Morning Briefing, September 6

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 6, the 248th day of 2011.

HEADLINES

TIDBITS

• At 1:30 p.m. today, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleaders and mascot will visit Graham Elementary students to talk about the importance of health and fitness. Graham students and staff will be decked out in their Buccaneers gear, and banners welcoming the cheerleaders will hang all over the school campus.  Graham is located at 2915 Massachusetts Ave.
• Admiral Bill H. McRaven, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, will speak at the Hillsborough County Communitywide 9/11 Remembrance event on Friday at 12:05 p.m. in Joe Chillura Courthouse Square. The event includes songs and music by school children and the laying of wreaths on a piece of steel from the World Trade Center to honor fire rescue, law enforcement, victims and survivors of the attacks and members of the military.
  
  

EVENTS

• 2 p.m. at the Glazer Children's Museum, 110 W. Gasparilla Plaza
• 7 p.m. at Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road

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

MEETINGS

City of Tampa

• 9:30 a.m. East Tampa Community Advisory Committee, 3808 N. 22nd St.
• 5:30 p.m. Downtown CRA Advisory Committee, 306 E. Jackson St.

Hillsborough County

• 10 a.m. Citizen Corps Council Board, 2711 E. Hanna Ave.

FORECAST

• Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Heat index values as high as 100. South southwest wind between 20 and 22 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
• Tuesday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. West southwest wind between 6 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.  

POLLEN LEVEL

• Tree: No Activity
• 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.