here is eric burris. eric: they have been since midnight. the good news in all of this, when temperatures climb today, they will be warmer than yesterday afternoon and this is beginning that warming trend. we will have 66 in melbourne. i' m forecasting 63 for your high. while we know -- we are almost there this afternoon. freeze warnings posted for a northern communities, north of i four. 28 degrees in silver spring, 29 in paisley. 32 and okahumpka. into orange and osceola county, 28 in apopka. 42 in windemere. along the coastline, 32 palm coast, 33 degrees in the land. i have central florida' s most accurate forecast talking about ted: a look at the 528 westbound coming at the camera, this is approaching the airport toll plaza by state road 436. no delay so far. a live look at i-4 right at the 408 area eastbound on the right. this was flashing earlier telling you to move over. i-4 ultimate eastbound has cleared up. i-4 westbound out of seminole into orange from 434 to winter park, only six minutes. jason: hoping for justice as an arrest is

let' s get back to eric burris. he is in for amy who is likely enjoying some warmth and staying under the covers. eric: this morning, we have freeze warnings in place. she picked a good day to not be in the office. marian, flagler, west volusia, lake and sumter county. they have a freezer visor. temperatures could drop below freezing. i hope you protected the plants last night. the very least, if you have an outdoor cat or dog, make sure they are taking care of. -- taking care of. -- taken care of. we are checking in at 39 outside of christmas. 38 in winter park, 40 degrees in williamsburg. along the coastline, notice how much milder we are. the gloomy look at the temperatures this morning compared to our coldest morning of the year, -- when we look at the temperatures this morning compared to our coldest of the year. frost all across our northern communities. from the i-4 corridor northbound with the exception of some of our lower lying areas around the st. johns river across the system will try to gather around tex

eric burris is back with us. will we see it clear up? eric: around lunchtime. this morning, we have moist air, instead of rain we will start with clouds. the good news is the fog is not that dense. you will certainly notice it as you head out for that morning drive. temperatures are slow to climb. by 9:00 a.m., still 60 degrees in orlando. 71 degrees by lunchtime. radar, nothing to track over land. where it will stay. visibility numbers, down to half mile in orlando. to see if that will impact your commute. low tracking any fog. 54 and leesburg. 62 in cocoa beach and 61 in melbourne. as we look ahead to the afternoon, 74 -- 76 in the city beautiful. along the shoreline, 72 in new smyrna beach. 73 in palm bay. futurecast arthur clear skies. but it over to ted noah. ted: a clean slate on i-4 . screen. there is i-4 ultimate blocking two lanes near the parkway. >> good morning everybody, we are monitoring a tense situation in melbourne. police are on the scene of a standoff this morning. want to show you a map of where this is at the coral gardens condos. 2847 rege

eric burris is back with us. what are we doing with the winter weather does not include plows on the road. s to start. in orlando. we will push up to 58 degrees by 9:00 and look at that, our winter weather brings us to 74 degrees by the afternoon. it will be a 30 degree climbing readings. a chilly start but a mild afternoon. doppler radar says we are rain free this hour. temperatures are on the cool side. , 49 degrees and leesburg, 45 degrees in orlando. the milder reading as always, cocoa beach at 54 degrees. as we look ahead to the afternoon forecast, this is re headed. 73 in eustis, 74 and clermont, 74 in orlando, 73 over and oviedo. forecasting 73 in deland. sunshine, titusville. 5:00 on the dot, let' to ted noah. ted: you can see that aero there that is pointing the move over to the left, right lane is blocked from overnight roadwork just about a half-mile of construction and flagler on i-95. one of our major interstates in central florida, i-4 westbound 436 in seminole county, looking good. at john young, w

eric burris will have your forecast, coming up. jason: we' re following breaking news in orange county. one person is dead after a fire. a large shed went up in flames behind a home on formby drive around 2:00 a.m. firefighters are still working to find out how the blaze started. michelle: and five people are hurt from a bloody pit bull attack in sanford. police say they were forced to shoot four of the five dogs last night. animal services took another dog from the stonebrook apartments. it' s unclear what will happen to it. nearly six years after a woman was raped during a home invasion in volusia county, deputies say they' ve got the guy. jamedd ross will soon answer to a judge on charges for the deltona attack. wesh 2' s brett connolly joins us in the studio with more. brett, deputies arrested the court. brett: that is right. the victim' s neighbors say they never gave up hope seeking justice. and police say it was a fingerprint match that was connected with dna evidence. 23-year-old jamedd ross is charged with home invasion ro

