right now at the plantation on crystal river, not a bad evening. actually seeing some peeks of sunshine. on the rainfall gauge over many areas saw .5-inch to 1 inch even more in the heavy downpours. this weekend we are looking at cooler weather just in time as we head into spring. spring officially begins overnight tonight 12:30 a.m. is when it actually begins. tomorrow the first full day of spring. and we'll begin spring on a nice mild note in the upper 60s. still some light showers around tomorrow morning. but by noon most of the rain has come to an end. temperatures in the low 70s. and tomorrow cloudy through the day, but the afternoon looks mostly dry and temperatures cooler. only making it into the mid 70s. so not bad for the spring training games tomorrow. most of these in the afternoons around 1:00. pretty much all of the rain should be over with. it's just going to be cloudy and cooler. temperatures staying in the low 70s. it will also be breezy. not much sunshine. you may want a light jacket or light sweater at those games tomorrow if you

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and even 40s in crystal river. as the day goes on, we warm up to 71 degrees at noon. so a fast warm-up. 75 degrees at 3:00 p.m. about average for this time of the year. and this time tomorrow, i'll be bringing you about a 20% rain chance as another cold front comes through leading to a fantastic sunny weekend. >>> looking at traffic right now, the only real slow section southbound between bearss avenue and i-4. about a 19 minute commute. pockets of congestion there. and a great drive off the howard franklin bridge. and slower through ybor too on westbound i-4 to 275, 12 minutes. and 16 minutes on the veterans expressway between ehrlich and 275. let's take a live look at some of the traffic out there. and there it starts to slow down, again 275 southbound. actually around fowler avenue. and then in pockets through downtown. but the bay area bridges look good. nice drive across the water. >> all right. >> thank you. >>> and thank you for joining us this morning. >> we're going to stay on top of the stories throughout the day. stick around for updates during the "today"

pretty nice around the bay area at this hour, mostly clear. 70 lakeland, 70 winter haven, 61 in crystal river. >> a cold front headed our way, the impact on temperatures coming up, and the rain chances associated with the front coming up. >>> still ahead on 8 at 7:00. >> the detroit tigers played their first spring training game today, but the economic impact in lakeland will last well beyond today's game. >> reporter: the owners of this roofing company are the would be victims other of a scam that -- of a scam that could be >>> that and more coming up. you're watching news channel 8, >>> it's that time of year again, baseball teams are ready to start spring training here in florida, and 'report there's a -- josh thomas report there's a good reason to look forward to the return of baseball every year. >> reporter: the sweet sounds of baseball returned to lakeland today as the detroit tigers played their first game of spring training. >> just enjoy it. just love the atmosphere, the people are great. love watching the tigers. >> reporter: joan norman and her husband have been coming to lakeland

in crystal river right now. as always on the river. easter sunday, i know it is a long way away, but it is a good rough idea. chance. sunrise, 7:25. at 2:00 p.m., a 30% shower chance. 20% chance of a shower for the latter half of the day. so there is a chance we hope early in the day that will be a much lesser chance. we will continue to fine tune that. atlas 5 rocket launch tonight. 11:05 at cape canaveral. a cargo delivery to the international space station. a full moon around 8:00 in the morning. full enough with jew tore in the sky. forecast of 9:00 p.m. 63 degrees. 57 degrees at 7:00 p.m. a warmer day than we saw today. we mid 70s inland. 70 in clearwater. 73 in lakeland. 72 in frost brew. across the rest of the state, just a gorgeous day. a lot of sunshine. maybe a few clouds in the keys but a near perfect day. i love this time of year. that is the water vapor. not much of it at the high levels. this red color indicates very dry air aloft. so we will expect a high pressure to continue to dominate over the next couple of days. we

crystal river, 58, clear water and 60 in st. petersburg. and these temperatures are going to drop a little more overnight with clear skies. we will say good radiational cooling. here is the set up across the nation. high pressure building in across the midwest. moving to the north and to the northeast. bringing some rain to the carolinas. this cool front right now located over portions over georgia, alabama, mississippi. this is going to be pushing south and to the southeast. overnight and this cool front will move through before sunrise. so we will see those cooler temperatures move in. but not by much. and the reason we're not going to see a big cool down is we don't have a lot of cool air behind that frontal boundary. wake up temperatures, sunday morning. 51 in new port and if you live in citrus county, hernando county, it's going to be chilly for you. 45 in crystal river. great event taking place tomorrow. it's the take stock in children run and some of our 10 news team employees will be out there running in the race. cool temperatures.

crystal river, 68. much warmer than yesterday. here's the front now. it continues to weaken. so talked about it being warm area head of the front and then notice when the front is on top of youou, you may notice extra clouds. but it will bring in slightly cooler air, about 10 degrees cooler tomorrow morning and then a pleasant afternoon. a second front on friday brings us a gorgeous weekend. let's check on traffic on the 8s. >>> good morning everyone. we are checking in on hot spots that you might encount they are morning. 275, making your way through the junction on the howard franklin bridge, tampa side, still looks okay. no problems just yet. westbound i-4 in the through downtown, also seeing anan increase in traffic but no delays. have a disabled vehiclcle off to the inside right lane, still waiting on a road ranger there. veterans expressway, still looks great, delay-free out of county. anand watching anan accidedent in largo. road. right now, no road blockage. we have fhp as well as ems onscene. we will let you know if it becomes a bigger issue. now back to the desk gay

