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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1981
Page
4
Midnight wind is south at 23 mph. Sun sets at 4 38 PM. Tuesday sunrise at 7 32 AM. High yesterday 20 and low 11 with no precipitation. Record highs 57 in 1967 and 20 in 1963. This week expect variable clouds and cold conditions Wednesday and Thursday with a chance of snow Friday. Highs in the teens to lower 20s, lows 5 to 15 above.
Sunday lows ranged to 11 degrees at Decatur Illinois and Indianapolis Indiana while highs climbed to 83 degrees at Yuma Arizona in a national temperature contrast.
Expected high today 37 in active conditions with rain. Low tonight 21 with continued unsettled weather in the region.
Strong southerly winds spread light rain turning to snow and freezing rain across the Mississippi valley and plains. Snow scattered in Minnesota while eastern South Dakota and Iowa faced freezing rain, halting travel in the north central states. Winter storm watches issued for Illinois Indiana and southern Wisconsin as the Great Plains see record high seventies.
Ames reports lower solar radiation in October and November reducing solar heat in Iowa. ISU energy specialist Laurent Hodges cites measurements showing 25 percent less radiation in October and 30 percent less in November while noting the period still produced meaningful heat value for passive homes with 250 square feet of south windows, worth savings versus natural gas and electric heating.
A Pacific storm slammed northern California with heavy rains and high winds killing three people. Flooding affected Shasta Trinity Sonoma and Humboldt counties with dozens of homes and roads inundated. A 76 year old fisherman died offshore a 88 year old man died in Cotati and a 57 year old drowned near Monte Rio. Bridges flooded and highways closed with ongoing efforts to reopen.
The city council holds a special meeting at the mayor's office at 10 a.m. to discuss industrial revenue bonds. Also at 10 a.m. the airport commission meets in the terminal building board room. Linn Supervisors visit the County Care Facility. 1 30 p.m. zoning board of adjustment meets in the Administrative Office Building board room. At 7 p.m. the Linn County Zoning Commission and Conservation Board meet in the same complex.
Music programs across Linn-Mar Kennedy and Jefferson high schools feature 7:30 p.m. concerts in school auditoriums. Linn-Mar tickets cost adults one dollar and students fifty cents, with Kennedy and Jefferson hosting similar holiday performances. Movies list appears on page 9B. Cedar Rapids Senior Citizen and Handicapped Bus Service Dial Deeneewan noted.
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