for ocala and gainesville. the remainder of us plain ole chilly cold, one day, and that temperatures go up >>> welcome back to "good day orlando." morning, we want to get you updated on breaking news in belgium. several explosions have gone off in multiple terror attacks. the at brussels airport and several subway stations there. right now we're hearing at least 23 people are dead, dozens more injured. we'll, of course, continue to follow this breaking news all morning here on "good day orlando." >>> also happening now, president obama is getting ready to address the cuban people today. >> john: ryan is here with a preview. >> reporter: the first speech on cuban soil by a u.s. president in more than 90 years and it'll air live. no longer seeking regime change. the highlight of the three-day` trip, including a meeting with raul castro. president obama talked about current trade embargo with the two nations. >> the embargo is going to end. when, i can't be entirely sure. >> for raul castro this is a gravy train.

>> and up to the north of orlando, up around ocala, gainesville, and the beach has had their fair share. some areas have seen over an inch of rain. we're expecting to see some activity. in the heat of the day, some storms are getting stronger. nonetheless, here they are, trying to build back to orlando. the big question, will they make it? no, they won't. they will stay to the north and dissipate around 7:30, 8:00 tonigh444444444444 if you're around port orange, and it trails off and weakens as you go farther to the south. right now, still expecting to see rain in the daytona beach area. and most of this activity is pushing off to the east and the northeast. farther north up in palm coast, gainesville to the ocala area, storms earlier, but once again the showers are winding down. one last batch in the gulf of mexico, that'll run into an atmosphere where it's already rained, and it'll cool down. it'll lose the energy, but it's still warm in orlando, 76, 79 up to melbourne, and talk more of the storms that will be redeveloping for tomorrow, and unfortunately could be a very soggy weekend,

higher north to ocala and gainesville. despite the increase and clouds and rain odds, a warm day, 86 by 2:00 p.m. isolated rain chance by 20%. sharp uptick for tomorrow. that's the pinnacle, the peak of the storminess. all the rain should fall before 2:00 p.m. on sunday afternoon, 30%, and then we clear out and cool down. highs in the 70s, and 50s, a bit cooler for you into early in the work week. >> kristin: out in deland we have a crash on i-4, the westbound lane of i-4 before state road 44. it's not causing delays, but we'll keep an eye on that one. this morning, rouse road to downtown will take you 9 minutes. >> john: a major announcement from sea world. >> amy: the company said that days of orcas in captivities will be coming to an end. luanne has the details. >> reporter: sea world entertainment has just made several major announcement, including that it's ending all orca breeding today. the killer whales currently in their care will be the last. they will have natural encounters. they will focus on orca enrichment,

up in gainesville, yu you will definitely need a jacket and the gainesville area and tomorrow afternoon, because the air is going to be dry, and we don't have a lot of sunshine work temperatures will rebounds nicely back into the mid to upper 60s. 68 in kissimmee and about 65 in titusville, so look gooding for tomorrow. plenty of sunshine expected just a few lingering early morning clouds but for the most part, there will ab mainly sunny day all day. winds out of the northwest, a little breezy at times. my seven-day forecast, let's the remain warmer than normal for the chance of showers and storms for the end of the week. >> i'll be walking very quickly to my car tonight. >> and the animated disney film dominating the box office this weekends stomping all over the open of allegiance and that's the third film in the divergent series. utopia and divergent coming in second with 39 mill. >> sports anchor adam shadoff is here with a preview. >> reporter: hey, guys we're just minutes away. and we're loaded with sports goodies and following around the arnold palmner vatation null, and jason da

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western marion county, still, a hour and hour and a half. 75 degrees, and 85 in orlando. 66 in gainesville. live picture downtown, still mid 80s, but changes on the way. looks like a cold front for the weekend. cooler temperatures, more on that coming up. >>> thanks, sad news out of lake county. a teenage boy killed many a house fir. >> the teenager is 17 years old, a student at lake minneola high school. he was located by the firefighters right near the front door of the house. >> you can see the rubble left behind from this massive house fire. we've learned the boy who dies in the flames was just 17 years old. he was a student at the high school, and we're told he was located by the firefighters right near the front door of the house. this is all that's left of a minneola home after a deadly killing a teenage boy who lived there. >> we seen the fire, and you could see it a couple of miles up the road. we got down here, i got home, the whole front of the house was lit up. >> the flames broke out 9:00 last night. the firefighters arrived, and went inside to locate the victim. they vem foun

. >>> good evening a blow up of now, we have sprinkles and showers north of ocala, and gainesville up to palm coast. here's a replay of what was going on earlier this evening. a big swath of showers and storms, winding down, they were heavier in the afternoon. and late this evening, left over showers. but look at the new batch of severe weather right now, hitting the panhandle. now moving into pensacola, and this whole zone, will get hit hard overnight. and it's traverse the i-10 corridor, and at times, light showers. nothing bad, will be affecting ocala, and gainesville, and areas to the north. even areas overnight, this is the the boundary of the stalled out front, sitting to the north, that's the reason they're not coming down to the metro orlando. 69 degrees right now downtown. 70 in melbourne, and the temperatures are cooler tonight, compared to last night, and due to the showers and storms from evening. right now, 69 degrees, northeasterly wind, and beautiful day today for the st. patrick's day, a lot of spring breakers down here, enjoying the sunshine, most of the day. but over

