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PROUD TO BE BAHAMIAN: Joanna Evans carries the national flag for Team Bahamas during the march pass at the the XXI Commonwealth Games opening ceremony yesterday.

Let the Games begin By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

GOLD COAST, Australia — Decked in their aquamarine, gray and black warm-up outfits, swimmer Joanna Evans led the Bahamas delegation into the Carrara Stadium on Wednesday night (Australian time) for the colourful opening ceremonies of the XXI Commonwealth Games. The 19-year-old Grand Bahamian, who attends the University of Texas at Austin, will also lead the four-member team in the swimming competition at the Optus Aquatic Centre when the competition officially begins on day one. Other members of the Bahamian delegation on the parade were track athletes Katrina Seymour, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Anthonique Strachan, Tamara Myers, Teray Smith, Donald Thomas and Michael Mathieu, swimmer N’Nhyn Fernander and triathlete Cameron Roach, along with coaches and officials Roy

Colebrooke, John Bradley, Sarah Knowles and Donald Roach and medical staff Dr Rickey Davis, Cottrice Robinson and Cordero Bonamy. Coming in order of region, the Bahamas was the last of seven in the Americas that came in third behind Europe and Africa. The Bahamas trailed St Helena. The Americas was led by Belize and followed by Bermuda, Canada, the Falkland Islands and Guyana. Asia followed the Americas and then came the Caribbean. Included in the Caribbean in order were

FEMALE track athletes Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Katrina Seymour, Anthonique Strachan and Tamara Myers.

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Parade of Nations begins the 11 days of festival of sports and culture and the culmination of almost a decade of work for Australia, which last hosted the games in 2006 in Melbourne and also played host to the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. As the host, Australia completed the list of nations in the Oceania group. The Queen’s Baton Relay, which has travelled for 388 days and 230,000 kilometres, completed the longest exchange ever as it made its way into the 35,000 seat stadium. It is a tradition that celebrates the Commonwealth’s diversity, inspires community pride and excites the world about the games. Delivered into the stadium in the kombi, the Queen’s Baton was presented to a

COTTRICE ROBINSON, Tamara Myers, Katrina Seymour, Anthonique Strachan, Cameron Roach and Shaunae Miller-Uibo on the march pass. local school girl and it was relayed around the stadium by six iconic athletes to be

DORIAN and Cameron Roach, flag bearer Joanna Evans, Cora Hepburn, Sarah Knowles, John Bradey and N’Nhyn Fernander.

finally presented to The Prince of Wales, who delivered The Queen’s message to the Commonwealth and declared the Games open. The evening concluded with Deltra Goodrem, a singer, songwriter, performer, actress and philanthropist from Sydney, singing ‘Welcome to Earth’. There was also a celebration of our shared Home and our essential connectivity to everyone and every place, as symbolised by the white whale, Migaloo. Seven groups of youngsters joined the scene, representing love, freedom, innocence, diversity and optimism as they colour

the scene to form the hues of the rainbow. And as expected, the sky was lit up with fireworks, signifying the end of the night and the start of the competition when Evans will be back to lead the charge for Team Bahamas in the women’s 200m freestyle along with N’Nhyn Fernander in the men’s 50m butterfly. Also in action on day one will be Cameron Roach as the first Bahamian to compete in the triathlon at the Southport Broadwater Park, while Hield and Williams will be returning for another appearance in the squared arena at the Oxenford Studios.

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DANCERS perform at Carrara Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, yesterday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

After a drenching, Commonwealth Games open on a bright note By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — Prince Charles delivered a message from Queen Elizabeth II to officially open the Commonwealth Games before fireworks exploded on cue. The opening ceremony finished on a brighter note than the way it started last night, when a heavy rain shower drenched fans in the stadium. The weather cleared quickly enough not to completely overshadow a ceremony choreographed to showcase the traditional culture of Australia’s indigenous people and the laid-back beach lifestyle of the Gold Coast. Charles and his wife Camilla arrived in Queensland state hours before the games festivities officially began and entered the stadium shortly after the rain cleared. MOTORCADE INCIDENT: Two Queensland policemen involved in a Commonwealth Games motorcade were injured after their motorcycles collided with each other on the Gold Coast. Police say the crash occurred on the Gold Coast Highway just before the start of the Games’ opening ceremony at Carrara Stadium. A 27-year-old officer was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while the other officer, 42, was transported to hospital as a precaution. ROOKIE CAMBAGE: Liz Cambage begins her tuneup for the WNBA season with the Dallas Wings when she leads the

