Logan Herald Journal | 1996-08-25 | Page 12

Page 12— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday August 25 1996 Weather 1 a ri Coetlaned from Page fg tor noon Sunday Aug 25 TheAecuWsatoer1bracast rrr-- i i i Air 1 in a high level of carbon monox- ide or ozone and health risks compound further yet Although Utah has been hit hard by wildfires this summer Dailey said the smoke and ash that have drifted into Cache VW-l- ey usually don’t cause many health problems — although it is ugly which is another reason low levels of pollution are desirable Grant Koford who oversees monitoring for Cache County said clean air helps make Cache Vdley a nice place which make more people want to live here and more people generate E3 SS E2 L H jmm MraM more pollution me ISM AaeuWMtlwr Ana industries don’t want to 0 mum w mam km mmtr build plants in areas that are polluted said Bobbie Coray who as executive director of Cache Economic Development from 1983 to 1992 lobbied the state to test Cache Vblky’s air Once an exceeds the ERA pollution dards Coray said restrictions on ououor wtauouof Cache forecast By Conllnsntsl Weather Services Inc Weetoer synopsis: Abundant subtropical moisture has moved Into oouth-a- m and oanbal Utoh and la adglng Into northern Utoh Temperaluraa wN remain abova tha aaaaonal avaraga ovar tha next Sve daya wh an Increasing chanoa of afternoon or aarty evening thunder- - industry are imposed that increase the cost of doing busi- - developing mrnmtmrnm Logan’s high wN taaoh M dagraaa win tha tow dropping to 54 dagraaa down- town i UUblU nwiMi Nonday: Partly cloudy and very worm A good cfwnoo of an aftomoon or early avaning thundaratorm Partly and warm Monday avaning high wN ranch 68 dagraaa wh tow dropping to 65 dagraaa down town and s6 dagraaa at too colder can-tr- al vaSoy tocaUons tha Extended: Partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon thundaratorma Average tomparaturaa: USUls ago high temperature tor tola dale la 83 with tha avaraga low dropping to 51 cent 30 percent Utah Almanac: On tola day In 1988 Logan’s high dbnbed to 98 dagraaa Cache Valley Sunday Ultraviolet ‘ 7 high) Logan’a NuJOinc MvWINyV IMHJ toVNVlNtod Cache temperatures from8alurday Low 58 Mgh 94 92 90 95 CKy Logan USU Lewiston PmShSald Trenton 41 33 42 1 permit The exemption does not address stubble fields which requite burning permits Box Elder Cbunty government form and fire officials gathered a few years ago Bingham said and developed some regulations over burning fields “Some of those folks aren’t liv- ing up to the regulations they imposed on themselves” he said It’s those people who are "putting the entire burning exemption in jeopardy -- Utah Fire Management Coordinator Gary Cornell said "the biggest problem we have although you’ll never get agriculture to admit it is they have a real great habit of going out and light- ing up their fence line or their ditch bank or something then they go wander off someplace Montana eaat of tha dMde: Sunday else and milk the cows or (Mow a and Monday aunny and vary warm daya field or something and the wind Clear at night laalatad lata aftamoon comes up and the next thing you and avaning thundaratorma near the know the sucker’s off and run- - 8unday 25 per- y WSdnaadey-Thurada- Confl—cd fhwn Page —- im Wyoming: 8unday not aa warm Dioomhfl ptrffy cloudy ooutti and wmL Moody aunny norihoooL loololod aflaf noon ranomonviB rfyo o ov nN 70a to mkMOa with upper 60s to upper 70s mountains 8unday night and Monday widely scattered lata day thundor-storm- a western mountalna and south Thundaratorma lass numerous met of stale Partly cloudy Lows 45 to 55 35 to 45 mountains and far west Highs to upper 80a Monday In toe mid-70-a 70a to tow 80a mountalna TUaaday through Thursday Condnuad vary warm to hot Logan’a high will raach Via upper 80a wWi Iowa dropping Into too tow to mid 50a Monday-Tuoada- y kiim 56 to 68 Sunday moedy eunny and hot Isolated lata aftomoon thundaratorma ovar tha highlands Highs 95 to 100 8unday night Isolated avaning tounder-atofin- o ctoerwlae moaty doer Loam 65 to 85l Monday partly cloudy and oonUn- UN nOK WOT WKMJf KSWN nBmOOn thundaratorma 8ome may contain strong and gusty winds Highs 90 to 100 55 dagraaa Hyrum and 49 I 20 percent air before it Typically in the winter a layer exceeds pollution standards of cold air gets trapped in the valCoray said county officials disley under a layer of warm air and didn’t want Cache County’s air tested because if it exceeded standards the EPA would force the state to take action Usually the federal government withholds highway and Sewer funds from states tint ate not making serious efforts to bring the air quality into courage interference from the EPA In addition to restrictions on industry compliance plans can buying a minimum of new equipment the state set up the moni- include requiring automobile of particulates' that are measured which could changing the size toring station for less than send Cache County over the top $80000 Dailey said it was staAnd even if that doesn’t do it tioned in downtown Logan a emissions testing placing recapp nozturing nozzles on gas-pum- zles and restricting use of because that’s where pollution stoves and places In Southern California restrictions have included elimiwindows and in nating drive-u- p Utah County automobiles are required to tarn oxygenated