Portland Press Herald from Portland, Maine • 22

I Weather Eye Sea Watch State orecast Marine orecast ji 12 i 10 8 6 4 2 9 10 11 12 6 9 10 11 Noon 1 Eastport429 4 Bar Harbor 46' INLAND COAST Somerville 417rain 20s 4(7rain og with rain 40 I 33 Parsonsfield41' 41 I 35 CVPorfland 417rain 40s SATURDAY RIDAY Montreal 35' 1 60s 70s Kittery RONTS 80S1 5 90s 35 I 27 42 I 16 Stationary Buffalo mterrey highiows on sh Raleigh 42 sn Last Jan 22 World 15 Around the world today weather sunny pc partly cloudy doudy sh showers thunderstorms ram sf snow flumes sn snow i ice 2444 Miami 5 9 9 6 14 10 3 9 6 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and prectp i itation Temperature bands are highs for i the day orecast highlow tempera tures are given for selected cities 86 ft 9:41 pm 47 56 7564 58 81 4768 37 38 43 34 38 30 24 36 36 33 36 18 17 La 8154 North: Snow changing to sleet and freezing ram today An ice buildup can follow the 1 3 inches of snow and sleet 43 61 31 47' 50 75 50 48 40 34 48 42 40 62 43 Statistics from Portland Jetport through 7 pm Charlotte Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Concord NH Dallas Denver Des Moines i Detroit jiiis 3 CentralEast: Cloudy with rounds of ram today and tonight: the ram will start as snow or ice in some areas 3 ft 3:29 pm Grand Rapids Hartford Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson MS Juneau Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Tom Chisholm News 8 weather team Tomorrow: Wind north to northwest at 20 40 knots Visibility low in rain and snow for a time Ocean waves 8 14 feet s' sh sh sn sf Intervals of clouds and sun 56 46 38 40 42 42 73 53 41 39 Augusta Bangor Brunswick Caribou renchville ryeburg Gray Greenville Houlton Portland 4 Down East: Cloudy with times of ram drizzle and fog today and tonight maybe a bit of sleet at the onset today Salt Lake City 44 San Antonio San Diego San rancisco San Juan PR Seattle Shreveport Sioux alls Spokane Syracuse og with occasional rain orecasts and graphics with the exception of WMTW forecasts provided by AccuWeathercom £'2005 (REG TM) ilEj Showers VJr storms 2 12 2 0 5 6 9 ft 2:41 am 26 C' 32 pc 52 40 48 sh 40 48 44 XT 35sh 27 sh 54 52 pc 48 pc 70 pc 40 48 25 30 30 Tonight: Wind southeast becoming north at 15 30 knots Visibility low in ram and fog Ocean waves 6 12 feet 101 ft 8:57 am 29 32 pc: 22 sf 29 sh 34 pc 50 38 25 30 24 40 30 28 35 35 IOS 10s us Sunrise today Sunset today Daylight today Increase since 1221 Moonrise today Moonset today rom Eastport Maine to Merrimack River Mass out to 25 nautical miles in the Atlantic Today Wmd southeast increasing to 15 30 knots Visibility low in ram and fog Ocean waves building to 6 12 feet irst Jan: 6 33 sh 23 sh 30 30 30 34 49 19 29 pc 30 iiaaiaik iiiiiiii bbbbbbhr area of low pressure will develop off the Virginia coast this morning and' then move in a north to northeasterly fashion over the next 24 hours As it does so it will intensify Ram some of it heavy will accompany this low as it moves into coastal New England today into tonight By riday the storm will move into the Canadian Maritimes and with this the winds will shift into the northwest Rain will then taper to showers across the region Saturday looks to be dry with at least some sunshine Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Asheville Atlanta Austin Baltimore Billings Binghamton Bismarck Boston Buffalo Burlington VT Charleston SC Charleston WV orecast in40 411047 2334 0 ull Jan 14 714 am Recordhigh 4:12 8 hr58 min 02 mm 601am 2:22 pm Today in the Northeast Toronto i B12 Portland Press Herald Thursday December 29 2005 2 Western mountains: A buildup of ice can follow snow and sleet to start today before the precipitation changes to plain ram later on 62 40 pc Providence 6U Extended Outlook A shower in the morning 24 hour snowfall yest Month to date Normal month to date Season to date Normal seasontq date Last season to date 88" 1 lurries Git! Snow YestgrdayS National Extremes 1 for the 48 contiguous states High: 87 at McAllen TX Low: 13 at Presque Isle ME 571949 Heating degree days Wed 33 Greenville Rangeley38 9 i Augusta Kittery: subtract 7 minutes for high tide add 1 minute for low tide Rockland: subtract 8 minutes for high 'tide subtract 7 minutes for low tide ''Buxton 41'7rain Sanford 447ralh a X3' a Kennebunk Average this date 131951 Total month to date Total season to date Almanac Normal high Record low Normal low Wednesday mean temp 25 Average season todate 2596': Normal mean temp 24 Last season to date tewuww nui i X' Jrl Waldoboro447tain Kaymona4Lrrain Nftrth Weather for December 29 2005 IlVI MB 1 IVl A storm system will bring rain from New England to the Outer Banks of North Carolina today Another storm system will bring rain to the central Plains with snow showers from the northern Plains to the central Rockies The Southwest will be dry MH tt jL I I cnXAf U44 I HX VK i zxHouston jL 'Warm 1 a A wk rtvihi 1 Paz MO i Lft tJ A 1 pNn toitrouV0 41 pw 7 jBBK 9 1 I 'i jMrtKentJ Ao A WK flk ZciWoUk I A 'W a 'hiisra dr 'Wtttoockf I Windham 4 A 36 26 sn Minneapolis 33 42 36 Nashville 46 83 66 New Orleans 67 74 56 New York 48 38 33 Orlando 72 60 45 Philadelphia 52 37 32 Phoenix 74 52 35 pc Portland