angela: first alert meteorologist eric burris joins eric, has the threat passed? it was a pretty quick storm. eric: as it moves through damage. like that. we watched a through. this is from the wesh 2 studios. this is an incredible time lapse as you can see. over. moving in. i-4 stops just about. heavy rain pouring down. it made for about an hour or so can very clearly see the sky beginning to clear. the sky was clearing because of the cold front. at this hour, it across south we are nice and quiet. there is downtown orlando. a few clouds, but i-4 traffic, not having to deal with rain in temperatures as the sun sets working down in the mid-rate of the 60' s. -- mid range of the 60' s. i will talk about fog and the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i see you in just a couple of minutes . jim: the heavy rains caused a lot of pooling in the middle of an i-4 work zone. it caused one car to stall, now crews are trying to figure out a way to prevent it from happening again. wesh 2' s dave mcdaniel joins us live along i-4, with more. dave? dave: when it come to

we go out to eric burris. eric: it is deathly one of those days where -- days where it feels so crisp and so refreshing. look at that clear sky. it is gorgeous from that lake eola skycam. bouncing around a little bit because it had those cold breezes around. we are up to 51 and silver springs. 49 in winter park. 48 degrees at lake mary. along the coastline here, we find about 50 degrees at flagler beach. 56 degrees at cocoa beach. here is a look at the visible satellite. you see the crisp, clear sky. only clouds visible over the shoreline. with those perfectly clear skies, we will make it up to 63 degrees with the sunshine. once the sun gets lower, temperatures will quickly fall. by nine a clock already into the 40' s. some of us will be flirting with freezing temperatures. michelle: breaking news at noon. gun battle that ended with the recapture of mexican drug lord el chapo. this video, which first aired on the mexican television network, televisa, shows the police raid at el chapo' s hideout. el chapo, whose

meteorologist eric burris is tracking it. eric? if you're headed out tonight, you can keep track of the rain with the first tonight considerable cloudiness then becoming mostly cloudy in the late evening and chance of showers and a slight chance of evening thunderstorms ...then a slight chance of showers after midnight. lows in the mid 60s. southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. chance of rain 50 percent. sunday mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly sunny. breezy. highs in the lower 70s. west winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. sunday night partly cloudy. cooler. lows in the mid 40s. west winds 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. monday sunny... cooler. highs in the lower 60s. north winds 5 to 10 mph. monday night clear in the evening then becoming if you're headed out tonight, you can keep track of the rain with the first alert weather app. it's free in the app store and on google play. just search for wesh. tonight, the search is underway a silver alert has been issued for 86-

let's get right to first alert meteorologist eric burris for a look at today's forecast.. department held a with temperatures taking a big drop, the orlando police department held a alex villarreal reports the donation "drive-thru" got a huge response from both the people giving and the ones in need. sot ray harrison clip 0452, 7:47:03 "oh it comforts me. i ain't walking around news. central florida's coalition for the homeless says when the central florida's coalition for the homeless says when the degrees at night, it welcomes in its orlando shelter. last night did not make the cut, but the coalition says it still gives matter how cold it is. u-s supreme court has ruled that florida's death penalty system is unconstitutional. said the current method gives too much power to judges - and not enough sentences. argued it was an acceptable system because a jury first decides if the defendant is eligible for the death penalty. we'll today beginning on wesh 2 news first at four. right now, testimony has begun in the murder re-trial of amber wright. wright is accused of seath jackson in 20