. >> a duct tape fund-raiser at gainesville high school has got people talking. students paid for the chance. gainesville police posted this photo to facebook today. friday. >> i think this is a very positive thing that the students have decided to get so involved in helping others in the community, particularly sick children the caption reads quote gainesville high school resource officer hutchinson recently kept watch over principal shellnut and mr. condy after think were dukt taped to the wall to raise money. they beat their $15,000 goal and raised $16,913. >> and, obviously, it was under the supervision of law enforcement plentyty of adults around. so a very safe and controlled environment. i just thought it was like a fun little joke to do. in recent months at least one team in washington state got seriously hurt. trying to out of the tape. the district says no one has raised concerns about this fund-raiser involving duct tape. i asked if they were concerned by the event or photo. >> i think it's really cool to raise money for children's miracle network. we

up around jackson i'llville and gainesville. they fall apart. any rain with the passage of that front during the overnight hours, and on friday in the afternoon look at all the sunshine and the breeze already swinging around coming in out of the northwest. lows for tonight a little cooler as i mentioned. 59 in melbourne. 50 in leesburg. definitely just a little bit of a chilly start especially north and west of town. for tomorrow the winds beginning to swing around. the air is a little bit drier and my 7-day forecast is a good one. 0% chance of rain the next zen zen -- seven days. highs in the mid-70s. >>> hi, everybody, amy kaufeldt with good day orlando. stress can be a bad thing, but new research shows it can also act like a fertilizer for cancer cells. find out how that stress could actually make cancer spread. that story plus your overnight breaking news, weather and 4:30 to 10:00 a.m. on good day orlando. >>> a new college campus in downtown orlando one step closer to reality. >> we're talking at the university of central

. drier air shows up here with the dew points down to 35 in gainesville. still pretty moist out across melbourne. a 59-degree dew point. the dry air is moving and you'll feel it later tonight and first thing tomorrow morning. the skies becoming mainly clear tonight. downtown we currently have a west wind at 7 miles per hour. that will turn more northerly late tonight. 82-degrees was the high earlier today. 58 the early-morning low. 4-degrees warmer than normal. that will change tomorrow with the overnight lows. the daytime highs are still going to get up to about 80-81. warm weather through the weekend. next cold front shows up friday. still going to be fading away and the dry weather continues through our weekend still in the 70s down in south florida. here's what's left of the front. it's died out trying to hit the bahamas, but it won't make it. 46-degrees in tallahassee. there goes the storm system. loaded and rolling along. already producing some decent snows, extending towards eastern iowa. we're going to pick up the tail end of that system and throw

people from gainesville, fredricksburg and parts of 50, that's where we will see the biggest issues. >> is vre and option. >> it is but we haven't heard from vre yet whether they will run additional trains. so, that is an on the beltway. we have road construction that is an issue. let's pull up the graphic. we can show you what we have been talking about. we have three lanes here closed. this road construction should last until 5:00 this morning. because of metro shutting down today, hov restrictions on i- 270 were waived for the morning and afternoon rush. we are expecting to see additional traffic on i-66 inbound from as far west as areas like gainesville and front royal working into fairfax. we are doing well. it will be a different story later. impact on folks out in prince george trying to make your way into town as well. know that marc will be servicing the metro -- greenbelt camden lines. that's an option. back over to the anchors. >>> peyton manning at the line of scrimmage. they have done it again. for the second time the national park service redefined its prediction of whe

deland was the low. 42 at gainesville. both areas through here later tonight going well down into the 30s for the overnight hours. 43 at gainesville now. 48 daytona beach. kissimmee in the lower 50s. gusting northwest wind flow in place. that will be the case all day long, repeated gusts of 20 or 25. by tonight, high pressure anchored out here, sits on top of the gateway. winds will diminish. skies remain clear. that will allow temperatures to stumble. as the high pushes east of our shores by tomorrow, more of a southeasterly wind. this is gonna help to do temperatures. bring us up and out of the cool snap and back to the 80s like magic right around midweek. 60s again for the good duration of the day. after that, then we start to see the numbers really start to fall by 11:54. we crash out toward the 40s for metro orlando into early tomorrow morning. across the country, snowflakes flying in through new york city, boston. some of the coastal zones east of dc are also picking up snowfall. again, everything clearing up later t

