according to expert, el nio is likely to become neutral by late spring. boy, that will be great news because this el nio situation has caused a lot of weather phenomenons. >> yeah,. >>> we're seconds away from 5:48. leigh, it's beautiful here. >> that's right. we had really a lot of the strong cold fronts come through over the last couple weeks, fueled by el nio. but the next couple of cold fronts coming through, very weak. and i think we have earned that, right? sunnier morning for us today, 60 degrees. and warping up to 72 at lunchtime. hopefully you can maybe walk to lunch. have lunch outside. 77 degrees around 3:00 p.m. outside right now, tampa is 58 degrees there. are some cooler spots, zephyrhills, 47. inverness, 43. polk county, low 50s at this point. 52 in bartow. and 55 in sarasota. so with high pressure, beginning to push off into the atlantic, still going to lead to a nice, sunny start as opposed to the cloudier skies yesterday morning. feels like spring. by the way, march officially begins the meteorological spring and it should field like it.

.>>> we have a and el nio weather pattern. >>> i'm going to talk about el nio before it completely goes away. it's been suspiciously quiet lately. that's the good news here's the 83 at 2:00 with a warm, breezy, sunny afternoon. we will top out at around 84 before the day is over. 79 for your early dinner plans at 6 pm. still warm, looking at a nice sunset. by 10:00, weak cold front will get through here and will drop us to 72. the front will not have much of an impact initially. later tonight we will be cooler. if you will go out after dark, umbrella. a couple of small showers in the palm beach area. a couple of others over the southeastern golf. right now, we are 83 in the pines, 83 in miami. not a bad early march afternoon in progress. here comes the cold front. temperatures on the other side like gainesville, tallahassee, jacksonville. we will tap into cooler air into the weekend. behind that front. long. all. we're still going to be in the upper 70s 280 over the weekend. this cold front will be a died in terms of colder air. you can see the front itself is pushing clouds well ahead

. >> slow-moving storm systems, stationery front over el nio? >> sort of el nio. this is old-fashioned weather. for us the opposite, you are right, it's been a wacky el nio now late winter in the fire season is what we are concerned. we need rain. folks are enjoying daytona beach. fantastic weather for outdoor plans come a 78 e. southeast winds at 14 miles an hour. on the southern horizon, there is a layer of smoke coming from fires we will show you in a minute. 85 degrees and we had 86 the official high today, hottest of the year so far. one of our great tools for keeping track of fires is looking for the smoke blowing doppler nine radar. only scanning and before fire officials can get out to the osceola county and another farther to the north and west on the south side of kissimmee. way to the north, south of lake tohopekaliga fire in the area and smoke trailing downwind. winds are fairly brisk along the coast. with the dry weather and windy weather now the warmer weather, setting up the trifecta for high fire. upper 70s with the cooler water temperatures keepin

. >>> el nio is helping the drought stricken west coast, but it is helping the salmon fishery. they are expecting another bad year for chinook salmon fishing. last year, the water was too warm for the fish to survive. this year could be worse. salmon like cold water and the rivers are too warm. el nio has created unseasonably warm ocean temperatures. >> spawning has not occurred at a great rate and unless we get water in the rivers where they spawn, that isn't going to happen. so it is really going to go downhill from here. >> because the salmon population is in decline, the fishing industry is bracing for increased restrictions, a shorter fishing season, and lower bag limits. >>> the iditarod got off to a warm and short start today. real short. the world's most famous sled dog race got kicked off with the mushers in anchorage. it is a ceremonial start to the festivities. a lack of snow and warm temperatures cut the race short today. typically, the course is 11 miles long. but today, only three miles long. the actual competition starts tomorrow. 85 racers will trek 1,000 miles

the year did begin with a lot of much-needed rain but el nio storms. north and missed california for most of february. after a ridiculously dry february, we're setting up with hope for a pretty significant rain event next couple weeks. storm door opens up, and we start seeing rain in here as early as tomorrow night. and thursday morning. the real rain once again towards the weekend, for tomorrow, clouds increasing bit. from the system here, by the late afternoon, early evening, sprinkle's and showers north of santa rosa. than those showers will move into our area overnight tomorrow night into thursday morning. right now 50s outside, here's the model, the fog comes to the coast, indication the flow is going the right way. pushes the fog up, here's the rain i'm talking about tomorrow morning, here we are tomorrow evening. this thing is t'ed up, this slides right through. as we go intor thursday night. plenty of snow in the mountains, snow levels will be hi. when i come back, we're going to talk about the bigger storms coming. >>> is the bay area on the v

el nio is responsible and it is and salmon fishing. forecasters say el nio has the fishing industry is now bracing for restrictions. the whole population. stewart: the heavy hit. it blanketed nevada. good resulted in any deaths. tony: guys, they need that rain. they got like three-five inches of rain. >> it is going to be dry here. beautiful in daytona beach. we switch gears here. let' s look at downtown orlando. it feels like temperatures are the same. dry. a comfortable night tonight. we' ve got all these spring and there will be dangerous rip currents. it will give us that onshore flow. that is one concern. to watch these central florida. we are now starting the month off dry as well. notice the wind speeds. hour. trend. with us. look at the water temperatures. this sees are -- the seas are going to be rough two. be mindful. coastal communities are running in the low 70' s. s. it is only following to about 63 by 10:00. ocala is following to 60 degrees by 10:00. 65 in sanford. there is your setup for tomorrow. there is big beautiful