but crystal river, you're 22 degrees colder so a cold front came through. just high thin clouds and i'm today, in between those fronts. should feel nice by the afternoon, up to 75 degrees. in weather and traffic on the 8s at 5:38, i have an eight-day temperature trend to see how long we stay in the nice weather. and i know a lot of people are hoping it sticks around. >> i am. >>> traffic-wise, folk, it's not perfect but we still have a couple issues going on but overall, a good drive. what you cannot do is you cannot exit on to kennedy boulevard coming off 275. when you come off the howard franklin bridge, heading into tampa now, kennedy boulevard exit blocked. an hour. county. same situation but this one is southbound 275 and this is at 54th avenue south. you can't exit as of yet. within the next half hour, should be reopened. but in the meantime, if you're leaving right now, exit at 22nd avenue south. and then go down u.s. 19 to pick up 54th. an hour or so, check your television before you leave the house and i will let you know when it opens up. that's a

p68 in crystal river. p80 degrees in sebring. pso we're starting to bring down pthat cooler and dryer air. pand we can across our northern pcounties one to three up to pabout 5 degrees cooler compared pto this time yesterday. pflip side of that here in tampa pwe're currently running about pthree degrees warmer. p5 degrees warmer in st. etersburg. pright on top of us and will pcontinue to spread down to our psouth as we go through afternoon pand this eng a also bringing pmuch dryer air. pahead of it dew points running pin the 50s and the 60s. p40s once you get on to the pbackside of the front. pthat dry air basically hangs pwith us all weekend long. pthat pushes through. pand behind that just high ressure building in really not pmuch to talk about. pbecause we've got this area of pdry air that works its way over pus. pand that keeps us pretty quiet pall through the weekend, and pinto next week. pso for today, 75 degrees. punder mostly sunny skies. pthen for tonight a bit cool pnight overnight low of 55. pfor tomorrow, beautiful lo

we're back to near average or above. 72 in crystal river. 78 in sarasota and 84 in sebring and 83 in lake placid. this is the setup. can you see this, notice it falls apart. and this may start to make its way on shore and see the showers in the coast. here is the future cast how that plays out. >> one watch of showers then we get heating going. and the heating parks storms and some may be on the stronger side. and cooler for weather. freezey out there. >> and 67 degrees storms. and the better chance for the storms we have on saturday a good day to have those handy. 73 on sunday a chance of showers back into the 70s on tuesday. yours looking the it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer. but only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. technology designed for you. yeah, that's right. deal diva coming through. you see all my bogos, my weekly ad. just wait till you see my savings. and brace yourself. the digital coupons are coming next. look at her, so proud of her momma. a bit today go ahead. say it. cha-ching! thank you and coupons. three easy ways

. >> it is really chilly. 48 degrees in crystal river and 49 dade city. 51 carol would. 59 bradenton and sarasota. riverview barely in the 50s. lakeland 52. safety harbor 57. we have 59 on the beaches at treasure island. warmer. the 24 hour temperature change with 20 degrees colder than yesterday. most of us 13 to 14 degrees cooler. the wind with the yellow shading, that is where it is highest on the coast. holiday and tarpon springs. 28 miles per hour winds for sarasota. generally sustained winds in the 20s and gusts in the 30 miles per hour range. this is over sarasota county through southern polk county mostly sunny skies should do it for just about everybody. the moon is setting behind low clouds and they come in off the gulf of mexico. we won't see much of those but we will see if you. try bundling the kids up out there. low 50s and the wind makes it chilly. it is a cruel afternoon as well. mid-60s for high temperatures. a little bit of a jacket weather day. the model won't show much going on. i wanted to show you high clouds thinning out and look at that, we don't get to 60 unt

crystal river 52 in clearwater and 55 in tampa. no rain in the forecast. tents will be quickly warming up, maybe a light jacket. by 10:00 we are up to 65 degrees and by 11:00 it is 69 degrees. a little breezy out there with winds out of the north and shifting to the northeast about 2 to 12. here is the cold front that rolled through early this morning. place there's no rain. today. it won't be that cool because look at the temperatures behind it across the united states on the mild side. it is 59 in knoxville, tennessee and check out here is the real weather story. out west across california we are looking at a winter storm, flooding rains as well as devastating natural snow and also ice. back here at home it will be a lovely day. 73 st. pete. all right. not a lot in this futurecast building into control today. our winds out of the north. heading into the early evening hours we'll see the winds to the east, northeast. that's a moderating wind flow and we are going to see a warm up heading into monday and tuesday. all right. our dew points in the mid-40s. t

seeing rain in hernando and crystal river. further north up into the panhandle, excuse me, up into the nature coast and big bend. all of this is sweeping over to i-75 and ocala. this is moving quickly from the west to east around 15 miles an hour. picks up steam, we will see quite a bit of rain later today. 68 in lakeland. dixie for in inverness. brooksville with 67. 71 in winter haven. when you move into the metro area where we have not seen yet, temperatures are warm. 71 down at macdill. 72 in brandon right now. 60s to the north. upper 70s to the south. florida will stay warm. you can see where the front is pulling through. we have chilly temperatures through the northern plains and into the rockies where denver is at 21. teens for billings and it will be cool with high pressure settling and -- in behind this cold front which will swing through by tomorrow. ahead of that we are squeezed in and that rain will be around. it will not be a washout, not an all day event but it will training baseball games. over at steinbrenner fi

