i'm anjuli davis. >> alcides: we did it. it's sunday. it's my friday. you're still working. >> anjuli: what are you talking about? >> alcides: i'm alcides segui, and we have lindsay. you've been a busy bee all morning. >> lindsay: we're watching the latest. we tal how we watch this disturbance. that's really all it is. a trend we've been watching since this time yesterday is more models show we got to watch this a little closer in the gulf. this morning, though, our weather is not influenced by any tropical moisture. we have drier air aloft, so some high clouds this morning over br brookdale bayshore. dry at the beach until 3:00 in those spots. we hit 80 this hour and the jump

i'm anjuli davis. we'll get your forecast with lindsay in a minute.. but first, a quick check on the headlines this half hour. >> anjuli: good morning. a quick check on the headlines. >>> a st. pete woman is facing charges after police say she crashed her car into a prisoner transport van. officers were loading people into the van early saturday morning when they say 30-year-old emily spice sideswiped one officer. she's accused of hitting the transport van as other officers jumped out of the way. as she was taken into custody, her car reportedly rolled over an officer's foot. thankfully everybody is expected to be okay. >>> palm beach county deep tees say an argument led to amachete attack in lake worth, and the search is on to watch the system. the victim was hit in the arm friday afternoon. the teenage victim was rushed to a local hospital, but the extent of injuries aren't being released at this time. >>> we're learning new die tails into the bizarre doue murder that gripped the nation. office says 19-year-old austin harrouff told them monday night t

on this eight morning, i am anjuli davis. >> walter: and allen in for alcides sequi. >> anjuli: and mike bennett in for lindsay. >> michael: if you look outside, not too bad just yet. a nice start to the day. 79 degrees. a bit steamy out there but things will go downhill as we head throughout the morning hours. the satellite and radar view. you can see the rain gathering offshore. i think it makes its way onshore a little bit earlier so the forecast for today, we will go 40% rain chances toward 9 a.m. 81 degrees. better chance of rain though between, say, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. that looks to be the peak. heaviest and steadiest the farther west you go. heavier and steadier on the day on sunday. we will talk about that in the full forecast coming up. >>> new this morning, polk county detectives are searching for two two people after the sunoco was broken into around 4:30 thursday morning. this man broke the gas station on highway 27 in daveenport. he tried steal the safe but was unsuccessful and instead took a laptop. they believe this woman was acting as a lookout at the time burglary. if you

i am alcides segui. >> anjuli: i am anjuli davis. check with lindsay in a moment but a quick look at the h headlines. >>> lightning it blame for the death of a 50-year-old woman at the park. she was walking through gazebos at martin luther king, jr. park when lightning struck. the woman was homeless and seen around the park for seven the 7th deadliest lightning strike in florida this year. >>> winter haven police are looking for three people responsible for breaking into cars outside the palm gardens nursing home. police say they took credit cards and checks and have been seen using them at stores across polk county area. they may be driving a light-colored dodge truck and a gold colored sedan. >>> a tallahassee judge has side with families fighting school standardized testing. schools need to look at other things besides test to promote a student. class grades and assessments from teachers. it family filed lawsuits to make reading test scores a requirement when it comes to advancing to the fourth grade. >>> dry start of the day area

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i'm anjuli davis. >> alcides: i'm alcides segui. thank you for joining us this morning. we have lindsay to talk about this forecast. everyone is still talking about invest 99. >> lindsay: it's still near the gulf. we talked about the potential of the warm water and how it could fuel it. not today. we have to get through classic summer stuff. we had the storms yesterday and probably fewer storms overall today. waking up in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees another dry start to the day. we look to the east for spottily inland rain by noon and then, swift-quick moving showers towards the west coast. state getting closer.outh of th- can this organize some? there's still wind shear involved right now. a trend shows a track into the gulf by tomorrow, so early work week is when conditions are a bit more favorable for organization. what we've done since yesterday is increased the odds of development, 40% the next two days and 60% the next five days. satellite imagery to see how the center is doing this morning. it's dig organize. the problem is look at the computer models, look a

i'm walter allen((anjuli)) and i'm anjuli davis, in for jen epstein. let's start off with a check of skytower radar, with mike bennett, he's

