5 Things You Need to Know Today, Thursday, May 23

1. Your 3-day Local Weather Forecast: 

• According to the NWS, there is a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Thurday with a high of  79 expected. It will be mostly cloudy with a southwest wind from 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Expect patchy fog before 10am.
• There is an 80 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night with a low of 61. Expect a south wind from 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. 
• A high of 68 is expected on Friday, with an 80 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Expect a southwest wind 9 to 11 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
• There is a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms on a cloudy Friday night, with a low of 44 expected. 
• There is a 30 percent chance of showers before 10 a.m. on Saturday with a high of 66 expected. 
• Saturday night will be partly cloudy, with a low around 43.

2. Reader Comment of the Day: "Ya I get what your saying too but I actually got to play one of the people in this mock crash my junior and senior year and a decent amount of kids were shook by it. Especially, my senior year when I actually played the dead victim. People were trying to make it real in their heads as if I actually died and it shook them to the core. Not saying all kids get it but some do and that's all that matter sometimes," Reader Renee commenting on the article,Scenes From the Tewksbury Memorial High School Mock Accident.

3. It's Happening Today: The top 10 students in the Tewksbury Memorial High School Class of 2013 will be honored by the Tewksbury Rotary Club at 12:15 at the Tewksbury Country Club. These ten students will be honored at a luncheon hosted by the Rotary Club of Tewksbury.

4. It's Also Happening Today: Redmen girls varsity softball will take on Concord-Carlisle Regional High School at home at 7 p.m.

5. ICYMI: In case you missed it, Jon Ryan's Pub is hiring line cooks and servers. Check out the requirements for the positions and how to apply.