the el nio of 1998 delayed the rainy season for weeks. jim: downright hot all across central florida. when you step outside and found the wind, it was a hot breeze. angela: and the allergens are horrible. tony: will it be enough to help move this offshore? let me take you outside and brevard county, and over at the coast we have a gorgeous afternoon. for those of you lucky enough to be on the water. 76 degrees, around 80 on the coast for the first time this week. notice the index running very high in seminole county as well. we are highlighting brevard, a couple brushfires over at osceola county. one to the south of kenansville. that is a bigger one, and then south and east of poinciana. also a smoke plume lifting to the northwest because of the southeasterly wind flow today. latest wind speed in brevard county with the brush fire, in and around palm bay anywhere from 10 to 15 sustained. we had a wind gust at 25 miles per hour at the top of the hour. ll have a breeze, but we do think it will be as windy as today. high pressure to the east

el nio is bringing back big time storms the california. they will beinal dated over the central coast and northern california. the mountains hammered with snow, two to three feet of snow at resort levels. now, keep the in mind, a lot of the times the storms hit california, they travel across the country and here. not the case with this one. we will not be dealing with the storms. high pressure will keep us protected. low clouds this morning. break a part and then the disturbance with the light showers swinging on through. our high-resolution predictor model is showing us quiet all day today. this doesn't do clouds. this is basically the rain. you can see showers as we get close to 6:00, to 7:00, 9:00, and 930 we have slight showers close to us. clouds to start, and more sunshine later in the day. this high settles off to the south. we will see winds passing into some warmer air and our numbers will reflect that, too. you will notice warming on monday, but tuesday, wednesday, so just tonight a shower chance. after that, we are dry for the r

we welcome warmer temperatures in el nio. we have wet are than normal conditions and it's a different effect than other parts of the country. >> thank you for researching that. >> my pleasure. don't throw me in the briar patch now. it is cold but clear. gorgeous sin rise. we have a few clouds and the sun is producing some pretty colors in the sky. at five miles per hour. our dew point currently is in the teens right now, it is 18, so it's dry, and just beautiful, but feels like winter. town by town, 26 in south hill, 29 in tarboro, and 29 in chapel hill, and 27 in southern pines. folks, smithfield, goldsboro, and erwin, no matter where you are, it's going to feel cold when you head out, and a good 20 to 25 degrees colder than this time yesterday. we have chilly air that moved in yesterday, with the wind. it is not windy right now, so no wind chill to deal with. we do have chilly our in place so we're going to see snow as this initially begins in the mountains but not for us. our temperatures will be in the mid-30s as the syst

the el nio storms have led to landslides that left some homes, look at this and condos and apartments on the edge of a cliff, wow. don't look down. >> so far the 50th annual bike week is no fatal crashes. florida highway patrol says it has been safe this year. troopers say there were no fatal crashes. we are monitoring one crash that happened along i-4 in volusia county. but that appears to be a motorcyclist that got off the bike. they remain cautiously optimistic. there are thousands of bikers in and around daytona beach. be careful, they are everywhere. >>> it is start of the spring break season and here is a live look at daytona beach and you can see from the flags it is pretty breezy out there right now. the national weather service says there was an extreme rip water temperatures are cold so you may not want to go in. rescue urges anyone to venture out in the water to be cautious and swim near a life guard tower. but abundant sunshine. >> we have a lot of the visitors from out of state and they may go in the water. so that's an alert for them. >> it's our version of the polar plu

in sales a great hopingop macedonia many are trying to escape the fighting and the syrian werere el nio once again battering california it with a powerful storm police say a woman died when i man she was with drove around a barricade on a close roads that are very end to of flooded underpads forecasters said parts ofoo northernrt california could seek 20 inches of rain over the next week it also comes front snow which could get several feet of snow. it is 5:22 a.m. weather and traffic a every eightve minutes just ahead the cavaliers are in their first win of thehe season against month is how another w tonight will help them are race for the top-secret we'll take a look at some of the record set by pavement as he gets ready for a new chapter.pt and head over to fox8.com to vote for the next fox 8 cool school. will announce the winning school thursday and feature them nextne week on fox 8 news in the i'm as we had to break here's a live look at i 77 and i for 80 moving along very nicely notr alll whole lot of wind. good-looking forecast this week. how you doing,g, man.an the temperatures

sean: we are in the middle of one of the strongest el nio' s on record. it has had a big impact on the weather this winter. very little snow and mild temperatures. tonight, josh takes a look at what we can learn from powerful el nio years in the past and what it means for hours ring. it should be interesting. a woman in louisiana has a story to share after surviving a tornado without shelter. over the weekend and kyra johnson was stuck outside after making deliveries to a hardware store. she tried to take cover inside but the doors were already locked. surveillance video shows her trying to protect herself from flying debris. >> i just braced myself right here between the coke machine and i wasn' t even holding on, it was just to brace myself. after i seen the video, i didn' t know what it really looked like, i just figured i was in a tornado. erin: the coke machine johnson used for protection actually fell over in the storm but amazingly she was not hurt and no one inside the store was hurt either. sean: the ballpark is going to the dogs. the arizona dia

that is the pattern change that we will be going through by the weekend and next week, here comes el nio, so we are expecting a very spring like week next week. tonight, kind of the same. temperatures back into the mid and upper 20s. accumulations all across northern ohio at 2 inches or less. here is the way hour-by-hour forecast, by about midnight that extra surge of moisture is working its way into the air, so by the morning we will see the snow backing down and out and temperatures will be back around freezing by the start of can't rule out any flurries by the early morning, but by the afternoon sun should be breaking out. low 30s, and as we head toward the evening we are anticipating more sunshine. accumulations, i showed you this earlier, accumulations 2 inches or less. we will see higher accumulations where the lower temperatures, and that only looks to be 2-3 inches. we will start to break out with sunshine through the afternoon tomorrow. but ahead of our clipper to be that is still out in the northern rockies. that will bring us a big punch of rain-snow mix and not a lot of accum