Australian team in the Commonwealth Games basketball competition. The 2.03-metre (6-foot-8) centre is a two-time Olympian for Australia but is playing the Commonwealth Games for the first time. She’s one of the most experienced players on the team, but doesn’t think of herself as a veteran. “I’d still like to think of myself as one of the young ones,” she said. “I’m not a veteran yet. I’m still 26, I’m still a baby, I’m trying to hold on to that.” Australia coach Sandy Brondello, who won three Olympic medals as a player with the Australian women’s team, the Opals, had some simple advice for Cambage: “Just go in there and be Liz Cambage. Play your game, be your dominant self and everything will go well.” Australia opens against Mozambique on Friday in Townsville, north Queensland, about 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) north of the Gold Coast. All preliminary basketball matches are being played in northern Queensland state. The finals will be held on the Gold Coast. ABORIGINAL PROTEST: A small group of indigenous protesters blocked a Gold Coast road, bringing a temporary halt to the Queen’s Baton Relay on its final day. The group of approximately 30 people lined up in nearby Southport, leaving the relay staff and baton runners stranded in a parking lot. After approximately an hour, organisers resumed the final leg of the relay. The baton was due at the stadium for the opening ceremony on Wednesday night. The protesters, calling themselves the “Stolenwealth Games,” are using

first medal of the Commonwealth Games without setting foot in the ring. The 19-year-old Robertson was the beneficiary of a lucky draw in the women’s 51-kilogram division and is guaranteed at least a bronze medal. Only seven boxers entered the competition, so three bouts will be contested as quarter-finals, with Robertson receiving a direct passage to the last four. Both losers of the semi-finals win bronze medals. The boxing programme starts today.

POLICE patrol at the Carrara Stadium as hundreds of people arrive to witness the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, yesterday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) the Gold Coast games to highlight their “anti-colonial activity and authority views.” Queensland police acknowledged the group’s right to protest, saying: “Should any activities occur during a protest which pose a risk to the safety or enjoyment of the Commonwealth Games, the (police) will respond accordingly.” About 100 activists gathered near the stadium just before the opening ceremony to continue the protest. OOPS: Games organisers have blundered by listing England as part of Africa in the official souvenir programme. The colourful Commonwealth Games 2018 edition lists the English capital as Banjul (instead of London), locates it in the Africa region and notes its population as slightly more than two million. That mirrors the details listed

DANCERS perform at Carrara Stadium during the opening ceremony. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

— correctly — for Gambia, only recently restored to the Commonwealth Games, directly underneath on Page 97. Gold Coast 2018 chief executive Mark Peters explained the blunder as an “overprint” as organisers rushed to accommodate Gambia’s re-inclusion into the Commonwealth just weeks ago. The African nation did not compete at the 2014 Glasgow Games after withdrawing from the Commonwealth in 2013. A change of prime minister in 2016 led to the readmission of Gambia last month, and the country has six athletes competing on the Gold Coast. GOING FOR GOLD: The first gold medallist of the games will likely be the winner of the women’s triathlon today, and the overwhelming favourite is two-time world champion Flora Duffy of Bermuda. Duffy won six out of seven

races in last year’s World Triathlon Series. England’s Alistair Brownlee, who has won gold in the past two Olympic triathlons, is entered in the men’s race. The individual men’s and women’s races and a mixed team event on Saturday will be over the sprint distance — a swim leg of 750 metres, a 20-kilometre cycle and a 5-kilometre run, half of the Olympic version. Brownlee is coming off hip surgery last August and one of his biggest threats for gold will come from his brother Jonathan, who won silver behind Alistair at Glasgow in 2014, and bronze medallist Richard Murray of South Africa. Gold medals on day one of competition will also be presented in artistic gymnastics, track cycling, swimming and weightlifting. EASY Australian Robertson

