trying to get frenchie back into high school. we have -- wow, that side view the horrendous. there is some kind of tragedy going on there. 104 is pretty warm for this time of year. we may add another five degrees to that. we like to keep things about 105 or 106 if we can. we've seen it as warm this day of the year. let's take a quick look across the state and the west and sew you who is getting what. we have fair skies over southern california. they could use rain over there. we've got showers popping mostly north of the valley. the white mountains, i would say from the round valley through the mountains and on up into flagstaff and beyond. it is getting busy. for -- warning for ozone. we have a flood advisory out for a small portion of arizona, east of flagstaff and north of i-40. i will show you that in a moment. there is heavy weather up that way. here is the whole state. again, mostly north of the valley is where you're going to find all of the big fun. i think we probably will remain dry in town for today but let's move over near the new mexico springerville. we have pre

this is a view right now from clearwater beach at over -- frenchies. heavy rain has fallen since midnight. citrus county has seen the most rain. the bulk of the heavier rains shifting to the east coast. but those are some impressive numbers. almost two inches in tampa. over that in downtown st. petersburg. as we look at the estimates some impressive amounts. you can see broad ranges elsewhere farther south. 3 hnt 4 in the sen -- 3.4 inches in the central part of man that tee county. additional rainfall as a result of this area of low pressure not moving. it will back off to the northwest eventually but until that time we could see more rain across the areas that are already flooding and that is the >> thanks steve. pasco county residents bracing for more rain and flooding. several streets still covered. jamel lanee' joins us now. >> good evening stacie. you know what this street iron bark drive remains closed off after this retention pond here rain fell in this area overnight. and these residents there seems to be no relief in sight. especially for rig

. >>> well the rain really helps to drop the temperature and that's on -- frenchy's. that's on clearwater beach. nice spot to be with the temperature lowered. 80 in lakeland. three tenths of an inch of rain was welcome. temperature down in polk county as well. 81 at st. pete beach. northeasterly wind. half inch of rain. these are fairly common amounts. not as much at freedom plaza. kill norman -- kim norman got a nice spot of the skies after the showers came down in the downtown area. showers continue to push to the west. breezing over from lake county. bushnell over to inverness and pushing toward pine island. you can see the northern part of hernando county. some of these may hit the central and northern sections of hernando. north of indian rocks polk north port, evening lwood venice very light showers. slight chance for rain in the forecast but #k078s down -- comes down tomorrow. 82 degrees the current temp. 80 largo. clearwater beach apollo beach 82. arcadia sarasota 82. clouds continue down at the south with the tropical depression farther to about 200 miles wes

this is a view right now from clearwater beach at over -- frenchies. heavy rain has fallen since midnight. citrus county has seen the most rain. the bulk of the heavier rains shifting to the east coast. but those are some impressive numbers. almost two inches in tampa. over that in downtown st. petersburg. as we look at the estimates

no frenchies. no. no chao waughs frenchies no. they are off the list. sorry. >> all right. cocoa and josephine are safe they don't have to go to work. all right. see you later. okay. bye guys. out checking luggage. can you see them loose smell something a treat in a suitcase. this is fun game. they will growling at everyone too. they will scared at them. busy in the weather department, right? we discussed this, we've watching this disturbance to our south. good news extremely disorganized. question mark remains how much of tropical moisture early in week. today dry start looking west. looks good here in tampa. couple clouds, bubbling here in st. pete. steamy start to the day. with temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80. it's 79 in tampa. 80 in clearwater. hue humidity combined only feels like low 80sit will feel hotter until afternoon until it rains our rain starts on east coast near i 95. we have showers by lunch time. polk county, maybe a few for you. but rain chance today t about 40 percent. including time for tailgating ramd james stadium bucs take on browns. it's sti

look at that, over 2 inches of rain here at frenchie's and clear water beach. at st. pete beach, 2 inches of rain, 80 degrees. the bulk of the folks along the coastal areas have seen the heavier amounts of rain. in tampa international, 4.17 inches. compared to last week we were below normal. not anymore. 2.23 inches above for the month. next few days temps will be cool because of the clouds. we don't like the flooding, heavy rain but nonetheless making up deficits in some areas but a little cooler in others. showers offshore. rain continues some spots further north. you can see down to brooksville, around lakeland you can see, further south got offshore rain, then just scattered across the southern sections. the forecast at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, 85. tomorrow, especially the northern spots. unfortunately the areas that did see the rain today, 79 degrees. pleasant in tampa. 81 degrees, rather st. pete. 81 degrees in tampa at the moment. the clouds, the showers really helped to hold down the temps today. the area of low pressure causing all this, taking advantage of our tr

