-Page 12 WIRE www.sunnewspapers.net WEATHER/NATIONAL NEWS The Sun /Sunday, April 6,2014 CONDITIONS TODAY UV Index and RealFeel Temperature Today 9 99 5 0 5J 67 78 89 89 87 81 8a.m. 10a.m. Noon 2p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low; 3.5 Moderate; 6-7 Higi; 8-10 Very High; I11+I Extreme. RealFeel Temperature is the exclusive AccuWeather.com composite of effective temperature based on eight weather factors. AIR QUALITY INDEX Air Quality Index readings as of Saturday 36 0 50 100150200 300 500 0-50 Good; 51-100 Moderate; 101-150 Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200 Unhealthy; 201-300 Very Unhealthy; 301-500 Hazardous Main pollutant: ozone Source: scgov.net POLLEN INDEX Pollen Index readings as of Saturday Trees **'---: 00 Grass Weds ,'- 'Ano Molds NA. absent low moderate hi veryhigt Source: National Allergy Bureau ALMANAC Punta Gorda through 5 p.m. Saturday Temperatures High/Low Normal High/Low Record High 89 Record Low 42 Precipitation (in inches) 24 hoursthrough 5 p.m. Saturday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal yearto date Record 0.8: MONTHLY RAINFALL Month 2014 2013 Jan. 3.67 0.43 Feb. 1.24 2.12 Mar. 5.10 1.98 Apr. 0.00 3.06 May 2.76 Jun. 10.50 Jul. 7.38 Aug. 9.29 Sep. 11.12 Oct. 3.48 Nov. 0.01 Dec. 0.97 Year 10.01 53.10 85/630 83/600 0 (2008) (1987) 0.00" 0.00" 0.39" 10.01" 7.90" 3" (1993) Record/Year 7.07/1979 11.05/1983 9.26/1970 5.80/1994 9.45/1991 23.99/1974 14.22/1995 15.60/1995 14.03/1979 10.88/1995 5.53/2002 6.83/2002 (since 1931) Totals are from a 24-hour penod ending at 5 p.m. TODAY MON[ Partly cloudy and Partly clou( warm breez 85/66- 86/' 0% chance of rain 20% chance AIRPORT Possible weather-related delays today Check with your airline for the most updated schedules. Hi/Lo Outlook Delays Ft. Myers 86/68 sun none Punta Gorda 87/65 sun none Sarasota 81/68 part cldy none SUN AND MOON The Sun Today Monday The Moon Today Monday First Apr7 Apr 7 Rise 7:14 a.m. 7:13 a.m. Rise 12:31 p.m. 1:22 p.m. Set 7:48 p.m. 7:49 p.m. Set 1:27 a.m. 2:11 a.m. Full Last New 10 Apr15 Apr22 Apr29 SOLUNAR TABLE Minor Major Minor Major Today 12:13p 6:01a --- 6:25p Mon. 12:36a 6:49a l:00p 7:12p Tue. 1:22a 7:33a 1:45p 7:56p The solunar period schedule allows planning days so you will be fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover during those times. Major periods begin at the times shown and last for 1.5 to 2 hours.The minor periods are shorter. TIDES High La Punta Gorda Today 7:40p 3:3 Mon. 12:45p 4:4 w High Low 3la .. [40a 8:58p 3:09p Englewood Today 6:1 7p 1:4 7a .. . Mon. 11:22a 2:56a 7:35p 1:25p Boca Grande Today 5:22p 12:08a .. . Mon. 10:27a 1:17a 6:40p 11:46a El Jobean Today 8:12p 4:00a .. . Mon. 1:17p 5:09a 9:30p 3:38p Venice Today 4:32p 12:26a .. . Mon. 9:37a 1:35a 5:50p 12:04p )AY ha- dy and A couple oft-storms, zy breezy 720 780/590 3 of rain 70% chance of rain Cleamater 82 68 j :" ,\ >'r,, Tampa 83 69 A St. Petersburg 83,68 Longboat Key% 80/71 Saras CX Partly cloudy and breezy 76/53 0% chance of rain Myakka Cit 85 67 ota* .,... j - 81/68 a Osprey ..." . 81/67 9 Venice Shown is today's weather. 4 U8/67 Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Engle*uud A- 82 66 Gulf Water Temperature Placid 740 83/65 Boca Grand. 82/71 Forecasts and graphics, except for the WINK-TV 5-day forecast, provided by AccuWeather, Inc. 2014 Publication date: 4/6/14 MARINE Wind Speed Seas Bay/Inland direction in knots in feet chop Cape Sable to Tarpon Springs SSE 8-16 1-2 Light Tarpon Springs to Apalachicola S 7-14 1-3 Light North Pod 85/66 P or I 85 * ";. a% ;. s a Pi 87 F Cape C 86/67 j Sanibel 83/71 B Less humid 800/590 10% chance of rain Plant City '87' 66 Winter Haven 87,68 ,n 5 F -f, 4Brandu 87 66 Bartu* 87,68 -9- -^ ' / ' High ...................... 87 atTamiami, FL f City SLimestone Albuquerque .A8765 Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore radia "" Billings Arcadia ..;,a --" Brigm 86 68 ss Birmingham Boise aHull Boston 87/66 Buffalo Burlington, VT tCharlotte Charleston, WV '66 Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Inta Gorda Cleveland 7/65 Columbia, SC Columbus, OH Concord, NH Dallas .