The Sept. 19, 2022, R-C Morning Report

Genoa, Nev. — There were some ringers among the almost two dozen women participating in Constitution Day at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center on Saturday. Members of the Sierra Ringers bell choir of Carson Valley United Methodist Church, to be precise.

In Minden, the used book sale held by the Friends of the Douglas County Public Library was fairly busy as residents perused the books on sale. I’ll follow up on that today.

Oktoberfest at Heritage Park was packed on Saturday, as people took advantage of a break in the smoke. It was so clear you could smell the sauerkraut. I still have the “Chicken Dance” stuck in my head.

The air quality index is at a big green goose egg this morning, which bodes well for tonight's Homecoming Game between the Tigers and Galena 5 p.m. today at Keith Roman Field. 

I got word on Saturday that KTHX architect Bruce Van Dyke has gone to the big radio station in the sky. Van Dyke started what would be The X, a real life WKRP, in 1990 and several of us followed it around the dial for 30 years before it changed formats last year.

Forecasters have issued a flash flood watch for the Mosquito Fire through Tuesday evening. There’s a possibility of an inch of rain over the fire, and that might be sandbagging, which seems appropriate under the circumstances. Hopefully, the rain will be sufficient to put that fire out of our misery, at least.

There’s a band of moisture buzz-sawing into Western Nevada from the south that appears to be breaking up as it arrives over the mountains into Douglas before it reforms further north. It will be tonight before the chance of showers increases in Carson Valley.

There’s a good chance we’ll see some rain over the next few days, though the totals aren’t going to be anywhere near August’s deluge.

Forecasters say showers are likely in the Valley with thunderstorms possible after 5 p.m. We might also see some sky today with the high temperature at 64 degrees and a light breeze picking up out of the northwest at 5 mph this afternoon.

Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Reach him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com