The Town Talk from Alexandria, Louisiana • Page 18

I The Town Talk. Alexandria-Pineville. La. B-1Q Friday, November 3, 1995 The AccuWeather forecast for noon, Friday, Nov. 3 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s separate high temperature zones for Almanac ALEXANDRIA YESTERDAY (High in 12 hours ending at 6 low in 24 hours ending at noon and rainfall in 24 hours ending at 6 p.m.) LoHi 6686 Rain -01 Bar.

299R Humidity 63H Wind W10 Heat Index 91 TODAY'S RECORDS Average LoHi 4874 Record Lo-HiYr 241966 861959 Year Ago LoHi 6485 RAIN TO DATE Mo. totalaverage Yr. totalaverage 1.50.24 52.3756.27 67.09 Year ago total STATE ROUNDUP Station Min Max Shreveport 59 81 Monroe 65 85 Alexandria 66 86 Lake Charles 68 83 Lafayette 66 77 Baton Rouge 67 72 N.O.Moisant 68 72 Pcpn .60 0.00 .01 2.74 5.92 4.33 .38 Rivers 10s -Os 0s 10s Bands COLD WARM STATIONARY i Pressure E3 E3 HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN Via Associated Press U.S. Forecast c.1995 N.Y. Times Early Thursday afternoon, temperatures at Minot, N.D..

languished near 16 degrees as snow whipped by gusty winds reduced visibilities to one-eighth of a mile. The Arctic air mass that gripped the northern Rockies and northern Plains on Thursday will push into the western Great Lakes region today. As cold air passes over the relatively tepid waters of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, it will be wanned and moistened, setting the stage for snow showers and a few squalls along eastern and southern shores. A sharp cold front, which marks the leading edge of the Arctic air mass, will arrive in the Appalachians today, accompanied by some showers. East of the front, temperatures will soar into the 70s along the Northeast seaboard as far north as Boston.

As the front presses toward the warm and humid southern Middle Atlantic and Southeast coasts, some thunderstorms will erupt. In the Deep South, chilly winds from the Northeast will affect the central Gulf Coast. On Saturday the Northeast will be windy and much colder, with snow showers and snow flurries developing downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and in the mountains of upstate New York and northern New England. Some waterspouts may spin up over Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Temperature Extremes: High Thursday: 90 at Alice, Texas, and McAllen, Texas.

Low Thursday: -9 at West Yellowstone, Mont. Weather Focus Breaking the Drought Fall began with a serious drought in parts of the Northeast. By the end of October, soil moisture deficits have mostly been eliminated. The remnants of hurricane Opal produced the first in a series of heavy rainfall that led to one of the wettest Octobers on record in Philadelphia and New York. Drought develops when the amount of moisture entering the soil is less than the amount drawn from the soil by evaporation.

As direct sunshine diminishes and temperatures cool, the loss of moisture by evaporation decreases. Therefore, heavy rain in autumn can replenish soil moisture more effectively. CityLine Weather Call 487-6434, then a 4-digit code: Local timeforecast 1002; Traveler's forecast 6849; Nationwide summary 6819. River Flood Stage 24-Hour Station Stage Today Change OHIO Cairo 40 20.3 MISSISSIPPI Ark. City 37 5.3 Vicksbg 43 10.1 Natchez 48 15.5 RedRLdg 48 19.6 Btn Rouge 35 7.6 NewOrlns 17 2.7 RED RIVER Shreveport 30 14.3 GndEcore 33 20.1 Lockdam3 upper 95.1 lower 65.1 NC Alexandria 32 20.04 Lockdam2 upper 65.1 NC lower 40.0 Lockdam 1 upper 40.0 NC lower 8.2 3 E2 EZ3 STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE Ultraviolet Index 1 2 3 4 Lake Charles nww Shreveport 56 Monroe 1 TEXAS Alexandria 60 Lafayettel 58 Cenla Forecast Today: Cloudy.

