showers around temperature one over macdill lakeland. and by the green swamp that's it >> and 95 degrees. 95. tied 1948. we're always hot. we have sunshine no sea breeze in the 90s. and 77 degrees. how about that. right now we dropped to 90. , this is something being watched for tropical development. the swirl is here and the storms are here. even by chance a 40% chance if it develops into a depression and on the merry way and the open gulf and impact texas ar mexico in a couple o >> and this weekend we'll go 92 both days and a 30% chance of late day storms. the rain hold off. 93 or 94 both weekend days. not bad outside and late day storms. back to summertime. back to 74. the coast the beaches could be heavy before they head to the west. there is the spin we'll see them going up a lot of tropical air it's why we have the east and northeast wind. the hot spot. and chicago is 80. and 85 and dallas and in the atmosphere and moves our way. and especially next week. aanother day. and and we stay in the 90s. i love this time of year we get to

back here at home, it looks to increase our rain chances a bit. 75 in macdill. 75 in lakeland and wesley chapel. you can see the cloudiness over the bahamas. as that slides our way, our moisture goes up and our temperatures will start to come down. as the rain an will get a relief from the heat. temperatures actually below average by wednesday and thursday. always a good thing this time of year. and looks like the numbers start to come up as we approach your next weekend. so just some temporary relief from the heat. but we will take what we can get. >> yeah. >>> you know, i love it when the streets are dry because we have less accidents. right now, traffic looks good out there. here's what's going on in the dunedin area, a collision on edgewater drive here in dunedin just outside of downtown and it's right at president street. and we have a good drive on u.s. 19 itself looking good. and so does highway 60 here. stretching from clearwater beach over to the courtney campbell causeway. i just got word of an accident to the north in the port richey area around holiday hills boulevard. more c

macdill 77. 70 lakeland. 84 lake placid. 83 crystal river. visible satellite imagery thunderstorm blowing up. you can see here spinning away the upper low. that tends to add cooler led to that hail that we saw for today. satellite shows a lot of thunderstorms you can see off shore here. just kind of cycling into the keys at this point. also across the northern part of the state. watching the tropics as always. about a 90% chance to develop into something. we kind of curious obviously for that reason when the computer models spin these up into potential tropical storms and hurricanes. most of the computer models to the storm as a trough of low pressure long-term emerges. >> of course, we'll continue to watch it. especially if it strengthens very unpredictable. quiet overnight. before noon shower heads up there. scattered storms and push inland through the day and then later into wednesday, wednesday morning rather extra clouds around, maybe a stray shower still possible earlier in the day. with that light westerly flow in place, moisture aroun

up and working toward the center of the state right now 79 in lakeland is still 81 in inverness, 89 sarasota 87 81, 86 st. petersburg, macdill air force base 87, 82 brandon, we will see showers continuing to stay right down the center of the state by 8:00 and the dying stages and then they are gone. by tomorrow looking for more, but they will once -- , but they will once again go to a little seabreeze and walk work their way inland. eighty-nine by seven midnight first thing in the morning kicked back the -- back the covers public cloudy -- for the cloudy skies 78 degrees in the sun will come up ten -- in warm up and start to see those showers -- the showers once again. 80 degrees the temperatures, outside it clearwater beach, northwest tomorrow. about five to ten knots, one -- -- one to 2-foot seas, high tide 20 so poor in the morning, the fund -- sun will rise at 7:20 a.m. and that tonight and tomorrow at 7:24 p.m. the forecast for some football tomorrow, they came out of -- big game out of reach a today under sunshine skies, there were some a lot of pouring on -- out there, looks like they are -- should be a very nice -- m

but it is a remind their we have not made it to 75 at macdill air force base. lakeland and frost proof, starting at 75. 76 in north port. the hour-by-hour look at friday. 82 at 9:00 a.m. 88 at 1:00. 90 at 3:00, 4:00 today. better rain chances obviously during the afternoon and evening. very summer-like. same thing for tomorrow. a 40% rain chance. and 20% rain chance on sunday. and through the last few days of summer, upper 80s to low 90s. >>> all right, it's friday and people are headed out the door the week tend. howard frankland bridge, slow coming into tampa. that's typical. and look at this, 275 around fowler a two-day ; extra heavy in the distance. a disabled vehicle that's off to the shoulder. and southbound fowler into about hillsborough avenue, you're hitting the brakes. all right, the howard frankland bridge, slow. so is ybor city. look at this, about 15 minutes through ybor. and the veterans expressway looks good. out in sarasota county, northbound 75 before you get to toledo blade boulevard, down to 16 miles per hour. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this me

