Five Things You Need to Know Today: Jan. 27

1) Weather Watch — Early rain. National Weather Service forecasters are predicting rain, mainly before 1 pm. Patchy fog. High near 50. 

2) Tide Watch — Today's low tide at  is 7:39 am (.05 ft). High tide is 1:54 pm (9.45 ft). The sun will rise at 7:02 am and set at 4:49 pm. 

3) Swampscott Scrambler — Unscramble these letters to spell the name of a Swampscott person, place or thing (answer to be posted tomorrow):

friecof

Wednesday's answer: breakers

4) Quote of the Day: All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
Albert Einstein 

5) Big Blue Watch: The basketball teams will play against Salem at 7 pm., the boys at home and the girls in Salem.