Good Tuesday, Alexandria! 👋 Today is Tuesday, Aug. 12, the 224th day of 2025. There are 141 days left in the year.
🌤️ Today’s weather: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Patchy fog before 8 a.m. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 90 degrees. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. The chance of precipitation is 30%.
Good Friday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect mostly sunny skies and a high of 54 degrees, accompanied by west winds at 7 to 17 mph and gusts up to 24 mph. As the evening approaches, the sky will remain mostly clear with temperatures dropping to around 37 degrees and a northwest wind of about 11 mph.
Forget a cookie or a sticker: donors at a blood drive next week in Old Town can get a $10 Starbucks gift card for giving blood to Inova Blood Donor Services.
The blood drive is scheduled for 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 24, outside City Hall (301 King Street). Those interesting in donating can book an appointment online. Inova also has an eligibility checklist available online.
