Weather forecast shows showers across regions with sun and warmth
The National Weather Service forecasts showers today over southern Wyoming and Colorado, the Great Lakes region and New York, and the southeast. AREA FORECAST calls for mostly sunny and warmer conditions today with highs in the low 80s, followed by showers and thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday, then partly cloudy Wednesday with highs in the 70s and 50s at night. Local records note a 59/37 read from Friday to Saturday, and 74/43 with 70 at 5 p.m. no precipitation. Sunset at 7:12 p.m. and sunrise Monday at 4:40 a.m.
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Inspection of tank cars urged by safety board
The National Transportation Safety Board urgently called for immediate inspection of 7 600 railroad tank cars, potentially carrying hazardous materials, after a leak was found in December and cracks were detected in a protective jacket bracket weld. Union Carbide Corp. had 28 other cars out of service with similar cracks.
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Storms spread from Texas to Rockies and Great Lakes
Thunderstorms stretched from west Texas and New Mexico into the central Rockies with showers across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Forecasts show showers and storms across central Texas, central High Plains, south Florida, and the central Appalachians with fair skies elsewhere. Temperatures ranged from 33 in Yellowstone Park to 83 in Phoenix.
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Court clears temporary barge mooring on Alton Lake
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that National Marine Service Inc may reopen its temporary five acre barge mooring facility on Alton Lake near Grafton. The decision reversed a lower court that halted the project pending a full environmental impact statement by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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National Marine
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