eric burris is here with the forecast. eric: a little bit cloudy. clouds. it is beginning to left. will see gradual clearing. this is our tower skycam over downtown orlando. we can see the buildings there. showing that thick deck of clouds. you can see the economy -- son start to clear through. to west. are -- radar is still tracking showers around the gulf stream waters. even within the last few moments around volusia and seminole county, starting to watch a few showers. trying to work over into chuluota. they will cross over to st. johns river way out there in seminole. currently at 65 degrees in the city beautiful. mostly cloudy skies. gradually clearing conditions. we will run that down for you and look at the weekend forecast. jason: a terrorism investigation into the man who showed up at a police station in northern paris carrying a butcher' s knife. michelle: he was shot and killed by police and besides the knife, the men also had wires protruding from his clothes and cried god is great in arabic. this happened one year to the day after the attack on

let' s get over to eric burris. is this widespread? eric: yes, especially across the interior. it is that overcast sky through late morning into 10:00. temperatures will be very slow to climb. once we get that sunshine working through, we will see a much improved forecast. 75 hour high temperature. notice we are not really throwing in any rain chances. isolated coastal showers are possible. widespread rain is not expected. are watching all of this activity. the good news is that it is suspected to stay offshore. two areas of wind holding there. two miles for us and leesburg. for five -- getting below for five miles, you can notice a haze. that' ll be one of us and you have to be very cautious around. 54 and leesburg. 62 in cocoa beach in melbourne. here is a look at the forecast. 72 dunnellon . 76 for maitland. lower 70' s along the coast. you' ll run down the rain chances and when the clouds clear in just minutes. 4:32, let' roadways. . we will hit some road work on florida parkway. a right lane blocked there. we' re seeing some in seminole county. 95 southbound left lane bloc

let' s check in with eric burris who is outside in a nice temperatures out there. eric: it is so nice outside. clear skies, sun angle coming down. it will lead to a comfortable chilly evening. only a few clouds across the south. that is all the activity we have had. temperature wise, we are down to 64 in orlando. nice breeze out of the west at 11 miles per hour. mated to 66 degrees, average high is 72. no records on this day. we look at the forecast in the evening, 59 degrees at 7:00, 55 by 9:00, make sure you have your jackets handy in the evening. 53 by 11:00, into the 30' s and 40' s. i will break down the forecast and look ahead to the weekend forecast when i see you inside. angela: did not even miss a beat. it has been a week of wild weather here in florida. while we saw record rain here the orlando area, strong storms including tornadoes hit south florida. these are images of some of the damage done, when an ef-1 twister hit broward county. tonight, we' re hearing from people who were there when that tornado hit. stewart: yeah one driver was on , the road when

meteorologist eric burris is up next with the forecast. right now, so you can continue streaming your favorite show in the great outdoors. and you don't need a dead zone further interrupting your otherwise- perfect afternoon. echo from bright house networks. eliminates dead zones, so you can stream confidently all around your home. and now connect to... premier tv, 15 megabit internet and hd-dvr service... only $92 a month for 12 months. meteorologist eric burris is up next with the forecast. fog around central florida this morning --- gradually clearing as the day >>> taking a look at the headlines. vice president joe biden is expressing some regrets about his decision to not run for president. he spoke wednesday with our n bc station in connecticut. >> sure, i regret it every day. but it was the right decision for my family and for me. and i plan on staying deeply involved. we've got two good candidates. >> and the iowa kau caucus less than a month away. >>> the federal government is out with new guidelines about what we should and shoul

eric burris is tracking what is in the wake. eric: take a look at the skycam. we are looking at downtown, and you can see the bright sunshine as it is setting on the reflection of the buildings. what we do not see is the clouds or storms. the cold front has pushed south of the area, and is now pushing south through palm county. it is taking with it all of the moisture which is left, if you can say that, with a nearly clear sky and a wonderful evening. villages, and the world' s most famous beach at 67. readings will slowly and gradually fall off in the next few hours. we will be back in the 50' s. we start to build clouds in as the next storm system already begins to impact central florida. i have the full weekend forecast coming including potentially stronger severe thunderstorms and a big chill. jim: thanks. new at 6:00, detectives arrest a local man accused of rape and false imprisonment. sevet aksoz was arrested in leesburg. police say the crime happened at this business, the cappadocia art store on u.s. highway 441. officers believe there could be other vi

