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Friday, August 31, 2012 local almanac

Aug 31, 2012 12:01 am
Today is a blue moon day, the second full moon of the month. The last blue moon was Dec. 31, 2009.

Weather right now


[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 84F; low 5F.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 84F; low 63F.[/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 Round Top, in Greene County:

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Friday night isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible before 9 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. There is an "Air Quality Alert" for Ulster and Dutchess counties from noon to 11 p.m.

The outlook through the weekend:


Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82, a low around 52.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, a low around 52.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Monday night there is a 30 percent chance of showers, with a low around 56.

Sunrise today: 6:20 a.m.
Sunset today: 7:30 p.m.
Length of the day: 13 hrs., 10 min.

Town meetings

Today is the fifth Friday of the month.
WGXC is unaware of any regular town meetings scheduled for today.

The day ahead at WGXC: Programming notes

8 a.m. Democracy Now! Breaking with Convention: War, Peace and the Presidency An expanded two-hour broadcast all this week during the 2012 Republican National Convention. Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now! crew will travel to Tampa Bay, to report from the streets, to the suites, to the convention floor.
10 a.m. Imprint Host Terry Doyle tracks music in upstate New York.
3 p.m. "After the Flood: Between the Lines" Ann Forbes Cooper talks with Professor Robert Titus, known as the "Catskill Geologist," and Carolyn Bennett, historian of the Zadock Pratt Museum in Prattsville and Larry Gambon, a photographer who shot extensive footage of the damage done by the Hurricane Irene, about Prattsville one year on.
7 p.m.Cairo Library / WGXC Open Mic The return of the open mic from the Cairo Library, live from Cairo's town park broadcast on WGXC 90.7-FM. Come out if you want a turn at the mic. Spoken word, music, and more.