couple hours, 9:00, looking for not far from the 30s in citrus county, also eastern pasco and hernando county, 44 in lakeland, 47 in tampa, midnight hours, temperatures in the mid- 30s north of tampa, low to mid 40s around the bay area. when we see you again around 11:00 and midnight. we are expecting colder temperatures, so freeze warnings are up for all of citrus and hernando, inland pasco county, us 19 and east is in the freeze warning. that means we expect temperatures around the freezing mark for several hours. gorgeous sunset, temperatures plummet rapidly. how cold it will be when you wake up coming up at 6:15. the first cold snap has growers doing what they can to keep plants and crops safe. pasco county reporter casey cumley shows you who business -- different businesses use the

ways. be devastating. >> reporter: for glory road gardens, the threat of flow -- cold-weather means jeff speicher will be keeping his micro green crops nice and toasty. 40 degrees. it will burn the leaves on it. if it gets below 40, it will hurt that. the basil doesn't like to go before -- below 50. >> reporter: he sells these tiny plants to high-end restaurants. he chooses to use wood stoves to save on electricity. >> i have three wood-burning stoves set up in my greenhouse is. i will be up all night keeping it 50 or above. >> reporter: speicher plans on losing sleep to make sure he >> a little stint of cold weather, if you don't do something about it, they won't come in. >> half of the job is watching the weather.

in tropical plants. even the snowball azalea's are cold sensitive. >> 27 to 29 tonight. the hatches. >> reporter: try to keep your cloth from touching the top of the plants and secure the inside. basically creating a mini greenhouse for big plants. for speicher, is creating a big warm greenhouse for miniplants. >> trying to get crops to come in on night. not the easiest thing to do. >> reporter: casey cumley, 10 news wtsp. >> when it comes to keeping her family one, we found ways you can do it safely. first and foremost, don't leave space heaters alone. they should be kept three feet away from everything on all sides. to prevent a house fire. never ever use your own oven to heat your home. and protect your pets even if they are normally outdoors. it is a good idea to bring them in. being left out in the cold is just as bad as left out in

two tornadoes left this sarasota woman trapped. the walls and roof of the second floor of her home came crashing down. sarasota newsroom reporter isabel mascarenas brings the trying experience of the people who rescued her. >> doesn't look like the same has. >> reporter: nancy devito had seen pictures but nothing compares to seeing in person what is left of her home along sarasota bay. way. >> reporter: when the f2 tornado struck sunday morning, it kept nancy under the roof near her bedroom door. >> and i'm on the floor in the dark. can't move. it was terrifying i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: nancy laid in an exposed. >> i started screaming and yelling. >> reporter: firefighter steven

>> we had to tunnel our way into her through one of the non- bearing walls, we had to bust the drywall out. >> nancy had been buried for half an hour. firefighters had no time to secure the building. >> we took it upon ourselves to take the risk to get her out. >> reporter: firefighters used airbags to slowly lift the roof. there were tense moments. >> we heard some of the wood shifting and creaking. >> rescuers pulled nancy over the desk, then she had to do the rest. opening. >> very resilient for sure. she was determined to get out of there. >> they were wonderful. just wonderful. >> reporter: the insurance adjuster told nancy her home is a total loss. nearly 40 years of family memories inside. >> the most important people are your family and friends. nothing else is important. >> reporter: in sarasota,

>> 10 news is working to keep you and your family safe. we posted a preparedness checklist. just click seen on tv. you can check storm tracker 10 around the clock and get severe weather and freeze alerts with our free app. your device's app store. a health alert about a probably never heard of. it's called the zika virus. it has been around for years, but only recently became prevalent in south america and the caribbean. there are three cases in florida, one of them right here in hill -- hillsborough county. health department says they are all travel related and that's why the cdc has issued an alert for pregnant women and those trying to become pregnant to the list includes parts of mexico, south america and the rico. health experts are now linking the virus to a birth defect that causes babies to have abnormally small heads and

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humanity, the bradenton regatta is making a comeback. the event debuted last year. it was a smash hit. for 2016, organizers have planned powerboat racing for you to enjoy on both sides of the river. you will also enjoy food and music and a place for the kids to play. the event is free and set for saturday, february 6. in hernando, an important discussion that could affect your next to central florida. epcot is getting your feedback on plans to widen a two-lane stretch of state road 50 between us 301 and county road 33 in lake county. whatever the outcome, construction won't likely start for another decade. we told you about a program helping veterans fight against sex predators. now that program is getting even bigger. the pinellas county sheriff's office welcome to 24 veterans from around the country, taking part in a three-week course

exploitation rescue operative known as a hero. designed to help injured or disabled veterans get back to work. >> i was thinking after i got hurt, might not be another opportunity for me to do the same or find the same value in another job as i had with the ranger regimen. -- regiment. i saw an opportunity as another way to provide a service. what i like to do as a ranger is i like to go find bad guys. >> continue to give. after this course, they will spend 10 months helping cases before getting a chance to investigate on their own. more to come on 10 news. >>\against the oscar nominations.