. >>> the strong el nio weather pattern brought heavy rain to parts of california. it left behind serious flooding like this scene in lynda, which is about 40 miles north of sacramento. the heavy rain is needed in northern california, as the area has been in a severe drought for rain will keep falling throughout the morning. >>> and hoping to conquer the iditarod will travel the nearly 1,000-mile to gnome. they're trekking over the tough has alaksainian terrain. >>> and al al roker, and lady gaga, participated in the special olympics, with an air temperatures of 40 degrees, in a polar plunge. >> bath water, it is not. >> that's cool. >> i think our temperatures -- we have a polar plunge for special olympics too that's on centennial campus and it was one of those really cold weekends temperatures for ours was under 40. >> didn't they do it? december, january? >> january, i believe. >> some years, it's not so bad. >> right. >> this year, whoo, it's something else. >> we're going to do opposite of plunge, we're going to go up in temperatures? >> that's right. we've bee

the el nio-driven rains are coming back and it is going to cause some problems out there. we are talking 4, 5, perhaps even six inches of rainfall. the mountains could get hit hard from snow from lake tahoe to mammoth lakes. that is just not going to make it all the way here. we will be protected by high pressure. there are rain showers out to our west. and look at this. this system moves on later tonight. with a high offshore, we are going to see the wind coming in from the south, and this starts are warming. we're going to warm up even more. tuesday, we are going to be dealing with some 70's around. this is going to force all of that moisture that you see on in here to come around here for this high pressure and it is going to keep us dry for the rest of the week. a chance of rain really doesn't get here until next saturday. he two in fayetteville, the average around 47. tomorrow, some clouds to start and more sun later in the day. by tuesday, look at that, a lot of 70's for a quite a while. the next range has its saturday. heather: that is a near-perfect seven day. gold

nearly perfect more on the unusual el nio rain turnaround. >>> an investigation is still ahead at 5:00. >> they rented luxury condos but claim they lost thousands to a landlord who rigged security deposits. >> this massage therapist is accused. sexually abusing female clients. how more women have ordered staff to manipulate the data. v.a. chair jeff miller has been fighting to have these investigations made public. >> it's time for v.a. to come clean and show all the cards that they have on the table. >> reporter: florida investigation investigations are the first in the country to be made public. in 71 cases nationwide, they found evidence though -- time manipulation. the hospital has known about this for a long time. i reached out to the orlando v.a. they sent us this long list of changes stla made since those incidents, including hiring more than 100 new staff members . >>> channel 9 was the first to tell you about plans to turn this jail work release center into is a homeless center. why the mayor just said there's no way it could work. >> we explain how today's super tuesday votin

an el nio driven storm has left several buildings hanging off the cliff. this dramatic video shows the anti-lot where a building was demolished last month. next to it, a 20 unit building. they will begin to tear that down today. it has been vacant since 2010. it was declared unsafe for residents. john: the power of social media has forced whole foods to pull after a social media backlash, the company apologized and promised not to sell these oranges. barbara: people said they were unappealing. don: unappealing. barbara: they were probably not attractive. john: it is a waste of packaging. they already, wrapped up. barbara: there's something about the smell when you peel and orange. i think. don: is that true? i don't know what fruit is. let me show you what is going on. it will stay dry. we showed you the california rain. we stay dry this work week. 30% of showers on saturday and sunday, a 40% chance we will see a look at downtown raleigh. southwest wind at seven. 59 percent humidity with a west wind at 10. no problems flying today. roxboro is warmer up the

you figure in the el nio. liz: they have had rocky weather this year in its contributory whether a little bit. this global pattern we always look at. joel: what is the pattern this week? liz: warm. spring fever. warming to the upper 70's by the end of the week. we will see continued warmth. each and every day sunshine dominating through wednesday and we start to see changes for cloud cover. it does look like a good see some rain by next weekend. at least until then we should hold off and have a really nice clearing skies overnight. finally turning to patchy fog but not expecting any major cloud cover in the next few hours. the cloud cover back up towards the west. chicago, st. louis, meant to seeing quite a bit of that. -- memphis seeing that quite a bit as well. 49 in louisville. very warm air back up to the west. it will be us in a couple of days. right now it is cooling down. 43 on the ground in raleigh. upper 30's and chapel hill. lower 40's for fayetteville. a chilly 32 -- you get up to 58 and raleigh. yo

this is a storm system pattern with el nio. on and off rain showers continue over the next three days. they could get a potential six or seven inches of rainfall and the mountains are going to get significant snow up around lake tahoe, mammoth lakes, they are talking about two or three feet of snow. i bet the skiers are going to enjoy that. notice that none of this is going to come our way. we are not ready see this rain soon except for the showers that we see tonight. once this moves out of your, we are going to be dry. this will be with us for the next week or so thanks to the high pressure that is jumping ahead of monday. in from the south, and that begins are warm up. that trend doesn't really change, and he gets a little bit stronger. we are looking at low to mid 70's for highs. it almost ask like a blocking mechanism that is going to force the moisture around the periphery of this high so these the showers that ucl here in this front are going to miss us before long because it has to go around us and keep us dry all the w