in clearwater, anjuli davis, fox 13 news. >> the guide dogs said chapin is the only volunteer here in florida taking her service dog and but she had a principal who will be the first of many the plum elementary, that is the coolest. >> can you imagine being in that class. that's the class every kid wants. and the dog gets the socialization part of it a win-win. >> it is. >> you would like that class, too. >> when you hang out with them that's good stuff. >> how about today. storms going, this is a great shot. tippy top looking west on kennedy and look at this storm clearwater and safety harbor putting out very heavy rain with lightning. that's amazing. you get blue shot and producing heavy rain. on sky tower we're tracking storms. one is developing over safety harbor, a radar can see storms all the way out into the gulf and heavy rain as you slide south and east to the ever glades gulf, some of this is moving towards the west coast. a lot of it should weaken but some of it will make it on shore. then overland now, we have day time heating and storms are firing up. the biggest impact w

anjuli davis has more on the legacy he left behind as a legend. >> he knew how to captivate a crowd and drive home the message of faith and family. >> it was like he was calling news a huddle he would speak directly, passionately and not huddle with let's do it. >> the mongisnor higgins passed away at age 87. and wednesday more than 1000 packed into the church he built when he arrived in tampa at the age of 29. back then he was given the task of turning a cow pasture into a parish. his personality made the mission a success. he had charm, chairis ma and the looks, a tnk combined with a grin, he stayed on at as the pastor for 49 years. but his service wend beyond the pulpit. he was a friend and some of the biggest names and former bucs head coach tony dungy. >> you may want to give the ball to the young fine boy. he is a fine boy. i remember thinking is he boy or we have a better chance to win. >> laughs aside he said his heart was was in helping. he was involved in a number of charities. >> all those places that he was there, he was there gladly. and he was there reaching out and being

i'm anjuli davis... in for walter allen. ((jen)) and i'm jennifer epstein. and we begin with the weather right and it's never too early to start preparing. as we keep an eye on the potential for tropical weather to head this way.. pinellas county is giving residents a head start on preparation.. the county started making sandbags available at noon today.. to allow people time to get them before the rains arrive.. sandbags will also be available tomorrow.. at three locations: john chestnut park in palm harbor.. lealman community park .. and taylor park.. in largo. dot com. new this morning: a drive-by shooting... at a home in pasco county. and deputies say one of those bullets... hit a ?baby girl. it happened just before 11-30 last night, in the 73- hundred block of westcott drive. that's in port richey... just east of u-s 19. fox 13's shayla reaves joins us live now from the scene, with more. and shayla the question on everyone's mind... how is that tampa police are a 27-year force veteran was killed over the weekend... while on ?vacation. fox 13's "evan lam

i am anjuli davis. lindsay milbourne is here with a pretty start to our saturday. >> lindsay: a beautiful start of the day. this time look west to the beach where a lot of you want to head today. the good news about the weather today lower than normal rain chances especially at the but at the beach, we have some showers off shore. a view of towering clouds oner is sira beach net cam. look how smooth the water is. and before we show you near shore showers. the temperature update show a few of us warmer this hour. 80 winter haven. 81 in tampa 1 in 81 degreesest factor in th. fe near 90 inpa. so we know the heat continues to couple of showers have popped. five to eight miles offshore. they are not onland, but if you were boating this morning, you will want to go around these. better yet, wait until midday when the sea breeze kicks us out of the picture. one heavier shower five miles west of clearwater beach is just sitting still and probably going to rain itself out. high pressure has shifted south. we hav

on this saturday morning, i am anjuli davis. >> walter: i am walter allen in for alcides segui. thank you for joining us. mike bennett is in for lindsay milbourne. musical chairs. it's fun. >> anjuli: are you leaving now. >> walter: step in, thank you. >> michael: unsettled weather pattern. rain near the coast. there it is. looks pretty ominous out there and certainly parts of citrus county getting in on the action all morning and starting to see it fill in elsewhere across the gulf and really a matter of time until we start to see it across the rest of this -- really the nature coast and on into pinellas county eventually into tampa later this morning. the forecast then for today. we will see the temperatures warming up into the mid-80s or so with all this cloud cover. it will be tough to crack the upper 80s. rain chances going up. we will see them around 60% as we head to the noon hour and hanging tough around 40% this afternoon but higher rain chances certainly for tomorrow and heavy rain even possible. we will detail all of that coming up in the full forecast. >> walter: than

