Morning Briefing, August 24

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 24, the 235th day of 2011.

HEADLINES

TIDBITS

• Registration is open for Hillsborough County's 14th annual Teenage Battle of the Bands. The event will be Oct. 15 at the county fairgrounds in Dover. 
• TampaGov eCommerce Services will be unavailable this evening from 9-11 p.m. due to scheduled maintenance.  This includes business tax receipts, construction express permits, monthly parking permits, parking tickets, and utility bill payments. 

EVENTS

• 11 a.m. at the Seminole Heights Branch Library, 4711 N. Central Ave.
• 6:45 p.m. at the Independent, 5020 N. Florida Ave.

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

MEETINGS

City of Tampa

• 12 p.m. Public Art Committee, 306 Jackson St., 5th Floor Conference Room
• 4 p.m. Ybor City Development Corp., 1700 E. 9th Ave.

Hillsborough County

• 10 a.m. Public Art Project, 3639 W. Waters Ave., Ste. 500

FORECAST

• Wednesday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 102. East northeast wind between 6 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Wednesday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. East northeast wind between 7 and 9 mph. 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.