other temperatures at the area, 68 in lake placid, 69 in sebring. 74 in crystal river. one batch of showers moved through today, line of storms working across the state. this batch of showers now off to our south. that pretty much stays off to our south but watch to see if anything develops in this area back here and tries to push there could be scattered showers period. showers and storms into the first half of the day tomorrow, afternoon showers the further south and east you go then afternoon and kind of that last gaps of winter, tomorrow night and monday night. some of those sheltered locations, you could get to the mid to upper 30s for overnight lows. mainly rumbles of thunder, occasionally moderate shower activity. 74 for you tomorrow, lingering showers, heading on into the weekday monday, 66. nice to see sun out there though. marine forecast, assess seas building, two to three feet. maybe to seven to ten feet. low 70s tuesday, upper 70s wednesday, there's the unsettled weather as we head towards the end of the week. >> ordering pizza got better and rolls out a ne

pete. 68 crystal river. around the bay area the general trend is that we are cool along the coast. 65 tarpon springs. 69 treasure island. we get east of i-75 and we have some low to mid 70s in the mix. 72 seffner. 75 lakeland. the numbers this evening looking good. temperatures will be dropping overnight. it means it will be cooler as tomorrow. dew points coming back up during the daytime hours tomorrow allowing for some showers to develop in the forecast on friday. for tonight we'll stay dry. cloud cover. producing kind. we'll drop those temperatures into the low 50s. in fact, for some of us we'll tomorrow morning. 50s. as we get into citrus county we see more wide-spread 40s. 49 tonight in spring hill. 54 overnight in bradenton. inland communities will not get in the 40s. we'll get you close to the mark. 51 lakeland overnight tonight. future cast keeping things quiet overnight and into tomorrow morning. except for a few high clouds we'll be looking really nice for our thursday. after a nice, cool start, gr

p68 in arcadia, 70 brandon and 66 pin crystal river. phere's the cold air flirting pwith the panhandle. pthat slides our direction ptonight. pthe last taste of winter into pmonday night and tuesday. pwe have cold temperatures and pengland. pyeah, our winds are light this pmorning and pick up this pmiles per hour late in the day pand especially tomorrow. p70s north. plook at this. pas we scour out the clouds 50 pfor a low in tampa, 46 in pbrooksville, 52 in sebring, and pyou think that's cold, wait puntil tuesday morning. pby tuesday morning we get rid of pthe wind. plow pressure is on the move as pit meets up with the colder air pand wraps around into the pevening tonight, over night and pmonday morning at places like pboston, coastal jersey, snow on pthe way. phow much are we talking? pthe jackpot is in coastal pmassachusetts with some areas icking up over six inches of psnow. pspring starts today at 12:30 pthis morning. p74 this afternoon and 30 herself pto 40% chances of rain this pafternoon. ptonight 50 and clearing out povernight.

@there 71 up in birke storm. @77 in crystal river. @a few lingering showers tonight. @into the day on sunday, cool, @dry, and breezy. @tomorrow afternoon. @and then another warm and @unsettled ending to the week, @meaning, yeah, the forecast @uncertain as we head toward next @weekend unfortunately, too. @72 the current temperature. @dew point at 64. @other temperature around the @area right now, upper 60s to @and dew points in the mid to @upper 60s, as well. @so still feeling somewhat humid. @that does started to change by @tomorrow afternoon. @so here's$ e satellite and @radar view. @got one impulse moving through @right now. @another one back to the west. @that may start to swing through @a little bit later on tonight. @so here's the future cast @bringing on some more showers, @especially south of tampa as we @head through the evening and @overnight period. @scattered showers into tomorrow @morning. @then that front pushes through. @and any remaining rain chances @basically out the door by 4:00, @5:00, 6:00 tomorrow. @here's your recap for tonight. @some scattered s

current temperature is 66 in crystal river. tampa 77. temperatures gradually cooling- off through midnight with an overnight low of 58. comfortably cool for tuesday morning. good news for citrus county. hernando county has been chilly but you are back into the low 50s. st. petersburg, a low of 61 degrees. switcher. temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. mostly sunny skies and winds out of the east southeast at 5 to 7. sunshine in the afternoon with high pressure firmly in control. temperatures are running 5 to 10 degrees above average. breezy conditions continue and winds out of the east at 12. a pressure gradient develops to the north and low pressure developing in the gulf of mexico. 83 brecksville. 82 dade city. 80 seminole. attach cooler -- 82 degrees in polk city. looking good for seven-day forecast. if you don't mind the heat of 85 thursday and friday, humidity increasing as well. we have changes coming late let's talk about it. this is the american model that wants to bring the rain showers early saturday to saturday afternoon

crystal river 52 and brooksville a low of 53. into tuesday afternoon the high temperatures warming into the low 80s. breezy and winds out of the east southeast at 12 and high temperatures across the bay on tuesday topping out in the low 80s. a few areas mid-80s. 83 in brandon. st. pete 79. with high temps in the low 80s. 83 floral city. cultural coast, manatee county high temperature in the low 80s. if you are taking the boat out they water is a moderate chop and low tide in the morning. another sunny day to head out to the strawberry festival. make sure to take a hat and sunscreen. the sun will be strong. warm and breezy and here's your seven-day forecast. if you like this sunny air, you're in for a treat until friday night, and then a 20% chance of showers. the highest chance on saturday but the models are dipping a little bit so we will work on the exact timing of the rain. keep on top of the water. guitar hour by hour temperatures and you can also sign up for breaking news on our 10 news weather app. >>> you think surviving a

