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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 local almanac

Sep 05, 2012 12:15 am
Weather right now


[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 84F; low 64F.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 82F; low 64F.[/caption]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

READ TEMPERATURE IN HUDSON: On thermometer in Studio A.
FAR LEFT:The temperature on the far left is from the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page.
MIDDLE TEMP: Cairo from Weather Underground page.
FAR RIGHT: Catskill from Weather Underground page.

Local weather forecast.
Today's forecast is specific to Catskill, in Greene County:

Today: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between noon and 5 p.m. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82; low near 62.

The outlook for the next three days:

Thursday: Patchy fog before 8 a.m. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Otherwise, mostly sunny. High near 85; around 64.
Friday: A slight chance of showers after 2 p.m. Party sunny. High near 83; low around 64.
Saturday:
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy. High near 79; low around 65.

Sunrise today: 6:25 a.m.
Sunset today: 7:22 p.m.
Length of the day: 12 hrs., 57 min.

Town meetings

Today is the first Wednesday of the month.
(WGXC suggests you call ahead to confirm meeting time and location.)

CAIRO Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 512 Main Street, Cairo (622-3120).
GHENT Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, P.O. Box 98, Ghent (392-4644).
GREENE COUNTY Meetings for Human Services, Health, and Education Committees at 6 p.m. at County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
GREENPORT Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Greenport Town Hall, 600 Town Hall Drive, Hudson (828-4656).
HUDSON Hudson Common Council Youth & Aging Committee meeting, 6 p.m., and Arts, Entertainment & Tourism Committee meeting at 6:45 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
LIVINGSTON Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, County Rte. 19, Livingston (851-9441).


The day ahead at WGXC: Programming notes

8 a.m. Democracy Now! Expanded Convention Coverage WGXC will carry daily the Democracy Now! expanded two-hour broadcast during the 2012 Democratic National Conventions. Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now! will travel to Charlotte to report from the streets, to the suites, to the convention floor.
10 a.m. @Issue: Robin Andrews Columbia County Supervisor Robin Andrews, Democrat of Claverack, discusses the TCI fire and cleanup, and her campaign for the State Senate, with host Victor Mendolia, chairman of the Hudson City Democratic Committee and first vice chair of the Columbia County Democratic Committee.
Noon After the Flood: Forum on Flood Coverage: WGXC's Dharma Dailey talks to reporters, citizen journalists, bloggers, Tweeters and Facebook updaters about how they covered the storm. In the hope we can face the next emergency a bit better prepared, we will share our findings in the Forum on Flood Coverage. The public is welcome to attend. The Forum will be recorded for broadcast on WGXC 90.7-FM at 8 a.m. Sat., Sept. 8, and at 2 p.m., Sept. 13. This is part of "After the Flood," WGXC's coverage of the one-year anniversary of the storms surrounding Hurricane Irene and their impact on the WGXC listening area.
4 p.m. WGXC Afternoon Show: Artist and teacher Tasha Depp will be on hand to talk about this weekend's Catskill Artist and Gallery Tour. Local news and events will be announced, and interesting music will be played. Ron Diamondstein and Jill Sutton operate the controls from the Catskill Community Center.
1 a.m. 120 Hours for John Cage: In Determining John Cage, Shonni Enelow, Michael Garofalo, Josh Hoglund (10:22)
2 a.m. 120 Hours for John Cage: Six lines, some of which are broken, Folkestone Fringe (1:04:00)
3 a.m. 120 Hours for John Cage: Landscape Under Construction, John McDonough (35:56)

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