first alert meteorologist eric burris watched this video. eric, it' s the real thing. eric: the good news is it was not enough to get any kind of accumulation. we will get to that video later on. blizzard conditions up north, florida does it in style. a couple of flurries than the sun comes out. at december hour, clear skies, 43 degrees, feels like already seven in the city. elsewhere, down already. kissimmee. as far as advisories, i heard phrase -- a hard freeze warning for marion county. this might affect brevard and pull. most of us will get above freezing. clouds earlier today would have acted as a blanket him a heating in our holding some of the heat, but that is not just the case. that has moved out. temperatures will continue to truck on down, and in orlando 33 degrees at 7:00 a.m.. many if not most of the suburbs, with the exception of southern areas at or below freezing. i have got you covered neighborhood by neighborhood and a couple of minutes. adrian: if you had to be out in this weather, it meant dressing in layers. coats, hats maybe even a scarf. , wesh 2

first alert meteorologist eric burris is tracking how soon they could impact us. you just can' t update? eric: storm production center in norman, oklahoma, put out an advisory think there' s an 80% chance that portions of central florida and south florida will be under a watch within the next half hour to hour' s time. very weather aware. we had forecast a, beginning florida right now. a swath, nothing strong or severe yet, but the roadways are already going to be slick. here is southwest florida where we are starting to see have your pockets and if you look closely you can see some of these rotating icons indicating that these cells as they come in on s west coast around the suncoast will in fact carry with them rotating storms. there is a look at the bigger perspective, you can see the florida. what i want to do is change and show you what the model data is showing. this is able to actually fill in what our radar is not able to see. you can see the line of storms out there in the gulf of mexico, that will be the one moving in that brings us the threat of severe w

eric burris is here, he is tracking this temperatures. will people notice it as they step outside? eric: it still chilly. as we look to the afternoon forecast, it will improve. 50 degrees by 9:00. 74 degrees by 3:00. first solar doppler radar, rain free as we get you out and about that is the good news. 45 degrees in the city beautiful. we are 37 palm coast. 54 degrees in cocoa beach. the north into marion county, 36. that is really still have that the good news is we have 70' s and the outlook for this afternoon. we will make it to 74 in astatula. 74 in maitland, 73 today in waterford lakes and along the shoreline here, it is a really great day with 70' s up and down the shore. 73 degrees at the cape. we will continue to very closely monitor that outlook. you can get the current mobile app. we will have that full forecast minutes. s get a look of the roadways at this dark and early hour. ted: looking at our travel time out of seminole county on i-4. westbound is flowing nicely. in downtown orlando that has not wrapped up yet. this is eastbound coming at the camera in between the 40

first alert meteorologist eric burris is in our outdoor weather studio. eric, fortunately just two days in, this cold snap is almost over. eric: that' s right. freeze warnings are in place across central florida. marion county and sumter county under those freeze warnings. the rest of us under frost advisories. we will see that developing. at this hour, 51 degrees. light winds about three miles an hour. and no wind chill factor at this morning. 47 daytona beach. 54 ocala. over the next few hours, temperatures will drop off nicely. 45 degrees at 8:00. we will break down your neighborhood forecast for monday morning in a couple of minutes. adrian: breaking news right now in daytona beach. firefighters have just put out a fire at an old ymca building. you can see some of the smoke lingering on debbyshire road near third street a short time ago. police told us the property is owned by the islamic center of daytona beach. the owners had planned to refurbish the building into another islamic center. no one was injured. tonight, the investigation is beginning int

michelle: eric burris is joining us now, eric, how long will it last? tomorrow and then we get to showers and thunderstorms and the bottom drops out again. a wanted show you our studio skycam because this is what i am looking at as i look around here. there is a lot of these high clouds sitting overhead. this morning was a nice, chilly start. we are rebounding. we were down to 42 in orlando. this is what it looks like for your lunch hour. 67 in cocoa, 68 orlando and 69 in daytona beach. we have a lot of those clouds over top of us and that forecast will continue to keep those clouds around through tonight. 74 degrees is our high in the city beautiful. we had there at 3:00 today. as the sun sets, we begin to bring those temperatures back down. we will talk more about the showers and even thunderstorms in the forecast for friday. there is that big blizzard up north, i will have your full michelle: the gang of these on the run after leaving behind smashed car windows at three hotels. witnesses say between 10 and 35 cars were broken into near hotels at wick

