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The Daily Astorian ® ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Increasing amounts of clouds 45° Friday The Dalles 36/57 Astoria 45/55 Portland 43/59 Corvallis 44/59 Eugene 43/60 Green Valley, Arizona July 9, 1951 — Feb. 5, 2016 Pendleton 33/58 Salem 42/60 Albany 43/58 Ontario 30/58 Bend 33/60 Saturday Burns 22/51 Medford 40/60 Cooler; a passing shower in the afternoon 55° A shower in the morning; mostly cloudy 45° 54° Sunday 53° Chance for a couple of showers 42° 55° Klamath Falls 32/59 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 45° Monday Morning rain, then a shower or two 44° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Wednesday. Temperatures High ........................................... 56° Low ............................................ 41° Normal high ............................... 52° Normal low ................................. 37° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.01" Month to date .......................... 7.04" Normal month to date ............. 6.18" Year to date ........................... 20.79" Normal year to date .............. 16.38" Sunset tonight .................. 5:55 p.m. Sunrise Friday .................. 7:01 a.m. Moonrise today ................. 9:10 p.m. Moonset today ................. 8:21 a.m. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Today Hi Lo W 52 24 s 62 33 pc 60 48 pc 63 43 pc 59 47 pc 63 32 pc 68 40 pc 62 46 pc 64 48 pc Last New First Full Mar 1 Mar 8 Mar 15 Mar 23 Under the Sky Hi 53 60 57 60 54 59 60 56 59 Fri. 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Tomorrow’s National Weather Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 51 32 pc Boston 58 34 sh Chicago 38 25 c Denver 50 27 s Des Moines 39 27 pc Detroit 35 17 sn El Paso 66 36 s Fairbanks 38 13 s Honolulu 81 69 s Indianapolis 37 23 sf Kansas City 45 24 pc Las Vegas 75 50 s Los Angeles 83 53 s Memphis 50 31 s Miami 72 53 s Nashville 46 30 sf New Orleans 69 45 s New York 56 34 sh Oklahoma City 52 27 s Philadelphia 56 32 c St. Louis 45 27 c Salt Lake City 50 33 s San Francisco 69 50 s Seattle 60 43 pc Washington, DC 51 32 pc Ralph Edward Schlappi Oregon Weather Feb. 23, 2016 KLOSTERMAN, Mary Elizabeth “Betty,” 95, of Seaside, died in Portland. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary & Crematory in Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. Visit www.hughes-ransom. com to share memories and sign the guest book. Fronts Cold LOTTERIES Warm Stationary Showers T-Storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are given for selected cities. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. CLATSOP POWER EQUIPMENT, INC. SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS OREGON Wednesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 4-3-3-0 4 p.m.: 9-7-4-2 7 p.m.: 7-2-6-3 10 p.m.: 6-8-5-2 Wednesday’s Mega- bucks: 17-32-37-39- 42-43 Estimated jackpot $7.6 million Wednesday’s Power- ball: 21-31-64-65-67, Powerball: 5 Estimated jackpot $266 million PUBLIC MEETINGS THURSDAY Cannon Beach Planning Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. FRIDAY Cannon Beach Emergency Preparedness Committee, 10 a.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. OBITUARY POLICY The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. 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