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OFFICIAL INVESTIGATED: Queensland state police are investigating an alleged assault involving an official and an athlete of the Mauritius team. Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said the allegation involved “an assault of an aggravated matter.” Gollschewski said police had been aware of an allegation before a complaint was made overnight. He declined to give further details. Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive David Grevemberg said if the allegation is proved, it “compromises the integrity of everything we uphold in terms of a harm-free environment.” NEW SKIPPER: Jesse Parahi is new captain of the Australian rugby sevens team, and there have been a few before him this year. Long-time skipper Ed Jenkins retired at the start of the season, and his replacement, Lewis Holland, was injured in the team’s last World Series tournament before the games. The man who replaced Holland, James Stannard, sustained a fractured skull in a onepunch attack last week and will miss the Commonwealth Games.

PRINCE CHARLES, left and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, centre, arrive with Aboriginal Elder Ted Williams during the opening ceremony. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Masters hype unlike any other, mainly because of Woods By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Blame it on a generation that thinks nothing was ever as great as what just happened. Maybe it was a tough winter, and nothing melts frigid memories like the sight of azaleas, dogwoods and Rae’s Creek. It sure didn’t hurt that all the best players, as young as 23-year-old Jon Rahm and ancient as 47-year-old Phil Mickelson, are winning tournaments and hitting their stride. The competition is so steep that four players have a chance to be No. 1 in the world. “This is my 42nd Masters,” club chairman Fred Ridley said yesterday. “I have never been a part of this week where there’s been any more excitement.” But the real reason for all the talk that this Masters might be the best ever still comes down to one guy: Tiger Woods. In San Diego and Los Angeles, in Tampa and Orlando, fans flocked by the thousands when Woods returned to competition after a fourth back surgery and suddenly looked very much like a 14-time major champion capable of resuming his pursuit of the 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus. He was back to producing Sunday-sounding roars at the Masters by making eagles on the back nine. And those were just practice rounds. Woods had one word for all this buzz: whoa. “I have four rounds to play,” he said. “So let’s just kind of slow down.” No one knows hype like Woods, especially at Augusta National. A generation ago, he had a chance to become the first player to hold all four professional majors, and he heard all about it for more than seven months leading into the Masters. He beat two of his biggest rivals of 2001, Mickelson and David Duval. “It’s the same thing,” Woods said. “I’ve got to go

By JIM LITKE AP Sports Writer

TIGER WOODS, Fred Couples and Matt Parziale walk on the sixth hole yesterday during a practice round for the Masters. (AP Photo/David J Phillip) play and then let the chips fall where they may. And hopefully, I end up on top. But I’ve got a lot of work to do between then and now.” Woods, who spent two days at Augusta National last week, has played ninehole practice rounds for three days leading to the first round today. Fred Couples has been at his side for all of them, and he didn’t see much different from 10 years ago. “It was pretty awesome,” Couples said. Never mind that it has been 13 years since Woods last won the Masters. Just imagine. This is the first major Woods has played since 2015. He doesn’t know of anyone who has competed at the highest level since fusion surgery on the lumbar area of the back, much less anyone who could generate 129 mph of club speed with the driver. Just 10 months, the most famous photo of him came from a Florida jail after

his arrest on a DUI charge stemming from the wrong combination of prescription drugs. It was one of the lower moments in his life. And now, Masters champion? Really? That’s four long days away, assuming he makes it that far — Woods has missed the cut in every major but the Masters — and there are plenty of obstacles along the way. Woods has been gone for so long that he says it’s been nearly three years since he putted on bent grass like that at Augusta National. The bigger issue might be a dozen or more other contenders, all of whom earned their share of the hype. That list includes Woods’ new practice-round partner — Mickelson — who is coming off another World Golf Championship title; Mickelson won the Mexico Championship to end the longest drought of his career.