Breezy and cool with a good chance of showers. Highs 60 to 65. Winds north 15 to 20 mph and gusty. Chance of rain 50 percent Ultraviolet index is 2. Tonight: Becoming partly cloudy and cooler.

Lows in the lower 40s. Saturday: Partly cloudy. Highs 60 to 65. Regional Forecast LOUISIANA Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms over the south ending by afternoon. Cooler and windy with highs near 60 north to midOs south.

Tonight: Fair and cold north with lows in the mid 30s. Partly cloudy to fair elsewhere with lows 45 to 50. Saturday: Partly cloudy and cool. Highs 55 to 60. Saturday night: Partly cloudy and cool with lows mostly in the 40s.

Sunday: Partly cloudy and cool. Highs in the 60s. Monday and Tuesday: Partly cloudy and wanner with a chance of showers. Lows near 50 north to near 60 south. Highs in the 70s.

NORTH TEXAS Today: A chance of rain or thunderstorms during the morning west and south. Becoming partly sunny during the afternoon. Cool with a high 46 northwest to 56 southeast. Tonight: Increasing cloudiness and cold. Low 32 to 36.

ARKANSAS Today: Decreasing clouds and cool. Highs from the mid-40s to the mid-50s. Tonight: Clear and very cold with a freeze most sections. Lows from 25 to 30 northcentral to the mid-30s southeast. MISSISSIPPI Today: Decreasing cloudiness with a chance of rain north to mostly cloudy with rain and thunderstorms likely south.

Highs in the 50s. Tonight: Clearing and colder with areas of frost central and north. Lows in the 30s. Coastal Forecast A strong cold front will enter the Louisiana coastal waters after midnight tonight and move east across the Gulf coast today and early tonight. The front will move south of Apalachicola, by midnight tonight.

Strong north winds will pre- vail in the wake of the front. Fish Game Plan to be fishing or hunting in good territory during these times: AM min.maj.; PM min.maj.: Today: 1:558:10. Saturday: 2:408:50. amounts some young forests have responded vigorously to the gas as a sort of fertilizer, Tans explained. But tropical rain forests are so old and dense that most people believed the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed was balanced by the amount that dying plants emit as they rot.

Grace's team disproves that. The researchers mounted sensitive gas-measuring equipment in different spots at the Reserva Jaru in Brazil during the dry and wet seasons in 1992 and 1993. They measured fluctuating Inln Ir 30 DAY Nr 2640 Hwy 28 (Across from Hours: 9AM 449 Qfl FORECASTS: Middle Red River: Little changes at all points. RESERVOIRS Denison Dam: 616.91, 1.000CFS Toledo Bend: 165.58 feet, 204CFS OUACHITA Monroe 40 20.8 NR Co'bia lock lower 51.6 NR BLACK Jsvlle lock 55 I TTTTTx jl I MISS. ALA.

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XcQ SUNNY PT. CLOUDY CLOUDY 5 6 7 8 9 10 being reflected back into space. That could cause gradual changes in the climate, sea level and rainfall, which some experts believe already is occurring. The oceans are the world's largest absorber of excess carbon dioxide, and Tans discovered last summer that newly growing forests in the Northern Hemisphere also act as large carbon sinks. That's because plants "breathe" carbon dioxide, using the gas to switch on the photosynthesis that lets them grow and multiply.

So as atmospheric carbon dioxide has increased, of Luzon, they said. The government closed all schools and government offices on Luzon and parts of the central Visayas islands, and people in coastal towns were told to move to higher ground to escape possible high waves. MOTOROLA NEW Includes: Rechargable nickel-cadmium battery and ac charger. NOKIA Installed mnhnn Includes: Installatinn 3db on glass antenna hands-tree operation, and full 3 watt outnut Phone prices require one-year contract for restrictions apply. See store for details.