i am jen epstein in for anjuli davis. those stories in just a minute but first mike bennett in for similar. 77 in tampa. 73 in brooksville. 76 in sarasota. 74 out in sebring. the satellite and radar over the last 24 hours. you saw those big storms yesterday afternoon especially inland. by the time they made their way to company, they fell apart a bit and now we are starting off again just as we started the last couple of mornings. we will start off with partly to mostly clear skies. build that cloud cover and storm activity a little bit later on. the difference tod little bit drier air in the atmosphere that should limit our rain chance as we head in the afternoon. a few late-day storms building west. rain chances about 30% today. that means high temperatures back into the low to mid-90s. hot and humid. how about the second half of your weekend. details on that and the rest of your seven-day coming up. >> alcides: thanks, mike. >>> new police are on the scene a pedestrian. the pedestrian was trying to cross the street and

. >> anjuli: i am anjuli davis. those stories in a minute. but lindsay with a wet forecast. >> lindsay: a wet freak. storm this afternoon but dry this morning and if you were that direction with my clouds. filtered sun. looking east from st. petersburg. a lot of sunshine and good b boating this morning. questionable boating by later this afternoon and temperature update features more upper 70s, st. pete, 81. lakeland at 81. we are at 79 in brandon. 76 in brooksville. humidity creeping in. now time at 8 a.m. to show you the heat index. feels like the upper 80s for a few spots in pinellas county. now offshore in pinellas co have some rain that is moving the opposite rain as we have the east wind. as we look toward the eastern part of the state and especially southeast, that is where some moisture is gathering the wake of our tropical disturbance that we have been watching. and still watching it closely, but even though you see this looks a little more impressive in terms of convection or showers and storms, they are being south and east of the

on this eight morning, i am anjuli davis. >> walter: and allen in for alcides sequi. >> anjuli: and mike bennett in for lindsay. >> michael: if you look outside, not too bad just yet. a nice start to the day. 79 degrees. a bit steamy out there but things will go downhill as we head throughout the morning hours. the satellite and radar view. you can see the rain gathering offshore. i think it makes its way onshore a little bit earlier

i'm anjuli davis. >> alcides: i'm alcides segui. we have lindsay milbourne to talk about the forecast. my boys are playing, and the season starts with baseball. it wasrywhere but the beb >> anjuli: how about the storms go around you. we saw storms yesterday but not as many. today we lower the rain chance, but they start in the same spot in the coastal areas and shift inland. because of that light wind, doesn't it feel a little extra steamy? 80 degrees, 79 in sar society and upper 70 inland. while we may see one for two coastal showers, no signs of rain this morning. drier a with high pressure in control and light onshore wind, by late morning and midday we see a couple of showers near the coast and slowly build to storms and shift inland this afternoon. coverage overall is 20% at tampa and 10% at the beach and 30% inland. we will hit 91 today and a little above average. we have three areas we track. i have the latest models and update in your tropical update coming up. >> anjuli: developing sending a imagine to the hospital with a br

. >> anjuli: and i am anjuli davis. lindsay is here with a look at the forecast. good morning. >> lindsay: good morning. a dry start of the day and dry midday at most. 81 in st. pete. 79 here in tampa. sebring, 78. big storms last night, right? they were locally heavy with a lot of lightning near the coast and they again came in from the east. we look to the east coast for our winds today. a couple of shiny showers to i-95. as this moisture glides in, we will keep the rain chance in our coastal areas 50%. some dry hours. residual clouds overhead hanging on to the northeast wind. this is the been tracking in the tropics and we are still watching it, but quite frankly this is a very disorganized system. the low ited. >> self. wind shear knocking the clouds south and east. and heavy rain for the bahamas. as this moves north and west we will have to monitor this to the gulf. the bottom line as the moisture moves northwest, our rain chances are going up. good news. the development for the next two days, 40% for the next five days. state. south florida looks quite wet.

. >> anjuli: and i am anjuli davis. the forecast with lindsay in just a minute, but first a quick check on the headlines. new concerns over the gleeka virus this morning after five new cases are found in miami beach. the cases involve two local residents and three tourists to visited miami beach fronew york, texas and taiwan. since the beginning of this month, health officials are been spraying pesticide from planes over miami and however, due to all the hig they will not be able to do that over the south beach area. >> alcides: police continue to each this morning for the man exposing himself on the usf campus. people have seen him flash people at least three times. he was last seen running naked along the robert beard parking garage. they do not believe he was a student. four flashing incidents last year and this past april, three led to an arrest. >>> if you were headed to the beach, remember the stingray shuffle. officials on clearwater beach have raised purple flags because of the stingray war warning. ten people s