. >> el nio, right? >> yes. strongest in 18 years and we are going to continue to be on the warm side of things as we step into next week. i know that sunshine was kind of hard to find today but those low clouds sticking around. unfortunately they will be in effect as we head into tomorrow afternoon. but you are going to see a shift in the winds and that's going to allow for the warmup. look at these temperatures right now, they are some of the warmest of the day from millersburg all way into rich at 38 degrees. the warmer air coming from menner to aurora at 36. taking a look at the radar, no moisture but the low clouds that are shifting from west to east. that is the case as we head to tomorrow. the south winds picking up to about 15 do 25 miles per hour. but that's going to allow for the gradual warmup that we see for the next three to five days across the northeast part of ohio. hopefully will subside for wednesday afternoon. you can see from the wind cast here they are tracking in tomorrow afternoon. hour by

. >> this el nio effected or a climate change? >> it could be. i know how it effects the lower 48 and not how much about how it affects alaska, so i'm not sure. >> that's a good question though. >> worth asking. >>> so since you know more about this area let's talk about this area that's right. >> for us, it means a typical better than normal rain season. we had more on the way tonight, and last night, and we'll have a dry weekend and into next week, it looks fairly dry. we may have a brief shower as we have a tiny system that comes on in. let's take a look at what's going on right now and our sky believe there we go, downtown raleigh, and it is 5:49 so we're looking at of course the unbeginning to lighten things up. it's only a couple weeks before we see the change in our time. we'll go back to daylight savings time and it's not long until that actually happens. we'll head over to wilson, as well, and you can see everything's nice and quiet there, too this morning. our temperatures, 29. it's cold at the airport. at least it's not breezy. winds a

as el nio fades, the weather is kind of snapping back to normal. >> we call it the snap-back. meteorological term. >>> breaking news this friday night. captured alive. the most wanted man after the paris terror attacks, trapped during a dramatic shootout. how they got him. we take you inside the tense raid. >>> also breaking -- severe weather across the south at this hour. the system then moving right up the east coast. several major cities, up to >>> the two air scares -- the lightning strike. the flight from raleigh to passengers describing the jolt. the drone, the jet -- and the close call.

week which may actually bring some big changes to the western half of the u.s., really with this el nio pattern, a series of storms lined up. in the meantime, though, temperatures are forecast to remain above average from the west coast through the northwest into the midwest. that precipitation, though, looks as though it will be increasing our chance for rain and snow for the second half of this month, which is kind of due. snow in the midwest, rain off the coast of california, just beginning to move on shore. we have a dry weekend basically here in denver. our next chance for rain and snow will start in the high country on sunday. today's weather system moving rapidly away. warm air moving in and all of that rain in california will stay put for now. that means a warming trend. miffed-60s -- mid-60s tomorrow, cooler weather for monday and tuesday. skies are clearing tonight. winds remain light tomorrow. high and mid-level clouds move but you won't have to worry about travel issues until sunday. 32 in greeley and 31 in pueblo. high temperatures tomorrow, above average, a trend that will

once it hooks up with the coastal energy, looking at the strong southerly flow from this, this el nio pattern we're in helps to boost the gulf flow and those two elements will combine to produce the energy that we need for the approaching snowstorm. so wheer go with future tracker taking a look at the first flakes falling. into the metro area, as we head toward noon, we have the snow over spreading places lake westchester and fairfield counties, orange counties, dinner hour on sunday, the snow is starting to mix with rain again, but as the colder air descends in, we'll change to all snow during the overnight hours, sunday night into early monday morning. system, but check out the totals. because of that mixing in with the rain, we're going to hold down the totals. a coating to an inch on long island. today, 58 degrees, but going to be a windy day with a couple of light showers. here is the seven-day forecast, up to 46 degrees on saturday. 38, that's it, on sun dau, with the snow mixing with rain for most of the day. lingering into monday morning commute. it looks to be mostly a wet on

a frost advisory this late in march, very unusual but we will take it in this crazy el nio winter so far. frost advisory for citrus and hernando but away from the coast. if you don't like it chilly, don't worry. we see leaps in the we go from 50 at 9:00 a.m. to a huge warm-up. and with lighter winds and lower humidity, the afternoon and early evening should be really comfortable. the chilly morning, pleasant afternoon. tomorrow for all you spring breaker, best beach day . that's the day to head out there. it's warmer but still sunny because a stalled cold front is going to bring our rain chances up toward the end of the week. it's a 20% chance thursday. and 40% friday. and 50% saturday. checking in now with traffic on the 8s. hopefully things are good. >> they're decent. >>> we have a good drive. let's take a look at what's going on, folks. this is brooksville, no delays. traffic looks fantastic on u.s. 41. u.s. 98, state road 50, also known as cortez road in hernando moving into hillsborough county, up to speed. and i-4 in the paul buchman highway into downtown, 22 minutes either di

we here in south florida have been contributing to that >> this is part of the el nio pattern. globally it heats up of the atmosphere of the ocean is one in the pacific. winter. looking at downtown miami you blowing by. 80 in miami. 79 key west. it still humid out. southeast breeze at 10. there are a few showers out. the winds are light but will pick up on sunday. showers are popping up now mainly over the everglades. you might see a brief stray showers this evening but all in all it won't be widespread. on the satellite lots of sunshine after the fog burned off today. the big activity is over the panhandle where there's a possibility of strong storms and hail as one cold front is stalling out in north florida. warm weather and high-pressure temperatures in the upper 80s and a mix of sun and clouds. ancient of the saturday with spotty storms around ahead of the strong cold front that will move our way. warm and humid on saturday and same for sunday where we are still ahead of the front but storm chances are higher on sunday when the front comes through early monday. clearing an