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tonight on cbs and 10 news, join us at 8:00 for ncis followed by ncis new orleans at 9:00, limitless at 10:00. and join me for 10 news at 11:00. stay up for the late show with stephen colbert. charlie day and colin hanks are the guests. then 10 news this morning each and every weekday at 5:20 and 6:20. the fallout over the lack of inclusion when it comes to academy award nominees is growing. >> the criticism has led some to boycott. jada pinkett smith says she is not going since will is not in concussion. spike lee says he won't go

the academy president isn't happy with the results. >> i hope that everybody understands that this organization is completely committed to turning this narrative around. >> jada pinkett smith says the academy has a right to choose whoever they want but remains committed to not even watching the oscars. will packer is the executive producer of the movie nwa "straight outta compton". academy as well. >> he says is a complete embarrassment. tammie fields went to his old high school drama class to get their take on the oscars. >> change the situation. would you take it? >> reporter: will packer, born and raised in st. petersburg, hit makers. with seven of his films opening at number 1 on opening weekend, he says to the academy about

to do better. >> everyone has a chance to shine. >> reporter: where packer graduated, theater students are noticing a lack of diversity too. >> it's not like people of color have been taking a break for the past couple of years. it's not like there's nothing to pick from. >> i always like somebody growing up who wants to be an ask -- actor, he is a person of color, they are watching it and it is all white males. how are they supposed to have somebody to look up to? >> reporter: director trish teaches a film class here. >> it seemed to come in waves. a couple years ago, we did have major categories. that was great. the problem is it isn't consistent. >> reporter: students watched the nominations live and they are encouraged to watch the films too. she says they have all noticed a lack of diversity on several different levels. >> no female directors acknowledged this year. >> she is hopeful spike lee and

shine a spotlight on the problems parking change. >> if this is the gold standard, to rise to the level of, they need to see examples of that. >> reporter: in st. petersburg, tammie fields, 10 news wtsp. >> will packer's publicist did share his entire statement with us. that's posted on our website, wtsp.com. as the sun goes down, so to the temperatures. it's cold out there. >> we have a station in cleveland. i've been talking with our chief in our cleveland station up there, for what we're about to go through by our terms, like single digits around the great lakes. they still laugh at us. so to the snowbirds. we love you too. let's talk about it. let's get into your cold night,

seeing 40 show up. we'll see a lot more in the next couple hours. gorgeous sunset going on as the temperature plummets, that's part of the reason they will do so so quickly. blue skies and light winds will allow for whatever heat we got to rapidly escape. freeze warning, citrus, hernando and inland pasco county, us 19 would be a good barrier to gauge who is in and who is out. us 19 and east will be in the freeze warning. coastal pasco, not in it but doesn't downplay. that's more of a heads up for those trying to take care of anything that might be sensitive to the freeze mark. as to who will see it, usually a freeze warning means you can get there for a couple if not a morning. 45 in jacksonville, 49 in melbourne, straight east of us, to the atlantic side, 49 also in orlando, then interesting is the dew points, to see them in teens in jacksonville, very

every now and then we do, but not many days in the year we have dew points so low as we head into the overnight hours. so as those temperatures tumble from the 50 degree mark in tampa right now, see you again at 11:00, i would expect mid 40s if not low 40s and our wake- up temperature should be right around 39 degrees in tampa. let's take you step-by-step where you live. looking at around 35 in brandon, 39 around the airport, closer to downtown, 38 degrees, on the pinellas side of the bay, central to northern pinellas, 38, 39. should be about right for daybreak temperatures. seminole, largo, south to st. pete, 40, 41. more common as we head through the sunrise hours. so around 32 in dade city, 32 in brooksville, low 30s and if

entirely possible. 44 in bradenton and sarasota, look for about 44 to 46, lake wales and haines city. after the first couple hours of the day, another gorgeous looking day, but should feel not all that bad honestly. mid 60s and light winds, beautiful sunny skies, should be pretty nice for mid-to-late january for us here, high temperatures from north to south, low 60s around crystal river, most of us for brooksville to sarasota over to lakeland, 66 to 68 degrees for our high temperature. northeast winds back and forth between five and 15 knots. moderate chop on the day. high tide around 12. you probably heard us talk about another round of storms. i'm actually tracking two more rounds of storms in the next week. also put in perspective given everything we've gone to the

the warm up thursday and friday, that system on friday a lot less likely to produce any concerns for severe weather. the main reason, the main driver of this, sunday's storm system had a low down here in the gulf coast tracking across the state. with this low between atlanta and knoxville, tennessee, that is where we will see the stronger energy across south carolina and georgia. so storms and rain friday, yes. midday, severe weather, the threat not near as likely. it's the one behind that, that's a week away, today is tuesday, seven, eight days away. that one is setting up more similar and the threat of severe weather would be possible. but perspective again, 7 to 8 days, a lot of time to watch it. and see how this will play out and what we will be seeing, something to get on your radar to keep tracking.

closer. does it look like a rainmaker next week or could we potentially see severe weather threat? we'll keep you posted on the cold, the storms ahead and the cool weekend with new models. i'll see you at 11:00. if you can't make it to the big game february 7, you are in luck. hooters and 10 news have teamed up for your chance to win a watch party for eight people at a tampa bay hooters location. all you have to do is watch 10 news at 5:30 in the evening for the secret word of the day.

here we go. hockey tonight, lightning going edmonton. why the resurgence? lots of reasons. the biggest probably good health has returned to the club. some may point to john cooper's line juggling. like domestic off now on the first line with the triplets being split up. once has the stuff happens all the time. year. it happened every game. that's just what happens. we understand as players it's part of the game, some nights a little change. all of a sudden you see chemistry or a spark or bounce >> yeah. there's been a spark. the bucs made it official mark duff there, linebackers coach.

chad hoke is the new defensive backs coach. just a little bit chilly on monday, 23rd annual joshua house golf classic. 45 degrees. it didn't stop the golfers and sponsors from raising $165,000. wade boggs was inspired by the tournament founder, owen mind. >> i think so many lives that oakland has touched over the years, making a difference, in these kids and young adults at the joshua house. they have a place that they can call home. speaking of hall of famer's, this guy is still banned from the hall of fame but pete rose made another call today. the cincinnati reds put him in their hall of fame. live temperatures on the sky 10 network, 46 in crystal river, 48 in auburndale, freeze warning for citrus, hernando

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