fuel — orgasohol — during the winter As a result of die 1990 Census Logan and the surrounding levels are likely to be the highesL “It’s probably in a place that’s indicative of the highest pollution fire- ng the “inversion layer” keeps pollu— tants from escaping into thej "This way we’re masters of upper atmosphere our own fate” she said “It’s like So it is possible Cache Coun-- J finding breast cancer early If we ty’s air pollution may exceed the wait until its a crisis stage it's EPA standards this winter Even1 going to be very expensive” if no higher pollution levels are' By using old equipment and recorded the EPA is considering compliance wood-burni- ”We had a mild winter last year and we really didn’t get a good feel for the pollutants” Koford said toring equipment By monitoring In fact Koford said some people whom he declined to identify levels in the area” Dailey said “We go for the high spots” The Division of Air Quality had planned to dismantle the monitoring station after last winter but Koford said county officios convinced the state to keep it here another winter because the last one might not have been typ cities were named Utah’s newest metropolitan area Since the val officials agree it’s just matter of time until growth generates enough pollution to push Cache County’s air pollution above the standards i "We have been an attainment area forever and we still are” Koford said "But there’s going1 to come a time when we’re noL' The message we want to get out' is Do we wait until the EPA tells' us to do something?” western mountalna Ughs upper 80s to mkWOa Loan lnuppel40e and 80a ssuLfammre UadanaMjJIharihAftHylau' wok u mv onflow ounoBy Hoirara and Monday condnuad hot mosly aunny daya Claarat night llgha mosMy upper to mkf- 80a and 90s Lows In mid-4- they' take' due cire to controTthat bunting” Also he said agricultural land can only be burned ffP yCijSSayi' HtcfWfJ 0e Extended forecasts Northern Utah: Tuesday through Thursday partly cloudy with scattered aftomoon and evening showers and tounderatonns Lowe s to too tower 90s S6-6- Highs In toe mid-80- Southern Utah: Tuesday through Thursday partly cloudy with scattered finale In addition to ticketmates Clinton and Gore first i Democrats Burning Today: Partly cloudy and condnuad a thundaratorm and city officials decided to lobby this state to provide moni- ical 1 hot Increasing InatabilHy during tha aftamoon and aarly avaning with a chanoa of ley’s air quality hadn’t been analyzed for about 12 years county “It discourages new business because they want to get into attainment areas” she said “We'd be sunk economically” when the atmospheric conditions are right to allow the smoke to rise rather than remained trapped dose to the ground — a criterion i lady Hillary Rodham Clinton has a prime-tim- e role highlighting Tuesday’s agenda speaking Cowtinwed from Page I Mured in with die predictable parade of Democratic) leaders were a handful of everyday Americans from the coming torrent of Democratic criticism called on to speak about how Clinton initiatives rebutting the White House claim that he could not have improved their lives cut taxes by $548 billion without making draconian Clinton wasn’t the only one with something to1 cuts in Medicare education and other popular pro- - prove Congressional Democrats were given a slice grams of convention time to promote their candidates — ( Delivering the GOP response to Clinton’s weekly and were talking up their chances of recapturingT radio address Dole said of the Democratic incumcontrol of Congress "I believe we are jxnsed for aj bent: “Instead of offering solutions he offers a big victory in November’’ House Democratic) harsh and negaiive advertising campaign hoping to leader Richard Gephardt said in an interview scare you into believing that our plan would hum Chicago too was looking for redemption The1 those Americana who rely on Medicare’’ 1968 Democratic convention here was msrred by“ Democrats will make their case against Dole — war demonstrations and some arriving h and for a second Clinton term — from a delegates recalled watching police firing tear gas at podium built in Chicago’s United Centre the (dace the crowds where Michael Jordan earns his living for the NBA Amonp those welcoming the delegates wasj champion Bulls As die sound system was checked Mayor Richard M Daley who attended a luncheon j and Saturday workers hoisted a for Democratic state chairmen and praised Clinton giant nets filled with red white and blue for pushing programs designed "to help real people balloons to the rafters for the traditional festive who have real problems in the real world” 1 anti-Vietn- I high-tec- double-check- ed half-doz- en 1 Bats bilevel formation it’s a piece of prime real estate for flying mam- - Continued from Page 3 Utah that can serve as both a win- there’s waist-dee- p "It’s one of the few places in water in the tering and maternal habitat” Arling explained aw tHunum’yriescncdJmtiie cave Vriiriflfbibnmtioft:i!i erase the bats stress wearing off their preeared bats listed as a "sensitive" cious body fat and making them vulnerable to starvation accordspecies by the Forest Service Because of the cave’s unique ing to biologists Human distur bance during the brooding season can cause die females to abandon1 their young which can be disas- trous for the population since