. showing up, this is part of the southern branch of the jet stream that we see quite often in an el nio winter. and what we see this winter is the southern branch helps give us a favorable profile for severe weather. it is pretty dry right now no thunderstorms in the forecast. there is no threat of severe weather. a weak cold front is going to be pushing through an it won't do a lot to our temperatures tomorrow. tomorrow we'll see a good deal of sunshine lots of clouds going by. temperatures in the low 80s. on friday we ahead of the next front, temperatures in the mid- to upper 80s, and saturday another weak cold front will come through to cool us off for the weekend. 70s over the weekend and next week a little more breeze. a nice night out there, temperature near 63 for tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. 30 of sunshine and clouds going the boat is have a light chop on the bay, light temperature 75. comfortable days through the weekend and next week. >>> this will be a night to remember for csi cyber fans as the show's most dangerous criminal returns the notorious criminal python is back and

we are still in the el nio weather pattern so where has the rain gone? it has stopped. for us, the pattern has shifted to the north. you might've been hearing about some of those dangerous and flood producing storms over other parts of the country but not here. it has been warm and dry lately. 76 percent relative humidity. the wind is southwest at 6. the same deal tomorrow. no cooling ocean breezes. it will be another toasty day. down by the beaches it was 86 miami. 84 in fort lauderdale. normal high as 80 this time of year. we have been in the upper 80s across the western suburbs here --. it feels very mild tonight. we have mostly 70s across the entire states. -- state. the radar is clear statewide. you heard about those killer floods and that really terrible country, so far this week that is mexico, texas, arkansas yesterday, it is holding together but it is much weaker. you can still see very heavy rain coming through. we have some relatively dry warm and stable air here and it extends all the way back to the west. the stormy weather continues to be well to our north

but this is common during an el nio cycle in. 1998, we were very wet in december and early january then we dried out. it's kind of playing a similar tune so far. 5-day forecast, a couple of showers in the morning, and all bets are off for rain. we'll keep dry weather, upper 70s, and more on the orlando city soccer club debut forecast coming up at 6:00. including another warming trend around the corner. >>> if you thought you were pickup in orange county, you're not alone. how one company is responsible for nearly half of the trash problems county wide. and police say this man was beaten to death for hitting on the wrong person. why it's not being labeled a hate crime. and an orange county reserve deputy tried to pull over a driver but failed. and she allegedly went on to hit and kill a young weeds. nature' s boomerang. at roundup , we know they keep coming back. you never invited this stubborn little rascal to your patio. so, draw the line. one spray of roundup max control 365 kills to the root for up to 12 months. because patios should be for cooking out and kicking back. max control 3

this is the southern branch of the jet stream the scene in el nio. there is no severe weather see those upstream to the yucatan peninsula. showers to the southeast thunderstorms. cold temperatures in atlanta. snow working its way of the ohio valley winter like weather and temperatures in the teens and 20s. mild night and a gentle breeze with longer 68. tomorrow clouds and very warm temperatures despite the clouds. pollen count issuing that mold is low and juniper bayberry are moderate. into next week one more warm >>> it's a ship taste of the town. the relax family-style atmosphere and authentic greek food >> the greeks joined cbs lisa joined you can want to check out. whether it's the expertly grown lamb chops or the fabulous, being dead or the truly authentic big salad you'll feel like you get on his mother load at the greek joined on hollywood boulevard in hollywood. the owner open up the family style restaurant a few years ago after moving from his first small location. >> for three years we were in a small location on thousand square feet but it

they have a ferocious series of storms because of el nio. it has been pretty quiet here. i think i just jinxed it. be careful if you're going out to the beaches. you will see the red heart -- flights by the lifeguard station -- lags by the lifeguard station. in the meantime, there is the radar for the west coast. this is actually make it go -- liquid gold. we have already have reports of injuries and fatalities out there up and down the west coast. it is not la where they really need the rain pretty breathy but is really -- badly but it is really coming down on the west coast. if you switched gears to the east coast it is extra -- it is as dry as it will be. tomorrow the breeze that they have will switch off into the that means rip currents especially during time during low tides that mean the recurrent will be very high tomorrow and tuesday. spring breakers are going to repacking the beaches. there will be a lot of people were not used to seeing rip current or ever heard of them before, you have to be really careful out there. don't go out in the water too far and still