. >> a community meeting in gainesville after a teen is shot and killed. is. reporter: today this growing memorial is honoring 16-year-old robert dentman who was shot several times by police and deputies. he later died. tonight there's a big community meeting talking about shooting. n wake of the shooting death of 16-year-old robert, some people in the apartment complex where it happened on sunday are upset. this ncaa president evelyn fox talked today. >> not very well. young mother just lost her son. reporter: that you say he refused to drop this gun. at the time they thought it was out to be a fake. all nine law enforcement officers fired their weapons. >> all of their questions may not be answered tonight because of the ongoing investigation. i think once they see the leaders of these departments out and showing the effort that they are doing every within their power to answer their questions, i think people will be okay with it. reporter: investigators say dentman called 911 saying he was going to kill himself and sent previous text messages to someone say

upper 70s to low 80s. 81-82 in orlando. 54 in gainesville. humanity's starting to drop off gainesville area. that is where the air of course is much drier. because of that it is much cooler right now up in north-central florida through alachua county. 65-degrees right now downtown. we have a west wind at 7 miles per hour. sanford 65-degree, humidity 43%. titusville, no data. there is weather there and it should be pretty nice. temperatures in the 50s. here's our planner for tomorrow starting out in the mid-50s. there was data there earlier. 72 at 5:00 p.m. so again, a mixture of sun and clouds for tomorrow. another nice, warm day after a cool start first thing in the morning. here's a look at the temperatures across the u.s. 38 in charlotte. 28 up in boston. yeah, all right. it's early march. it should be like that. it's pretty chilly, but it's actually running a little bit avenue normal. want to show you this longer-range computer forecast. low-pressure centers moving across the u.s. this is saturday in the evening hours, looking good. we go

. >> she was taken here to the hospital in gainesville. and reportedly in stable condition. >> the last set date i have on her, is she is in stable condition, but improving. >> the deputies say that she's the legal owner of the gun, legal to be in the vehicle. still, big questions linger, exactly how was the gun stored and how did the child get a hold of the gun in the first place. >> did she keep it out of his hands and take every step hands. information. >> dcs, is now involved, and no charges yet, but they'll see if charges are filed. fox 35 news. >>> a gnus alert -- news alert, a high profile case of day care abuse. after a child was left in a hot van. we have the latest. >> good evening, three former day care workers, scheduled to appear in court, and only one showed up, we spoke with her of her involvement. >> i was not the driver or the aid. >> 43-year-old shannon johnson, pleading no contest in court. they're facing second-degree misdemeanors, after a 5-year-old child was left unattended on a bus for several hours. >> the driver did leave the child on the bus for several hours,

, no, not going to happen. it'll stay on the i-10 corridor, over night, a few showers, maybe in gainesville ocala area, but that's it. the computer models are doing an eh type of job. if these were baseball players, they would be batting 150, so the rainfall forecast from the model, indicating anywhere from half an inch of rain, to heavier amounts. this is through saturday evening, shows little from orlando to the east. that's the reason i'm not whole saling biting into that thing. if you amounts are pretty good. -- but the amounts are pretty good. it should be more widespread. 68 in sanford, 70 in melbourne, the winds are light to calm. a comfortable night tonight after a beautiful day today. from southern volusia county, seminole county south. and north of town, stormy. the dew points are high, mainly low to mid 60s, due to the recent rainfall and the developing storm system in front. that's jacking up the moisture content. 69 downtown, here's the planner for tomorrow. and -- 60s up to 84 or 85 in the afternoon. a few storms, and late afternoon and evening, similar to today. two areas, on

including heavier downpours just north along 75 including gainesville, some strong storms lining up south of palm coast could get over 1 inch of rain approaching flagler beach in the next 15 minutes. more big changes ahead for the weekend. >>> when you talk about the summerlike temperatures, spring breakers loved it. volusia county beaches packed all they had commented rain is rolling in and spring breakers alive look in daytona beach beach patrol says the crowds have grown so much this week especially in the morning and early afternoon they are asking

good morning to you, john and amy. they are feeling the burn here at the university of florida in gainesville. as the cloud starts to fill here, you can see that stage there is where bernie sanders will be speaking this morning. he's scheduled to take the stage at 11:00 this morning. so if all goes as planned and travel allows him to be here on time, he'll be on that stage at 11:00. addressing a crowd of thousands and the crowd is building this morning as we show you here at southfield, the lines are still pretty steady. so far, i'd say about at least a thousand people on campus so far. but they're expecting a few thousand more. metal detecters set up to make sure that everybody is scanned and screened before they come in here. let's talk about the polls because it has been a big week for sanders >> recognize right now, he still has a lot of work ahead of him. hillary clinton continues to dominate. clinton with a 30 % lead over sanders. vote. when asked about running against trump, here what bernie sanders had to say. >> i think that is right american people are never going elect a president

the gators hosting kentucky in gainesville. the wildcats led by as many as 14, but florida hung in there. u-f, only down four at the half. but in the second half, the wildcats ran away with it. kentucky wins, 88-79. loss in a row for the gators. they are 17-13. they finish the regular season at missouri saturday. spring training is underway -- starting with a tie. the orioles and braves called it a game after they both scored four runs in nine innings, at disney, yesterday. the next braves home game is tomorrow, at 1-05, against the tigers. the nationals kick off their home schedule in viera tomorrow at 1-05, against the mets. the astros start their home season friday, in kissimmee, against the cardinals at 1-05. it is testing week-- for florida schools... but not all students are taking part. ((pause for sot)) coming up... find out why some parents are having their kids "opt out" of this welcome aboard my starship. ahoy, mateys! it's full of things i love... like me brave crew... and my fellow space adventures and free of thin