OR 48 Duluth 26 22 Los Angeles 66 50 pc Rapid City 49 28 sh Tampa 70 50 sh El Paso 70 42 Louisville 44 32 Reno 47 33 pc Tucson 71 42 airbanks 5 13 pc Memphis 54 41 Richmond 56 37 Tulsa 63 42 argo 31 24 sn Miami 80 58 sh Sacramento 54 46 pc Washington DC 52 40 50 22 pc Milwaukee 38 29 St Louis 42 34 Wilmington DE 50 37 Athens 63 53 sh Bogota 68 43 pc London 38 28 pc Rome 42 29 sh Auckland 72 60 pc Cairo 69 40 Madrid 44 37 pc Sao Paulo 72 65 pc Baghdad 59 41 Dublin 39 38 sn Mexico City' 73 43 Singapore 86 77 Barbados 84 73 pc rankfurt 23 15 sf Moscow 19 13 sn Sydney 84 69 pc Beijing 30 21 pc Geneva 23 14 sf NewDelhi 79 50 Taipei 73 64 sh Berlin 23 18 sn Hong Kong 62 56 sh Oslo 15 13 sf Tokyo 53 40 Bermuda 71 62 Jerusalem 59 43 Pans 32 28 pc Vancouver 48 40 sh NH father suing to get information on missing daughter Police say they have no evidence of foul play in the 2004 disappearance of Maura Murray then 21 The Associated Press HAVERHILL NH rom the moment his daughter disap peared on eb 9 2004 red Mur ray believed she was a victim of foul play Maura Murray a 21 year old nursing student at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst vanished that night after a minor car accident on Route 112 in Hav erhill Police searched the area repeatedly but said they have no evidence of foul play red Murray has been highly critical 7 of police and met with Gov John Lynch earlier this year to ask for his help in getting records of the investigation now sued Lynch Attorney Gen eral Kelly Ayotte state police and other law enforcement agenciesseeking the release of informa tion lied to the investigation such as accident reports an inventory of items taken from her car a copy of his computer hard drive and a surveillance tape from a liquor store where she made a purchase A hearing on Murray's request has been scheduled on Jan 18 at Grafton County Superior Court Ayotte said Wednesday that she had not seen the lawsuit which was filed last week but that have shared whatever information we ft'el we can share without jeopardizing the investigation" She said that Maura Murray is still being treated as a missing person but was a suspicious disapjx'anincc WeVc trcatcil the case veiy she said According to the lawsuit red Murray was denied Hie records the grounds that production called for confidential records created or would constitute an invasion of Murray also questions whether the investigation into his daugh ter's disappearance is ongoing saying he been made aware of sptvilic efforts the Z' Maura Murray disappeared eb 9 2004 her case will be on next month ile photo governmental authorities have taken in pursuing lliis matter within the past several most compelling reason favoring disclosure in this case centers on the fact that Maura could very well still be in danger and disclosure of the information compiled by authorities could help locate according to the suiL (investigators) have continued to dispute the notion red Mureas familiarity with his daughter leads him to believe that it is likely that Maura Mur ray was tlie victim of foul play and may even stiU be in danger rather than she went missing of her own Ayotte said between state police the ish and Game Department other law enforcement agencies and her own office Uiousands of hours have been spent on the investigation case continues to be pur sued vigorously" she said had frequent contact with both my office and members of the slate police In fact 1 per sonally met with him along with lead investigators of the state police last spring and he was assigned a witness advo cate from my office" who has been in contact with him regular ly she said olice also have said that they talk with Murray on a regular liasis hen new leads apxar Maura case will be featured on the ABC newsmaga zine next month A $40000 is being offered for information lead ing i to safe according to a Web site wwwmauramurraycom ARE AMILY The Asiochted Preu vWJfihcfflBiBr i JX The St Onge family of Columbia SC goes tubing at Granite Gorge in Roxbury NH on Tuesday Parents Normand and Sarah and children Alex Nathan and Darby are visiting relatives in New England Out About Highlights of what to see and do today in Maine See calendarmainetodaycom for expanded listings COMEDY Bob Marley Holiday Show with George Hamm 8 pm Merrill Auditorium Portland $35 $38 842 0800 OR CHILDREN Phyzkidz youth version of the annual vaudeville festival noon Space Portland $5 $8 828 56OO SPECIAL EVENTS Longfellow Christmas holiday theme circa 1850 children's activi ties and lours: open noon 4 except as noted Wadsworth Longfellow House Portland $3 child $7adult 774 1822 Phyzglg annual festival of physi cal comedy with more than 20 performers Acorn Productions 3 and 7 pm Portland Performing Arts Portland $10 $16 766 3386 Train rides along Casco Bay on the hour from 11 a to 3 pm also museum collection of historic equipment and locomotives gift shop Maine Narrow Gauge Rail road Co Portland 828 0814 THEATER Anyone Seen Richard Man gione?" presented by Lanyard Theatre Company 8 Choco late Church Arts Center Bath 442 8455 The SOA GUVS 5n UW Leather Sofa Sale lcrrifC Savings on IbUY TODAYTAKE HOME TODAY! 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