/67/pc 91/64/s Moscow 64/48/c 65/50/s Paris 82/57/s 81/56/s Rome 83/67/t 84/67/s Stockholm 72/57/pc 70/52/pc Vienna 76/54/s 80/60/s Zurich 80/60/t 78/56/pc 86/47 95/51 89/53 89/52 94/46 88/58 89/57 83/55 84/53 89/60 89/60 80/37 82/36 85/45 91/59 90/59 80/52 68/55 70/55 65/54 79/50 81/47 85/51 63/52 84/54 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 ByScottMayerowitz and David Koenig The Associated Press NEW YORK Every few months, a pilot somewhere in the world is stopped be- fore a jet takes off because of suspicion of drunken- ness. It makes headlines and gives nervous travel- ers another reason to avoid flying. Despite their notoriety, such cases are extremely rare. Each day, there are 90,000 flights around the world, carrying more than 8 million people. And the overwhelming majority of pilots in those cockpits are sober. Pilots take being fit to fly seriously and act accord- ingly," says former US Air- ways pilot John M. Cox, now CEO of the consulting firm Safety Operating Systems. "Pilots know they are one of the most carefully moni- tored professions and there- fore, are very conservative." There are occasional lapses. The latest incident occurred Saturday morning when two United Airlines pilots were pulled from their flight — and arrested — as they prepared to fly 141 passengers from Scotland to the United States. But don't think this will end the pilots' careers. United has removed both men from flying duties — for now. Many pilots caught drinking on the job have later returned to the skies. The United pilots, Paul Brady Grebenc, 35, and Carlos Roberto Licona, 45, were released on bail Mon- day. Grebenc, from Colum- bus, Mississippi, and Li- cona, from Humble, Texas, made no plea and are free until a later court hearing. The Federal Aviation Ad- ministration has a process that allows recovering alco- holics back in the cockpit if they pass a medical evalu- ation and stay clean dur- ing monitoring for the next five years. Since the union- backed program started in the 1970s, about 5,300 pilots — more than 100 a year — have gone through rehab and regained their licenses, according to a program of- ficial. "Pilots aren't any differ- ent than other people in the respect of having occa- sions they probably regret," says airline analyst Robert Mann. U.S. rules prohibit pilots from flying if they have a blood-alcohol content of .04 percent or higher. (The United Kingdom has a stricter limit of .02 per- cent.) By comparison, the legal threshold to drive a car in the U.S. is twice that level at 0.08 percent. Pilots must also wait sev- eral hours after having a drink to fly. The FAA has a saying for this: "Eight hours from bottle to throttle." Last year, random al- cohol tests were given to 12,480 U.S. pilots. Only 10 failed. Pilots in the U.S. and most of Europe are only tested randomly or if there is a suspicion that they are drunk. There are also ran- dom drug tests. But in India, all pilots and flight attendants are tested before departing. That's every single one on every outbound flight. With that stricter policy, 43 pilots tested positive for alcohol before flights last year, ac- cording to India's civil-avia- tion agency. India has about one-tenth the number of an- nual flights as the United States. Fliers might take solace in knowing that the danger from drunk drivers is much greater. Each year, about 10,000 people are killed on American highways be- cause of drunk drivers — almost a third of all driv- ing fatalities — according to the National Highway Traf- fic Safety Administration. But there is a mental dis- connect between statistics when it comes to flying. There's something unset- tling to many fliers about being buckled into a metal tube, racing through the air near the speed of sound without being able to see who is at the controls. "If you are in a taxi and you think your driver is drunk, you ask them to pull over and get out," says John DiScala, who runs the travel advice site JohnnyJet.com . "You can't ask a pilot to pull over." Since the 1970s, airline pilots have had a confi- dential program in which they can be treated for al- cohol abuse and return to the cockpit. Those in the program, called the Hu- man Intervention Motiva- tion Study or HIMS, must be evaluated by an FAA- certified doctor. The pilot is interviewed monthly by a flight manager and a com- mittee of other pilots. Be- cause of the risk of relapse, monitoring usually contin- ues for several years after a pilot returns to flying. Paul Hayes, director of air safety for aviation con- sultancy firm Ascend, says that it is extremely rare that alcohol is a factor in an ac- cident. INTOXICATED IN THE AIR Drunk pilots make news but are rare RED BLUFF 108 MAIN STREET, SUITE C BYRIVERPARK) (530) 527-1121 CORNING 965 HWY 99W, SUITE 135 (530) 824-8800 LARGEPEPPERONI HOT-N-READY ALL DAY, EVERY DAY ® | WEATHER | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016 8 B