typical female beats only one off--' spring per year Arling said the gating process wifi tixs'ibdhltafc&'fbira HtWd years and if the btt population ist up significantly after that thep Forest Service may allow more -- frequent visitation that is considered before most counties including Box Elder and Cache issue burning permits The smoke and ash that fill Cache VUley during this time of year usually don’t cause many health problems said Bob Dailey manager of the air pollution section of the Utah Division of Air Northern Idaho: Tuesday through Quality “Smoke particles are very' small Thursday partly cloudy with a slight chanoa of aftamoon and evening tuv and very light” he said dorstotms each day Coder wlto Iowa In Bingham said Box Elder Couns to mid-Stoo 50s and Mghs In too ty like Cache County has grown very fast And he said he’d ram to meet with Box Elder County offiCentral Idaho: Tuesday through cials again to ensure the fire reguwith a slight lations are followed Thursday partly cloudy chance of afternoon and evening thunEldon Petersen Farm Bureau derstorms each day Coder wlto tows In for northern Box Elder s to mld- toe 40s and Nglw In toe said he thought farmers rtioware and llsssJeisluiiiis Lows to near 100 M0 In toe mid-S- 55-7-0 mid-70- S3 C9 CC C3 E3 CE3 State forecasts mld-70- 3QJwAreodatodJPrese following the guidelines better this year than before But he admitted there are always exceptions and those exceptions are the ones who "rain it for the rest of us” He noted that Box Elder CounNational wrap-u-p e farmers ty has several Showers Ml over the patched who may not have any other time Southam Utah: Sunday party doudy and dwndststotms struck the con to bum fields until after a 6 pm irnoon showers and tral Appalachians on Saturday as deadline They may have to be rah LocsBy heavy posd Ftotkla awoke to record cod temperareminded of the rules he said to near 100 Me Highs In the tures "We’ve tried to police ourSunday night mosdy doudy wlto a good The stormy waatoar developed along chance showers and thunderstorms he added because the selves” worn worn ooio wooioni no Lows In too ixonoN and 60s Monday is important to Northexemption Into Northeast Texas the altos way mosdy doudy with a good chance showers and thunderstorms Highs In the Severe thunderstorms developed ern Utah farmers Northern Utah: 8unday partly cloudy wtti a few aftamoon showers and s to toe Hlghe In too s 8unday night party cloudy wlto a few evening showers and thunderstorms Lows 60-8- 5 Monday partly cloudy wlto scattered showers and s to toe Hlghe In the tower 90s tout-dsrstot- mid-SO- mid-SO- Southern Idaho: Tuesday through Thursday partly doudy with a slight chance of aftamoon and evening each day Coder with tows In the 50s and highs In too 80s mid-SO- part-tim- 8ou9-we- st mio-8- mid-S- mldSOstonearloa We intend to exceed our customers expectations through accuracy and having title work done in a 24-4- 8 hour turnaround on any piece of property We pride ourselves in being honest upfront and shounng professional integrity Bingham explained burning is and Provo: light chance of tnurKmtovTno partly doudy is upper 60s to the lower 60s Monday parity cloudy utti a clwnoe of afternoon showers and thunderstorms Highs In toe upper 80s to the lower 90s Chance of rein lees than 20 percent tonight southern Utah county and soutoctoenstss toes toan 20 percent Sunday and Sunday night and 30 percent Monday Ogden temperatures: 69 90 81 88 Mortfiom Mihos Tonight cioor Lows 50 to 80 Sunday aunny and very warm Highs 85 to 90 north and 90 to 100 soutosm dear Lows doudy and continued very 8510 95 Central Idaho: Sunday sunny and vary warm Highs 85 to 95 Sunday night mostly dear Lows 35 to 45 Monday partly cloudy and conttnued vary m Isolated afternoon Stundsratonns Highs 85 to 95 Soutosm Idaho: Tonies dear Lows necessary because the stubble stalks are too thick to disc back into the ground He said burning hdL will be important until viable uses Showers extended across western the straw stalks are developed Texas New Mexico and Arizona with for Virginia The storms were expected to drift southeastward into the Cardinae bringing heavy rain and possibly large tocaSy heavy rainfal in places Cdtoga 8tatlon Texas got the most at 276 making them valuable enough for formers to cut and bail them Inches hi 24 hours Flood watches were In ailed tor the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma where an adrtttond 1 to 2 Inches rain Como in and visit Dan Johns Shannon Bradford "and Scclt Carlston and tali us what you expset from a fit!: mrurenee cjpncy d 1 Tha rsmains of Hurricane Doly wort expected to continue on a THANKS TO YOU OUR OPEN HOUSE WAS A GRIiATSLYTCESS track through the region spreading rski Into Nevada and south- - Rn IdflMOmNL JacksonvEe Fkt dropped to a mom-to- g low of 67 degrees tying a low oat In 1957 Miami cooled to 70 beating a record of 72 sol In 1957 A cold front was expected to push across the northern Plains during toe night producing tounderatonns in the eastern Dakotas and Into Mlnnaeoca Saturday's temperatures around toe Lower 46 states ranged from a morning low of 32 at Jackson Wyo to an earty afternoon reading of 109 at Palm Springs CaW Call For Free Confidential help with domestic violence Monday -- Friday 830 un -- 5:00 Call 911 in an 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