this one the rain chances look robust in ocala and gainesville. out towards hammock beach, and the flagler, and palm coast. and getting down into the metro of orlando and the suburbs. we're not expecting anything too rough and gruff out there. and secondary wave mosses through. you can see it oozing down and sagging southbound, and a pretty good cluster of rain. a lot of you seeing rain drops towards late tomorrow afternoon and friday evening. we have a little bit of a lull into saturday morning. retiring of the rain chances as the front that comes through tomorrow stalls out and lifts back north. low pressure developing on the western flank. as this approaches, we have a chance of rain, light and slight, for saturday morning. a much better chance saturday probably as high as 50 to 60%. and sunday morning, offering up a few lone bird showers. then the system kicks to the east. clear out, cool it down, and bringing back sunshine to kick off the next work week. we're in the solid 80s again. i it's crazy. despite the clouds and looming rain chance, v

and 44 back over towards gainesville. temperatures tomorrow, we're going to warm it back into the mid 70s, low 70s back along the coast line. all in all a great looking weekend. plenty of sunshine. humidity is low. the only fly in the ointment, to is definitely a little on the chilly side first thing in the morning with temperatures in the 40s and 50s. 76 for tomorrow. 76 on sunday. look at next week, we go hopping into the low to mid 80s. >> a good-looking forecast. job. >> sonni: now the widow of deputy scott pine, her family is being punished because her husband decided on a certain investment strategy. find out how she's asking lawmakers for help to make things right. >> ryan: 1.62 is what you'll find at the sunoco on east altamonte drive in altamonte 1.63 is he citgo on 1792 in fern park. you're watching fox 35 news at 10:00. reminder to like us on facebook, you can also follow us on twitter at fox 35 news. we'll be right some people don't like to share their wifi, but at bright house networks, we do. login to one of

some energy gets into the knot central florida zones from ocala north to gainesville. and i think a couple of isolated storms and light passing showers for us here in orlando metro for the afternoon, generally after 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon i'll put the chance at 20%, not that big and bad but beneficial raindrops, it is tinder-dry and we've had a number of wild brush fires, palmettos associated brush going up in flames. be mindful of that. and, the gusty winds, winds tamped down but dry. beneficial. 86 by 2:00. two in coming fronts bring weather change, rain chances high, saturday, you can see tomorrow is 40% and i'll go 50 ps towards saturday morning and there may be rain, a brief lull after the noon hour refire the chances as low pressure pulls it will make a big heart move toward the region. and keep us in the chance into saturday night and sunday, after that everything slips to the south, all the weather moves offshore and we return to sun-filled skies and cooler. temperature swing compared to today and yesterday, close to 90, 71 monday, and bottom out close to

ocala, gainesville. that's where we have a frost advisory for tonight. pockets of frost are possible even across northern lake county and northern sumter county. but widespread frost in that zone. 43 in sanford for the low. 43 at kissimmee. 35 gainesville. 48 in brooksville. and it's chilly for this time of year. 45 degrees. 54 in kissimmee. it is 2 some degree colder tonight come d it's 20 degrees colder tonight compared to last night. we currently have an east wind at 3 miles per hour. here look at the numbers from earlier today. it should in the upper 70s to 80. but instead it was only 65. it will be 5 to 7 degrees colder in orlando and across central and north central florida. a chilly night tonight and we'll warm it up tomorrow and rain rolls in for the end of the week. across the u.s. it's warmer in the plains than it is here. 54 year, 56 in omaha. here is a bubble of warmth we have warmer weather on the way as the high moves on out. the wind turn southerly. back up into the mid 70s. watch how the cloud begin to thicken as the next of approaches. w

temperatures 72 in melbourne. 69 leesburg. 69 also up towards gainesville. the dew points are back up so that means more moisture. that means it stays warmer at night. lower clouds into the next several days coming in off the ocean. 67-degrees. really another beautiful night here in central florida. it really is just a great time of the year. so much is going on. so many snow birds are down. attractions are lit up. we have spring-training basketball. that is underway.o& lots of festivals, perfect. melbourne, 72-degrees. and the humidity at 60-70%. 85 at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. 78 at 5:00 p.m. the winds still a bit on the stiff side at about 15-16 miles per hour sustained with gusts getting a little bit higher than that. here are the temperatures across the u.s. always kind of nice to look and gloat. wait a minute, it's warmer in nashville than it is here. forget about it. 72-degrees in nashville, tennessee. 67 here. 61 in st. louis. actually a good chunk of the eastern u.s. is enjoying some warm temperatures. a little shot of colder air, but most of the u.s. is

