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Monday, February 24, 2013 local almanac

Feb 25, 2013 12:01 am
Weather right now


[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 43F; low 21F.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 43F; low 30F.[/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: Partly sunny. High near 42. Partly cloudy. Low around 21.


Forecast for the next three days:

Tuesday: Increasing clouds. High near 43. Rain before 3 a.m., then snow and sleet. Low around 33. The National Weather Service has declared a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Tuesday. A storm system is expected to impact the area Tuesday night and Wednesday with potentially significant amounts of rain, snow or mixed precipitation.
Wednesday: Rain and sleet, becoming rain after 9 a.m. High near 40. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. Chance of rain showers Wednesday night, turning to mixed rain and snow. Cloudy. Low around 34.
Thursday:
Rain and snow showers likely, becoming all rain after 11 a.m. Cloudy. High near 40. A chance of rain and snow showers Thursday night. Cloudy. Low around 29.



Sunrise today: 6:36 a.m.
Sunset today: 5:41 p.m.

Length of the day: 11:05 hrs.

Town meetings

Today is the fourth Monday of the month.
(WGXC suggests you call ahead to confirm time and location.)


CATSKILL Village board meeting at 7 p.m. at Firehouse near Catskill Commons (Wal Mart) (943-3830).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Board of Supervisors Economic Development /Planning committee meeting at 5 p.m., 401 State Street, Hudson (828-1527).
HALCOTT Town meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 813 Route 3, Halcott Center (845-254-9920)
HUDSON Common Council Police Committee meeting cancelled; Fire Committee meeting at 6:45 p.m., at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
PHILMONT Local Development Corp meeting at 7 p.m., Village Hall, 124 Main St., Philmont (672-7032).
STUYVESANT Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).

School board meeting

HUDSON City Board of Education meeting at 7 p.m. in Hudson High School library, 215 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson (828-4360).

The day ahead on 90.7-FM

Midnight to 5:59 a.m.: Free103point9 Transmission Arts overnight

12:05 a.m.: Radio Stew: Deeper Into Movies Songs about movies, and clips from films, are featured. Including every pop culture reference, chronologically, in Quentin Tarantino films. Songs include "Deeper Into Movies" by Yo La Tengo; "The Right Profile" by The Clash, "Cassavetes" by Fugazi, "B-Movie" by Elvis Costello, ""Like Dylan in the Movies" by Belle & Sebatsian; "Girls on Film" by Duran Duran, "Celluloid Heroes" by The Kinks, "Western Movies" by The Olympics, "It's All in the Movies" by Merle Haggard, "Mae Jean Goes to Hollywood" by The Byrds, and others.
1 a.m.: Distant Correspondent David Obuchowski and Edith Frost of the band Distant Correspondent, and Maura Johnston from Maura Magazine, discuss Twitter, the internet, and more with host Tom Roe. Plus the new Distant Correspondent song, "Merge" from Maura Magazine. Recorded from Feb. 16, 2013.
2 a.m.: Joe Milutis on "Ether" Joe Milutis gave a talk, and performed a radiophonic chamber piece to, and introduce his book "Ether: The Nothing That Connects Everything" Oct. 19, 2005 at Location One in Manhattan. http://location1.org.
4 a.m.: John Ashbery Works by the poet John Ashbery are featured.
5 a.m.: This Week in Radio: 20130225 After the weekly Presidential Radio Address, Ragnar Daneskjold of "Pirates Week" reports decline at Radio Shack, with more store closings. Also, a report from Alice Ollstein of Free Speech Radio News about e-mail leaker Jeremy Hammond's trial. Myron Jackson of KZGM interviews Scott MacDonald, Forum Editor, Maneater newspaper of the Univ. of Missouri, about how Fox News grossly exaggerated a story. Bloomberg Law reports on a copyright-free "Happy Birthday" song from WFMU. Also, a report about the BBC news strike, and other radio news.

6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.: WGXC Hands-On Community Radio

6 a.m.: Al Jazeera English
7 a.m.: WGXC Morning Show Hosted by Philip Grant. Morning news, music, interviews features and agriculture reporting. Call in with your views at 518-828-0290.
8 a.m.: Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
9 a.m.: WGXC Morning Show continues with local news, events, music and more, with host Philip Grant.
11 a.m.: The Bedazzled Music Hour: The Premiere Tune in for the premiere episode of WGXC's new weekly music show, The Bedazzled Radio Hour, hosted by veejay, deejay, music video durator and pop culture archivist Spike Priggen who will spin his collection of rarities every week.
12 p.m. (noon): Monday Musical Matinee Hosted by Lincoln Mayorga.
2 p.m. Eat Food or Die: Kieran Riley On This Month's episode of Eat Food or Die Executive Chef Hugh Horner discusses the Agricultural and Farming scene of Columbia County with former WGXC Ag Show host Kieran Riley.
4 p.m.: WGXC Afternoon Show
6 p.m.: Al Jazeera English
6:30 p.m.: Free Speech Radio News
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