i am anjuli davis. >> alcides: i am alcides segui, lindsay milbourne with our forecast. >> lindsay: it look beautiful. rain chances lower than ave average. 84 degrees here in tampa. as we look west, couple of towering clouds. a cloud that is shrinking because the rain fading away well offshore of sirata beach. the plates to be out there. sky tower radar which is still active, not on land. let's zoom in. watching since 6 a.m. it is still there now literally less than a mile from some of the area beaches including clearwater beach for you. more like three miles offshore. we will watch that. elsewhere, one mall shower that was well west of u.s. 19 and citrus county. we are waiting on that onshore push to bring a few spotty showers to the area. 84 in tampa. 8 in sarasota. winter haven a.t 84 mid-90s as expected. big-time heat this weekend because our rain chances below average. and our access of highressure much further south. what that means for you that the west wind which is more inland storms late day. for us today. 30% rain chance in tampa. 20 at the pwaerz and 40% through polk throug

. >> anjuli: i am anjuli davis. and mike bennett in for lindsay. a wet forecast. >> michael: not a constant rain from today through your car. keep it handy. sun roseann hour or so ago. this is looking to the east over downtown tampa, so cloudy start to the day. a little more in the way of sunshine inland. here where that cloud cover is coming from, that batch of showers to the west, and overall the progress of those showers are to the east. we do have this downpour here now making its way into st. pete, headed toward the beaches here. a quick downpour with this. this is not the main batch, 15 minutes. what happened to the rain in that's not it. just that little shower here. this is the main batch of rain headed through crystal river and much of western citrus county and on into hernando county. we will continue to watch those showers. temperatures in the mid-80s. a 6% chance of rain today. 7% chance of rain for tomorrow. periods of rain heaviest at time. heaviest and steadiest the closer to the coast. the farther north you get a long this wet, unse

i'm anjuli davis, in for walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. the news is next, but as we mentioned: a very busy morning in the tropics... let's get right to lindsay milbourne... she's in for dave. (lindsay monday morning starts on a dry note, but plan on a 60% chance of afternoon and evening storms. some will be locally heavy. highs in the low 90s. all eyes are on tropical depression 9 in the gulf. many storm the wettest days in tampa bay will be late wednesday and thursday. there is also the threat for coastal flooding during this time. the governor has asked floridians to ?prepare, and "make a plan"... for people living in coastal areas, sandbags are a good start. pinellas county is making them available at noon today... so people can get them ?before the heavy rains start. they'll also be available ?tomorrow, at three locations... john chestnut park in palm harbor.. lealman community park .. and taylor park.. in largo. we've posted more details on our website.. fox 13 news dot ((jen)) we have a news alert coming into the fox-13 newsroom. pas

and fox-13's anjuli davis shows us: the kids, will help him do that. at just ?seven months old...this little guy is christina chapin's ?youngest...this school year. but kaoko and the plumb elementary fourth grade teacher-- are already in sync...after a summer's worth of schooling. he is a guide dog in training. southeastern guide dogs. kaoko's been at her side for the past four months...learning-- listening-- and tagging along-- for just about everything.and...with permission from parents-- and the school district-- that includes...coming into her ?classroom, five days a week. it's like a jungle gym for kaoko to learn all these great things. in a class with 21 kids, one of kaoko's toughest assignments will be staying on task.he's learning so much being around all these kids. all the different noises, even little things like the fire bell, it might scare him, he might do great. but it's great exposure for him. educators say-- it's also a valuable opportunity-- for kids. it's a learning experience for them as well because they'll learn firsthand what a guide dog d

it has not >>> and this time last year and anjuli davis has more. >> we remember the flooding of that event in 2015, flooded homes, roads, and places taken over by the water. and officials are trying to clean out the drainage systems. and checking and cleaning hot spots to lead to a better flow of storm water off the streets and into the bay. police are gearing up the humvees they have pinpointed 20 known street flooding locations, this very barricades near the areas. they are ready to shut down roads if necessary. the mayor said that's up to residents to be prepared. >> the best thing people can do is don't be stupid. do not drive water. use common sense. if you can avoid the low lying areas and that tend to flood just find a different location. >> we know how to maneuver, don't think that the vehicle can get through the standing water and i can promise you you will regret it, it will be extensive. >> they will be monitoring the path tomorrow and make the >>> tampa council is slated to vote on an assessment and the 250 million plan would overall the dated storm water system and cure

