Morning Briefing, August 15

Today is Monday, Aug. 15, the 226th day of 2011.

HEADLINES

TIDBITS

• Today is the last day to order an engraved brick for installation at Union Station this fall. You can buy an engraved brick through the Bricks are Back fundraiser campaign and have a brick with your family name, business name or organization name on it. Bricks will be installed at the front entrance of Tampa Union Station.

EVENTS

• 6 p.m. , 3001 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
• 6:30 p.m. , 1907 N. 19th St.
• 7 p.m. , 5020 N. Florida Ave.

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

MEETINGS

City of Tampa

• No Public Meetings Scheduled.

Hillsborough County

• 6:30 p.m. Disaster Preparedness Meeting, 6105 E. Sligh Ave.

FORECAST

• Monday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 103. West wind between 7 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Monday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 79. West northwest wind between 3 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

POLLEN LEVEL

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

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