5 Things You Need To Know Today: Sept. 2

1) Weather Watch — National Weather Service forecasters are predicting a sunny day with a high near 70.

2) Tide Watch — Today's low tide is 8:50 am (-.93 feet). High tide is 3:06 pm (11.04 feet). The sun will rise at 6:09 am and set at 7:16 pm. 

3) Lottery Numbers for Thursday —

Powerball:13-19-35-47-57 Powerball 29 Power Play x5

Mega Millions: 2-22-25-28-50 Megaball 18 Megaplier x4

Megabucks Doubler: 5-6-8-18-39-44

The Numbers Game:

Midday: 0-5-8-1

Evening: 1-6-1-5

Cash Winfall: 2-5-6-12-32-43

Mass Cash: 3-19-27-29-30

4) In Music History — In 1935,  George Gershwin completed the orchestral score for the opera Porgy and Bess. (From on-this-day-in-history)

5) In History on Sept. 2, 1935 — A Category 5 hurricane struck the Florida Keys with winds in excess of 185 mph causing extreme damage including the deaths of over 400 people. It is still considered one of the strongest hurricanes to have struck the United States, and is one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded worldwide. (From http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/september2nd.html)