city or along i-75 if you're traveling, or farther south a few little sprinkle into south eastern sarasota county and falling apart a bit. this morning, partly to mostly cloudy. 61. this afternoon, partly cloudy. 77 degrees, and a 10% chance for a light shower, and not a lot of rain today. maybe a rogue sprinkle, and tomorrow, 80 degrees. how about traffic on the 8s, leslie? >> looking good right now. good drive. university parkway at the new diverging diamond intersection they are creating there. you can still get by, and overall it's a good drive in st. pete, we have a collision involved, and it's highing up the lanes here. this is a live look of the parkway as well as i-4 through lakeland. that's weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >>> thank you, leslee. >>> a police officer and his k- 9 partner can enjoy their retirement together. >> coming up, the way the community rallied to keep them together. you're watching news channel 8 today at 4:50 on this monday >>> a retired police officer and his trusted k-9 are waking up under the safe roof after an outpouring of support from t

eastern hillsborough county, sarasota county and manatee county.

this is highlands county eastern sarasota and manatee county and possibly hardy county. only a 30% chance. it is late saturday night into sunday as we see another low winding up. this is a rain event for alligator alley, west palm beach and fort myers for us. we'll put in a small chance of a shower late saturday night and early sunday morning. it should clear out well in time for the superbowl parties around the bay area where we'll and hopefully everybody is enjoying nice wings and cooler weather for the weekend. that's a look at your superbowl 50 forecast. which you'll see on cbs. keep up with storm tracker 10 through the evening easy to do. meet leon. a sea lion with a big personality. you might describe him as bubbly, a little nosey, and a lot of friendly. come make a new friend. or maybe a few. with a seaworld fun card you pay for less than a day, and play all year. enjoy amazing shows, rides and events. the sooner you buy one, the sooner the fun starts. so come meet leon, the bubbly sea lion. and mako, the tallest, longest, fastest coaster in orlando. only here, on

county. 53 and milder in sarasota. it's breezy but it is not as windy as yesterday morning. the strongest winds are near the coast, pinellas, sarasota, eastern hillsborough county where we're up to about 15 miles per hour. the breeze will kick up throughout the day, helping to keep us chilly again. a high of only 58, well below average, check out tonight, 39. at 6:08, i take you through the day and tell you when you start to warm back up. leslee is here to help you get the commute started. harbor, heads up here, it's on u.s. 19. and it's right by tampa road. so we have a collision with injuries involved, seeing a delay northbound where it's rid. just keep this in mind, 19 at tampa road, crash just happened with injuries. and a vehicle fire, the fire is out now pinellas bay near sun boulevard but activity. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. >> thanks, leslee. >>> in your vote, solid victories for two anti- establishment candidates in the new hampshire presidential primaries. >> democratic senator bernie sanders and republican donald trump are hoping their wins will help them as we head into south carolina's primary

eastern hillsborough county, sarasota county and manatee county. plus i'll look at the three-day forecast coming up. >>> a hot spot at 6:00 on your friday morning. this is a serious accident on i- 275 southbound through downtown tampa. all lanes are blocked from the ramp weekend i-4 on to i-275. this is before ashley drive. you can see cars just sitting there. we are hearing serious injuries are reported. we are going to stay on top of this for you. i'll have drive times as well as a detour if you are heading into peek rush hour. >>> good friday morning. morning. i'm allison kropff. >> i'm mark rivera. >>> as we inch closer to florida's primary election donald trump makes a big campaign push in tampa. he has a huge lead in the florida polls. tonight he'll speak to thousands at the usf sun dome 10 news reporter emerald morrow is live at usf. tonight? >> reporter: even before donald trump agains here tonight you can expect to see lots of sun dome. when it comes to what he'll say you never know. it is more than likely he'll keep with the theme of make