this morning the coldest morning, 36 degrees in crystal river. 48 in tampa. st. pete down to about 57. you can see lakeland now with 43 degrees. lakewood ranch 43 as well. it was cold out there. big-time warm up underway. 60s now and 70 in kentwood. sarasota at 68 right now. davis islands 58. riverview at 62. this is one of the reasons why we're warming up. it is out of the east and the northeast and that is the warmer wind that will go 5 to 10 for the remainder of the afternoon. plenty of sunshine out there and we will keep that for the rest of the afternoon. hermas is really drive. you can see blue skies and same thing a clearwater beach. it will be a nice day and the beaches better today than yesterday. visibility is looking good. florida southern college is the highs today, 73 to 76 today. the averages 77. sunset tonight set 7:43 pm. watch for a full moon and a little bit of an eclipse tomorrow morning after 8:10 am. jupiter should be right there next to the moon. red wings are in town. clear and cool and the sun will be setting. 70 degrees right before the g

little bit more sun we're going to see that rebound. 75 for a high in tampa, 76 in bradenton, 75 in crystal river, 76 in brooksville. current temperature, winds out of the northwest at 7, sebring, 57 in ar cais arcadia. 40s tonight. all in all. a cooler night but not one of the coolest nights this winter. satellite and radar, high pressure remaining in control of our weather, pushing through to the south. reinforcing it gusts will head through tomorrow. what happens is you get more of this south southeast flow that warms things up, moisture bumps up the dew points just a bit. i don't think we get all that muggy but enough that you may notice it by the end of the week. cool night out there, seven-day forecast, here is the warmer temps. look at this 78 on monday, 80 on tuesday, low 80s wednesday and thursday and a few showers around for saturday. >> i think we all know what's see if these officers have what it takes to be stars in look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from mmmm, yoplait. know you can keep your financial big picture

chilly for portions of citrus county, down to 48 in brooksville, 46 in crystal river. st. pete with a warning low of 57. sparkling sunshine but high temperatures in the upper 70s. we will notice that warm breeze. check out these high temperatures. 80 in springhill. 81 in brooksville. along the coast it it is a little cooler. check out manatee county, 80 degrees. better boating conditions coming up. very dry, calm quiet weather on the radar. wind out of the east and maybe a few clouds for inland areas we will see plenty of sunshine and that is a trend that will continue through the seven-day forecast. staying with -- staying breezy until wednesday into thursday. we see warm temperatures with (music playing) i feel pretty (west side story) not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake it'll be remembered for all the right reasons. publix. where shopping >> i was a snowboarding instructor, a bouncer in a nightclub. >> laura logan: and now 44-year- old justin trudeau i

. @46 in crystal river. @55 in bartow. @we are all in the blue, so at @this time yesterday. @we had a you lot of clouds and @that weak front from our friday @morning. @24-hour changes mainly near @about 10 degrees cooler than @this time on our friday. @through the afternoon, these @high clouds will be kind of in @and out and they will clear out @tomorrow and that bright blue @sky will be out in full force @on our sunday. @by 9:00, 60. @by lunchtime, 71. @just go a classic, comfortable, @beautiful march day with mys in @especially away from our area @beaches. @>> anjuli: thank you, lindsay. @>>> manatee county deputy @>>> manatee county deputies are @searching for the person @responsible for a hit-and-run @accident on state road 70 east @on sugar bowl road in myacca @city. @a white semi with a green @trailer drove into the @westbound lanes hitting a car. @the car then spun around, went @off the road, and into a barbed @wire fence. @the semi kept going. @the 14-year-old was taken to @the hospital with minor @injuries. @if you have any information @about the accident, you are @

pwesley chapel 10, and there it pis, 25 degrees warmer than pyesterday up in crystal river. pso it's pretty mild. phere's your southwest wind. pso that's one of the reasons pthat it is mild. pit's kind of muggy, too, dew oints in the lower 60s. pthis is one of those cold fronts pthat comes through and all it's pgoing to have to do is kind of pdry us out. pand we're beginning to see that rocess happening to the pnorthwest. pthere with southwest wind. pwe go back to tallahassee, it pabruptly shifts to the northwest pso that's where the front dips. pit's moving through the anhandle now and working psoutheast. pabout a day or so, we'll begin pthe process of shifting wind to pthe northwest and that's how you preally know that the front is pthrough the area. pbut other than one or two tiny psprinkles, i don't anticipate a plot of rain. pall the rain is up here in the pcarolinas with this particular pfront. pafter it moves through and we pclear skies out, it's great, pright? pthen friday we get another front pjust like this move through. pbut then the weekend looks pgreat. pi'll be

closer to the water, it's not going to get as cool. 46 in hernando and crystal river. about 48 in spring hill. inland areas further off to the south, not quite as cold. 54 in lake placid. on monday morning, it's going to get even chillier on tuesday morning as the cold air settles in. here's the way things look as we warm up tomorrow. if the 50s up to about the mid- 60s that's as warm as we can get. 74 is your gulf water temperature with those north winds tomorrow. we're going to see the seas kick up 10-14 feet. small craft advisories will be in effect. the sun will be up at 7:43. you can see a lot of sun over the next couple of days. the warm flow coming into the middle of the week. after an overnight low of 48 monday night to tuesday. that's florida's most accurate forecast. you can check it out anytime. >>> coming up, the rays offense providing a big spark in its final tuneup before cuba. ben bishop sets a record r. do >>> the lightning needed a win badly last night after losing five of six. the boys in blue and white now tampa bay begins a six-game home stand begin