The No. 1 player in the world has not won the Masters since 2002 — it was Woods, of course — a streak that Dustin Johnson would love to end. Johnson didn’t get the chance last year after he slipped down the stairs and wrenched his back on the eve of the Masters. Johnson began the year with an eight-shot victory at Kapalua. Rahm won two weeks later to move closer to No. 1 in the world. Jason Day won the week after that. Bubba Watson, a twotime Masters champion, won at Riviera. Justin Thomas won the Honda Classic with two clutch shots — a wedge and a 5-wood. One of the two tournaments where Woods contended on the back nine was the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Rory McIlroy won with five birdies on his last six holes. A victory this week would put him in company with Woods by completing the career Grand Slam.

McIlroy knows what it’s like to have so much attention. His first crack at the career slam was in 2015. He was 12 shots behind after two rounds. “I felt like there was a lot of hype coming off the two majors the summer before and world No. 1 and going for the slam the first time. I felt that anticipation and that hype, and I nearly built it up in my head a little bit too much,” he said. Maybe it will help McIlroy, Day and so many others because of the attention on Woods. Or maybe it doesn’t matter. Regardless of who’s playing, Augusta National rarely disappoints when it comes to excitement. “I come here with one goal, and that is to win the tournament,” McIlroy said. “And I’m sure everyone that’s playing this tournament has the same goals and objectives. “If I’m under the radar or not, it doesn’t matter. I just need to go out and play good golf.”

COLUMN: CAN THE NEW TIGER WOODS WIN AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL? By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The new, more social, Tiger Woods was only occasionally seen yesterday as he made his way around the front nine of Augusta National in the final tune up for a Masters green jacket that suddenly seems very much in reach. There weren’t many trips down memory lane with playing partner Fred Couples and no long conversations with the firefighter from Massachusetts, who had to look up occasionally at the gray skies and wonder what bolt of lightning would strike him next as he played alongside the greatest golfer of his time. It was Woods as he might have been 10 years ago, deep in concentration and fixating so much on the smallest details that he walked off a section of the sixth green to measure just which spot he needed to land his ball on when play finally begins for real. Woods had his game face on, and for his legions of fans that’s probably a good thing. He had a few smiles with Couples, but if the next smile out of him comes when he’s being fitted for a green jacket on Sunday, well, that’s all right with them. The feel-good Tiger probably can’t win one of those, anyway, no matter how good his game has recently become. That’s probably why a practice round on Tuesday that included Phil Mickelson for the first time anyone

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can remember didn’t exactly disintegrate into a love fest. The old Tiger playing with a touch of arrogance and a chip on his shoulder most certainly can. That’s a bit shocking considering the path Woods has taken in recent years. Back problems, personal problems and drug problems have combined to keep him mostly on the sidelines as a new generation of golfers has taken flight. Indeed, it’s hard to figure out just where Woods is. His swing is fine, his back feels good, and he’s been back in contention on Sunday in the last few tournaments of his latest comeback. But he’s less than a year out of rehab, where he went after being busted for DUI in the early morning hours last May on a Florida highway. Woods was so out of it that he told police he was driving to California, and toxicology tests later revealed five different drugs in his system. And it’s got to be hard to get the killer instinct back when you’re suddenly trying to be friends with guys you made your life’s mission to beat. “I walked past Tiger on the range just before he came in and spoke to you guys, and I said, ‘I never thought I would see the day, Tiger and Phil playing a practice round at Augusta,’” Rory McIlroy said. “So we had a bit of a laugh about that.” That it took Woods until he was in his 40s to be able to relate to most of

TIGER Woods walks on the sixth green yesterday during a practice round for the Masters. (AP Photo/David J Phillip)

his fellow players — and some of his fans — isn’t all that surprising for anyone who has read the exhaustive new biography “Tiger Woods” that details his great successes and biggest lows. The book describes him as a product of his parents, who were determined to raise a champion but also raised a loner who found his only solace on the golf course. “Even the most basic human civilities — a simple hello or thank you — routinely went missing from his vocabulary,” authors Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian wrote. “A nod was too much to expect.” There were a few nods on Wednesday, though they were perfunctory at best. On the seventh hole,

Woods actually mouthed “thank you” to fans who cheered him on the way to the tee box, and earlier on the driving range he signed a few autographs. Most importantly, though, the driver was finding the fairway and the putts were going where he wanted. In the practice round a day earlier, Woods had made eagle on both the par-5s on the back nine. If he hasn’t exactly been fan friendly, it doesn’t seem to matter to those who continue to watch him in numbers no other player can come close. He’s a legend with flaws, but a legend nonetheless and any mention he might be nearby always gets fans rushing to whatever hole he’s playing. Woods fit in fine

