let's check with ed bloodsworth. >> we're getting 40 minutes sun for today. there's the view from veterans ford in tampa. it's very warm. it's very humid out there this morning. you'll notice that, it doesn't feel like december 1st. 69 degrees. max defender 8 is looking at just a few showers. we've been tracking them throughout the morning over portions of hardee, desotoo and highlands county. fizzling out now. but there's more rain on the way. we have a thin line of showers stretching out over the gulf, only a few minutes away now county. we're watching that. overall rain chances fairly slim. 20% today. but there will be extra cloud cover. 76 at noon. 79 for this afternoon. 64 apollo beach. 68 zephyrhills and again 71 tampa. very humid ahead of this front as it slides through, less humid air comes our way friday at 76. wake-up temperatures cooling, highs 70s and 80s for the weekend. downtown taliban, seeing more vehicles on the road, southbound 275 as you come through downtown starting to get a little bit slower. beyond that here, where the buildings are, le

let's check with ed bloodsworth in for lee. >> that same system that caused that water spout is heading our way. knits a much weaker fashion though. in the last few minutes a few showers popped up over hardee and extreme southern portions of polk county. also a thin line of showers here it is. it's holding its own as it slowly but surely starts to march our way. rain chances on the increase in the day ahead. as you step outside, it doesn't feel like december 1st. six and 70s with extremely high humidity and fog an issue especially in interior portions of our area. visibility now down to zero in lakeland. temperatures staying warm today. your average high is 75. we get to 79 later on this afternoon. we're going to talk more about first looks like that fog could affect travel conditions. >>> a little coming in between plant city and poke city. let's look at some. i-4 at county line road. i'm going to switch the camera and get closer into polk county. i-4 by the polk parkway a little foggy as well. closer to the ground it lessens, so it's a little deceiving but we do have fog out there. le

let's check with ed bloodsworth for a look at the weather. >> a few spotty showers this morning mainly in the interior locations, also areas of patchy dense fog. it's raining in some areas, a little minor showers south of the avon park stretching back to portions of hardee county. also a line of gulf. in association with our cold front. it's warm out there. upper 60s and low 70s. not only warm but extremely humid. that is causing fog, especially as you head towards interior portions of polk and hillsborough county. visibilities are below a mile. we hit 79 for today. mostly cloudy skies. a few of those spotty showers. we're going to preview the weekend coming up. i had to turn on my ac driving to work this morning. >> it's weird. >> considering it's december. we have a pretty good drive on the bay area bridges. not seeing delays as you move across the water. very nice drive times. live look now at 275 in pinellas county. we're up to speed as well. also great drive in downtown st. pete. i-4 at the polk parkway a little fog but not so bad. down on the road -- the cameras are up so a littl

ed bloodsworth has a look at the weather. >> we have a cold front but not much rain associated with it. we've had a few showers in the morning and got off to a warm and steamy start. max defender 8, we've had a few light sprinkles through portions of citrus and hernando county but that is it. not much more than that here. this is a -- a cold front that continues to lose a lot of its punch. still a lot of scattered cloudiness and very warm. already up to 80 at lake more of a mostly cloudy sky and humid. 77 tampa. note the cooler air, 60s for crystal river. cooler and it is starting to dry out in our northernmost communities. lower dew points are located there. the cold front continues to ease through. we'll keep a 20% rain chance for the afternoon. just a few spot showers, temperatures hit 79 in tampa as we go into the afternoon. we'll tell you what you can expect and give you a preview for the upcoming weekend in a breaking news from jacksonville, we're learning a robber is holding several people hostage at a bank. you can see a swat team on scene outside the community first credit uni

. >>> right now we'll end it over to ed bloodsworth for a check on the weather. >> perhaps a lot of folks taking lunch hour outside. o' lakes and mid-60s for your current temperatures. 63 brooksville and some 70s there. now, you look at what's happening compared to yesterday these numbers averaging about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. that is all in response to yesterday's cold front which is now draped over southern florida. clouds developing out in the eastern -- western gulf our next weather maker for early next week. the numbers start climbing as we go through your weekend. we'll talk about the warm up and our next chance of rain coming up. >>> and now special coverage cuba mourns castro. cuban exiles tonsils brighting the end of an era with the death of a former dictator. many lined up as the ashes trekked all across the island. jeff patterson is cuba right now. he caught up with a tampa man who believes some are saddened by his death. >> the procession continues to wind its way across the country on its long journey to its final resting place. the remains are bein

i have shared the story of kirk bloodsworth. he was falsely convicted. he was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl, a horrible crime, but he maintained his innocence. in 1993, he became the first death row inmate to be exonerated by d.n.a., and they were finally able to charge the man who did commit the horrible crime. some said boy, don't they look-alike, and that's what had happened. we know our system gets it wrong. we have a responsibility to improve our criminal justice system. i joined with kirk bloodsworth years ago to introduce and enact the postconviction d.n.a. testing grant program. it was originally part of the innocence protection act enacted in 2004. it gives defendants like kirk a chance to proof their innocence. to ensure our justice system gets it right from the beginning, the bill provides the right to improve the quality of indid i gent lawyers. to assure good representation for those accused of crimes. it means fewer innocent people will be behind bars. you know, it's an outrage if an innocent person is wron

let's check the weather with ed bloodsworth. it's warm. >> very humid, mostly cloudy, a cold front slides through. we'll have a few of the spotty showers, so have the umbrella in case. less humid air overnight. we'll have a cooler night, just slightly cooler, back to seasonal norms. high pressure building in keeping us mainly dry as we go into the next couple of days. skies. not much rain expected. winds turning northwest at 5 to 10. >>> new information this morning about a fire at a mobile home in odessa. the survivor told investigators she fell asleep with the candle still lit. her husband died in the fire. she said there were smoke alarms in the home but they didn't go off. >>> a michigan woman staying with family in volusia county disappeared while jogging. michelle madison was staying with relatives in ormond by husband. her family believes he had to do with her disappearance. authorities in multiple states looking for jarvis madison, the estranged husband and any signs >>> clearly costume change because my favorite is in t