Morning Briefing, August 23

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 23, the 234th day of 2011.

HEADLINES

TIDBITS

• Mayor Buckhorn will host a live, video town hall meeting on Facebook next Tuesday at 7 p.m. The topic will be the FY2012 budget. Questions can be submitted prior to and during the event via to AskTampa@tampagov.net. To access the meeting, visit the City of Tampa Facebook page and click the "shows" tab under the City of Tampa logo.

EVENTS

• 3:30 p.m. at the Seminole Heights Branch Library, 4711 N. Central Ave.
• 6 p.m. at Ella’s Americana Folk Art Café, 5119 N. Nebraska Ave.

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

MEETINGS

City of Tampa

• 1:30 p.m. Economic Competitiveness Committee, 1400 N. Boulevard.
• 3 p.m. ETCRP Health, Education and Social Services Sub-Committee, 1920 E. Hillsborough Ave.
• 3:30 p.m. Citizens Advisory Board on Budget and Finance, 315 E. Kennedy Blvd.
• 4 p.m. Ethics Commission, 306 E. Jackson St.
• 4 p.m. Ybor City Development Corp. Board, 2015 E. 7th Ave.
• 6 p.m. Tampa Heights Riverfront CRA Advisory Committee, 1801 N. Highland Ave.

Hillsborough County

• 6:30 p.m. Disaster Preparedness Program, 410 30th St. SE

FORECAST

• Tuesday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 103. Calm wind becoming west northwest between 4 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Tuesday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. East northeast wind between 3 and 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

POLLEN LEVEL

• Tree: Low
• Grass: High
• Weed: High

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