Wednesday in a curious practice round pairing with the 58-year-old Couples and Matt Parziale, the amateur golfer and professional firefighter who squeezes in amateur tournaments between shifts at the firehouse in Brockton, Massachusetts. Parziale won the US Mid-Amateur Championship to get a spot in the Masters at the age of 30. Woods complimented Parziale’s game, and said nice things to a Masters representative about his caddie father after the round. But this was clearly a day to fine tune his game, a day to get ready for his first Masters in three years. There were a few smiles at the end of nine holes, but the real smiles can wait until Sunday.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — All three marvelled at Tiger Woods as youngsters, then grew up and staked their own place in the game. Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth are stars at every tour stop, ranked Nos. 2, 3 and 4 in the world. But this week at the Masters brings an eerily familiar sight. Though the game’s once most-dominating player sits well below the trio — at 103rd in those same rankings — they’re all looking up at Tiger Woods again. “I know he wants to make another run at us young guns. And some of the older guys,” Thomas said, without naming names, “have been winning lately, so I guess we need to try to get our little streak back. “But it’s great for golf, great for him and I’d cherish the opportunity to be potentially going down the stretch with him to win a tournament or a major, so who knows?” he added. Much has been made of the stories passed on from their elders, how unbeatable Woods was coming down the stretch. “Anybody that played against him,” said Thomas, three weeks shy of his 25th birthday, “says you don’t want that.” Rahm had no problem relating. His first memory of the Masters was in 2005, watching as a 10-year-old in Barrika, Spain. Because of the time difference, his parents taped the final round and sent him to bed. When he turned the TV on that Monday morning, what he saw was pure magic: Woods’ captivating chipin at No. 16, followed by a win over Chris DiMarco in a playoff. “I think he’s been an idol to all of us, right?” Rahm said. “If you don’t use Tiger Woods as a reference in golf, I mean, it’s pretty silly not to do it.” He wasn’t alone. Rahm recalled standing on the practice range earlier in the week when Woods showed up. “Everybody stood up and started clapping,” he said. “It doesn’t happen for anybody else.” Spieth is by far the most accomplished golfer of his generation, a three-time major winner who won’t turn 25 until late July. Yet he’s as susceptible to rubber-necking as anyone when it comes to Woods. “The addition of Tiger being healthy and playing well, no matter what else happened, was probably going to make it as anticipated as any,” he said. Spieth ticked off a list of other contenders who’ve won recently or rounding into top form: Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson, Thomas and Dustin Johnson, the world No. 1. “There’s just a lot of guys playing really good golf, that, when it’s on the biggest stage in our sport, I think that creates that kind of anticipation,” he said. Like Thomas, Spieth and Rahm have heard the warnings from guys like Mickelson, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh that as formidable as Woods looked on the small screen, playing against him in person was even more daunting. “To be honest,” Rahm said, “I want and I don’t want him to get back to the level he was when he was playing great. I want him to, because it would be great to see it again; I don’t want him to, because he will be winning 30 per cent of the tournaments he plays, which gives a lot less room for the rest of us to win.”

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Two own goals help Barcelona beat Roma 4-1 in CL quarter-finals By JOSEPH WILSON, Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A pair of own goals by Daniele De Rossi and Kostas Manolas helped Barcelona beat Roma 4-1 in the opening leg of their Champions League quarter-final yesterday. De Rossi’s scrambling attempt to cut off a pass by Andres Iniesta for Lionel Messi backfired as the Italy international sliced the ball into the lower corner of Roma’s net for 38th-minute opener. Kostas suffered similar bad luck in the 55th when his clearance of a low cross by Ivan Rakitic hit the post and ricocheted off Barcelona’s Samuel Umtiti before finally crossing the goal-line. Barcelona pressed its advantage and Gerard Pique scored a third goal four minutes later when he only had to tap in the rebound from a save by goalkeeper Alisson Becker, who palmed a shot by Luis Suarez right to the unmarked defender.

