Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: The weather forecast for Tuesday is mostly sunny with a high temperature of around 84 degrees, accompanied by a breezy west wind blowing at 14 to 20 mph, and gusts reaching up to 26 mph. Tuesday night will be mostly clear with a low temperature of about 67 degrees, and a west wind blowing at 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
🚨 You need to know
After Alexandria was hit with a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon, the city has some relief with clear skies today.
Alexandria has also fared better in the outage department than it has in the past and better than neighboring Fairfax and Arlington. As of this morning, there are only 15 customers without power in Alexandria, compared to 221 in Arlington and 1,463 around — the admittedly much larger — Fairfax County.
Alexandria is getting a few days of reprieve. The National Weather Service said today and tomorrow should be “mostly sunny” and “sunny” respectively, though there’s a chance of showers and a lighter thunderstorm on Thursday afternoon before returning to a streak of sunny skies.
📈 Monday’s most read
The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for Aug 7, 2023.
- JUST IN: Tornado Watch issued for Alexandria and much of the region (3295 views)
- Notes: Suspect arrested after Hybla Valley shooting on Sunday (1342 views)
- National Weather Service warns of hazardous conditions today and tonight in Alexandria (1234 views)
- VIDEO: Driver arrested after Arlandria hit-and-runs Sunday morning (907 views)
🐦 Tweets of note
🤞 But at 5:30pm highest gusts I've seen in Alexandria part of the storm is 30mph. pic.twitter.com/ZUE44SkFL9
— Russ Adams 🌧️🌬️☀️🌡️🌨️ (@patpend) August 7, 2023
https://twitter.com/AlexandriaNow/status/1688657308266401792
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Potomac Harmony is Back! Following a gap year of competing, then virtual rehearsals during the pandemic, followed by the well-earned retirement of our long-term director, a year of a director search, Potomac Harmony hit the regional contest stage in Concord, North Carolina in March for the first time since 2018! It was exhilarating, reaffirming, and rewarding!
The chorus hit all of its goals, the biggest of which was to have fun and sing our best on contest stage — we did both! Because we earned a score over 400 points, our new Director, Allison Lynskey, was awarded the Novice Director award, photo above. Additionally, one of our charter members, Jackie Bottash, was nominated for and honored with the Leadership Excellence award. It was a celebratory weekend!
What’s next? So much! We now look forward to upcoming performances, growing our membership, and expanding our musical product with new arrangements and an education component each week. It’s an exciting time to be part of this ever-growing ensemble!
Alexandria NAACP, Shiloh Baptist Church, DPC to hold City Council…
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