a high of 83 in tampa in the suburbs will be warmer, 85 and crystal river a touch cooler at 83. the winds will keep the water rough. heavy chop on the bay. high tide around 226. too windy days ahead wednesday and thursday. the weekend, saturday night into sunday, we spring forward with daylight severing -- savings time. the overnight saturday, don't forget to set your clocks forward. the future cast cuts across the gulf and by saturday night we will see it of us. i am looking for rain coverage between 4:00 napm on sunday for you. 50% coverage, half of the viewing area will get showers. there is no quote behind the front. we will talk about the wind in the 6:00 our. your phone. make it easy to download the 10 news app for free. a look at the wind gusts in the app store. >>> he is a dentist, a veteran, a marathon runner, and most importantly a cancer survivor. now he is adding mountain (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next

wake-up temperatures in the 40s, 46 degrees crystal river, 48 degrees parkville and st. pete. quiet conditions, dry and sunny. we will see temperatures heating up with wind out of the east southeast at 12.>>> typically high for this time of year, 75 degrees for tampa. 80 brooksville, for the bay area, 79 clearwater, 77 degrees and 78 managed to county, liquid wage 80 degrees and sarasota checking in. high temps in the 70s and if you are headed out to the strawberry festival it's going to be a great day for that. breeze. make sure to use sunscreen because it is getting strong this time of year. >>> perhaps you have monday off of work, the water is a moderate chop. 7:12 in the morning low tide followed by high tied at one deck 42 in the very quiet in our future cast model. winds out of the east from time to time but lots of sparkling sunshine for us. a nice, warm dry stretch we will see breezy conditions tuesday wednesday and thursday with wind gusts up to 20 miles per hour. highs in the mid-80s but check out the next chance of rain, this gives us a shot of wayne late friday int

we are seeing 70 into crystal river. 72 brooksville. inland a couple of 80s in the mix. 80 in bartow as well as sebring. 81 temple terrace. 71 largo. 78 zephyrhills. we are doing well. we are seeing thick cloud cover shift south. it will take two to three more hours to really get some more sunshine back into the mix. we will get you some before the sunset coming up at 6:30 tonight. late afternoon sunshine. we are talking about 4:00 to 5:00 we'll start to see that because we move in the drier air with this morning's cold front, we will see the dew points coming down. that means our overnight temperatures are going to drop much more. our daytime highs have not boundary. we'll see communities hitting morning's front. 80 plant city. polk city. i-4 will be a popular spot to be flirting with the 80-degree mark. all in all looking really, really nice this afternoon. this nice pattern will hang out with us a little bit longer. here's our future cast. you can see the clouds lingering towards the 3:00 hour. 4:00 or 5:00 we'll see a few bands left

indication -- you see the palm tree moving around. 60 degrees with a north wind. 62 degrees in crystal river. not many that's confined to central and southern areas. lighter winds with high pressure over us. we're expecting a frost advisory by the -- this includes hernando county, -- and inverness. we're looking at a light wind condition and the lighter winds do lead to frost. that's 3:30 in the morning and a wind shift will take place and we'll start a warming trend. it's a beautiful day for tomorrow. temperatures climbing. 72 in the forecast. tuesday, wednesday, 80 degrees. warm temps are back. spring breakers are loving this. in the forecast for tomorrow -- cooler for the water, thanks to this round of chillier air. that won't last long, but blue skies, sunshine and a few high clouds overall. rain chances take a jump onto good friday. a 40% chance and same on saturday with a front settling into the area and that's where showers can develop. weather map app is a free. look at the radar, and look at traffic. 46 degrees at 7:00 a.m. at 3:00 p.m., sunny and pleasant. 57 degrees and a cool day

this wouldn't include crystal rivers, but inland spots where winds temperatures are cool enough to produce frost. if you're headed out to watch spring training in lakeland or clearwater, astro, tigers, temperatures will be cool on tuesday in the 60s, but generally pretty nice if you can get a nice spot in the sun. 46 degrees, that's our forecast for the record 40 degrees set in 1906. year. i remember that day. got a nice shot from mowsy doing the rope walk. they say -- amy said it was too cold to use the zipline, but it was warming up and less windy enough to be on the rope course as she watches her son goes on that. the skies blue in the background. great apps to take with us. 46 degrees at 7:00 p.m. 72 degrees at 3:00 p.m. lots of sunshine for tomorrow, but temperatures be cool, working their way into the nice day, starting off cool with the warm florida sunshine. all we have to do is change the wind direction and we're going to do that this week. it kicks of temperature back again. 56 degrees clearwater. 65 in bartow. 63 also inter us in verness and brooksville. what we're looking at he

just a few hours from crystal river to venice to sebring. that's about the time it would take to get the whole line through. the majority of your day shortly after sunrise for all of friday is sunny, beautiful and warm in the mid 70s. this is while a lot of us are sleeping. if you are on the roads early there could be wet roads in the morning. that's the only weather heads up we have to give for your friday. nice temperatures. 62 to start. 75 tampa. in the afternoon with sunshine. 80 in wesley chapel and zephyrhills. tampa and east suburbs 80 degrees. low to mid 70s in pinellas county out to the beaches. 74 for you in sarasota. 82 lakeland. 81 winter haven. 83 sebring. if you want to head to the strawberry festival friday is a it will be around 80 degrees in the afternoon. sunny skies. comfortable with winds from the northwest 10 miles per hour. on the water 5 to 15. moderate chop expected. offshore waves two to four feet. low tide 5:00 a.m. high tide around lunchtime. for the next week that's the only front that we have for the next five to

p45 in crystal river, 50 in plakeland and 50 in tampa and 57 pin venice, running below paverage. pour average low of 58. pbehind the front, cooler air plagging and becoming windy ptoday. phere's the low pressure system pthat parallels the coast and pyanks the moisture in, places plike coastal jersey, boston, pthey're on deck for some snow pinto the evening hours tonight pand tomorrow morning. phow much are we talking the pfurther near the coast and pboston if your family lives near pthe cape? pmaybe 6 to 12 inches in the phighest spots, interior portions pof jersey with an inch. pit's a little late in the season pfor it. punless you live in highlands pcounty, that's it. pwe bring in the cooler air and pwind. pthere's the low on the move. pif you're traveling home for pspring break, could be some pdelays tomorrow morning. phopefully not too many. p74 for today. pshowers early and turning breezy pwith a few peeks of sun and pstill cloudy today. pwe clear tonight and breezy and pcold and 50. pcheck this out. p65 on monday. pthat's combined with the stiff pnorthwest wind. plast day t