have some high clouds coming our way, subtropical jet stream that has been very active during this el nio winter and the area despite the jet streams, were not expecting any storms at all. not much change, temperatures will be similar and temperatures in the low end. friday looking great, who will see a return to southerly winds, mid-80s for highs, and for the weekend another front pushes through in this patent is going to last through next week, it will stay nice and temperatures in the upper 70s. perfect springlike weather. across the country now it is still winter like, temperatures in the 30s and 40s but springlike in the south and west. forecast for tonight, a nice night out there, which is near 63 degrees warmer along the coast. let your son, nice and warm and height and 82. southeast at 10, and a couple of a warm days ahead, 82 tomorrow and 85 for friday, then upper 70s through the weekend with a mix of cloud looking good. >>> this is a night to remember for csi cyber fans as the notorious criminal python is back and this time he's made it personal. forcing the team to solve an ela

the el nio weather pattern is making mosquito season difficult to predict. >> basically with the amount of warm, wet weather has a tendency to allow them to burn -- breed more mosquitoes just because they like those warmer temperatures. in miami-dade and broward counties, that brings the states total to 50. all of the cases are travel related. >>> osceola county leaders groups that spend your tax money are being held more accountable. the current rules require follow-up reporting. the critics say that rarely happens. >> when the money is given away, the recipient is supposed to follow up with a report as to where the money went receipts and that sort of thing. it's never been enforced for two >> commissioners approve those numerals yesterday, they rejected a plan that would require follow-up from groups that receive more than $5000. >>> some drivers say it is costing them drive along the central florida poll -- toll roads. remove the indicators that let balances low. we spoke to a driver who said he was fined several times son's account was well. >> this year they are projecting a huge

. >> here is our current snowpack. time of year but we are going to start to see the el nio pattern get cranked up again %- this spring, bringing more of that moisture back into colorado in the form of bigger storms. this is the forecast looking ahead into the spring. the stormy pattern is going to continue. big storms along the front range and central and southwest mountains will probably be the biggest bennficiaries. even though it's dry right now, i am confident we will get plenty of what weather and snow coming up in the next few weeks. >> he is hoping for 1000 inches. >> and now we know that if you close the refrigerator, the light stays on.>>> a special edition of politics unplugged is coming up in 90 seconds. anninsider's look at what state leaders have accomplished this >>> i am anne trujillo. >> and i welcome to a special edition of politics unplugged. gettan insider's look across the capital and colorado. we are going to talk about the crowd that last nightts -`colorado caucuses, the democrats saying they had record turnout. we will see how the decisions made by caucus goers g

we are still in the el nio weather pattern so where has the rain gone? it has stopped. for us, the pattern has shifted to the north. you might've been hearing about some of those dangerous and flood producing storms over other parts of the country but not here. it has been warm and dry lately. 76 percent relative humidity. the same deal tomorrow. no cooling ocean breezes. it will be another toasty day. down by the beaches it was 86 miami. 84 in fort lauderdale. normal high as 80 this time of year. we have been in the upper 80s across the western suburbs here --. it feels very mild tonight. we have mostly 70s across the entire states. -- state. the radar is clear statewide. you heard about those killer floods and that really terrible storm that has hit half of the country, so far this week that is mexico, texas, arkansas yesterday, it is holding together but it is much weaker. you can still see very heavy rain coming through. we have some relatively dry warm and stable air here and it extends all the way back to the west. the stormy weather continues to be well to our no

. >>> forecasters say people expecting more powerful storms as a result of el nio. steady rain fell on northern california as snow covered the sierra nevadas as the first of several storms made their way inland. heavy rains could cause flooding and other problems with heavy thunderstorms expected all weekend long. officials could release large amounts of water from the folsom dam to avoid flooding. that hasn't happened since 2011. >>> aimee is back with us. we have our own round of showers. >> will be out of here by sun game. you have outdoor plans sunday. but the rain is moving in. we can show that you with radar. all these showers moving in from the west and moving to the east. all of is it light rain that's coming down. did it hamper some of the celebration activities after the ball game. a lot of folks started to clear started to come down. we'll start down in our southwestern communities. southern pines getting some light rain, heart net county get -- harnett county getting some light rain. also franklin county getting some rain. then as you head towards rocky

we have been dry after el nio patterns, a front every three or four days. now we are drying out and breezy day today we will watch out for a fire threat again as we go throughout the day and really over the next couple of days. volusia county, 87, daytona 84, right near 80 and 81 in daytona beach. it is going to be breezy a beautiful. seminole county, mid-80s altamonte springs 86, 86 casselberry, winter springs, 85 today okey-doke and alone the woods and geneva checking in at 84. poinciana, solivita, 87 temperatures soaring. patchy fog is developing. coming up, when thunderstorms return to the forecast. 5:40 deneige. >> spot of construction on the turnpike southbound approaching osceola parkway, one lane blocked. not causing too many slowdowns in the area. keep that in mind and all we are dealing with is construction. pulling up the camera, i 4, ivanhoe a last spot where we have construction, i 4 eastbound, ivanhoe. two lanes blocks. picking up cones close to fairbanks and i will let you know if they need to leave them out anytime after 6:00. >>> local fami