Edin Dzeko pulled one back for Roma in the 80th before Suarez scored Barcelona’s fourth, breaking his streak of 10 matches without a goal in the competition. The victory extended Barcelona’s unbeaten run in the Champions League to 26 straight home matches, a streak that dates back to September 2013. The return leg is in Rome next Tuesday. Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-0 in the night’s other match after first-half goals by Mohamed Salah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sadio Mane. Messi showed no signs of being slowed down by the leg muscle problem that caused him to miss two friendlies for Argentina and be reserved as a substitute at Sevilla on Saturday, when his goal in the 89thminute secured a 2-2 draw. Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde made an unexpected tweak to his lineup, leaving winger Ousmane Dembele on the bench and shifting Sergi Roberto up

BARCELONA’s players celebrate the opening goal of their team against Roma yesterday during a Champions League quarter-final, first leg soccer match against Roma at the Camp Nou stadium. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) after the midfielder was ruled unfit to play because of a muscle injury he picked up over the weekend. Roma, playing in quarter-finals for the first time in a decade, succeeded in disrupting the hosts’ ball-possession attack by pressuring up the pitch. But its sloppy defending either produced or played a direct part in all four of Barcelona goals. Despite Barcelona missing

from right back to play in attack. Roberto’s spot was filled by Nelson Semedo, who hadn’t played in over a month due to a hamstring problem. Midfielder Sergio Busquets also returned for Barcelona after being sidelined for three weeks with a fractured bone in his right foot. Roma manager Eusebio Di Francesco picked Lorenzo Pellegrini to replace Radja Nainggolan

its precision passing, Messi and Luis Suarez both drew saves from Becker and Rakitic hit the far post with a low cross before the hosts went in front. Messi had already forced Roma to swarm on several occasions to stop his runs before the visiting defence finally broke when Rakitic intercepted the ball near the box and started the attack that ended De Rossi’s costly error.

THE WEATHER REPORT

5-Day Forecast

TODAY

ORLANDO

High: 81° F/27° C Low: 64° F/18° C

TAMPA

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Variable clouds with a shower

Patchy clouds with a shower late

Partly sunny

Partly sunny and pleasant

Partly sunny, warm and humid

Mostly sunny and humid

High: 83°

Low: 68°

High: 84° Low: 69°

High: 85° Low: 71°

High: 86° Low: 70°

High: 85° Low: 70°

AccuWeather RealFeel

98° F

72° F

96°-73° F

93°-76° F

98°-77° F

99°-75° F

The exclusive AccuWeather RealFeel Temperature® is an index that combines the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, pressure and elevation on the human body—everything that affects how warm or cold a person feels. Temperatures reflect the high and the low for the day.

almanac

ABACO

High: 76° F/24° C Low: 71° F/22° C

7-14 knots

High: 80° F/27° C Low: 69° F/21° C

6-12 knots

FT. LAUDERDALE

FREEPORT

High: 82° F/28° C Low: 72° F/22° C

W S

WEST PALM BEACH

uV inDex toDay

TONIGHT

High: 83° F/28° C Low: 66° F/19° C

High: 80° F/27° C Low: 67° F/19° C

MIAMI

High: 83° F/28° C Low: 70° F/21° C

7-14 knots

Statistics are for Nassau through 2 p.m. yesterday Temperature High ................................................... 82° F/28° C Low .................................................... 71° F/22° C Normal high ....................................... 80° F/27° C Normal low ........................................ 68° F/20° C Last year’s high ................................. 86° F/30° C Last year’s low ................................... 73° F/23° C Precipitation As of 2 p.m. yesterday .................................. trace Year to date ................................................. 6.79” Normal year to date ..................................... 4.74”

ELEUTHERA

NASSAU

High: 83° F/28° C Low: 68° F/20° C

High: 77° F/25° C Low: 73° F/23° C

KEY WEST

High: 82° F/28° C Low: 74° F/23° C

The higher the AccuWeather UV IndexTM number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

tiDes For nassau Low

Ht.(ft.)

Today

12:09 p.m. -----

High

Ht.(ft.) 2.2 -----

6:16 a.m. 6:16 p.m.

