Noon News Update: April 18, 2016

Posted Monday, April 18, 2016 12:00 am

Staff Report

Tomorrow's weather will be partly cloudy with p.m. thunderstorms and a 50 percent chance of rain. The White House is under new pressure from 9/11 families to declassify secret report; police in Australia admit investigating leaks by going through a journalist's private data without a warrant; AccuWeather begins issuing 90 day forecasts, despite no scientific basis to forecast past 10 days; IRS urges Americans to 'come clean' before they read the Panama Papers; Boaty McBoatface wins poll to name U.K. polar research vessel.

"Blackmail": Obama Under Pressure to Declassify Secret 9/11 Report
CBS News

Edward Snowden on Police Pursuing Journalist Data: the Scandal is What the Law Allows
The Guardian

AccuWeather Issues 90-day Forecasts and Meteorologists are Not Amused
Ars Technica

IRS Urges Americans: Come Clean Now, Before We Read Panama Papers

NBC News

Boaty McBoatface Wins Poll to Name Polar Research Vessel

The Guardian

NASDAQ Stock Market Activity Data as of Apr. 18, 2016, 9:45 a.m.

Index / Value / Change Net / %

NASDAQ / 4921.78 / -16.44 ▼ 0.33%
NASDAQ-100 (NDX) / 4536.71 / -6.45 ▼ 0.14%
Pre-Market (NDX) / 4532.15 / -11.01 ▼ 0.24%
After Hours (NDX) / 4541.21 / -1.95 ▼ 0.04%
DJIA / 17888.87 / -8.59 ▼ 0.05%
S&P 500 / 2077.44 / -3.29 ▼ 0.16%
Russell 2000 / 1130.92 / 2.33 ▲ 0.21%

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 904 AM EST FRI APR 18 2016

DISCUSSION...

DRY STABLE CONDITIONS UNDER DEEP LAYERED RIDGING OVER THE REGION WILL SUPPORT PLEASANT DRY WEATHER ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE ADVECTING INTO THE REGION ON A BREEZY NORTHEAST WIND FLOW BELOW A STRONG SUBSIDENCE INVERSION AROUND 850MB WILL SUPPORT SOME INTERVALS OF CLOUDS...BUT OVERALL PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE ANTICIPATED...WITH TEMPS CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 80S DURING THE AFTERNOON. ONGOING FORECAST IS ON TRACK WITH NO MORNING UPDATE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.