very nice in january with the active el nio pattern. quiet in february. typically in march we get 3.77 inches of rain, and we could use that right now with the brush fire' s popping up. 83 in orlando, 83 in kissimmee. we have spring training underway tomorrow at disney as the braves take on the tigers, 82, 1:05 in the afternoon. gorgeous weather day on saturday, onshore flow, a few clouds. nice and comfortable. and northeasterly flow on sunday, great bike week and weekend. afternoon sunshine, temperatures in the 70' s. but what' s cumulus clouds for and for the falcon match on sunday, no rain, highs in the upper 70' s. 80' s through wednesday. meredith: some of the greatest swimmers in the world are converging on orlando. pat: we mean great. it is an olympic year, so preparing for rio. front and center, america' s swimming sweetheart four years ago, four gold medals. hi get a busch gardens fun card now and let the fun begin. pay for a day, dive all year, splash all year, thrill, get your fill, and celebrate all year. climb, launch, roar, and soar all year

have quite a bit more of the winter left to see more precipitation and as we are still in tell the el nio phase we could see some of this. >> reporter: and as we will see some of this right now. look off to the west. southeast corner of the state also has a little bit of a moisture which is good because we do have red flag warnings. anytting we can get will help out as far as our fire danger. today is going to be another warm day so while we start to see the changes in the mountains we're not going to be dealing with that down here. head out the door things are going to be changing for you. this sunday as you get ready to walk out grand junction 53- degrees. here in denver we're at 36. greeley a little bit cooler at 27-degrees, but we have 50- degrees in coloradd springs this morning, so temperatures kind of all overthe board. this afternoon, again the plains and the front range nice and warm. the warmup similar to what we saw yesterday. about two or 3:00 this afternoon, increasing clouds we have some un-shine early on this afternoon. that is going to change later on this afternoon and ye

speaking of the weather, we are in the middle of one of the strongest el nio' s on record. not much snow, mild temperatures. tonight at 11:00, josh judge takes a look at what we can years from the past. could it give us an indication on spring? erin: a lot of people will be tuning in. sean: a woman in louisiana survived a tornado without shelter. erin: the twister with 140 mile-per-hour winds touched down and kyra johnson was stuck outside. she tried to take cover inside, but the doors were already locked. surveillance video shows are trying to protect herself from the flying debris. >> i braced myself between the coke machine. i did not know really what it looked like. i just figured i was in a tornado. erin: coke machine she used for protection fell over in the storm, but she was not hurt and no one inside the store was hurt either. sean: few people can tell a story like that. the ballpark is the arizona diamondbacks are teaming up with petsmart to create the first-ever full season. friendly baseball park. for sunday games, they will offer dog friendly patio seating and a

an image on facebook and twitter twitter highlighting next winter which is totally opposite of an el nio winter does that mean more snowfall? that will give us the preliminary outlook of next year. >> we are starting to get information on that let's get re through this winter first we still have clouds temperatures andil willoughby at 33. more snow today? highly unlikely it will more than likely bring us more sunshine upper 20s middle clipperr starts to emerge in thege us and we fall to the 20s a couple snow showers climbing to the new line 30se too high 40s the could be some rain in their a lot of this will melt as it reaches that the ground tomorrow and then we t climb well into the 60s and 70s in the middle of next week i'll there is rather is a potential for heavy rainfall on wednesday and this is where we will have to keep an eye on the spring two. filled with moisture in the form of rainil as we transition into that pattern. the forecast next week at least two tuesdaytt is drive with rain in a couple of official school closing station. we are just kind of thinking out loud and piec

the series of storms coming from el nio could double they sierra snowpack and if that happens, it would be a huge relief for the golden state. california heading into its fifth year of drought. >>> in maine some frustrated humor to try to put a stop to a stinky situation. the neighbors have been growing weary of people not cleaning up after their pets so they decided to take matters into their own hands. they created some clever signs and planted them next to every dog dropping and before they don't they were posting 300 signs marking the spot. neighbors say it was about time someone took action. >> i think i can speak for a lot of people. when you walk out of your front door and 70 has led to a present and you are stepping in it. to be humorous, the residents those signs with dock waste getting into the water supply as well. >>> i know it can be tough you a happy winter but you have the a lot of people don't have them to have that waiting outside. today will be a day to take advantage if you wait for it. >>> at of the two days of the begin today is the day to get outside with a lot of

we straight -- stay dry in south florida, and now el nio really taking an impact on southern california. the northern portions of the pacific northwest have been dealing with heavy rainfall all winter, seattle the wettest winter ever and here you can see the band of rain coming through here. this is a comma cloud feature down, so unusual rains fourth -- for southern california. but not here, all derived. pc the clouds -- all drive. -- unlike some friends, this one will come through dry and temperatures to drop a great deal behind it. in fact it tries us out even further, so we will see a rapid warm-up starting on monday answer most of the way, temperatures will be in the 80s, today we stop short, mid- 70s for us here but what's ahead is a big warmup. the forecast over the next couple of days. in fact temperatures will be warming into the 80s here as we head into the upcoming days and that's about 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. looking at above normal temperatures, dry weather, really delightful for spring training, baseball going around the area, strawberry festivals >>

this is going to be a huge deal and it could be el nio's last gasp out in the west. a big mess with rain near the coasts and snow inland. there is going to be a reinforcing front going by on sunday and all it will do is sunshine. if you're thinking rain the next opportunity is not going to be for at least a week from today and maybe longer. there is going to be an area of high pressure in the gulf and that could impact us seven or it. both weekend days in the mid 70's and about 60 at 9:00 and 72 4:00. >> a february jolt for jobs, the economy adding 242,000 new jobs last month, more than expected. and also more people entering the labor force and looking for working but one bummer? hourly waging falling slightly. stocks rising on friday, the dow up for three straight weeks now. meantime gas is driving into march like a lion, prices rising up now up to 10 straight days. the national average costing about 1.81 for a gallon of unhe had unleaded but about 65 cents lower than this time last year, and the ford f trucks, growing complaints about brake failures. this could he

