i just need you from lakeland to bartow to wauchula to arcadia to sebring, and these spots i need you to understand you'll have to deal with some fog very early this morning but once the sun comes up, it will be a lot better. look at this. a little line of showers. not much to it. looks like approaches a cold front. this is the one that's going to change the air mass, make it feel so much drier out there and ahead of it, a couple of sprinkles down between sebring and avon park, right along highway 27. had a quick shower. go back to the coast and you see, here's your little main line of some very, very light rain. once this moves through, then we can begin to drag in some of it will happen later today. we're starting in the lower 70s, very, very warm, very muggy. look at the panhandle. it's 50 in pensacola. it's 60 in tallahassee so not too far away, the cooler, drier air is going to set up shop so it's one of those deals where we had dew points in the upper 60s now and it will feel very summer-like, at least through early afternoon and then we'll start to drag in drier air and wake it

less than a quarter mile near bartow. go to winter haven and it's up around few more patches here and there. cold front comes out later today. it will bring with it a couple of showers. nothing significant at all and behind this front, we'll begin to dry things out a bit. 79 for a high temperature today. tomorrow 76 but it's going to feel so, so much different as our dew points drop in the 40s. saturday looks gorgeous as well. >>vanessa: sure does. thanks, dave. not looking gorgeous right now, i-4. we have delays bad enough at you're just joining us, westbound i-4, we're down to a single lane just past thonotosassa road just after a crash and you can see they're pretty much setting up shop here. emergency crews have put the cones out and so we'll probably see the delays grow from here on out until this completely clears out so drivers use that work around, probably u.s. 92 where sam allen road is, those are the two obvious ones to the north and south of i-4 and you can see the delays are back towards park road with the sp

slower speed as you approach bartow road. that looks a lot better now though. your drive time is normal. 13 minutes along polk parkway westbound from i-4 to bartow road. and sarasota and manatee counties i-75 is in the green. we are picking up in manatee county across our bridges between palmetto and bradenton, especially on u.s. 41. you are at 49 miles per hour there. and if you have any problems on the roads anytime of the day you can warrior at wtsp.com. i can get your questions answered if you have any questions about tampa bay traffic. >>> well, good morning, folks. this is a look out over st. pete beach this morning. i am just planting that subtle idea that you may want to try to get to the beach this weekend because next weekend is going to be significantly cooler and we have got perfect beach weather both days this weekend. 60 in tampa. 56 in clearwater. we are cool, not overly chilly to start. a great morning to head out for those jogs, those dog walks. up now, like please take me out. nothing in the way of rain chances on stormtracker 10 and very litt

it's been towards lakeland, bartow, mulberry the worst of this fog. our temperatures across the board are kind of warm this morning. you can leave the heavy jackets and sweaters at home. we will be warming up to 80 degrees once again despite a lot of cloud cover and a decent amount of at least some light rain rolling through the forecast. here are the numbers. plant city the visibility is up a touch to 2.5 miles. lakeland down to a quarter mile. things are starting to improve just a little bit in the bartow area as well. we are going to see more clou through the day today. so sarasota right now, you're actually clear, but we are going to see that cloud cover spreading towards the southeast and we are going to see the rain chances doing the same thing. just starting to see a little bit of light rain working into the extreme northwestern parts of citrus county, and that's going to continue to slide towards the southeast over the next couple of hours and by 8:00 that's firmly in place, even as early as 7:00 this morning. coming onshore. tracking light ra

the airport visibility in bartow, less in zephyrhills. 2.5 miles in a successed second here. this is the denser fog. the coast looks good with the visibility looking just fine. the upper 60s to lower 70s. state trip7 -- it's still mild from south florida all the way into the the 20s, 30s and 40s. is that a cold front or what? it's going to come through here and we are going to get cooler but not that cold. it's going to feel refreshing late tonight into tomorrow morning. first a couple little showers to get through with the front. well out you head of it they develop in hardy, desoto and highlands county. this will be one of the main lines that moves through. this is, yes, the same system that spawned all the severe weather. for us weakening. a broken line of shower s is about it. then tonight we just get the good part it's clear, cool, drier air moving in. the humidity will begin to crash. the dew points have been almost tropical in the upper 60s to low 70s. as the front comes in the dew points begin to go down big time. the 30s and 40s. very dry conditions that a llows temp

temperature wise again very comfortable, 68 for plant city, 66 in bartow, and here's a look at what we're expecting this continued dry flow all across our area. winds are out of the north now of course we had that cold front slide through yesterday. and it's that breeze that will continue to usher in that extremely dry air. if you have outdoor holiday shopping weather is going to cooperate for you. so really no problems coming our way. there's that high again of 75 degrees, just a few fair weather passing clouds. and we are expecting as we start going through time those temperatures will start warming up. so enjoy the seasonal air while we've got it because you'll notice as we start going towards the end of this forecast we'll be looking at much cooler -- or warmer air and that's going to happen by the weekend. the humidity starts to rise and you'll notice that by sunday 82 for your afternoon high, appeared your morning lows will start coming back up as well. there's the forecast over the next couple of days and next week, low 80s coming our way and will be looking at rain chances startin