around 70 in the metro and 60 in gainesville. 7-14 degrees cooler now compared to yesterday at the same time. here is a live picture. 70 and a northeasterly wind at 13 miles per hour. so again, just a great day today. 78 is the high for this afternoon. normal high should be about 76. 59 was the early morning low. a little warmer than normal but looks like tonight we will be at or a little below normal and it will continue to stay that way through the weekend when it comes to the overnight lows. clear and cool overnight. fantastic weather for the weekend and we will warm into the 80s next week. looks like it will be the warmest air of the entire year. 63 in tallahassee and 61 in jacksonville so cooler air to the north. high pressure is hanging around will turn a little off the ocean as we get into the end of the weekend and early next week. light northerly wind saturday and sunday so visibility is very good. dew points are expected to be nice and low. as we get into the next week notice the breeze turning a little more off the ocean and producing a few more clouds. again the overnight lo

those of you from gainesville and the florida-georgia border and southern georgia probably getting it good today. now we have your upper tier 60s, veil of clouds, not allowing for warming its. we should reach the 80 degree mark on the plus side of that for a lot of you with ease today. despite the clouds as we have an energetic atmosphere. contributors, not the chief but one the heat of the day ringing rain, after 2:00 through late tonight. do not be shock if you find thunderstorm activity tomorrow morning and melee down a lull and refire again for the afternoon and puts the saturday rain chance at 60%. early and chances coming up again saturday night and first thing on sunday morning. after that we scour out the clouds and add the rain chances. i want to reiterate the modeling showing us activity going good, late, late tonight, just after 3:30 tomorrow, saturday, morning watches peel out and leesburg and possibly western orange county. and continues moving down to the south. and number 2, sets up as the front draws closer. tomorrow evening, a bit rocky for a lot of you out there. nor

let's go up to gainesville. calm conditions right now. humidity sitting at about 89%. dewpoint at 47. again, the air is pretty dry. that's good. 76 for tomorrow afternoon. our breeze will be out of the north at 10. after a cool start, upper 40s, low 50s, warming up pretty quick. not a lot of wind for tomorrow. i know some past bike weeks we've had some real windy conditions. we've had rain, too. it looks like overall good-looking weather. perfect. about as good as you're going to get for this time of the year. for a nice long stretch of time in the next week. 36 in new york city. 29 in chicago. 32 up across bismarck. it's cold, as it should be for this time of the year, but no real big arctic blast. el nino is still moving along quite well. because of that, temperatures overall will be warmer than normal. it shows up in our county by county seven-day. metro orlando, 76 on saturday. 76 on sunday. next week, 82, 84, 85, head over brevard, volusia and flagler counties, for you wall to wall sunshine. great for bike week. 74 on saturday. 72 sunday. a little bit cooler with

ocala, gainesville in the white. a frost advisory does continue. temperatures for tonight getting back down mainly into the 30s. so it's going to be quite chilly temperatures getting down into the 30s and mid-40s around metro orlando. definitely a chilly start. temperatures did warm up to 65 or 66. normally we should be in the 58 in melbourne. 46 up in gainesville and the wind coming in out of the north very light. if the breeze were to come in direct off the ocean, it would warm up. but it's coming from georgia. so it look like we'll continue to day chilly for tonight. a dry breeze. at times the flow in the atmosphere is from the north. here is our planner for tomorrow. upper 40s at 8:00 a.m. 75 by 2:00 p.m. lots of sunshine and the breeze coming in mainly from the north. a shot of cool with the but it will slide east. in it place, warm up right there. 70 in albuquerque. it's warmer in denver, colorado than it is here. it's even warmer in oklahoma, nebraska. we want to take you up toward the high pressure will move out later tomorrow. still plenty

florida will stay up in the north. earlier today, a big volley of showers and storms, affect it go gainesville area, and here's what's going on right now. in pensacola, nasty line of thunderstorms, plenty of lightning, it'll all washing its way to the east, but already in areas it's been raining. these storms are weakening, because of the storms ahead of them, but still active many the extreme northern end of the state. it looks like it'll stay that way, the chance of showers overnight tonight. the rain came down earlier today for us, motor orlando, no -- metro orlando, no rain. a few areas in flagler, 1.5 inches, and gainesville area, half on inch to one and a half inch of rain from the storms this amp. computer models are all over the place. indicating, anywhere from 1 to 2 and a half inches of rain. now they're backing off, but what we will bite into for tonight is the fact we should see half an inch to over an inch of rain in many locations. but the greater amounts farther west and north, of course, near to the front. but again, everyone will get some rain out of this system. 68 in orlando

jim mcelwain welcoming scouts from each of the nfl teams to the new indoor practice facility in gainesville today. d-lineman jonathan bullard also impressive on this day one scout after called him a beast. .and you can see why. running back kelvin taylor also getting high marks. nfl draft on april 28. city lions in the midst of a 16 day break buth they' ll pay for it this summer when they play 4 games in a two week span. but adrian and the lads will worry about that later.even with no game this week, the lions conitnue spirited workouts. larin, monino and ceren called up to respective national teams. they' host portland a week from sunday. better to enjoy the break >> it' bye week off of a win. history made this afternoon in havana. president obama on hand as the tampa bay rays played an exhiobition agaisnt the cuban national team rays becoming the first big league club to play in cuba since 1999. cuba native and former big league great luis tiant throing out the first pitch, and james loney putting on an ofenseive show for the rays. two-run homer and 3 rbi as the rays defeat cuba, 4-1 just

