The National Weather Service predicts a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3 p.m. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 83. Thursday night the chance of showers and thunderstorms rises to 40 percent, with a low around 63. Friday, that 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms remains, with a high near 83. For the weekend, saturday should be mostly sunny, with a high near 86 and Sunday similar, with a high near 83.

Town meetings today
CHATHAM Village Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham (392-5821).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Budget/Salary Committee at 10:00 a.m.
Public Works Committee at 6 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson.
COPAKE Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GERMANTOWN Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown (537-6687).
GREENE COUNTY The Greene County Industrial Development Agency holds a Board Meeting at 8 a.m. at Greene County IDA Office 270 Mansion St., Coxsackie.
HUDSON Historic Preservation Committee at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
STUYVESANT Greenway Committee meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
href="http://www.townofwindham.com">WINDHAM Town Board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).

The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 2:04 p.m./Low, 8:25 a.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:48 a.m./8:16 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 3:26 p.m./ 6:40 p.m.

Birthdays
July 28 Marcel Duchamp, John Ashbery, Bill Bradley, and William T. Vollman.

Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos presents the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Norman Keyser updates the morning news, with weekend events from Ellen Thurston and Sara Kendall. 9 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Christina Mailisoff and Sam Sebren host.10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Alan Skerrett hosts. Noon-2 p.m.
SOUNDFORMS Peter Wetzler hosts. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO "Radio Explosion!" 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Antoine Guerlain hosts. Andy Turner from Cornell Cooperative Extension in both Greene and Columbia counties, and also on WGXC Radio Council, is one of the guests. 4-6 p.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 6 p.m.
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS 6:30 p.m.
THE JAZZ DISTURBANCE Bassist, trombonist and composer Chris Brubeck will join Cheryl K. during this week’s "The Jazz Disturbance." On Friday, August 5th, The Brubeck Brothers Quartet (BBQ) –- Chris, his brother Dan (drums), Ulster county resident Mike DeMicco (guitar) and Chuck Lamb (pianist) -- bring their soulful jazz blended with a little funk to the Main Street Jazz Series at Gallagher’s Banquet Hall, 513 Main Street in Cairo, NY at 8 p.m. That weekend, the BBQ als perform at the famed Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, RI. They will discuss the performances and their new record. 7 p.m.
69 Eje will join The Magic Stranger. Eje unearths lost songs originally recorded in the Peruvian jungle from 1969. Don't miss this impromptu celebration of never before heard lost psychedelic gems from the Deep. 9:30 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more midnight through 6 a.m. Friday morning.