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Your Morning Wake-Up Call for August 17, 2011

By Chuck Sudo in News on Aug 17, 2011 12:30PM

Yesterday, Skilling Central called for thunderstorms today. Not one of those "hedge your bets" chances, the graphic has the dark clouds and lightning, so they were pretty certain. Today, they're hedging their bets. Conversely, Accuweather is calling for rain. So does the National weather Service, but after 1 p.m. Temperature-wise, we're still looking at a comfortable high in the mid-80s. That's perfect porch drinking weather