so brandon, eastern hillsborough county and central and eastern portions of manatee and sarasota. so you may be above freezing but you also may see some frost because it's the cold but it's calm. when you have the calmer wind, it allows the frost to develop. 41 degrees at 8:00 a.m. if you don't like it cold, it doesn't stay that way long. 56 at noon. 64, quite a pleasant afternoon compared to how it's been even though the technically it's still below average. but below freezing in inverness at 30. 37 in wimauma. high pressure is moving in. we get the clear, calm conditions and that's why i'm expecting the cold this morning. sunny, comfortable, low 60s today and watch as the high heads east. we start to see more of a southerly wind. so where it's 70 tomorrow. 68 saturday. and valentine's day, nice at 67. leslee -- >> going to be a nice valentine's day. all right. >>> right now, we have a decent drive right now. looks like in south tampa, we're up to speed on dale mabry highway. and we have one lane take anway bay shore boulevard at hawthorne road. and we've got another broken water

county in the mid-30's. you're heading into the eastern portion of hillsborough county. 441 in plant city. 40 in sarasota. that will get your day started. clear skies now. we had a big cold front push into the atlantic. that is why it is so blustery. this fast moving one will be here by tonight. we'll see a relatively quick warm up. not too far below the average of 73. with weather and traffic on the 8's. i'll take you hour by hour. show you the warm up and show you the cool down. leslee is here to let you know what is happening on the roads. >> we have speeds of 665 miles an hour. weather and traffic on the 8's is pretty much in line. what we had here was a vehicle that caught fire. a little bit of activity to the right and this is i-4 around mcintosh. be aware of it. you can see people are obeying the move over law when you're supposed to get over when there is a little bit of activity on the right. this is eastbound i-4 right near mcintosh. it was a vehicle fire. the fire is out as you saw, but still activity. great drive across the bay area bridges will only take you six minutes to cros howard frankla

clear condition in tampa and pinellas county however, we still have thick fog in eastern hillsborough, polk county, citrus county and starting to ease up in sarasota. and now also if you vice president heard, punxsutawney phil did not see his shadow, meaning he is callingerring for an early spring and it feels spring-like. 80 today, 79 tomorrow. rain ask a cold front on thursday bring us back to winter friday. >> i only believe you in >>> taking a look at the headlines. the pentagon is offering to relocate pregnant u.s. military family members from areas where the zika virus is a threat. the world health organization has declared a global health emergency. zika has been tied to an increase in birth defects. there is no vaccine against it and no cure. zika is spread by mosquitos. officials say no infected mosquitos have been found in the u.s. >>> google's parent company world's most valuable company. knocked apple from the top spot it held more than four years. google alphabet was valued at $570 billion, beating apple by $35 billion. apple's share prices dipped last week after the company reported slower growth in iphone shipments. >>> another sign

where we were seeing heavy rain in citrus county four hours ago and now in polk, highlands and eastern sarasota as well. so this is quickly pushing out. i left in about a 20% rain chance for 8:00, 9:00 this morning. mid-60s. we don't really warm up much. a cold front will clear the skies out, sunny by noon, and pleasant at 3:00 p.m. with sun. and a little cool into the evening hours but after the 20% morning rain, we are dry for the rest of the week including the weekend. so what about temperatures? well, we will be dropping into the low 70s. and then kind of creeping back up into the mid-70s by the weekend. really a nice stretch of eight days worth of weather which we deserve after the strong storms early this morning. to see how traffic on the 8s is going. >> well, it's a disco forecast. >> all the way in the '70s, just don't put your iphone back because it won't work. >> i don't remember the '70s, were we alive? i will skip that one. eastbound i-4 past the polk parkway, we have a collision. i want you to see what's going on, this is the eastbound side. and now they have some moved closer to

