Simon’s Weekly Weather
Issued Sunday July 30, 2023 6:45 P.M. MDT
WEDNESDAY August, 2
Dry. Lows in the upper 30s to upper 40s except lower 60s in thermal belts on slopes and hillsides with upper 50s around 5000 feet. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s with mid 70s around 5000 ft.
THURSDAY August, 3
Dry except for a slight chance of late day showers and thunderstorms, mainly south of Libby. Lows in the lower 40s to lower 50s except mid 60s in thermal belts on slopes and hillsides with lower 60s around 5000 feet. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s with mid 70s around 5000 feet.
FRIDAY August, 4
Variable cloudiness and a little cooler with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, especially eastern areas. Lows in the 50s except upper 60s in thermal belts on slopes and hillsides with near 60 around 5000 feet. Highs in the 80s to near 90 with near 70 around 5000 feet.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY August, 5-6
Dry. Lows in the mid 40s to mid 50s except mid 60s in thermal belts on slopes and hillsides with upper 50s around 5000 feet. Highs in the lower 80s to lower 90s with near 70 around 5000 ft.
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Recipe of the Week
Mint Citrus Water
Prep time: 10 mins
Servings: 8
Cook Time: 2 days
Ingredients:
▢ 2 quarts water
▢ 1 lemon sliced, or as desired
▢ 2 limes, sliced, or as desired
▢ ½ cup mint leaves
▢ ½ cup sliced cucumber, or as desired
Directions:
▢ Pour water into a pitcher.
▢ Mix lemon slices, lime slices, mint leaves, and cucumber together in a bowl; add to water and stir.
▢ Refrigerate water mixture, stirring 1 time per day, until flavors have infused, 2 to 3 days.
ON THIS DAY…
Aug.2 – Aug.8
August 2 –
National
Coloring Book Day
August 3-National Watermelon Day
August 4 –National Water Ballon Day
August 5 –
National Twins Day
August 6 –
National Root Beer Float Day
August 7 –
National Lighthouse Day
August 8 –
National
Dollar Day
nationaltoday.com
Weekly Gas Prices
Average gasoline prices in Montana have risen 10.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.86/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 15.1 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 56.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has jumped 15.5 cents in the last week and stands at $3.99 per gallon.
Courtesy of GasBuddy.com
Movie of the Week
Stalker
Critics Consensus:
This is a film that sets itself apart from the rest for subtle reasons. It doesn’t jump out at you as something that is daring or audacious and you do have to dig a bit deeper in order to properly engage with it.
rottentomatoes.com
Word of the Week
Impertinent
Pronunciation:
im-pêrtn-ênt
Part of Speech:
Adjective
Meaning:
Not pertaining to the matter at hand, irrelevant. interfering somehow into something that is not one’s business, particularly the personal affairs of someone else.
Book of the Week
“Broken Beyond Repair
Author – Emily Banting
Sydney MacKenzie, personal assistant to the rich and famous, is looking forward to a well-earned break to go travelling in her beloved VW camper van, Gertie — that is, until Gertie cries off sick. When her boss calls in a favor, one that will pay Sydney handsomely and put Gertie back on the road, she can’t
Author – Emily Banting
Sydney MacKenzie, personal assistant to the rich and famous, is looking forward to a well-earned break to go travelling in her beloved VW camper van, Gertie — that is, until Gertie cries off sick. When her boss calls in a favor, one that will pay Sydney handsomely and put Gertie back on the road, she can’t
This Week In History – Aug.2 –Aug.8
August 2
1870: The world’s first underground tube railway opened in London, England.
1873: San Francisco’s famous cable car system began operating.
August 3
1492: Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
1527: The first known letter from North America was sent by John Rut while at St. John’s, Newfoundland.
August 4
1532: The Duchy of Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France.
1790: A newly passed tariff act created the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the U.S. Coast Guard).
1902: The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opened.
August 5
1583: Sir Humphrey Gilbert established the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
1926: Harry Houdini performed his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
August 6
1928: Born this day: Major League Baseball pitcher Herb Moford (died 2005), and artist Andy Warhol (Campbell’s Soup, died 1987).
August 7
1794: President George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
Francisco, Calif.
August 8
1876: Thomas Edison received a patent for his mimeograph, a type of copying machine.
Sunrise & Sunset Times
| August 2 | 5:41 a.m. | 9:46 p.m. |
| August 3 | 5:42 a.m. | 9:46 p.m. |
| August 4 | 5:42 a.m. | 9:46 p.m. |
| August 5 | 5:43 a.m. | 9:45 p.m. |
| August 6 | 5:44 a.m. | 9:45 p.m. |
| August 7 | 5:45 a.m. | 9:44 p.m. |
| August 8 | 5:45 a.m. | 9:44 p.m. |