jason: we sent meteorologist eric burris to the outdoor weather center. how is it feeling? eric: i have the jacket because it feels comfortable. if you stand in the sunshine, you don' t need it. that was not the case this morning. 27 in ocala, made it to 34 degrees in daytona beach. this hour, 61 degrees in orlando , 57 in the villages. comfortable in daytona beach at 60 degrees. mainly clear skies, we are watching a few high thin clouds overhead. as we take you to the rest of the afternoon, we will climb up to 66 degrees this afternoon. as the sunday its lower in the sky, those temperatures get lower on the thermometer. it will be another chilly night, but not as cold. we will talk about when thunderstorms return in a couple minutes. jason: today' s cold-weather weather led to a rare sight in central florida. check out this dealership full of frost covered cars in mount dora. ice even delayed a flight from oia this morning. the flight from orlando to miami had too much frost on the wings. hour before departing. in marion county, temperatures dipped into the upper 20' s. a v

let' s check in with first alert meteorologist eric burris, who' s in our outdoor weather studio. with a jacket on. eric: it' s important to note, it' s not so cold that you need the jacket. it is a nice and cool with clearing skies. showers well offshore and top of us. that' s allowing that heat to radiate into the atmosphere. it is 57 in wildwood. 59 clermont. 61 winter park. 62 port orange. 62 on melbourne beach. temperatures falling off for the next few hours. by 11:00, we will be in the those temperatures keep falling and this jacket will be required material overnight into our wake-up time tomorrow. i' ve got you covered neighborhood by neighborhood. adrian: the man, charged in a brutal rape case in volusia county, won' t be getting out of jail anytime soon. terrell williamson went before a judge this morning after turning himself in last night. wesh 2' s chris hush learned it' s not williamson' s only legal problem. >> do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. chris: after turning himself in saturday night, wesh 2 has l

we start with meteorologist eric burris. what can we expect overnight? eric: cold weather, my friend. we are talking about frost advisories, also posted, freeze advisories. for orlando, we are down to 43. dew point at 37. atmosphere beginning to moisten a little bit. 43 is what it feels like. no wind chill factor. looking at the latest numbers, down to 34 and palm coast. feels around 34 in ocala. temperature down to 40 and leesburg. 42, melbourne. freeze warning in effect for sumter county and marion county. the exception of brevard county is under a frost advisory. meaning, when you wake up, the do that develops will actually sensitive plants, the whole nine yards, you want to make sure to cover those guys to protect them. bring the pets inside once again. clear skies overhead, five a a.m. temperatures 39 in orlando. dew point at 38. that happened at 7:00 a.m.. temperatures do not move from there. that said, will he get the sun up, temperatures move and quickly. i will break down monday afternoon highs when i see you just a couple of minutes. adrian: tha

first alert meteorologist eric burris joins us from outside and there might be fog in some people' s forecasts tonight. eric: just a little bit of fog. we' re watching those clouds across central florida. they are lingering. and that' s an indication of moisture. fog is a possibility overnight. 67 degrees in the city. that will be going down. we have a southeast breeze at five miles per hour. 64 daytona beach. 67 melbourne. temperatures down to about 60 we will look ahead to the work week and get your county by county coverage of what to expect. jim: it' s a story you saw first on wesh 2. now, people across orange county are trying to help a local boy scout troop hit by thieves. wesh 2' s amanda ober tells us about the real-life lesson these scouts are getting. amanda: all the thieves left behind were the bricks a trailer belonging to south orange county boy scout troop 996 used to sit on. that trailer was kept in the parking lot of all saints luther church until it was stolen last week. it was used to store more than $10,000 worth of items the troop needs to function. >> that somebod

first alert meteorologist eric burris is tracking how low we' ll go. eric: good evening. temperatures are slowly falling off because we have a lot of cloud cover overhead. overnight, while we are all sleeping, the consul moved out allowing for temperatures to accelerate downward. before all is said and done. 49, -- 52, the villages. 54, to various. settling into 53 and lake mary. 55, oviedo. 56, which field. cosign, nice and cool. 53, flagler beach. 55, port orange. again, as the clouds clear out, temperatures gradually work off. 4:00 a.m., 40 degrees, by 7:00 in the morning, orlando around 45. that said, north and west, we have some readings in the 30' s and that is not even the coldest air that we have yet from the front. i' ll break it down for the day by day and of course neighborhood by neighborhood when i see you inside. adrian: breaking news tonight in a double murder outside of a daytona beach nightclub. police tell is that they have arrested one suspect. 30-year-old anthony dawson. he is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. the shooting early new year'