sarasota as well. a balmy 77 degrees. a few showers popping up in eastern polk county. that's it. i doubt most of it make it to the ground. again, that rain near hane city is -- there could be a handful more over the next hour. anything that develops will be interior and south. tonight, we will go partly cloudy. there will be fog tomorrow as this morning. and then by the afternoon, we go partly sunny. in fact mostly sunniment we're right back in the lower 80s. a very nice day. but then we start to see what is coming in from the front. think there will already be area. continues to come on through. of course it's the first day of the florida state fair. so if you're wanting to hold is your day. and even saturday for the first half of the day. but saturday night into sunday morning, i think we're looking at severe weather in our neck of the woods. we will have to watch that closely and update you over the next few days and updating on social media as well. forecast highs on wednesday, another beauty. upper 70s to middle 80s. if you live east of i-75, you will be closer to 75. closer

. >> sarasota, if you are heading out the door, polk county and eastern hillsboro, that's where visibility dropped dramatically in the last couple of hours here. >> you know which particular roads being impacted as well. 40s. >> certainly not 32 which is where we were. we do have afront to our north and it will sit us this weekend. >> notice not much is going on with it here and a pleasant hill bit of flurries activities. >> that's what's going to roll through here >> its moistures start and it is not going to produce much in the way of rain certainly and not much climate. >> we'll be asleep by the time this rolls through and we'll set this up for a nice weekend and behind the front is cooler on sunday morning. >> we'll be back in the 40s and not frigid like we were. >> we'll go back and forth with temperatures. >> enjoy this. >> a little cooler with the wind right off the water along the coast. >> great weather saturday and sunday and full sunshine with temperatures in tuper 60s. in the upper 60s. next shot of raininto monday and tuesday going to affect people trying to get into downtown

eastern pascoe county. by 4:00 p.m. most of it is out of here. then we start watching for fog along the beaches pinellas county, manatee, sarasota county some pretty thick see fog and that's why we are watching the skyway by 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. tonight. today of 800. it will only go downhill because we of a deal watch in effect for tonight and tomorrow. today 10-15 kn with two foot-3 tomorrow we will be mild in the mid-60s but we will be tracking showers and we will be tracking showers and storms right here when you wake up. so tune in because some of these a will be on the strong to severe side. am. cannot rule out an isolated tornado. this will be isolated tornado. this will be out of here by the time we get to about 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. but that's bringing breezes in front of it and winds behind of it and much cooler air with 65 on thursday and low 60s on fridays with lows in the 40s. >>> listen of baseball fans now's your chance to win a ticket to the new york yankees spring training opening gave game on march 2. call the number there on your screen (727)577-4357 if you are the 10th color you are checking out some baseball this spring. >>>

way and eastern @pinellas county and some of @those will be a touch cooler @than eastern portions of polk @county. @that's where we are at 60 in @frost proof. @61 in brooksville. @63 in sarasota after a start in @the upper 50s. @inland today, and fantastic @weekend today, tomorrow and @monday looks good. @a few more clouds. @slightly warmer temperatures. @by tuesday, though some rain. @chances coming up. @>>> a fire has left a home in @historic hyde park heavily @damaged. @flames broke out shortly after @6:00 last night in the 700 block @of bungalow terrace. @heavy flames were coming from @the back of a two-story house @where fire fighters arrive. @a man and a woman were in the @home when it all started. @thankful flee they all got out @safely. @no word on the cause of the @fire. @>>> a dog and several of her @puppies were rescued from a @burning apartment in miami. @the dogs were suffering from @smoke inhalation when rescuers @finally got to them. @four of those puppies are @missing and they were able to @revive the others. @>> they were in severe @respiratory distress. @and started using the pet mass @that can we keep on the truck. @started to administer oxygen and @trying

