Good Morning Cedar Valley! It's Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008

Today's forecast: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Northwest wind around 7 mph.

What's going on today in the Cedar Valley:

- Cedar Valley Farmers' Market at Crossroads Center is open from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at Crossroads Center lower level by J.C. Penney's.

- The University Avenue Farmers' Market in the parking lot of the University Avenue Hy-Vee is open from 4 to 7 p.m.

- Final Thursday Reading Series starts at 7:15 p.m. with open mike at the Hearst Center for the Arts, 304 W. Seerley Blvd., Cedar Falls. The featured reader starts at 8 p.m.

- The college football season opens tonight with South Dakota State play the Iowa State Cyclones at 7 p.m. in Ames. Upper Iowa plays at Drake University at 6 p.m.

- In high school football, Colo-Nesco will play at NU High in Cedar Falls at 7 p.m.