Morning Briefing, August 11

Today is Thursday, Aug. 11, the 222nd day of 2011.

HEADLINES

TIDBITS

• Tampa Fire Rescue is participating in the Heroes for the Day event for hospitalized children at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital.

EVENTS

• 10:30 a.m. , at Wayne C. Papy Seminole Heights Athletic Center, 6935 N. Florida Ave.
• 8 p.m. at Skippers Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road

See Patch's Events Calendar for the rest of today's happenings.

MEETINGS

City of Tampa

• 3 p.m. Ybor City Development Corporation Public Safety and Parking Meeting, 2015 E. 7th Ave.
• 7 p.m. Greater Tampa CERT Annual Mandatory Organizational Meeting, 201 E. Yukon St.

Hillsborough County

• 11:30 a.m. Public Art Committee, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.
• 1:45 p.m. Contract Negotiations between Hillsborough County BOCC and Emergency Medical Personnel, County and Critical Care Technicians, Local 3525, 11025 N. 46th St.
• 3 p.m. HCAP Management Committee, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.             
• 3 p.m. Health Care Advisory Board, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.
• 3 p.m. Tourist Development Council, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.
• 6 p.m. Head Start Policy Council Executive Committee, 3639 W. Waters Ave., Suite 500
• 6:30 p.m. Animal Advisory Subcommittee, 440 Falkenburg Road.

FORECAST

• Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 106. Northwest wind between 6 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
• Thursday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 80. North northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

POLLEN LEVEL

• Tree: No Activity
• Grass: Medium
• Weed: Medium

*Headlines compiled from Patch.com and other regional media outlets; Forecast and Pollen Level obtained from the National Weather Service and Weather.com.