Good Morning!
• We’re expecting rain today, with a high temperature near 54 degrees and an east wind around 16 miles per hour, with new precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible. There is also a minor Coastal Flood Advisory in effect for today’s high tide cycles between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., with a storm surge of about a foot possible. We’re expecting rain overnight, with a low around 40 and the wind shifting to the southwest, where it will continue through Friday. Rain is expected to taper off Friday afternoon, with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 48 degrees. Saturday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 51.
• The Southampton Town Board will hear a presentation from its BESS Steering Committee and on a Change of Zone proposal for a property on Clay Pit Road in Speonk at its 10 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on Sea-TV’s YouTube channel.
• The East Hampton Town Board holds public hearings this evening on first time homebuyer down payment assistance, and on grants of Scenic and Conservation Easements at 73 Mako Lane in Amagansett, at 60 South Forrest Street in Montauk, at 257 Gerard Drive in Springs and for 43 Mile Hill LLC at its 6 p.m. regular meeting this evening. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on LTV’s YouTube channel.
• The Greenport Village Board will hear a presentation from the village Business Improvement District and hold a public hearing on potential Community Development Block Grant opportunities for the village at its 6 p.m. meeting this evening at the Third Street Firehouse. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.
• Wonder why Cutchogue has its own Parks? The Cutchogue Civic Association hosts a presentation by the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Park District Commissioners at its monthly meeting this evening at 6 p.m. at the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Library. They will discuss the park district’s history, operations, tax structure, budget and vision for the future. The meeting is free and open to the public. Find Out More.
• The Center for Advocacy, Support & Transformation (CAST), the North Fork’s far-reaching provider of safety net and self-sufficiency programs, will host its Fifth Annual North Fork Festival of Trees on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 23 and 24 at Treiber Farms in Peconic. Read More.
• East End Arts’ annual community Harvest Gospel Concert Series will be held tomorrow night, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, 59 Anchor Street in Flanders. Tickets are free and available online here.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
November 21
Plum Gut Harbor: 1:34 a.m., 2:01 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 12:42 a.m., 1:09 p.m.
Greenport: 2:11 a.m., 2:38 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 3:06 a.m., 3:25 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 2:06 a.m., 2:33 p.m.
New Suffolk: 3:33 a.m., 4 p.m.
South Jamesport: 3:40 a.m., 4:07 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 12:55 a.m., 1:06 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 11:15 a.m.
November 22
Plum Gut Harbor: 2:35 a.m., 3:03 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 1:43 a.m., 2:11 p.m.
Greenport: 3:12 a.m., 3:40 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 4:04 a.m., 4:25 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 3:07 a.m., 3:35 p.m.
New Suffolk: 4:34 a.m., 5:02 p.m.
South Jamesport: 4:41 a.m., 5:09 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 1:51 a.m., 2 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: Midnight, 12:09 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
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