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Exercise 16.8

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Exercise 16.8 (20.0K)

Here is the information from a story written by Mike Sauceda, a reporter for KOOL radio in Phoenix. Write a broadcast story based on the information.
     The temperature hit 100 degrees for the first time this year at 12:46 p.m., today (May 2).
     According to Craig Ellis of the National Weather Service in Phoenix, the earliest 100-degree reading for the city occurred on April 14,
1925, 1959 and 1985.
     Here is an eight-second actuality from Ellis: "The chance of getting 100 degrees this early in the season is about 20 percent, or actually a little less than 20 percent."