a bit of rainfall especially at the gainesville area. palm coast, 63. a live look at your temps, kissimmee, 64 and melbourne, showing you 63 in brevard county. rain chances are rising in the early afternoon. probably peg out at about 40% of us seeing raindrops, we have a couple of bleeps on radar, this morning, very, very light sprinkles or showers now. crossing over the st. john's river basin and kicking off to the south there. lake monroe and splitting the landscape there. between jess sop and monroe and making a move towards southern volusia county. so, if you are in, say, oak hill toward the in the state you might pick up a little light rain shower activity. you can see here more reloading and back in the -- a batch of clouds and something-something going on here. a lot of energy now over the central gulf and the energy pocket is going to ride along the front as it drops south and we'll ring out the sky like a big old wet rag. how it will go this weekend. today, after 2:00, late tonight, rain chance will be up and up and specifically

that's what happens when the air is nice and dry. 64 melbourne. 53 degrees in gainesville. the humidity levels, running 70% to 80%. watch out for fog tonight. we'll have some fog late but at this level now it's pretty tough to make the whole bunch of it. we are mainly clear and we are calm. we are looking good for the overnight hours. here is our planner. upper 50s to 60s. 80-82. a mild day. the south to the southeast, the trajectory will make it cooler across the coastline. it's the end of february now. but it's really not that bad at all. temperatures in the 50s and 60s for the southern half of the nation. the 20s right now as you go farther north. the bone-chilling cold. watch these lows, the orange indicates a series of low pressure. they go to the east. this is thursday in the evening hours. there it goes. moving off towards the east. and everything basically going west to north. it was earlier in the year in january we had everything diving down from the arctic. that's not the case any longer. some of the long range mountains bring heavy rain into california. they hav

and, straggler showers and isolated, 10, 20% of us might see rain, 61 gainesville and 67 orlando and 66 kissimmee and st. cloud, theme park and attractions areas, next 7 days, rain chaps up and up saturday and down sunday and clearing skies, cooler temps by monday, high 71. that's your forecast. weather baby time. check out scarlett rose. wow, i'm fancy. up and fancy, fancy, nancy and you can see more weather babies, visit our website, www.fox35orlando.com. for more info. here's kristin, good morning. >> kristin: we're still seeing slowdowns on i-4, westbound, if you are trying to get to the turnpike from i-4: you will see this crash. flashing lights there, crews are almost done cleaning up the accident. lane and since cleared. still things are moving slowly in the area causing delays on i-4 westbound. again at the florida turnpike. a new crash i want to tell you about on the 429. southbound. in ocoee on state road 438. exit 24. causing slowdowns there. looking at our drive times, i-4 westbound from lake mary to colonial, 19 minutes an eastbound from the attraction-downtown, 18 minut

was the early morning low. it was a cold start and had to me reports of frost up to ocala, and gainesville. and warmer weather still for tomorrow. hopping into the 80s, and stay there. it'll show up on thursday, and friday saturday and sunday, there's the best chance for the rain. 70 degrees in west palm, 20 degrees cooler right now, 50 up in northern marion county. the moisture is coming from the developing storm, scoot it go energy in the -- scooting the energy from the great lakes. and another storm east of colorado, and it'll produce the storm system a cold front, and that cold front will move down this way. here's the computer model, showing tomorrow, beautiful weather, breeze out of the east and southeast. it, and get ready for it. back in the 80s, the sea breeze front storms, and scattered showers, and cold front shows up early in the day on friday. changes in the afternoon and early evening. that's a good chance of rain. this is saturday at 7 a.m.. doesn't look like much, but it'll turn into something. that's the moisture that'll be extending from the gulf, it'll be moving over us,

by around the early and mid-afternoon hours. 62 by deland and 67 gainesville. and 64 orlando, down to melbourne, the space coast, solid and mid 60s, our 7-day the warm side of things. looking good with sunshine prevailing just in time for the weekend. saturday and sunday. gorgeous weather, we'll talk more about that in your full forecast in 12 more minutes. here's live drive traffic. >> kristin: out to volusia county. we have a major crash here, causing significant delays, this is in deland, right past the state road 44 exit. i want to get out of the way. appears the crash is involving the inside lanes of i-4 eastbound. traffic is moving slowly. it is creeping around the shoulder, but both lanes are blocked again, the traffic is going around the shoulder of i-4 eastbound. in deland, just past state road 44. i'll take you to "sky fox"'s view from up above. you can see it is involving a couple of vehicles there, the crash on i-4 eastbound. back to you. >> john: happening today the stake as leaders make their pitch to the state's board of gorgeous gorgeous governo

we wake up in the morning. 70 degrees in melbourne, 75 in claremont and 72 towards gainesville gainesville. warmer right now compared to yesterday. right now winds still coming out of the east. that does make it cooler around the coast. also transporting to shore enough moisture getting a few clouds across the area. 71 again right now in down town orlando. our high temperature hit 78. a little cooler than normal. looks like tonight because the humidity comes up a little bit. overnight low should be about normal or above at 55. the humidity looks like it will be warping into the 80s starting wednesday an a few rain showers still possible as we get into the weekend. 72 in miami. 72 back up towards tallahassee. next storm system cruising to the north. look at the movement. it's not going pretty much anywhere towards the south. it's all going towards the north. looks like it's a rainmaker and warmed up the u.s. 80, getting thunderstorms later on tonight. no big cooldowns for us. here's our computer model. plenty of sunshine with a breeze off the ocean. a little cooler along the coastline. few