. >>> we have a few raindrops on the lens here at frenchy's. 80 degrees with a strong southwesterly wind. there are some showers in the gulf of mexico. at st. pete speech, a little more sunshine. how the skies have looked most of the day. you can see developing clouds with much more sunshine than we have seen the past several days. that is the view now with almost an inch of rain falling in the lakewood ranch. the air temperatures come down but the rain is helping to drop those temperatures around the area today. down in rio in brazil, the temperure is 61 degrees at 7 am for tomorrow. 81 degrees noon and 80 degrees at 4 pm. the temperatures are in celsius because that is the way they measured in rio. a meteor shower is occurring thursday night into friday morning. this is the perseid meteor shower. it will be a good one if you can get away from city lights. up to 200 meteors per hour. this passing through the tail of the comet swift tuttle which allows us to see these. this is tomorrow night in check that out if you can away from city lights. the radar is lighting up with they are not do

look at the totals at frenchy's. had some heavy rain rolling off the gulf of mexico. showers are still quite heavy at times. that is occurring across th county. most of it occurring off the gulf of mexico and directly to the east. light to moderate activity. some showers moving toward crystal river. a lot of it drying up before it arrives on the shore itself. you can see some thunderstorms actually develop. haven't seen a lot of activity but that is still possible in the inland areas. keep that in mind. the rainfall totals are weeki wachee. southern part of sarasota, 6 inches of rain. wide description of rain observed as well as observed by radar. so, this has been quite an event. there are some changes getting back toward a normal pattern. ly talk about that later. >> all right, thanks. >>> and now to a horrible case of animal cruelty at a polk county animal rescue. this is undercover video of pigs nearly starved to death. the owners of this animal rescue are now de they are facing more than 100 animal neglect charges and three counts of felony animal cruelty. meliss

here at frenchie's on clearwater beach 84 degrees and northeast wind. rain falling and 80 degrees. picking up more rain and lakewood ranch 79 degrees and mostly overcast conditions in the southern part of manatee county. western part of citrus looks dark and overcast. a few showers and thunderstorms and good-sized tropical wave and looking for development, 20% chance over the next five days. today 45 mile-per-hour woods but not likely to be a factor in the united states. computer models have nudged it further north today and the track more northerly turn. reminder that tropics are coming alive and next five days 20% chance for this particular tropical wave and we watch the succession of thunderstorms across equatorial africa merging over the warmer atlantic next five days there is a 20% chance of development. rio not bad temperatures 80 degrees at noon. 82 at 4 pm. 22 degrees celsius to start the day. here is a shot from paul in eagle 8 and lots of clouds. clear patches in between and sea breeze developing. easterly flow active today. showers and storms citrus and her now go county

look at the totals at frenchy's. had some heavy rain rolling off the gulf of mexico. showers are still quite heavy at times. that is occurring across th county. most of it occurring off the gulf of mexico and directly to the east. light to moderate activity. some showers moving toward crystal river. a lot of it drying up before it arrives on the shore itself. you can see some thunderstorms actually develop. haven't seen a lot of activity but that is still possible in the inland areas. keep that in mind. the rainfall totals are

three tenths of an inch of rain at frenchy's. 84 degrees at clearwater beach. bucs are playing tomorrow. yes. the possibility of rain does exist. these tropical squall showers rolling around the eastern side which by then, potentially could be a tropical storm. that has been heard now for days. it could potentially become a tropical storm. the good news is it is still a tropical depression. rain continue to develop as you see around the area. moist unstable atmosphere. you can see showers around bay shore point. new port richey. little developing shower around the airport looks like at the moment. also some showers mostly light stuff out in polk county. as for manatee and sarasota, north. so yes. we will leave the possibility of seeing a shower in the forecast for the evening. 80 this evening. temperatures don't change too much with the overcast and occasional showers firing up. 4:00 p.m., 85 degrees. temperatures limited somewhat thanks to the clouds and occasional on and after showers. temple terrace, 79. palm harbor, 79. upper 70s in new port richey. 82 in s

