caltrans spokesman mark dinger says they continue to ask drivers to merge early, we don't want them cutting in at the last second. it can need road rage and sudden braking which could cause a direct collision. >> reporter: do you see a day where the zipper merge is the norm? >> yeah, not something that we have to teach forever. one of those things that will come along as the cities grove. >> florida is eight states encouraging the zipper merge. >>> we are moving into a nice afternoon. it's been a really good pattern over the last couple of days? >> warm during the afternoon. the alternative is cold, you know. >> so we'll take it. >> there you go. if you like it a little bit on the cooler side we have that in this week's forecast later on the right now it's the folks that like it warm and sunny. it's your turn right now. stormtracker 10 has absolutely nothing going on. there is a few high clouds out the beach not a single one out there. it is off to a really great start today. those winds are a little bit calmer than they were over the weekend, but they are gonna pick up towards the middle o