and anjuli davis is here with more. what do you know. and st. pete and police say that a choice landed them there. son's life was nearly stolen. they were driving home in her vehicle when a drunk driver, 31-year-old bryce mc leod ran a red light and hit her car. shawn broke his back. caroline had no pulse when rushed to the hospital. and hanging on through life-support, the kids were precious. students in the usf student program. and they are both music teachers, she teaches in five schools, the passion for her music and for kids comes through being in her reduces room. it is always something going on. can you feel the love of it. >> now the family prays that spark will make a miracle for their daughter. hit them. he has a previous dui and multiple traffic offenses. the victim's advocate said he routinely bragged about his binge drinking on social media. >> and every post on stan and instagram depict him drinking and drunk. he and a buddy are drinking and driving. another he is passed out in at a bar. >> he just made a mistake. >> i don't know h

said she has been sober for three years, steady job and bank account and reconnected with her anjuli davis, fox 13 news. >> happy reunion after a scare in t water. r a while their 2-year-old was where to be found. can you imagine the fear. why this family calls it a miracle. >> on friday was the last time the emts that rescued their daughter. and two of the officers who are now considered family members stopped by their home. the reunion was a time for hugs. >> trying to get her under the lights. >> and the sharing of story about the rescue of kennedy, a bruised but lively 2-year-old who was visited by her rescuers today. two police officers and one of their lives a local emergency room >> she was my best friend you have a life long bond. >> friday at 10:40 the boat capsized near the 5:20 bridge. her father veered off track and hit a guide wire sending the family over board. >> i was in the water i could see the rights lighting up the charlotte up to the top of the boat. they could not see kennedy or find her after dives under the boat she started to pray, i said let us find her alive. we

and anjuli davis is here with more. what do you know. and st. pete and police say that a choice landed them there.

fox 13 anjuli davis is here now with more. hey anjuli. that's right. laura it has to do with stick they wand to wear on their helmets all season long. this what it looks like arm in arm. it was a fallen dallas police officer shot back in june. camp but nfl cannot wear during regular season games. league did not go interest specific just that they have a strict uniform policy and sticker ghost against it. jones and say they were disappointed in nfl's decision but said the sticker already served its purpose to honor the fallen. >> but the dallas fallen officer foundation had strong are words for the nfl saying, these were our friends and our loved ones. and it hurts to not have the nfl fully support us. >>> laur >> coming up, places to go, things to do this weekend. for both you and your puppy. also, we know he's the greatest swimmer in the pool. but with his big win last night michael phelps just broke a 2,000-year-old record. we will explain. and then charley is turning trash into treasure in clearwater. yeah. i mean rescuing a piece furniture off the

>>laura: anjuli davis is in the studio to tell us all about this morning's hot clicks. >> good morning to you guys. first hot click is adorable. a little girl who doesn't understand the concept of the big finish. when she sings, she gives 110% the entire time. >>laura: good for her. ? ? >> she's got some pipes, doesn't she? i love this. okay. this is 2-year-old violet. her alphabet song has been viewed more than three million tis reason. she's belting it out. the entire time as if she was singing the song's finish. some are comparing her to the broadway legend. >>russell: i can see that. very much. i think elaine. especially those hands. those hands going right there, elaine always did that. 100% all the time. >> there's a proud mama somewhere behind that camera. this is what it would look like to get behind the wheel of a hot camera and let the car rip on the track and it looks like it's running on a complete track. there are actually eight cuts in the video hidden when the car enters each different tunnel. pretty clever. interesting to see. >>russell: wow. >> and finally, you remembe

morning, welcome to "good day tampa bay." 7:00 on a saturday morning i am jen epstein filling in for anjuli davis. >> alcides: and i am. mike bennett in for lindsay milbourne. >> mike: musical chairs. >> alcides: how is it looking throughout is? >> mike: not too bad. it is a nice start to the day. not as warm and humid as the last couple of days and you will notice that, but certainly not a whole lot of cloud cover out there either. you start to see the sun off in the distance and starts to make its way up. sunrise just a couple of minutes ago and look at the satellite and radar over the last 12 hours or so. last night we saw some big storms migrate their way inla rain chances today lower than they have the last couple of days. high temperatures back up into the low 90s. so it will be hot today. stay hydrated. stay hydrated in the seven-day forecast. the seven-day coming up in just a bit. >>> new this morning, tampa police remain on the scene of a deadly crash involving a car and a pedestrian. police tell us the pedestrian was trying to cross the street when they were hit. the incident happened o