first alert meteorologist eric burris is tracking what' s on the way for tonight. eric: it really is quite the chilly evening, the windchill central florida. s throughout the afternoon. we will make things feeling the 20' s as we look at tonight. then we get into the freeze warnings in effect for also just about all of central florida. night. bring in the pats, cover the plants, the whole nine yards. at this hour, as the sun is setting, we are 45 in ocala, 46 orlando, 44 in daytona beach. factor in the wind speeds, and this is what it feels like, 38 orlando, 38 the villages, 42 in melbourne. it is that cold air coming in from the north, so as the sun sets, temperatures falling to 46 by 7:00. 9:00, and then we continue down to 40 by 11:00. minutes. adrian: you can get the first alert forecast anytime before our mobile app for your smart phone or tablet. just search for wesh in the app store or on google play. we have new information tonight in the search for a prison escapee. deputies now believe the suspect may be armed and on the run with his girlfriend a three-yea

joined by eric burris. what can we expect? eric: it will be clear. we have some high clouds overhead, but they are not rain producers. outside we have 49 degrees in comcast. 45 in ocala. 50 in the leesburg. 54 in downtown, 54 in kissimmee. along this east coast, milder with 56 in cocoa. we have clouds rolling to the top of us. as we go below the first alert doppler radar rain free set up. through the overnight, temperatures fall off. will he upper 30' s west and north. lower 30' s for the metro -- lower 40' s for the metro. besides clouds, we are nice and quiet. we will break up the forecast and win rain returns in a couple of minutes. stewart: tonight investigators are hoping the medical examiner will be able to identify the man whose body was found floating in an orange county lake this morning. around workers in a boat spotted -- around 10:30, workers in a boat spotted the body in lake jessamine. that' s on shelburn court off oak ridge road. >> the county has an airboat that goes around and does the canals and sprays for the foliage. they' re the

meredith: eric burris is here on this friday evening. a great day out there. eric: what a changeover yesterday. clouds and rain and flooding. we go outside to the oia, clear skies purported overhead. folks coming in to central florida, no winter weather problems. windsor out of the west at nine miles an hour. -- winds are out of the west at nine miles an hour. 64 in sanford, 61 winter park, 64 winter park -- 60 degrees in bellevue, 60 in paisley. we are watching clouds from the not enough to drop or hold the temperature, but enough to give us that filtered star site overhead. first alert doppler radar is rain free. it will remain that way all weekend long. you can the a few clouds three at 74 at 7:00. 11:00 we dropped to 53. readings are cooler north of town, have that jacket. before it is all set and done, 39 in ocala, 49 in the metro. mainly clear skies, it is that chillier temperature. neighborhood by neighborhood, 39 and dunnellon, 38 in ocala, 38 salt springs. 40' s from the villages back to bushnell, wildwood , 43 in eustis. 45 in clermont, 45 in kissimme

meter all just eric burris is here with the forecast. eric: we are going to warm up to nearly 70 degrees. it feels so great outside. clear skies. it was a frosty start though. 28 degrees in ocala. 36 in orlando and sanford. 39 in melbourne. at this hour, stepping outside, you have a perfect setup. 64 degrees. as we look outside on the visible satellite imagery, we can see a few clouds off the shoreline. the rest of central florida is clear. nothing on our first alert doppler radar. as we look ahead to the afternoon, 68 degrees will do it in orlando. we will gradually dropped off into the 50' s by 11:00. we do have a warmer setup for tomorrow. that plus thunderstorms, i will give you more when i' m inside in a couple of minutes. jason: new at noon. a baby seal that took part in a skydiving practice may have been unconscious before leaving the plane. the virginian-pilot newspaper reports that the investigation found that petty officer 1st class william blake marston was unable to open his main chute. investigators also determined that marst