@chilly crystal river. @brooksville grab the jabt jacket @in the low 40s. @54 in bartow. @52 in tampa. @58 in st. pete. @we are in the blue. @24-hour changes from 8 degrees @cooler to nearly 20 degrees cool @cooler to nearly 20 degrees @cooler in wesley chapel. @here is the thing as we head @through the day, noticeable high @cloud cover this morning but as @high pressure rebounds to the @north, our air mass moderates @and light northeast wind has @temperatures rebound into the @mid-70s which is really what we @expect this time in early march. @by lunchtime, 71. @will hit 74 today. @if you were crave @if you were craving 80s. @warmer temps. @spring breaker also love the @seven-day. @that is coming up in 15. @>> thank you, lindsay. @>>> new this morning, manatee @county deputies are searching @hit-and-run accident on state @road 70 east in myacca city. @a white semi with a green fruit @trailer was traveling east on @state route 70 when it drove not @lane hitting a car, it spun off @the woed and into the barbe

p45 degrees in crystal river. p48 in brooksville. p57 in tampa metro area. p62 in st. petersburg. pyes, cooler than yesterday. pabout seven to 13 degrees cooler pfor most spots. pcrystal river, you've been up pand down and all over the place pas far as your temperatures go. pwe'll have filtered sunshine ptoday but even still, that psunshine, i do expect high ptemperatures to make their way pback into the mid 70s. pfilling in for vanessa, she's pback on traffic. p>>jennifer: i've got some good pnews for drivers this morning. pthis accident looks bad and it pwas at the time. pthe crash at florida avenue had pyour northbound lanes shut down psince 4:00 this morning. pwe're just getting reports it is pback open. pall northbound lanes are back popen. pwhat happened here earlier this pmorning, there was a white pmercedes travelling along the pflorida avenue northbound, ran a pthe white mercedes benz. pthe driver was taken to tampa pmedical hospital and we'll let pyou know when we get more pdetails about it but as far as pthe morning commute goes, it's pgood right now in this area, all p

@brooksville, crystal river, @much colder for you. @make sure you have the warmer @hours. @50 in wesley chapel. @58 in st. pete. @54 in venice. @we head to the beach. @56 is manageable. @look at the afternoon. @anyone on spring break is in @for a treat. @high clouds put more fun in your day with ice-cream-flavored coffees at dunkin' donuts. like butter pecan, cookie dough, or new pistachio. enjoy one today. america runs on dunkin'. know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you and whether you should transfer funds. know you can easily keep track of what you're putting away. and know you're budgeted for the great escape. thanks to virtual wallet by pnc. the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. @ @>>> happening today in orlando, @ the arrivals of republican @presidential candidate donald @trump at the university of @central florida. @>> anjuli: campus officials @say

current temperatures at 72 degrees in crystal river, 68 there. 75 in clearwater and bart o 81 degrees so we are going to see warmer temperatures away from the coast and your high winter haven, lakeland, 77 davis island and clearwater degrees. we don't have to worry about any rain today. we are going to see decreasing afternoon. winds out of the south west to keep the immediate coastline just a little bit cooler with waters. but overnight we are going to see some showers, a weak disturbance moves through mainly during the hours when most of us will be asleep. here they come through the bay area at 4:30 in the morning. if you do have to get up early for work you might encounter showers and pretty much moving to the south of the bay area by 7:30 and mostly sunny skies by your friday afternoon. for today high temperatures by the coast in the mid 70s, warmer inland, mild at 7:00 a temperature of 66 degrees and overnight we are going to start to cool things off and see a morning low of 54 for friday. if you are taking the boat out seas one to two, bay waters a light chop. uv index is 8 so t

temperatures comfortable. 72 in winter haven. 64 crystal river. 69 saint petersburg. we are looking at mostly clear conditions. cooler overnight. rain chances are back for the easter weekend. we will talk more about that coming up. >>> still ahead on 8 at 7:00. >> the intersection of palm and dogwood is one of the busiest intersections right here on the usf campus. coming up, i'll show you tampa's police are doing to make it safer. >> university village. a troubled retirement community has more trouble on its hands today. >> we'll have that and more florida has a new $15,000 grant to keep students and the surrounding community safe. and as newschannel8's anthony allred shows us, campus police plan to use that money to cut down on car, bicycle, and pedestrian accidents. >> a lot of students get confused with the flashing hand like it is is a count down. >> reporter: at the university of south florida, the intersection of palm and dogwood is one of the busiest cross roads on campus. thousands of students ride their bike, skateboard, and walk as part of their daily commu