manny the frenchie greeted adoring fans in boston today. the dog has nearly two billion likes on facebook believe it or not. and 1,000 followers on twitter. he travels the country to promote different charity events. >> oh look at that >> leading with your paws is very tough by the way. ? very popular. >>> one more look at the forecast here. >> beautiful weather again tonight. very refreshing. temperatures in the mid 60s. and then for sunday, 88able degrees but cool -- 88 degrees but cooler at the coast and monday 990 degrees and isolated storm chance not everyone is going to see the rain. and then it's going to be a pretty dry stretch with canadian high pressure system moving in for next week. >> blame it on canada? >> yes. coming up next. we hope to see you back here s like to live a full life. but living for today doesn't mean forgetting about tomorrow. most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do for retirement. but i like to think of retirement like it's a 30-year vacation. so how are you going to get there? don't w

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and here at frenchies 82 degrees. forecast down in rio, 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, 90 degrees. not much in the way of showers and storms down in south america. it looks like it's going to be a hot day. 94 degrees tampa international. 97 the record set back in 1960. so a long time ago. the radar shows a couple minutes ago, i showed you this, a few thunderstorms offshore. otherwise things have we're not expecting much in the way of rain. temperatures have really dropped as a result of these thunderstorms that passed over. a few hot spots though. otherwise most areas have really seen the temperature fall this afternoon. everything's been east to west. that's been the flow, deep flow carrying all the showers in that direction. the sea breeze is on the west coast. it's been held off as a result of the easterly flow. but perhaps close to the coast. that's why i think in part, i always saw the thunderstorms erupt as it got to pinellas wave, a 90% to develop in the next five days. we'll watch that one. that's it on the water vapor imagery. dry air to the west. a tropical wave, another

live look from frenchy's there, clearwater beach. it's always warmer at the coast, 81 degrees this morning. rain chances getting back to normal for today. we had only as we start to transition to more of a typical, mid-august weather pattern. a good news, -- good news, a quick update on the tropics, things are extremely calm out there. for today at 8:00, we're at 80 degrees. we're going to have that layer of cloudiness overhead. by noon, a few sprinkles possible and by 4:00 p.m. we'll see 79 in fish hawk, 75 zephyrhills, brooksville. here's the big picture, rain over the gulf of mexico. alleges you can see a -- also you can see a lot of cloudiness over the sunshine state. also, a little rain popping up. we are looking at in the past couple of minutes a thin line of sprinkles on the hillsborough and pasco county line. so crystal spring this morning, zephyrhills as well. don't be surprised to see a few drops if you're heading north on 75 here. water vapor imagery, really telling us the story. if you look closely, you can pick out this

>> i wanted to show you a live look from frenchy's. it's 80 degrees. you can see the rain coming down. i'll show you on the radar what i'm talking about. just about all of you are waking up to clear skies. once you get to the roast that's where things change. watch out indian seminole, largo. just like manatee county, heavy rain that was offshore that moved on shore. even sewing some rain -- even seeing some rain push on shore. 85 at noon, 88 degrees at 4:00 p.m. plant city you're starting your day at 77, clearwater 79 degrees. 850 in sarasota. with us all day between now and 10:00 any shurs will be along the coast. by lunchtime some showers will finally make it to 75. after 3:00 p.m. moving through eastern hillsborough county and into polk county that 50% rain chance. the exact same pattern all weekend longs in the upper 80s. >>> developing story now out of pasco county. the spring hill area. 41 and you are asked to avoid the area for the next couple of hours. we'll have more information on wfla.com as it develops. bay area bridge -- bridges i should

frenchys in clearwater beach almost 4 1/2 inches of rain at midnight. this resets at midnight. a lot of rain. that's why we are seeing such intense flooding. there is a flood advisory along the coast -- there was one until 11:00 a.m. in pinellas. even lakeland, inland areas are seeing less rain bu got an inch and a quarter. everybody has seen the overcast skies. rain continues. there is going to be a flood watch as the green shaded areas you see on the coast starting at 2:00 p.m. and going until friday evening. that's where we expect the flooding to continue because the rain just continues to push from south to north. i will start in the northern areas. we are just starting to see the heavier rain in citrus, hernando. pasco you have seen it longer. the jello shaded area, that's rainfall amounts over the howard frankland bridge, downtown tampa, palm harbor. the southern portion of pinellas county we have -- in clearwater 4 1/2 inches of rain but some places are reporting almost 6 inches of rain almost. this is a trail of intense rain, the red color. look where it's heading in th