lakeland generally. a few showers an a few thunderstorms southeast hillsborough. a little one here around macdill. then further south, we have thunderstorms as well, that are shore in bradenton. and all the way down 75. in sarasota county. a few of these in manatee county. forecast and 7:00 a.m., 76 degrees. 87 degrees at 4:00 p.m. and again, we are looking for a similar day. there is is a possibility of seeing some morning rain. 91 degrees the current temperature at macdill. 87 in largo. 86 at ode ssa. 86 brandon. 74 degrees in good. elsewhere, where it hasn't rained temperatures are nice and warm. quite a bit of dry air aloft. but also a surface front here where showers and thunderstorms can develop. much quieterwet tore the north. deeper moisture to the south in the bright green indicates that is where the instability and the temperatures are helping to create the showers and the thunderstorms. the warm temperatures. front to the north as i mentioned, look how quiet is in places like georgia. in case you missed this the top was a tropical storm yesterday. but now a hurricane and the forecast tr

also still have the closure on macdill just north of bay-to- bay so give yourself extra time for that detour. >>> it's 5:32. a lakeland counselor's brand of therapy lands him in jail. detectives say what was actually happening in anthony conte's office was a sex crime. at least two of his female patients. anchor lakeland now. we're hearing this investigation is just the beginning. >> reporter: just beginning. conte has been a licensed mental health counselor in the area for 15 years. police believe there could be more victims. the two women that have come forward did so just two weeks ago as the detailed sessions with conte consisted of inappropriate touching, groping with conte allegedly telling them it was part of a treatment to rid the women's bodies of this made the women uncomfortable enough to contact police so they did. conte now faces two counts of felony sexual conduct. again lakeland police believe there could be more victims so they are asking anyone this morning who had a similar experience with him to come forward. live in lakeland, james tully, abc action news. >>> 5:33. detectives looking for the vandal

humid conditions. 82 in sarasota and lakeland. 81 for -- and winter haven. 79 degrees, but 82 across the peninsula of -- from st. pete to clearwater and up macdill down intohe start, right now, 84. calm winds by 10:00 or so. we'll see 86 degrees. 88 by noon time. the inland rain will start arou0 as we hit the high of 91 to 92 degrees, and it's going to be a descend night for football once we clear out the lingering showers. kickoff at 7:00 for the bulls and the northern illinois huskies. we'll see. it should be a good day for football. once we clear out the storms. nice day for the beach. partly cloudy skies, but the uv index into the extreme category at an 11. as we reach a high of 88 to 89 degrees along the sand and the gulf water temperature, hold steady at 84 degrees. here's a look at florida's most 7-day forecast, concentrating on your weekend. 30% chance of shower. and a high of 91 to 92 degrees. bo d n a wee bit. -- a wee bit. get out there and enjoy. speaking of enjoyment, oh, lindsay what have you got? >> heck yeah, bill. this is my jack, burgers at what, 951 in the morning. national burger day coming up, and our friends here, chris the

lakeland area in county. and also westbound i-4 into the junction, you saw from the camera shot i showed you southbound 75. and remember southbound macdill only one lane getting by at azeele due to a hole in the roadway. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> all right, thank you, leslee. >>> a story you will no doubt see trending today. olympic gold medalist ryan lochte made his "dancing with the stars" debut last night and things got tense. his performance. two people were arrested after rushing the stage after the olympic swimmer finished his routine. the cameras didn't show the incident and the show quickly went to commercial weak as the show's security dealt with the protesters. lochte says the incident made him feel a little hurt. >> it's hard. i'm getting over it though. honestly feels like someone reached inside and, took out my heart and stepped on it. it was really hard but i turned to her and she smiled and said, you just millions. i was like, my god, you're right, i did. i'm going to keep moving forward and keep dancing. >> that was nice of her to support him. one of the proas testers was h

macdill air force base. and spotty showers in pinellas county. and now the heavier rain in hillsborough county has pushed into polk county. and now bartow, willow oak, lakeland, auburndale, not only heavy rain but gusty winds and lightning as well. and then farther south into bradenton, spotty heavy downpours and strong lightning strikes just offshore. and again, this is all rotating on shore. 2.3 inches of rain since midnight. and cloudy skies and wet roadways as we speak. wind speed, they'll play a big role in the forecast today, not only because they're strong coming out of the southwest anywhere from 15 to 20 miles per hour and gusting up to 30 miles per hour. but that strong wind coming off the gulf of mexico will push tides into the bay along the coast, higher than normal. and even low tide, it wi higher than normal, andser baiting the threat for flooding, especially during this afternoon during high tides and cup that will higher than average tides with more rain and flooding will be an issue today. 60% rain chance. about 60% chance tomorrow. and seeing more sunshine tomorrow before drying out towards labor day. >> all right. >>> the roadways, a look