i'm anjuli davis. >> alcides: we did it. it's sunday. it's my friday. you're still working. >> anjuli: what are you talking about? >> alcides: i'm alcides segui, and we have lindsay. you've been a busy bee all morning. >> lindsay: we're watching the latest. we tal how we watch this disturbance. that's really all it is. a trend we've been watching since this time yesterday is more models show we got to watch this a little closer in the gulf. this morning, though, our weather is not influenced by any tropical moisture. we have drier air aloft, so some high clouds this morning over br brookdale bayshore. dry at the beach until 3:00 in those spots. we hit 80 this hour and the jump winter haven at 79 and 79 in venice. humidity factored in to feel like the mid to upper 80s for some of us near the coast. sky tower is quiet this morning. we have rain moving away and a couple sprinkles on the east coast. let's head to south florida and check out the keys in miami and cuba. notice there's a little bit of spin here on radar. kind of a broad low tha be trying to for

we'll get over to you and then anjuli davis.

. >> anjuli: and i am anjuli davis. a look at the forecast with lindsay. >> lindsay: not to stay won't be dry, but drier than it is normally this time of the year. to venice both at 79. 80 in tampa. warmer near the coast as op opposed to your inland areas quite toasty in the low to mid-70s. radar quiet but couple of showers in our coastal waters. if you were boating this morning keep an eye on our sky tower radar app before you head out. proposals at best. one moderate shower that is holding together. we don't have a big push of onshore wind. most. rain will fall apart before it reaches the coast. drier air. with that onshore wind. a couple of coastal showers that push to inland storms and chances for rain 30% at best for most of us. by noon, 88 and will hit 91. by 5 p.m. the storms are well east of i-75 the chance of rain is 40%. the tropics are heating up a bit. two areas of distued weather that we are tracking including one we are watching more closely. i will explain in my tropical >>> lindsay, thank you. a close ca

jennifer epstein to in anjuli davis. >> alcides: and i am. alcides segui. and mike bennett in for lindsay. >> mike: cloudy and gloomy. the opposite of this weekend. all children's camera. looking out to the east. the sun off in the distance, bright blue skies and the way it will be through the morning an start to see clouds bubble up late this morning and early this afternoon but all in all, not too bad. sky tower radar view looking good right now. now later today. that is when we will start to and build their way west. just 30% rain chances for to today. dry air in the mid 11 levels keep the rain chances down and hot as well. temperatures both today and tomorrow getting into the low 90s. we will talk about your rain chances the rest of the se seven-day forecast coming up in a bit. >> thanks, mike. >>> new this hour, tampa police say all lanes of 50th street are back open following a deadly accident involving a pedestrian. early this morning the the street when hit near broadway avenue east. also new this morning, a woman has been charged with dui after hit

anjuli davis is off. >> it's god to be back this morning. >> fantastic. i was in italy and it was hot but it felt hotter here. i heard a lot about how it's warmer over there but it was a great trip. weather-wise yesterday, we had fewer storms but today better rain chances returning. not so much this morning and this morning out the door, i think you're going to notice extra clouds sliding from the south and east. temperatures right around 80 or slightly below. 75 in brooksville and 78 in st. petersburg and 80 in clearwater. radar is active but n locally. notice heavy storms offshore sarasota county and southeast florida, that is a sign of that moisture creeping back in. so i'll be monitoring a chance for maybe a shower or two between now and midday but a better chance of late-day storms as this moisture piles up on the west coast. you'll notice extra clouds mixing in today which may stabilize things until later this afternoon. by noon, 88. we'll hit 91 with a 50% storm chance. keep in mind a few could be stronger as they build west >>> a 3-year-old child

i am anjuli davis. >> alcides: and i am alcides segui. lindsay to talkbout t seven-day forecast. going to be rainy. >> lindsay: this weekend typical summer stuff that does include more storms which will be heavy near the coast this afternoon. the heat building and a couple look west toward the beach we go. gorgeous start in clearwater beach, but if you wait until 3, 4:00 approaching and off the beach inside. big warm-up. in the low 80s in tampa. 82 in tampa, sarasota and venice. st. pete and clearwater feeling like with the humidity near 90 in spots. and another warm start to the day and an east wind that pushes the rain to the west. and in the coastal waters. to the sou a for some deeper moisture that are not gradually heading our direction into the part of the week. around our area high clouds to the south. and plenty of deep tropical moisture and while our disturbance that we have been watching near the bahamas have not moved much, there is more moisture. it is being sheared though. and while we are talking about a sheared system. notice where that is -- and the brighter pink

jennifer epstein to in anjuli davis. >> alcides: and i am.