>>> looking over clearwater beach on frenchy's camera. this is muggy, and after midnight, more than an inch of rain fell at this location, and we had the strong storms after midnight, and it rolled out into the gulf of mexico, and four things thinking of the olympics, folks here are doing some sort of a cross fit class that i have been running back and forth with the sand as a way to get extra exercise. everyone is getting in on the olympic action, and good for them getting out early going r morning, a few clouds for us, and normal temperatures this time of the year, and temperaturewise around lunchtime, 87 degrees, and pretty warm, and rain chances develop late, after 4:00 p.m. high today of 91. right now, 77 in tampa, and 76 in clear water and st. pete. and look how warm it is in the center of the country. it's 80. us. they have excessive heat watches and advisories, and basically they are going to feel like we do every day, but they are not used to it what happens today, dry. 9:00, 10:00, and even until 3:00, starting to see the first

. >>> things look nice onat frenchie's this afternoon. there are fair weather cumulus clouds. a different sight across parts of the midwest. check out this impressive tornado video caught on camera this week in ohio. you can see a funnel cloud just tear through a mobile home destroying the building, tossing pieces well high into reported injuries and fatalities with that storm. definitely thankful about that, and for us the rest of tonight it looks quiet, the rain chances are limited so far, probably with high pressure and drier air around. partly cloudy skies still warm at 9pm, and when you wake up tomorrow morning, expect partly cloudy conditions and temperatures in the upper 70s, we'll top up in the low 90s bringing our rain chances to 30% or so. with less rain nd clouds around today, temperatures have been sky high, 93 so far in tampa. it's 93 in plant city, we're still sitting at 85 in wimauma, it's pretty close a comes the board. you can see -- across the board. you can see there are small showers west of sebring. a few in crews ville. we haven't seen much. southeast. th

you can see a great view from frenchys out at fair water beach. 85 degrees. a lot of folks enjoying the sunshine. plenty of sunshine around this afternoon. rain chances staying low through this evening. only about a 20% chance of a passing shower at your house, and the best chance would be if by tomorrow morning, mostly dry, sunny start to the day, and we'll see isolated showers and storms picking up into the afternoon and evening. right now, though, it's pretty quiet for us. you can see a couple of small showers that is developed east of brooksville, and as you head farther south, we're track something isolated showers near lake placid over towards venus, and also track something sprinkles. because we've seen just blue sky asks sunshine for most of us, temperatures are up this afternoon. it's 95 in plant city, and 94 currently in venice. 93 in lakeland. 94 currently in brooksville. so it is steamy. going to stay that way for the rest of this evening, because we're only go to see a few shower and storms developing. if you live closer towards the coast, genera

frenchy jumping all over this one act two-run homer to the right and to the eighth we go, solo homero the right second of season to cut the lead to one. the braves held the phils just five hits and split the series 2-1 the final. >>> joining us on the phone, we have to do zelecki. thank you for japeing us, we're going to start with the most obvious name on the list of possible trades, jeremy hellickson. what are you hearing? >> still interest in jeremy hellickson. i believe he's going to traded before tomorrow's trade deadline. the giants, tiger, blue jays could use a starting pitcher. i still think there's time to get it done. the phillies have been asking for a top prospect believing if he signs elsewhere, they make him a qualifying offer. they would get, that far, they think, they should get top draft pick talent. right now the trade deadline, we'll see if the asking price comes down. it makes so much -- i still -- style believe it is going to happen. >> you think they're just at this point asking too much for him. >> it might be a case of that. i believe that's how the negotiatio