to see the light showers over the next couple of hours. 67 apollo beach, 68 in clearwater and crystal river. temperatures not going to drop much farther than this into the over night hours. you can see the front still off to our west as we head into the rain develop tomorrow morning. our forecast model picking up some light rain. it's not until the front moves south that we'll completely clear out. it will be breezy tomorrow that will make it feel cooler. monday morning temperatures in the 40s and 50s, breezy. sunny think the day but definitely going to be cooler. we're looking at highs only in the mid 60s monday afternoon. a big change from what we've been seeing. high pressure builds in on tuesday. this will allow winds to ease up and all of us in the 40s, maybe a couple of 30s on the map tuesday morning. nothing through sunshine through the day. it's going to be nice by tuesday afternoon reaching into the low 70s. yes, we are looking at a cool down but just doesn't last that long. you notice as you head into thursday temperatures are back up into the low 80s. so we really warm up quickly

generally cooler at crystal river. the dew points have been higher, too. 70 degrees is pretty high for this time of year. the boundary. the cold front to the north of us, stationary front. that is where most of the shower activity is located at the moment moving west to east across the area. most of this is drdried up. you can see for citrus county. maybe folk ins the northern part of citrus saw a few brief showers but they are basicalllly gone now. forecast tomorrow morning includes a slight possibility of fog with quite a few clouds around. a couple of late day showowers. extra clouds but increasing rain chances. sunday, high temperature of ... 73 degrees with the rain chance 30%. a little cooler monday and tuesday. you can see beautiful days here next week, monday, tuesday, wednesday, with lower humidity. we will start out actually kind of cool this time of year. it will warm nicely in the afternoon and by midweek, we are e back in the 80s again. >> nice looking forecast. >> beautiful. got to remindnd everybody that

temperatures 70 degrees in crystal river, 70 degrees in brooksville, clearwater 71 and st. petersburg 73 degrees on storm tracker 10. there you can see the showers that went through this morning. the line rolled through and thunderstorms and now seeing mostly clear skies but from time to time we'll see thin and high level clouds filtering in through the afternoon. the cold front is now to our south and we are looking at nice quiet weather tonight, saturday too. high temperatures this afternoon you are going to notice a big difference between the coast where our high temperatures in the low 70s but look at our areas to the east of i-75. 79 degrees in lakeland, 80 and up to 78 degrees. gorgeous day to head out to the this afternoon right around 78, mostly sunny skies and our winds out of the north, hour. and if you are just hanging out maybe going to the beach this afternoon looking pretty nice. a little bit cooler by the coast and if you have big plans this friday evening maybe a light jacket early in the evening but still right around 60 degrees at midnight and dropping dow

sun city center. 65 crystal river. lakeland, 72. north port, 71. sarasota, 67. you can see the clouds i was talking about. quite a few back to the west. that has been the flow throughout the daytime probably a bit more sunshine through in places like hernando. citrus county. northern part of the state as well. you can see the thunderstorms that are erupting with an area of low pressure cold front. severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of mississippi. eventually, the air gets so low as it slips to the north. there could be frozen precipitation as well. you can see the snow goes all the way south of chicago. northern indiana. west virginia. northern virginia. further south, most of this is rain and thunderstorms. just some rain possibilities. the bulk of the energy will be well to the north. it is a natural area for clouds and showers to develop. here it goes friday morning. this. this is well south of the bay. some showers possible. then by noon at the latest all south and we start to clear out so you might want to bring a jacket. this will carry its way into su

. >>> 61 degrees now brooksville. 59 crystal river. a chilly evening in some areas. 63 in bradenton. great weekend forecast. we will talk about that and temperatures in the seven day coming up. >>> still ahead on 8 at 7:00. >> the thrill of riding a roller coast sore going to the next level. the new experience you can soon have at six flags. >> it is being billed as the biggest outdoors expo and boat show in the state of florida. coming up, i'll give you the grand tour. >> we'll have that and more coming up. >> the best way to enjoy the outdoor is to head inside this weekend. the boat show is underway right now. tonight, anthony allred shows us what is on display. >> reporter: here at the outdoor expo and boat show, they have something for everyone. reels here too. as well, so, after you are done picking out your tackle, you might want to go boating. they have 150 boats here. and, they range from the teens all the way up to a couple of hundreds of thousands of dollars. people as you can see are here checking them out. and they are havi

that is the location of crystal river there. west to east. again, the rpm forecast computer model you are looking at here, mostly dry. but again, northern spots this evening, maybe a few showers associated with that line of showers there. less fog in the forecast for tonight. we had thick fog this morning in many areas. for the afternoon, a couple of late day showers. maybe a few extra clouds for us. an area of low pressure scooting along the boundary. as i meninged most of the cloudy skies, muggy. showers, possible storms. on and off through the day. hard to time them at this point. but we may see morning showers definitely later in the evenining into the early part of sunday looks to be the timing at the moment. this particular computer model keeps a decent chance of rain in the forecast through midday on sunday. we think most of this should be clear of the area by midday. but, we will keep that pocket in there as these computer model forecasts evolve. that is our current thinking. most of it should end by that is our high temperature. mid

the plantation in crystal river, 67 degrees. a little cool here. and, the western part of citrus county, north winds at 5 miles an hour. obviously a beautiful day. nice day to be at the pool. maybe a little cooler if you are in the shade, but if you are in the sun, no problem at all. you know the spring breakers are loving this. water temperature has cooled down a little bit. now, 65 degrees. partly cloudy skies. stays on the dry side. got a rocket launch here at 11:05 at cape canaveral. a cargo delivery flight to the should be good atmospheric conditions to check out. josh mentioned the blue skies. a dense area of high pressure, dry air aloft. that will make for good viewing. 65 degrees at 8:00 p.m. temperatures falling through the 60s . not as cool tonight. very chilly numbers. low 40s . upper 30s in some of the northern areas. patchy frost. 57 degrees at 7:00 a.m. the forecast continues to call for a nice day for tomorrow. warming trend for sure. lifting us near 80 for a high. largely thanks to the easterly flow. now, temperatures are mostly in