i'm anjuli davis. >> alcides: i'm alcides segui. we have lindsay milbourne to talk more about our forecast. >> lindsay: we might as well extra steamy because the winds are light. with it the rain starts earlier near the coast. it's very isolated today. good boating ft bay today. let's go to the beach where a few people are out there enjoying a nice stroll in bradenton beach and a couple clouds in the distance but no rain in the distance this morning. the temperatures went up this hour. the warm spot is tampa at 82. humidi so with the temperature and that moisture, it feels now like 89 at 8:00 a.m. here in tampa. a lot of sun and a couple of clouds near the coast. it's the light, onshore wind that triggers the sea breeze late morning. as we spell out the day, by noon and by 11:00 a.m. some rain in the coastal counties. it's only 20%, so i keep it partly cloudy. storms. slim rain chances today and tomorrow, but by mid-week it's back to reality and by mid-week we have a couple of areas to watch closely in the tropics. i'll have a full

anjuli davis reports tonight why the investigators believe this may be a chain reaction of copycat crimes. >> anjuli: a once sacred room reserve toed prayer is reduced to rubble. >> the drywall is rotten. it's insulation, the carpets. we have toe redo everything. bush boulevard was originally thought to be caused by an electrical glitch. turns out it was arson. >> some people are scared. >> reporter: sibley of care florida it is the bay area muslim community is increasing security measures. >> all mosques especially at services to hire an off-duty sheriff's deputy. that's important. have greeters who can keep an eye on who is coming in and out. have security cameras. >> reporter: atfonfirm another fire at the islamic country was burned intentionally. at least two others are under investigation.he have a suspect in mind for at least one of the blazes, but don't believe the fires are connected. instead, may be the work of copycat criminals. >> we don't know what the motivation is right now, but for me the motivation doesn't matter. the fact that a prison is willing to set fire to a building

we'll get over to you and then anjuli davis. and you said it right, it is developing. that's key. we don't have tropical storm yet we no longer have an invest. we have what kind of in between a tropical depression that starting to pull away from cuba. overnight, you know most of this moisture and most of these showers and storms or over land and out over water. haern hunters are out there checking out environment. that running into, because we need our computer models to get a better grasp. what we know right now is that this is on its way. into t wind sheer values will be dropping. it's going to take some r thi t organize. the question remains how strong is this going to get and where is it going to head. at least we're getting better consensus as to whether where models take it as of 5:00 a.m. i know it's 8:00 a.m. we will get new track at 11:00 a.m. we have tropical depression. 35 mile per hour winds moving west at 9. west northwest movement over the next 24 hours, perhaps becoming tropical storm her mean or ian by late tonight that northerly wednesday morning can't stress enou

fox just about a half hour ago the funeral mass began for monday seen other lawrence higgins anjuli davis is here with more on that. he's affected a lot of people sure has linda, bad weather didn't stop well over a thousand people for return turning out for monsignor higgins funeral. in tampa. >> here's a live look inside, where funeral is going on right now. monsignor higgins died one week h largely responsible for building the church where his funeral is being held right now. he moved to tampa at the age of 29 to start st. lawrence he spent 49 years in pa to there growing church to touch thousands of families. he also started three more parishes during his time and grew to become an influential leader in bay area. beyond church's walls. he was known for being an advisor, a confidante to many city's most powerful leaders. that shows the eulogyist include form governor martinez and toe knee dungy. burial will a held garden memory cemetery in tampa. 500 cars expected to be involved that procession obviously very heavy presence of law enforcement later on this afternoon in that area. if you

i'm anjuli davis, in for walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. the news is next, but as we mentioned: a very busy morning in the tropics... let's get right to lindsay milbourne... she's in for dave. (lindsay monday morning starts on a dry note, but plan on a 60% chance of afternoon and evening storms. some will be locally heavy. highs in the low 90s. all eyes are on tropical depression 9 in the gulf. many