5 Things You Need to Know Today: Friday, Aug. 10

Here are five pieces of information designed to get your weekend off to a sizzling start.

1. Your Local Weekend Weather Forecast: According to the NWS, today will be mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the afternoon. Areas of fog in the morning. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Humid with highs in the lower 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent. Tonight, showers and thunderstorms likely. Areas of fog. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Humid with lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. 

• Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Humid with highs in the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph...increasing to south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent. 
• Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent. 
• Sunday: Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. 
• Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.

2. What To Do This Weekend: Looking to take a daytrip this weekend? for stuff happening on the New Hampshire and Rhode Island seacoasts and on the Cape and Islands.

3. It's Happening Today: Tewksbury Country Club is hosting a . The event begins with a shot gun start at 8 am.  Immediately following the event, there is a buffet luncheon at the Tewksbury Country Club for prizes and raffles. Prizes include winning foursome, closest to the pin, and longest drive. Cost is $120 per golfer and includes 18 holes, cart, luncheon and prizes. 

4. It's Also Happening Today: Kids ages 3-12 who participated in the library's . Get your face painted, jump in the bouncy house, slide on the giant slide and have an awesome time. This event will be held in the field behind the library, but meet indoors in case of inclement weather. Today's the official last day of Summer Reading Club—participants can still pick up their prizes until Friday, Aug. 17.

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