first alert meteorologist eric burris joins us with the changes on the way. eric: we' ve already noticed a big adjustment as the storms came through, as soon as they were down the skies cleared out. the temperatures dropped. at this hour, down to 52 in orlando. a few clouds overhead. when you factor in the wins, some areas actually seeing a bit of a wind chill at this hour. it feels so nice and chilly. refreshing. 45, ocala. 49, daytona beach. 51, sanford. bigger perspective showing clear skies overhead, any of the heat that we did get today is radiating out into the atmosphere. it is a steady drop in temperatures across town. 45, for the dark and early risers. 43, at 6:00 a.m. beautiful sunrise. crisp, clear skies. 42 47:00 a.m. as we look at tomorrow afternoon, beautiful weather and even chillier readings. i have you covered neighborhood by neighborhood straight ahead. adrian: by investigators say extensive damage will make it difficult to figure out what' s hearted the flames. we brought you the story as it was breaking last night at 10 and 11. at lake coun

first alert meteorologist eric burris joins us with the changes on the way. be. just like that, the storm has moved out. take a look at the satellite. we' re watching clouds moving into florida. for us, a cold front to the south. it leaves us with a wonderful and to the weekend. 57 ocala. 59 melbourne. 56 daytona beach. readings in the middle 50' s by 8:00. 51 in orlando and jackets required. monday morning, it is even chillier. i will break that down when i see you in just minutes. adrian: tonight, the investigation is just beginning into this huge fire at a leesburg business. miles, coming from lake county citrus sales. we brought you the story as it was breaking last night at 10 and 11. today, we went back to the scene. you can see just how much damage there is from this fire. wesh 2' s matt lupoli is live. matt, firefighters say they stopped the flames from reaching fuel. matt: they did. firefighters tell us keeping the flames from spreading to a tank holding thousands of gallons of gas on this property was a top priority. as you can see, the building that di

first alert meteorologist eric burris is in the outdoor weather center. eric how cold are we talking? eric: in some areas we are just to give you an idea, this is the last time i am going to step out in a suit jacket. a freeze warning fort marion county and flagler county through 9:00 tomorrow morning. wind is calming down in the sky has cleared, unlike last night. the clouds have acted as a blanket. it is helping to quiet things down, and because of that, we have the shelf in place. 58 in the villages. lower 60' s hunter' s creek. 58, apopka. along the shore, 53 degrees. 51, flagler beach. as we look to the evening forecast. we will drop to 55 in orlando this evening, continuing to fall 15 degrees by 8:00. he for you know it, we are in looking at our overnight lows, 29 in ocala, 39 in the villages. i am breaking down those numbers neighborhood by neighborhood and we are going to talk about our afternoon. summer: we' re following breaking news in jacksonville. investigators believe they' ve found the remains of a toddler missing since last summer. angela:

first alert meteorologist eric burris winds up. eric: i kept saying, folks are sending nasty messages on social media, i said it will change. outside, this is what we have got. daytona beach over toward the atlantic, not a single cloud. this is an evening to head out to the beach and have a jacket on. maybe take a picnic lunch or dinner and enjoy the weather. 65 degrees currently at the beach. winds out at 12 miles per hour. 64 melbourne beach, 65 pearson, 67 deltona, 66 oak only, 65 hunters creek, 66 bellevue. visible satellite imagery shows clear skies. if you look at the very bottom of the screen, you see a couple that is where a hint of moisture is. but it is not over our area. first alert doppler is rain-free. it will stay that way for the evening. for us, it is mainly clear skies. temperatures this evening dropping off. 39-45 degrees, this is when the chill returns to central florida. with clear skies, temperatures breaking it down neighborhood by neighborhood, the coolest reading in his in ocala, 38 degrees. 41 the villages,