0.1 0.1

Friday

12:37 a.m. 12:57 p.m.

2.6 2.0

7:05 a.m. 7:03 p.m.

0.3 0.3

Saturday

1:27 a.m. 1:50 p.m.

2.5 1.9

7:58 a.m. 7:56 p.m.

0.5 0.5

Sunday

2:21 a.m. 2:48 p.m.

2.4 1.9

8:55 a.m. 8:54 p.m.

0.6 0.6

Monday

3:19 a.m. 3:48 p.m.

2.3 2.0

9:52 a.m. 9:54 p.m.

0.6 0.6

Tuesday

4:16 a.m. 4:44 p.m.

2.4 2.1

10:46 a.m. 0.5 10:51 p.m. 0.5

Wednesday 5:08 a.m. 5:35 p.m.

2.4 2.2

11:34 a.m. 0.4 11:44 p.m. 0.3

sun anD moon Sunrise Sunset

6:58 a.m. 7:28 p.m.

Moonrise Moonset

none 10:41 a.m.

Last

New

First

Full

Apr. 8

Apr. 15

Apr. 22

Apr. 29

CAT ISLAND

High: 78° F/26° C Low: 72° F/22° C

3-6 knots

4-8 knots Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Messi sped into the area and passed for Iniesta, whose returned pass to the Argentina forward would have left him in good striking position. De Rossi stretched to cut off the pass, only for the tip of his right boot to redirect the ball into the bottom corner of the net. Roma almost caught Barcelona off-guard moments after halftime when forward Diego Perotti headed the ball wide and Umtiti was fortunate not to lose the ball under pressure near his goal. But the flubbed clearance by Manolas and Becker’s poorly executed save ruined its fight back. Barcelona goalie MarcAndre ter Stegen made two excellent saves before Dzeko struck for Roma after receiving a pass from Perotti. Suarez scored his first goal in the tournament since March 2017 after a Roma defender tried to intercept a pass, instead leaving the ball for the Uruguay striker to drill home.

ANDROS

SAN SALVADOR

GREAT EXUMA

High: 78° F/26° C Low: 72° F/22° C

High: 79° F/26° C Low: 73° F/23° C

High: 80° F/27° C Low: 72° F/22° C

LONG ISLAND

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High: 80° F/27° C Low: 73° F/23° C

4-8 knots

MAYAGUANA High: 79° F/26° C Low: 74° F/23° C

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

CROOKED ISLAND / ACKLINS RAGGED ISLAND High: 78° F/26° C Low: 73° F/23° C

High: 79° F/26° C Low: 73° F/23° C

GREAT INAGUA High: 82° F/28° C Low: 74° F/23° C

6-12 knots

marine Forecast ABACO ANDROS CAT ISLAND CROOKED ISLAND ELEUTHERA FREEPORT GREAT EXUMA GREAT INAGUA LONG ISLAND MAYAGUANA NASSAU RAGGED ISLAND SAN SALVADOR

Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday:

WINDS N at 6-12 Knots ENE at 7-14 Knots NE at 3-6 Knots E at 4-8 Knots NNE at 4-8 Knots E at 4-8 Knots NE at 4-8 Knots ENE at 6-12 Knots NNW at 4-8 Knots ESE at 4-8 Knots NE at 6-12 Knots E at 7-14 Knots NE at 4-8 Knots E at 4-8 Knots NE at 6-12 Knots NE at 6-12 Knots ENE at 4-8 Knots ENE at 6-12 Knots NNE at 4-8 Knots E at 4-8 Knots NNE at 3-6 Knots ENE at 4-8 Knots NE at 6-12 Knots ENE at 6-12 Knots NE at 4-8 Knots E at 4-8 Knots

WAVES 1-3 Feet 3-5 Feet 0-1 Feet 0-1 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet 2-4 Feet 0-1 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet 2-4 Feet 2-4 Feet 0-1 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet

VISIBILITY 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles

WATER TEMPS. 75° F 74° F 78° F 77° F 76° F 76° F 78° F 79° F 75° F 73° F 79° F 77° F 77° F 76° F 80° F 80° F 78° F 79° F 79° F 78° F 75° F 75° F 78° F 78° F 76° F 74° F

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