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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1997
Page
7
Weather roundup from Associated Press Graphics reports conditions across West Virginia and Virginia. Regional temperatures and precipitation are summarized with brief forecasts and travel notes for the mid Atlantic area.
West Virginia regions see partly cloudy skies with a 30 percent shower and thunderstorm risk in the south and mostly cloudy conditions in the north. Highs range from near 80 in the south to the mid or upper 80s. Tonight, showers and thunderstorms are possible in the south and west with lows in the 60s. Virginia districts expect increasing clouds in the southwest, sunshine elsewhere, and highs in the 80s. Tonight, southwest areas stay cloudy with 60s lows.
An OCR fragment notes Bluefield temperatures with a high of 78 and a low of 61. It records historical highs and lows for June 29, including 88 and 48 from 1966 and 1987 respectively, and mentions a 6:06 a.m. sunset. It lists precipitation figures for June 28, 1997 and June 29, 1996, plus totals for last 30 days and since January 1, 1996: 6.83 inches and 11.28 inches.
Today in Four Seasons Country expect a high near 80 and a low around 60 to 65 with partly cloudy skies. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms is forecast, extending into Monday.
National Low temperatures in the lower 60s and a sunny to partly cloudy stretch give way to highs in the lower 80s later in the week. A chance of showers and thunderstorms persists through the day with partial cloud cover and several chances for storms.
A declassified GAO report concludes the Pentagon and weapons makers overstated high tech weapon effectiveness in Desert Storm. Laser guided bombs, Tomahawks, and the F-117 faced lower accuracy and tougher conditions than claimed, with weather hampering F-16 guided munitions and claims of complete surprise challenged.
Police in Kobe, Japan, arrested a 14-year-old who confessed to killing 11-year-old Jun Hase and severing his head found near a junior high gate on May 27. Investigators recovered a knife at the suspect’s home and note a chilling letter threatening more killings.
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