Five Things to Know Today: Wednesday, July 27

1) The water disinfectant will be changing temporarily on August 1. For more information,

2) St. Pete Beach City Commissioner Jim Parent will be at the  today at 6:30 p.m. Bring him any questions that you may have on government issues.

3) Summer is great time to go for hike. Learn more about what you should bring and where you should go in this week's .

4) Do you have a big event and need a way to announce it? Check out our announcements section to get the word out. Creating an announcement is easy to do and, once it’s up, everyone checking out Pinellas Beaches Patch can see it!

5) Here's your Wednesday Forecast. It'll be partly sunny with isolated showers and thunderstorms with highs in the upper 80s and then mostly cloudy with numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. There will be a 60 percent chance of rain.