449-4909 UI I New Orleans I 70 I dScell It- MiM I ing," said Tans. "It's clear the forests are helping us" balance the so-called greenhouse effect. The carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere has been rising slowly for decades and today is 30 percent higher than at the turn of the century, Tans said. Much of this increase is attributed to burning fuels and cutting down and burning forests. Many scientists are convinced that increased carbon dioxide could cause a global temperature increase known as the greenhouse effect, where the gas molecules prevent the sun's heat from WASHINGTON (AP) Scientists working in Brazil have found the first proof that undisturbed tropical rainforests soak up huge amounts of the carbon dioxide that people produce by burning fuels.

The measurements, published Friday in the journal Science, show the southwest portion of the Amazon rain forest absorbs one ton of carbon dioxide per every hectare of rain forest every year. A hectare is 2.47 acres. "Virgin forest sequesters carbon from the atmosphere," wrote John Grace of the University of 6:27 5:20 Nov. 7 Full Moon Nov. 17 Third Quarter (3 Nov.

22 New Moon Nov. 29 First Quarter RISE i 'J v- Fri. SET Edinburgh, who led a team of ecologists from the United Kingdom, Australia and Brazil. "The whole of tropical South America may act as a carbon sink." Extend Grace's measurements globally and the world's remaining tracts of tropical rain forests could be absorbing a billion tons of carbon dioxide every year -fully one-sixth of the amount produced annually by burning fuels, said Pieter Tans of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "It's a pretty important find cal storm Wednesday afternoon.

Early Thursday, Tanya was centered about 470 miles off the island of Terceira, and was moving east at about 29 mph, still packing winds near 75 mph. The wind toppled utility posts and trees, broke windows and roofs and sunk fishing boats. Electric power and telephone lines were cut in some towns, local officials said. slush. Cars trying to make U-turns near the Kremlin spun around like children's tops.

The weather began getting cold Wednesday and by Thursday temperatures had dropped to 18 degrees. Flights were delayed at Moscow's airports due to poor visibility. Philippines battered by Typhoon Angela Azores Islands pounded by Tanya LISBON, Portugal (AP) Tropical storm Tanya whipped the mid-Atlantic Azores Islands early Thursday, causing power outages and damage to buildings and boats on five of the nine islands, officials said. No one was reported killed or injured. At its peak Tanya was a hurricane with wind speeds surpassing 105 mph.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami downgraded Tanya to a tropi (Rrise; Ffall; NCno change; NRno report; NAnot applicable) of CO2 amounts of carbon dioxide absorption, although the forest only lost more carbon dioxide than it gained on a few very cloudy, windy and cool days. Then they used the measurements to estimate that the forest would absorb about one ton of carbon dioxide per hectare every year. WE HAVE IT ALL SKl LOANS E. Pineville Burger King) 6PM Sat. 9AM-1 PM 1144 Includes: Carry case.

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1 MANILA, Philippines (AP) Typhoon Angela battered provinces east of Manila on Thursday, damaging thousands of buildings and forcing more than 135,000 people to flee their homes before it gained strength and headed for the capital. There were no immediate reports of casualties, although civil defense officials reported at least 15,000 houses destroyed or damaged in Catanduanes province, an island 230 miles east of Manila. More than 135,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Catanduanes and Camarines Sur and Albay, two provinces in the Bicol region on the southeastern leg of the main Philippine island Snow surprises Russians TRfATION MOSCOW (AP) The first snowstorm of the season caught Moscow off guard Thursday after an unusually long and sunny autumn. At least four people died, three of the cold and the other in a weather-related traffic accident. Snow fell steadily, turning the roads into slippery highways of Local Time Forecast 1002 Traveler's Weather 6849 Dallas 6808 Houston 6812 New Orleans 6820 Ski Conditions .....7544 1010 Town Talk Opinionline Ml Survey Says 4108 Commentary 6715 Opinion Procon 6720 Person of the Week 1.,...

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