and look at frenchy's, that's nice, ue that's about the coolest place you will find. and then into lakeland, so technically cooler there, it's 83 because look at the clouds. there are light showers close by. some strongers storm here in orlando. they have lightning strikes there. and this is moving from east to west. and once you zoom in closer, you see the tiny showers. there's one near wesley chapel and hillsborough county right towards gibsonton. and then this one along 17 toward avon park. at noon, yeah, a stray shower. already 90. and then 93 as the storms continue to billow up around 4:00 p.m. and all the storms will generally make their way toward the coast by 7:00 p.m. and we start to cool down, down to 86. right now, it's 86 in fish hawk. we're on the way up. 90 in sarasota. yeah, you might get close to the record high again today. 84 sarasota. 84 bartow. and again, muggy and of the east. watch now by 2:00s, the storms start in inland areas and push their way toward the coast and eventually tapering off after most of us are home from dinner. and then tomorrow

weekend and the >>> we hope you are having a fantastic start to your weekend looking live from frenchie's. cloud overs the gulf. you can see the umbrellas getting set up. someday. 86 degrees there. 84 tampa. 79 st. pete. a lot of 80s inland. the warm up is underway. it will get hot especially for inthanked -- inland communities later this afternoon. not a drop of rain to be found across the sunshine state. that's back off to the north and west where they are dealing with historic flooding today across portions of louisiana and the northern gulf coast. building clouds for the afternoon. 3:00 p.m. we'll call for isolated showers and thunderstorms. overall not as many thunderstorms as we have had over the last couple of days. that rain chance only at 30% for today. it will get very hot as a result. up to 93. stay hydrated if you are going to spending time outside. 92 on sunday. slightly better chance of seeing scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon. rain chances hold at 40% for your monday and tuesday. may get more moisture by wednesday. rain chance climbs to 50%. overall a

it's 80 degrees outside of frenchy's. 79 in largo. 76 in lutz. 80 in apollo around but the rain chance out of the forecast for the next few hours. we ramp up to about a 40% chance late in the day. high today and tomorrow of 91. >>> earlier crash northbound 75 at i-4. now officially off to the shoulder and traffic is getting back up to speed there. great news. still slow southbound along 275 from fowler in through about sly avenue. veterans expressway, still a through hillsborough avenue. and we're starting to clear up an earlier crash southbound 19. have a great day. >>> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales and billy bush live from the olympic games in rio de janeiro, >> welcome to "today." beautiful shot, isn't it? welcome to "today" on this thursday morning, august 11th, 2016. al, you have our morning jam this morning. "we are one." >> world cup song, right? >> 2014. we just kind of get into the mood a little bit. >> our audience can't hear it. they feel it. >> natalie, without natalie, we wouldn't eat down here. we would starve to

look at the view from frenchy's. 84degrees right now. the number will warm quickly. and it will give way to showers and thunderstorms. so the rain chance of 40%, 92 for the high. lower rain chances through your upcoming weekend. >> wise. things are looking better. we went into the green on the veterans expressway. it was a little bit slower a few moments ago. and we are at nine minute, 301 to 275. traffic starting to lighten overall. still small areas of congestion. southbound seminole, a crash. and some delays in the area. back to you, gene. >> thank you. >>> buc's fever in full swing. the pirates head to jacksonville for the second pre- season game. don't forget, we're your tomorrow night beginning at 7:30. go bucs. for more, wfla.com. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales and billy bush live from the olympic games in rio de ? >> the buttery songs of alexander jackson. so good on a final friday morning, august 19th, 2016. i'm billy bush along with al and nat live in beautiful rio de janeiro for the l

frenchy's at clearwater beach, 4 inches of rain. look, just ticked over to 4 inches since midnight. southwest winds, windy at 23 miles per hour. look, the rain continues to come down. i want to get in here to pinellas county from tarpon been raining for six hours. look, 6.3 inches of rain possible along the coast. 3.5 south. a flood advisory has been exthe ended now until 11:00 this morning. some of the rain is beginning to spread north through hernando and pasco county and east toward polk county. and not as much rain farther to the south but you could be seeing downpours around the bradenton area. in the headline, pockets of rain today. which then means that tomorrow when the tropical system is closto inches of rain, more tomorrow. locally could see higher rainfall totals so flooding is a huge threat. but winds threat there too. strong winds north of i-4, the risk for tornadoes and rough surf. 80% rain chances. windy tomorrow. and 60% friday. >>> all right, looking at traffic right now. things have gotten better, i will say that, starting to ease up congestion-wise on 75 northboun