5 Things You Need to Know Today, Wednesday, May 22

1. Your 3-day Local Forecast: 

• According to the NWS, there is a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. on Wednesday with a high of 86. Expect a calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
• There is a 30 percent chance of showers Wednesday night with a low of 63. Expect a south wind 3 to 6 mph.
• There is a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday with a high of 79 expected. Expect a southwest wind 8 to 15 mph. 
• There is an 80 percent chance of showers and a thunderstorm Thursday night with a low of 59. Expect patchy fog after 4 a.m.
• There is a 60 percent chance of showers Friday before noon with patchy fog expected before 7 a.m and a high of 71 expected. 
• There is a 30 percent chance of showers Friday night which will be cloudy with a low near 46. 

2. Reader Comment of the Day: "I'd like to thank the Tewksbury Police for helping my family and the other citizens out today and the Tewksbury School personnel that were on hand to answer questions. Today was a very scary day for my family. I am glad my son is safe and I feel sorry for the person who caused this mess. I don't think firing someone would be a good idea. As the article says I was at work in Woburn, MA and I made it from my office to Heath Brook School in about 13 minutes. I didn't care if a State Trooper was on the highway I was getting to that school asap. So many things go through your head at a time like this. In the end my son is safe and his classmates are safe. Hopefully the school will learn from this and this will never happen again." Reader R Miano commenting on the article, Heath Brook School Phone System Suffers Glitch.

3. It's Happening Today: Redmen varsity boys lacrosse will take on Triton Regional High School on the road at 4 p.m., girls varsity tennis will take on Notre Dame on the road at 3:30 p.m.

4. It's Also Happening Today: Essex Agricultural and Technical High School will meet at 6 p.m. at 562 Maple Street in Danvers and the Tewksbury Special Education Parent Advisory Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the Wynn Middle School Room 218. 

5. ICYMI: Tewksbury Memorial High School juniors and seniors gathered in the parking lot of the school Tuesday morning to watch a scenario play out in which six of their classmates were involved in a mock car accident precipitated by drunk driving. Check out our video and photo gallery from the mock accident.