first alert meteorologist eric burris is in the outdoor weather center. eric who is under the watch tonight? eric: they have listed the watch because temperatures are coming up. we do have a frost advisory for marion county. 65 degrees the current temperature in orlando. 63 in ocala. 65 in leesburg. there is that frost advisory, marion county in a fact. the wind should be running 10 miles per hour this evening and should make for a nice, chilly but not freezing evening. we are going to throw in clouds for the forecast. we will talk about that in a few minutes. 53 degrees at 10:00 for orlando. we continue to drop from there. we will go over a county by county breakdown and talk about when rain returns. meredith: a judge has denied bond for 18 accused of running over in orlando officer. he was asking the judge to set bond for him. he ran over offer search anderson and the officer fired two shots in return. he has been cleared of any wrongdoing. his wife says he has ptsd. scene of an american hotel near the orange county convention center. chopper 2 is live a

eric burris is outside. eric: it is a dark and quiet start to the day. i am starting to see first light in the horizon. gorgeous out there. chilly temperatures, not quite as cold in orlando and around central florida. may day 71 degrees. 74 is our high temperature today. here is a look at some of our neighborhood by neighborhood sensors. groveland, 46 degrees, 47 in celebration, 43 in winter park, 39 in pearson, 41 daytona, and 44 oak hill. we are getting an onshore flow for the day today and that is going to bring up those temperatures. 71 by lunchtime, 72 1:00 and 74 degrees 3:00. i can tell you, i am happy to have the jacket now but by this afternoon i will shut the layers. -- shed the layers. jason: we are getting a clear picture of the people who torched two cars in brevard county. michelle: arsonists seen carrying 5000 -- five gallon barrels of gasoline. don' t fuel on and around a pickup truck. the fuel ignited and then nearly exploded. witnesses described the wild scene. >> it was terrifying because i did not know if the car could have blown up.

meredith: first alert meteorologist eric burris is outside now. eric, the rain doesn' t seem to be letting up. eric: it is just these waves of energy moving across central florida. the heaviest is still across south florida and the southern areas. if we go into the metro area, a pocket of rain moving into down low -- downtown orlando. this will eventually work into city. back to the coastline, daytona beach, dry but more rain will be a heavy pocket of rain over titusville. cocoa beach beginning to feel the rainfall. more rain is moving in, but the wide perspective shows it all, the heavy rain sitting across south florida that will be listing norse. -- north. two inches of rain first for sanford. more rain is in the forecast. through the evening, we are bringing down the coverage, but still a lot of rain. summer: thank you. as he mentioned, right now a majority of the state is covered on the radar. before several people even woke up, we broke the record in several cities for rain on this day in history. wesh 2' s adrain whitsett is live in osceola c

eric burris is here to break down what you can expect. eric: rain chances up near lunchtime. 72 degrees is about to do it today. take a look at these showers. clearwater and st. pete beach, this will move on shortly. these two red boxes are what have our attention. those are tornado warnings. because of that, spin up. that is why we will watch the storms as carefully as we will. 56 degrees in orlando. 70 degrees today. cloudy and wet. 72, orlando. storms in the forecast. download the first alert weather app. you can get those severe weather alerts down into your neighborhood. michelle: i-95 is open. jason: the northbound lanes were shut down. traffic was being diverted onto beville road then north on williamson to international speedway boulevard. officials tell us the driver of that truck was taken to a hospital and is expected to be ok. it is not clear what caused the ted: we have more trouble. this is on the i-4 in orange county. you see the speed sensor. we have three left lanes blocked due to a crash right by the area of the turnpike.

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want to get to eric burris. eric: it is chilly, but at least it is beautiful. temperature up to 46 degrees in orlando, feels like 43. we are dealing with a windchill. temperatures area wider coming up. 37 degrees in ocala. this is the first point above freezing in nearly eight hours. 48 degrees in sanford, 46 outside in melbourne. as we look at the forecast, remember the average high temperatures are 71. we will best -- city 60' s or high in orlando. 65 degrees in titusville. back into the mid-70' s by tomorrow, showers and storms flirting with 80 as we head into friday. ted: 8:57 and we have a crash on colonial drive by mills avenue. it is the -- been causing a bit of a backup. maybe consider heading to livingston street as your backup plan. on your tv what you' re looking you can see it is still a bit slow. especially near the i-4 on ramps and getting off at the downtown orlando. another live picture looking at i-4, 434. over the bridges 434, no delays. i-4 eastbound into downtown orlando. some slow spots from obt. it could cost of to 12 minutes if you left r