>> reporter: the mother was taken to the gainesville hospital where she underwent surgery, and now that the family has gone through enough, the sheriffs' office will have to make big decisions. >> the florida office is specific, and it does state that the adult household member or e child's guardian is responsible for keeping the firearms out of the reach of the young people. >> reporter: the boy was not hurt and he's staying with children and families is investigating. i'm christine cruz, 7 news. >> stories coming off of satellite today, an in-flight fight in california. women throwingel multiple punches at each other on a spirit airline flight that landed in los angeles. it started when he two had refused to turn down their music after the plane landed. the police removed the brawl, and no charges were mild. >> unexplained booms here in los angeles. since mid february, the officials have been getting several calls about explosions, but now the problem is no one seems to mow where they're coming from, or y. >> usually, it's a sudden jolt, >> we were live at the library and th patio, an

one thunderstorms in northern marion is moving away from fort mccoy and the gainesville area. what we are also starting to see is a larger area of light showers beginning to build out to the west in the gulf of mexico. little fingers of moisture coming toward us and it looks later tonight and through the weekend. big storms in the gulf of mexico right now. another line of severe weather moving toward pensacola. they got hit hard last night and more rain for us as i mentioned last night. this is tomorrow at 2 in the afternoon. widespread clouds and showers and a few embedded thunderstorms. right now we have mainly cloudy skies. 84, warm out there, big changes out there and much more on that and the seven-day forecast coming up. >> sonni: live in prison for the oviedo mom who killed her daughter. the woman shot her daughter two years ago and tried to kill herself. her lawyer said she has been battling severe mental illness for years. >> she is looking for a way to punish herself for what she did. there is no way that she should have been permitted to purchase that firearm. this

the chances higher up to towards ocala and gainesville. you see here just off to the west of deltona here, along the st. john's river, we have lighter returns over interior lake county over the deeper through the dead center of the county. not quite to the eustis area, lake dora and such, but also activity around the big bend. this is all tied to a front. what you see playing out over the central gulf is a little bit of a spin. a couple spins in place for the weekend. the spinning mechanisms up and around the boundary, the front, and bringing up the rain chances. in particular for today, after 2:00 p.m., through late tonight, and i think a slight chance tomorrow morning. few showers moving around -- the landscape. and things firing up in the afternoon hours. we'll be here in the weather center watching. we don't think anything severe. strong gusty wind, pea sized hail, and very heavy rainfall could be wrapped in. we leave the chances on lower side. and tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. you can see what's playing out. north central florida, the gator n

the dew points are pretty comfortable mainly 40s and low 50s. 47 in gainesville. when you get air that dry this is what you get. 74 with our visit orlando tower it will be a nice evening but it will get down into the 60s and down to the low 50s and 40s. 76 tomorrow with the breeze from the north at 5-10 miles per hour. a very, very comfortable day. the blue is the coldest air. cooler air. highs mainly in the 70s through the weekend and overnight lows 40s and 50s. look at the bubble of warmth developing out in the western u.s. this is mainly going to set the stage for rain across a chunk of the u.s. extreme northern wisconsin and minnesota getting snow but everything else is rain. 76 for tomorrow, 76 on sunday, look at next week in the metro area up to 82-85. again making it the warmest we have had so far for this entire year. back over towards the coast' line, 74 for tomorrow, 72 on sunday. the next week warming but not quite as warm around 80-81. last stop further up to the north you will warm-up in the marion with 74 on saturday and 75 on sunday. 40s and 50 over

and cooler from the gainesville, ocala area. and warm ahead of the system and 79 for a high on sunday. and overnight lows into the 50s and the bet chaerns of showers. for torrent in the metro area, looks good. partly cloudy skies and 60 degrees. we cool it down a few more degrees and winds from the southeast from 15 to 20 and occasionally a few clouds and is windy at times and the seven day for the metro area. and that is awesome weather and chance of showers for the weekend. the updated planner and edition of the orlando sen >> check this out. reporting the news is a dangerous business at times. this is a reporter in california this morning. oh my god. and he thanks s s his photographer chip vaughan for yelling get out of the way. >> my heart is racing like crazy. almost dpot hit by a car live on air, but i am okay. thanks, everyone, for your concern. police believe the woman may have hit the gas instead of the brake veering toward the sidewalk. and dash cam video from the roselle police department captured a woman driving with