it had survived our winter thanks to el nio. not bad. and everywhere you go, you've got some crocuses, or is it croci? send me your pictures on twitter, follow me, post. we'll see you on tv tomorrow. >>> tonight reaction on capitol hill after a scripts news investigation into a little known police privilege. >> lawmakers are taking a closer look at wait times that often follow police-involved shootings. here's ross jones from washington. >> we certainly need to continue to respect our officers who sacrifice themselves in order to keep us safe, but they also shouldn't be above the law. >> reporter: congressman jefferies of new york responding to a scripts news investigation into a privilege extended to officers who pulled the trigger called waiting periods. they limit how soon police officers who fire their weapon should be questioned. the policies are found in 19 of the nation's 50 largest police forces where most give cops two or three days before facing investigators, at least one department gives ten. jefferies fears they give cops wh

the average temperature was more than two degrees above average, part of the change was because of el nio, the planet also saw the warmest meteorological winter on record. tuna, bumble bee are recalling cans that may have been contaminated during a sterilization process. eating that tuna could be life-threatening and they are recalling chicken of the sea tuna, it may be under cooked. you can find all of the upc codes for that exact tuna at local12.com. >>> do you buy your pets treats, maybe training for a few treats, that would be a part of the record of $60 million that americans spent on their pets last year. rising spent on the grooming, training for pets, and millennials and baby boomers >>> $60 billion. >>> one the first successful viral pictures, it was everywhere, and it still kind of old. and residents in in a neighborhood claimed they saw a leprechaun. he is still a legend, years >> who else will say yes. >> is he real? >> i don't know. >> i just want to know if he is real. >> some folks have seen it, and some folks haven't seen it. i'm the one who hasn't seen it yet. it's a litt

mind that meteorological winter taking place from december to february 2016, that is eggs to the el nio pattern. thankfully, it is been relatively dry as we have had high pressure and control the past couple of days. for us, that is not been the deal. there were severe weather yesterday in mississippi and alabama. it is active up and down the seaboard, and there is wintry weather on the northern edge. that front is not going to impact our weather. we're going to continue with the warmth the next few days until we see a week cold front sweep through this weekend. that means a few showers and temperatures not as warm. however, this afternoon, we will see the numbers jump to 20 degrees warmer as compared to this morning. below to midshipman 80s with plenty of sunshine this boaters see upper 60s on the coast. low 60s as we head into thursday tomorrow. highs in the low 80s with warm sunshine continuing on friday. 84 degrees. a couple of showers, 79, cooler with the high around 76 degrees. we will get a check of the traffic.>>> take a look at how many drivers are out the door. the palmetto is

highs in the 80s and these pesky clouds streaming in from the gulf to the subtropical jet stream and el nio which has been going on through the winter. look at the national radar. portions of central northern california to the pacific northwest and also through the rockies and central us they have wet and soggy mess the storms as a push into the midwest bringing wintry precipitation on the northern edge of that front. this front will get here and bring us a slight drop in temperatures into the weekend. ahead of it is looking soggy as we look at what is happening in the tennessee river valley. 20s for boston chicago. 30s dc and atlantic. but the 60s in texas. as we head into friday to kick off the first weekend of march it is warm. mid-80s and the secondary front will roll through and that means not as warm. temperatures come down a bit. today high of 82 with very similar to yesterday and the light chop on the bay and for tonight those of all to the upper 60s. 85 degrees tomorrow but saturday morning 64 with a high of 79. temperatures are closer to average and more seasonable for the weekend

thank you el nio. here is the cloud cover and we started off with sun but as the they didn't shake g anything loose out of the bottom of them but here's a look at storm foxx doppler radar and snow to the south and east but it is not likely reaching the ground. there is a ton of cold air moving in and it is prohibiting the weather to move to the north. that snow fizzles out quickly and the only problem is we are not necessarily finished with things. tomorrow looks like we could get into snow as well. here's the rain and snow mixed headed to the east. snow back here through iowa and back to the dakotas. for as we are looking at mainly cloudy skies for tonight.oo then tomorrow morning look at that. we start to see snown grow to the south of cleveland especially. some computer models are indicating perhaps a littlees accumulation as well. the southern regions. there is potential to be a little accumulation in the southern regions. the winds are howling out there right now. a north wind at 16 miles per hour

michelle: a second person has died in california as a series of el nio-inspired storms hit the area over the weekend. emergency crews say one person died on saturday afternoon after their car went off the roadway and hit several trees. officials say wet roads and speeding contributed to the accident. another woman died when the car she was riding in drove into high water and became submerged. the driver did survive. storms are expected in that area throughout the day. jason: 5:09, let' s turn to our forecast. it was a little bit cooler this morning that i wanted it to be. michelle: amy, there is one amy: we are in the upper 60' s and parts of brevard county, but that is an isolated location. most of us are starting off pretty cool. we will get lots of sunshine like yesterday, just a few scattered clouds, and the temperatures will make it into the mid to upper 70' s. here is the numbers we are starting this morning, it is 43 in ocala, or the eight home coast, and 46 -- 48 palm coast and 46 in the villages. there is the warm spot, right near the sand and brevard county and over toward i-95