-. Denver Fort Myers Des Moines 86/68 "" Detroit 9 Duluth oral Lehigh Acres Fairbanks 88/67 Fargo Hartford Helena Honolulu Houston unita Springs j Indianapolis 85. 68 AccuWeather.com ""b" FLORIDA CITIES City Apalachicola Bradenton Clearwater Coral Springs Daytona Beach Fort Lauderdale Fort Myers Fort Pierce Gainesville Jacksonville Key Largo Today Hi Lo W 74 66 pc 81 69 pc 82 68 pc 85 72 s 84 67 s 85 76 s 86 68 s 84 68 s 84 63 pc 77 62 pc 82 74 s Mon. i Lo W 5 59 t 1 73 pc 3 72 pc 9 75 s 4 69 s 36 76 pc 36 73 pc 7 73 s 2 67 t ) 63 t 4 76 pc City Key West Kissimmee Lakeland Melbourne Miami Naples Ocala Okeechobee Orlando Panama City Pensacola Today Hi Lo W 82 74 s 86 67 s 87 67 pc 84 69 s 84 73 s 83 69 s 84 62 pc 84 68 s 86 64 s 72 66 c 70 65 sh Mon. Hi Lo W 83 77 pc 87 71 s 85 71 pc 85 70 s 89 76 pc 85 75 pc 82 65 t 89 73 s 88 67 s 73 58 t 75 56 t Today City Hi Lo W Pompano Beach 84 74 s St. Augustine 78 66 pc St. Petersburg 83 68 pc Sanford 88 68 s Sarasota 81 68 pc Tallahassee 77 61 sh Tampa 83 69 pc Titusville 82 68 s Vero Beach 84 68 s West Palm Beach 83 72 s Winter Haven 87 68 pc Mon. Hi Lo W 87 76 s 82 67 t 83 72 pc 87 70 s 81 73 pc 76 60 t 83 69 pc 82 70 s 88 72 s 87 74 s 87 70 s Today Hi Lo W 63 41 pc 43 31 c 60 55 r 60 37 s 52 34 sh 62 59 r 63 40 pc 56 38 s 54 33 s 46 27 pc 66 44 s 66 48 c 60 37 pc 62 45 s 57 36 s 65 53 sh 62 44 s 52 23 s 58 46 r 54 29 c 62 45 c 54 37 s 42 28 pc 35 14 sn 50 35 pc 56 31 s 53 35 pc 82 70 pc 72 57 r 63 44 pc WORLD CITIES City Amsterdam Baghdad Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Cairo Calgary Cancun Dublin Edmonton Halifax Kiev London Madrid Today Hi Lo W 61 53 r 86 64 pc 79 48 pc 66 50 pc 82 70 t 89 67 s 47 31 pc 87 77 s 57 41 r 46 29 pc 41 32 c 54 41 s 61 50 r 72 48 pc Apollo Beach Ft Ma QQ CQFt. Meade 83 68 87/66 ' ... Wauchula Bmradenton 87 68 81/69 Low ............... -4 at Land O'Lakes,WI City Jackson, MS Kansas City Knoxville Las Vegas Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Milwaukee Minneapolis Montgomery Nashville New Orleans New York City Norfolk, VA Oklahoma City Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Portland, OR Providence Raleigh Salt Lake City St. Louis San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Mon. Hi Lo W 65 45 s 39 25 sf 68 49 r 53 50 r 60 40 pc 69 47 t 67 47 s 58 44 pc 55 38 r 52 36 pc 66 48 r 64 53 t 48 37 r 61 42 r 48 40 r 74 57 t 59 45 r 54 34 pc 64 44 pc 57 33 sh 57 39 sh 47 37 r 47 29 c 25 5 sn 49 31 c 57 42 pc 62 37 s 79 67 pc 73 50 pc 49 39 r Mon. Hi Lo W 60 46 r 91 70 pc 82 49 s 68 55 c 73 68 t 85 63 pc 57 39 c 88 77 pc 55 36 r 54 34 c 45 34 s 59 42 pc 57 37 r 75 52 s Today i Lo W 3 60 r 2 42 c 8 51 c 3 60 s ) 57 s 4 50 pc 3 53 r 5 37 pc 6 39 pc 3 61 r 8 55 c 5 68 t Today i Lo W 1 52 s 8 34 pc 8 32 pc 6 54 pc 8 29 pc Mon. Hi LoW 68 47 pc 57 38 sh 68 48 r 80 64 s 90 59 s 62 45 r 59 46 c 47 35 c 52 37 sh 76 48 t 66 43 r 77 56 pc Mon. Hi LoW 81 54 pc 57 37 pc 52 35 pc 72 51 sh 45 31 c Rio de Janeiro 83 72 pc 86 73 pc Rome 66 54 pc 68 54 s St. John's 36 30 r 38 29 s San Juan 86 75 pc 86 75 pc Sydney 76 60 sh 76 59 c Tokyo 54 38 sh 62 45 s Toronto 50 34 pc 51 36 r Vancouver 54 46 sh 57 47 pc Winnipeg 42 29 pc 38 27 pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. Even the healthy locked out of 2014 policies now AH -ILh l-'UIlU In this March 31 photo, Elizabeth Rich helps a man sign up for the Affordable Care Act at Swope Health Services in Kansas City, Mo. Here's more fallout from the health care law: Healthy customers with money to spend will no longer be able to walk into a private insurance office or go online and buy standard coverage any time of year. WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans thinking about buying health insurance on their own later this year, or maybe switching to a different insurer, are probably out of luck. The policies are going off the market as a little-noticed consequence of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. With limited ex- ceptions, insurance companies have stopped selling until next year the sorts of individual plans that used to be available year-round. That locks out many of the young and healthy as well as the sick and injured, even those who can afford to buy without government subsidies. "Now they're stuck," said Bonnie Milani, an independent insurance broker in Los Angeles, who says she warned her customers last year that the change was coming. "It just closes everything down." The next wide-open chance to sign up comes in November, when en- rollment for 2015 begins in the government-run insurance marketplaces created by the health care law. 