Today is the better half of the weekend for anything outdoors: mostly sunny, a high near 67, with a calm northeast wind turning light from the southeast. Clouds build tonight toward a low around 51, and Sunday is the washout: rain likely all day with a half-inch to three-quarters of an inch possible, a 60 percent chance overnight, and patchy fog between 10 and midnight. Monday comes back partly sunny near 66.
If Sunday plans matter, move them to today or push them indoors. The setups that survive a wet Sunday: the Pawling Free Library's reading rooms, a long lunch on East Main, or a drive up Route 22 while the first leaves turn. The next dry, mild afternoon arrives Monday once the morning showers clear.
One more thing for today: the Camino al Exito Project's Hispanic Heritage Celebration runs from 2:00 to 6:00 PM in the Village of Pawling, a free, family-friendly festival. And if you want an indoor bet on Sunday evening, Daryl's House has the Bright Lights Matchbox Twenty tribute at 7:00 PM.
The questions the Valley searches this week, answer first, source after.
Why was a Pawling handyman arrested in Dover?
New York State Police charged Ismeal Sipteyul, 46, of Pawling with three counts of forcible touching, a Class A misdemeanor. Investigators say that on three separate occasions, while working as a handyman at a Dover apartment complex, he forcibly touched three adult women without their consent. He was arraigned in Dover Town Court on Tuesday, September 15, and bail was set at $2,500 cash, a $10,000 bond or a $30,000 partially secured bond. He is due back in Dover Town Court on October 20 at 4:00 PM. The charges are accusations, and the case has not been tried.
Today stays dry with a high near 67, which is the outdoor news. Sunday turns wet with rain likely all day, then a 60 percent chance overnight with patchy fog late. The first leaves are coming down along Route 22, and the first wet-leaf mornings of the season are the slippery ones, so give intersections an extra beat.
No road advisories are logged for the Valley, and Metro-North keeps the regular timetable on the Harlem Line through Pawling, Dover Plains and Patterson. After Sunday's rain, the forecast keeps a 30 to 40 percent shower chance in play Thursday through Friday, so the dry stretch after the weekend is a narrow one.
🤖 AI Corner — one plain-English AI thing, every issue
This week: let AI plan the weekend around the rain window.
Two weekend days, one of them wet. Try: "Saturday is dry, Sunday has rain all day, and here is my list of things to do [paste it]. Sort them into today and indoor backups, and keep the plan to one screen." It is a small thing, but it is the difference between a washed-out Sunday and a full one.
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