i think a better chance for you guys up in gainesville. probably not what you want to hear with the big gator national 35 area, in the p.m. hours. rain chance swelling up to 60%. holding the general line and notion through the overnight hours. sunday, 40%. however, if the front clears out and we start to see this thing passing to the south early sunday morning, sunday may actually be more of what i would call a saved type of day, meaning you can get out and enjoy. things dry out rapidly and we cool down and we have sunshine replacing the rain. the low pressure drags across. if it spins up quick and passes east of the carolinas, and this front comes racing through and deliver a shot of good looking air by sunday afternoon. not a total wash all weekend long, but saturday, 1:00, you see the rain chances ri

here are some showers developing just west of gainesville heading toward lake lanier. we had some stronger storms move as it made its way closer it fell apart. hopefully we'll stabilize the atmosphere enough to where we'll see just thundershowers and nothing strong to severe but i'll keep you updated. look how fast we warmed up. 71 degrees. 11 degrees above the average but missed the all-time record of 80 set back in 1918. started off at 33 degrees this morning. pretty close where it should be for this time of year. warmed up nicely to 64 degrees. 10 degrees above the average and missed the record by 12 degrees. 76 degrees set back, not too far back, just in 2006. >> a live shot from our camera, there is downtown spartanburg in the background, partly cloudy skies, sun continues to go down. low 70's everywhere else. 56 degrees currently in asheville. >> nice breeze out of south-southwest. 10 to 20 miles per hour. in the mountains of north carolina, and especially back showers come in from the west. 73 degrees right now in columbia. 70 in savannah and 76 degrees in orlan

in ocala at 48. 48 in gainesville. mid 50's across the interior locations. low 60's out there in brevard county. if you think this is cool. wait for later tonight. the wind speeds, has the next issue we are going to be talking about. moving in from the north-northwest a between 15 and 20 miles an hour. i say it is an issue because of the marine conditions. rough seas. we are going to see a high risk of rip currents as well as a high risk of fires. for that reason. we have a red flag warning for dangerous fire conditions from 10:00 until 7:00. winds and the low humidity. any spark could start a fire and can grow quickly under these weather conditions. as we look at our forecast. the average high is 79 degrees. i'm happy to report we'll be well below that average at 66. get out and enjoy it. it won't last long. more details on your extended outlook as well as how low temperatures will go tonight. how the roadways are shaping up on this cool morning with amy. >> thank you, candace. for the most part, get in the car, hit the roads without any issues. taking a li

they've been a little high today breezy at times, 10 to 15 miles per hour winds. in gainesville so nice dry air there, but nearly 60 degrees still back into melbourne and 61 right now into kissimmee. live picture right now that, lake eola and some giant swans out there. 76 degrees, southwesterly wind, and high temperature for today, 76 is our normal high. 58 our early morning low and 54 should have been our normal low, so we were definitely low -- it looks like temperatures go out to slightly before below normal for tonight mainly. warm weather expected through the weekend and another cold front shows up on friday but that one also will be fading away it and looks like dry conditions will be sticking with us here as we go through the weekend and there's front and extending across the state. just to the north right now, 71 had tampa and 80 degrees in miami but only in the mid-60s, so just a little bit of cooler air and snowflakes flying and all these late snows coming off ontario. next storm system here is working its way into the great lakes. it's not diving south. so it is not going to

that will be primarily gainesville along 66 and for 95 good news there. live look at how it's shaping up on return on the 9s. the next time we see you, a look at how it's shaping up on 95 on the maryland side as well as the drive times around the metro. >>> howard said the work weather continues with close to record highs. >> if you had plans to see the cherry blossoms in bloom, you may want to adjust them. how the weather is affecting the peak blooms coming up. >>> good morning. a wonderful wednesday according to howard bernstein. it may be 53 now go up another 30. stick around. baby formulas that claient allergies effective. and found no evidence the formulas reduce the risk of developing conditions such as milk and eczema. >>> a new study finds physical activity does not impact breast density. exercise can help women lower the risk of breast cancer but danish researchers found no link between breast cancer and physical activity. they say more study is needed to determine how exercise helps protect against breast cancer. we may not know how it works we

tonight 35 in gainesville. 44 in daytona. 43 to 47 in the city. the city downtown a little warmer. 43 in leesburg. here are the highs tomorrow. much better than today. not nearly as windy. that combination should be nice. highs in the lower to middle 70s for tomorrow afternoon. here's my seven-day forecast. nice weather for tomorrow. warmer up to 79. thursday we will start to cloud it up a little bit. and here comes the chance of showers. a little bit on friday and much more, stormy potentially for the weekend. >> thanks. the predators open their season april 1st. they are in the middle of training camp and they have a couple very big, very similar looking stars. adam has the story from the >> when the mcrae twins left a few years ago they hadn't been apart from each other for more thanxx@qpyppd3\@ a few hours ever in t heir lives. now they are back in the city where they played their college fo@n otball. back tog ether again ano d on th e @ same team with the orlando predators. >> he's not that great of a guy so, it's okay. it's all @ right. >> m