sarasota down at 45 degrees. @even as you get to eastern @hillsborough county. @brandon at 39 with lakeland @currently sitting at 39 degrees. @have the cold front work its way @through. @and strong northerly winds @brought back the cooler and @drier air and you can see we are @signature much cooler than we @are even yesterday. @here in tampa, we are 11 degrees @yesterday. @it 8 degrees colder in wesley @chapel and the cool temperatures @really mean we are going to see @a cool afternoon for today. @very pleasant weather as far as @humidity and lower humidity will @stick around for the next few @days and get a lot of clear @skies. @high pressure just kind of @meandering across the southeast @over the state means we will @continue to be see plenty of sun @through next week. @not until this high gets to the @east that we start to warm @temperatures up. @that will actually be tomorrow. @that high will shift on to the @east, and really have been quiet @weather across much of the @eastern half of the country, and @really in fact -- much of the @country is quiet right n

county, coastal areas and sarasota. you are too close to the water to get the frost. below freezing in inverness at 31 in zephyrhills. and eastern portion of hillsborough county like plant city, you are 37. and 41 in fish hawk. it's cold now but there will be a quick warm-up. and lighter winds today and more comfortable with a high of 6 4 . in weather and traffic on the 8s 6:38, i have an eight- day temperature trend for you and leslee lacey is excited about that. >> yeah, i don't mind if -- it's 50s are too much but i like the 60s so valentine's day should be nice. >>> traffic is okay, folks. we've got a good drive so far congestion-wise. not seeing any on the interstates yet but a slow down, land o'lakes boulevard at u.s. 41, hail road, we have a collision there. and then over here in the st. pete beach area, we've got a activity on gulf boulevard right at cabrillo avenue. and let's look, meliek is on the street. they are doing the work right now. you can still get by but activity south of the hotel. that's weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. >>> right now, two bay area students are in big trouble, both for having gun

eastern north carolina. we zoom down here to our area, a risk. but in the lighter green area, citrus county down to polk and manatee and sarasota, strong wind, isolated tornadoes between 7:00 a.m. and now i'm going to break this down each hour on the weather wheel here. 6:00, just a 20% rain chance. and 30% at 7:00. and 40% at 8:00 this morning. by 10:00 this morning, it's a 60% chance. so the rain is continuing to march south into the area. most widespread rain happening around lunchtime, a 70% chance and some of the storms could be strong and then the rain chances dwindle again as it exits to the south. here's a look at the graphic look at where the rain will be. at 8:30, storms start in northern area, citrus, hernando, pasco areas. that's where the tornado watch is in effect. the cold front pushes the showers south. so pinellas over to polk county, your rain will start in the mid morning and last through the early afternoon. this is about 2:45. everything exits to the south. breezy and maybe even a few light sprinkles but after the front, the big story will be the chillier rain. at the morning commute time. >> that's not good news. let's enjoy the

sarasota, winterhaven. is 50 in tampa. 55 and clearwater. and northport, arcadia and sebring. here's the visibility right now. even around parts of eastern hills county and down into ellington, as well, just south of the manatee line. corey temperatures across the state are mostly on the mild side but we are seeing some cooler air make its way down the to the northern part of the state. tallahassee with 42. it is just about perfect for racing this weekend. we will take a look at that bracing forecast throughout the morning today. throughout the southeast, high pressure remains in control. a nice mild early spring weekend for most folks. there is a front that is trying to pull through but it is not going to make it anywhere close to us. so we have this nice weather right to the weekend and while there may be a few clouds and a stray shower along the east coast, nothing to worry about. we're looking for a high today of 75 degrees. watch the clouds increase. how about your barbecue? it should be great for grilling. by 5 o'clock this evening, temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. 61 is your golf water temperature. went out of the east, northeast today be