across the tampa bay area to end what was a fabulous week. 76 degrees out at the plantation on crystal river. winds coming in out of the northwest at 4 miles an hour. location. as we head into this weekend, change. we will set the clocks forward an hour as you go to bed saturday night. don't forget to do it. it is easy to do even for us as we repeat it each day to you. also, the grand prix this weekend on sunday. now, we are not going to see a washout sunday, but there is a chance we could see showers especially as we head into the late morning, early afternoon hours. so, some scattered showers through the day. but by 4:00 p.m., i think most of the rain will have pushed east and be more inland. temperatures won't be bad in the upper 70s , but again, there is a chance of rain on sunday which could cause some delays. for us tomorrow morning, great start to your saturday. we are beginning the day in the upper 60s . some clouds to begin with and we will see day with even more cloud cover building into the late afternoon hours. temperatures in the low 80s and we are looking at a small chance of a

crystal river, 4 3 . lake placid, 59. not too bad. mostly clear skies at this point. and i will show you the cold front that's on the map and it will affect us. just not a lot. watch the long range forecast. mostly sunny and gorgeous today. a couple extra clouds overnight. and here's the cold front, yep, only a 10% rain chance with it. just a couple degrees cooler as we head into friday. another do nothing cold front comes through. only a 10 to 20% rain chance with that one. and again, keeping highs in the mid-70s. less lay, how about -- leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? accident, folks. i-75. southbound 75, 301 to big bend road, about eight minutes. really the only part that's really congested is when you get to the closure and you're i'm going to show you the map in gibsonton. this is the slow down when you're exiting on gibsonton. let's go to meliek on the street. what you see is a crunched up motorcycle there. motorcycle rearended the back of a vehicle. this is a fatal crash so an investigation is taking place. debris on the roadway. and all lanes southbound on

crystal river, 22 degrees cooler than 5:00 a.m. yesterday. brandon about 11 degrees cooler. strawberry festival, opening today at 3:30. at 7:30, josh turner. and around 10:00, you may feel that slight chill in the air. but at 3:00, should feel great at 76. and 69 at 8:00 p.m. in weather and traffic on the 8s at 5:08, i have an hour-by- hour look at your thursday. and leslee is here to give you a look at the roadways. >>> we have an overall good drive out there. not seeing any major issues except for some off-ramps being closed. and here's one, 275, again, 54th avenue south. if you miss it, you have to go out of your way. so exit 22nd avenue south right before you get to the 54th avenue south exit. go to u.s. 19 and then pick up 54th again. all right, the shaky camera but exit ramp to kennedy boulevard blocked. folk, that's not going to wrap up for about an hour or so. maybe that will wrap up a little early. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to candace and gayle. >> thank you, leslee. >>> right now, take a good look at the screen. police in winter haven are looking f

. >>> here's a live view now from crystal river, a few little raindrops falling from the sky. i almost have forgotten what that looks like. it's been a long time since we've seen rain here in the tampa bay area. this evening a few spotty showers, best chance i-4 and north, pretty warm, temperatures remaining in the lower 70s throughout your evening. we have a few showers passing what's interesting about this entire weather picture is this high pressure off our coast. it's been parked there for about two weeks now and that's been assisting us with the warm air coming from the south and also keeping us dry, keeping low pressure out to our west stalled in parts of louisiana and texas. over the last 17 days we have picked up 0.00 inches of rain at tampa international airport. the last time we had a 17 day dry stretch was two years ago, december of 2013, so we are due for a bit of rain, but this high pressure so massive it is over 3,000 miles wide stretching all the way to the coast of africa. that's why it's been so resilient keeping the rain out, but what's different today? that

we have seen that today at plantation, crystal river. east winds at two miles an hour in the western part of citrus county. down in the southern part of manatee county. almost into sarasota county. we have an east wind here. you can see the winds coming out of the south in freedom plaza. throughout the day. this is in sun city center in hillsborough county. also, jupiter is really bright in the sky after sunset. p.m. jupiter is one of the brightest things in the sky other than the moon which is always pretty bright this time of year. in clearwater, bradenton, lakeland, and, nationals play the tigers in lakeland. 79 degrees. very nice baseball weather this time of year. great shot from paul in downtown tampa. a few cloud ins the area but mostly clear skies. 71 degrees at 8:00 p.m. temperature ins the mid to upper 60s . fairly mild. hour by hour here on the weather wheel. at 7:00 a.m., 62 degrees. a lot of sunshine. all the sunshine and a warm southeasterly wind help today lift it into the low 80s . might be a little warmer. 77 degrees cle

low 70s, frost proof, bartow, 76 in crystal river north port. 75. high pressure is the big feature. the ridge of high pressure is controlling the weather across the bay area, the state of florida and much of the southeast. it's holding back anything from arriving in the area. that's a cold front to break down this ridge, so as long as this is in place, the surface high, with a southeasterly flow, it's going to bring in mild weather conditions. warm temperatures, a bit more moisture into the atmosphere as well. as the week progresses, just gets a little warmer each day. spring breakers are here. and this evening only a few clouds remaining, fairly warm for us. the flow around the area of high pressure is anchored off the east coast, keeping any kind of activity at bay back to the west for really most of the week. as we get into tuesday afternoon; a few clouds returning, fair weather clouds, partly cloudyish, especially in the afternoon hours. wednesday morning, mild temperatures, quiet conditions, and you can see the rain back to the west of us. places like texas, oklahoma, into kans