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Benefits of hearing aids vary by type and degree of hearing loss, noise environment, accuracy of hearing test, and proper fit. This is a wonderful opportunity to determine if hearing help is available for your hearing loss and get hearing help at a very affordable price. WISH TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS FIELD TEST NOW Through May 4, 2014 Call today to make your reservation for the Hearing Aid Field Test Arcadia Desoto Plaza (863) 535-5674 Port Charlotte Town Center Mall (Inside Sears) (941) 315-8644 Venice Inside Wal-Mart (941) 451-7069 Englewood Merchants Crossing (941) 526-0186 following that schedule even for the plans they sell outside the federal and state exchanges. The health care law allows insurers to keep selling all year. But it also creates the conditions prompting them to stop. The law, which requires nearly all Americans to be insured or pay a fine, bans insurers from reject- ing customers because of poor health. The compa- nies say that makes it too risky to sell to individuals year-round. "If you didn't have an open enrollment period, you would have people who would potentially enroll when they get sick and dis-enroll when they get better," said Chris Stenrud, spokes- man for insurer Kaiser Permanente. "The only insured people would be sick people, which would make insurance unafford- able for everyone." The change makes individual policies work more like the job-based plans that already cover far more Americans. But those who act fast may still be able to get in this year, depending on where they live. Following the lead of the government market- places, some companies are extending off-market- place sales for a week or a month to help people who hit snags trying to enroll by last Monday's deadline. Rules vary from state to state. After those extensions, eligibility for coverage during 2014 is guaranteed only for people who expe- rience certain qualifying life events, such as losing a job that provided insur- ance, moving to a new state, getting married, having a baby or losing coverage under a parent's health plan. Insurance broker Steve Bobiak of Frackville, Pa., said he learned only a couple of weeks ago that insurers were cutting off new policies. "It's lousy communica- tion out there," he said. "If we don't know, my God, how do they expect other people to know? It's terrible." A survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation in mid-March found that 6 out of 10 people with- out insurance weren't aware of the Affordable Care Act deadline of March 31. The Obama administration, in- surance companies and nonprofit groups scrambled to spread the word, often with messages that focused on the savings available to many people through government-subsidized plans sold on the marketplaces. There wasn't much public discussion about people who prefer to buy policies outside the state or federal mar- ketplaces, sometimes finding better deals or options more to their liking. Health and Human Services spokesman Aaron Albright pointed to a note buried on the HealthCare.gov website: It says "in some limited cases some insurance companies may sell private health plans outside the market- place and outside open enrollment" that satisfy the law's coverage man- date. It doesn't say how to find any companies doing that. Albright had no further comment. TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY THE NATION City Mexico City Montreal Ottawa Paris Regina los -Os O I 10s I 20s 30s I 40s I 50s I 60s 70s 80s890Ss Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation.Temperature bands are highs for the day. ~.i I *e.Wlnnipeg m45hi ,,, .. Ottawa Monreul ... ,* D~ltV Net Vor *Sa Fancsc ~Chlcg 5j'6 045 42S A4 2 - S ,Billings *Losn-rqewesor 80M Z 'Z 4Af 6a04 1 ...... .... ^ ^ ^^ ^^. 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