eastern portion of hillsborough county. but mostly into polk county at this point. and even seeing fog in sarasota. and generally it's cool but not cold like yesterday. 53 in clearwater and tampa. bradenton, you're starting the day at 48. and it's also 48 in fish hawk which is significantly warmer than yesterday, up to about 11 degrees in tampa. by the afternoon, sunny sky, light winds, a high of 70, really nice outside. in weather and traffic on the 8s at 6:38, i take you through the next eight days to see how >>> more breaking news this morning. a terrifying moment in the middle of the night when a truck crashes right into a carport, landing on top of two other cars. and take a look at the damage left behind at this gibsonton home. >> and just 15 minutes ago, we learned who the driver is and what he is now charged with. news channel 8s lindsey mastis is live from the scene of the alafic riverfront community. bring us up to date. >> reporter: absolutely. good morning gayle. we now have the name of the driver but before we go to that, immaterial you to look at what damage -- to that, i want you to

eastern pasco, especially east of i-75. once you hit sarasota, mid to upper 40s. that's tomorrow morning. thursday morning will be even colder. that's when i think there will be a freeze for our northern counties. at the very least frost from pasco, northern hillsborough right up to the north. partly cloudy and 60 degrees at the airport in tampa. west winds at 18 miles per hour. today, 62 the high. 10 degrees below normal. we should be in the low 70s this time of year. last year -- actually the record was 85 a while ago. heck we were at 84 last week two days. go figure. up and down. el nino year. low 60ss with clouds in st. pete. gusting winds are steady at 22. gusting closer to 32. satellite last night about 10:00, you may have heard the rain dropping down, especially if you live along the coast. by 1:00, 2:00, that turned into wind. it was gusting all night long. that wind has blown most of the day. it's slowly but surely tapering off tomorrow. we have one more day in store with what were gayle warnings yesterday. so we're headed in the right direction. but the boat is still not a good idea until thursday. then it gets better for a couple days. this evening through tomorrow morning, partly c

eastern hillsborough, portions of polk county but that will burn off at 9:00 and a beautiful 70 today. leslee -- >> i love 70 degrees. >>> i love good traffic too. and fortunately, it's good here in sarasota but not perfect. we do have a couple lanes taken away both directions around university on i-75 and eastbound on university underneath the interstate. should wrap up by 6:00 a.m. you can get by. p this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? r i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story. r publix. where shopping is a pleasure. >>> good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm gene ramirez. we start with breaking news on

eastern hillsboro, all of polk county, hernando and citrus county. in fact some 30s will pop up in parts of citrus county. 48 in county. 53 in sarasota. not as windy this morning as it has ben, that is the good news. you can see the winds generally five -10 miles an hour. we've had we've had some 40s on the coast but even those are coming down. the clouds are starting to clear out a little bit so we will start with a few low clouds especially south of i four really sarasota southward and then we will go mostly sunny later this afternoon. a little bit of a breeze up rate and reach you can see it blowing the palms, get it is nothing major out there. busstop forecast definitely bundle the kids up. we are averaging about 500 right now now upper 40s to near 50 but we will top out in the mid- 50s for today. today will be the coldest day of the stretch back. i don't see this cool air in place for the next 10 days. so if you can make it through today and tonight which will be really cold you will be fine coming be loving warmer weather on the way. all the clouds are out of here. look at this 1230, 56 degrees northwest winds around 10 miles an

eastern hillsborough county. heavy downpours. there are some lightning strikes. and a few gusty winds. i do see that the strongest storms still well out in the gulf of mexico, off the coast of sarasota and manatee counties. and again, all of this is going to continue to the push down to the south and east. very windy ahead of it. we are seeing wind gusts 25 to 30 miles per hour right now. and watch the forecast, as the day goes on, rain will end rain will continue to push south of i-4 through the afternoon. and we clear out during the overnight hours. it's going to be much cooler behind the front too, a high of 62 on friday. and let's check in with leslee lacey. >> thank you. >>> what a mess it. is away from plant city, here's what's going on, activity the median eastbound. but westbound, you can see that the left lane is taken away. the is right near mcintosh. look at the back up, nasty there. again, very, very heavy coming away from plant city, about a 35 minute extra on the commute you're hot and you're cold yes then you're no in then you're out >>> 8:00 on "today". coming up -- secrets to successful sleep. how the temperature of your bedroom could be costing you a good night's r

eastern hillsborough county. a mile and a point visibility in brooksville. that is improving. venice is down to zero miles of visibility. watch that. that will be tough on the i-75 corridor south of sarasota. it is improving in pinellas county at this particular point. the next three days, especially tomorrow, i think we'll do this again. today is a beautiful day up near 70. 72 tomorrow after a very chilly start. trend into friday and the weekend. i'll talk about that in my seven-day forecast coming up. >>> it is wednesday february 17th. >> this is your eye opener. here's a look at headlines around the nation and the world in your 60 second scan. >> being president is a serious job. it is not hosting a talk show or a reality show. >>> a prediction from president obama that donald trump will not be president. now the republican front runner is firing back. >> you are lucky i didn't run last time when romney ran. >> the latest polls show trump and hillary clinton leading in the palmetto state. >>> a large group from tampa bay is heading to tallahassee. they plan to push back against several anti-immigration bills. >>> today pope francis holds a mass along the u.s. mexico border. thousands a

eastern polk county, @and somewhat cloudy with @stratocumulus. @54 degrees requires a jacket for @maybe an hour half. @lakeland at 54. @pushing 60 in tampa and also the @case in sarasota and venice. @and what our east winds pulling @in the atlantic moisture to see @that shallow area of cloudiness. @through the day we go as we @generate these east winds. @more of these clouds from the @east coast. @light winds. @a plus voting all weekend. @can we complain? @fabulous. @what i use to describe it. @upper 70s with added moisture. @not quite as comfortable by @monday. @>>> thank you, lindsay. @following a news alert. @hillsborough county sheriff's @office is investigate @office is investigating a @homicide at the smoke and bull @hooka bar on bearss avenue. @they were called out just after @4 a.m. and found a large crowd @with multiple people injured. @four people taken to the @hospital. @one of them died. @we have a crew on the way to the @scene, we will bring you more @details as soon as we get them @then. @>>> sometime 8:31. @a quick check of top stories. @a man was shot and killed out of @deodora way off of memorial @highway in town and country. @police have not released

but eastern hillsborough county, you're the last place and it's currently 60 in tampa. 54 in lakeland and cooler than yesterday, 58 sarasota. but check out emoji man, the afternoon is going to be awesome. 70 and sunny. cool tonight into the upper 40s and beautiful into the weekend. >> man, emoji man is excited. >>> we will be back in 3030 minutes. >>> this morning on "today's take," access denied. while paul mccartney was turned away on music's biggest night. >>> baby, you can drive my car. a memorable carpool karaoke moment with sia. >>> and fred armisen with a performance as tiny in ""zoolander 2."" all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take," with al roker, natalie morales, willie studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. it's wednesday morning, february 17th, 2016. i'm willie with al, natalie and tamron. we have a great crowd on the plaza. this is my morning jam. great song. " "losers" by the weekend featuring labrinth. get the clean version if you're playing it with kids, is what i'll say. >>> there is a showdown between apple and the fbi. a federal judge has ordered app

shortly pass into a little bit of charlotte county and then it will move into parts of perhaps eastern sarasota county and hopefully stay south of north port. we have a large population in the north port area. north port you want to keep an eye on this storm as well. yeah, leigh, your input here for a second. >> we just got the latest scan. you can see how quick ly this is moving. since bryan stepped off it's passed through englewood. once you're all in one color there, like englewood, that means moves are moving in one direction. they could be strong but they're not rotating. it's when we spread further east that's where we're still seeing the red and green colors, winds going in one direction around winchester boulevard and in the opposite direction. that's where we're looking at the possibility of seeing this storm system that has held together. i mean, bryan and i watched this for several hours in the gulf of mexico hoping it would weaken before it came on shore. unfortunately we knew that was the pattern it's not a water spout, it's a tornado. that's what we've seen pass over the barrier islands,