a cold front stretches from the great lakes to the gulf of mexico and is moving toward the east coast today. expect mostly cloudy skies today with a very slim rain chance this morning. rain and storm chances will increase from west to east late this afternoon. most of the rain and storms will move in tonight. some storms could be strong to severe, with gusty winds and heavy rain as our biggest threat. some locations could see over 2 of rainfall tonight. winds will increase through the day with south winds at 10 to 20 with gusts to near 30 mph possible by this afternoon. highs will warm to the low 70s today, ahead of the cold front. behind the front, another drop into the 50s for thursday and into the 40s for friday. clouds and showers will linger for thursday especially areas in nc and near the coast. skies will clear on friday. expect sunshine and seasonal temperatures for the weekend. now here )s kristen crowley police are looking for the person who shot a man in newport officers were out patrolling last night when they heard several gunshots. officers then got a call of a shooting

again, the winds are off the gulf of mexico. just a bad day to be on the water. gale warning offshore, high surf advisory, low tide now and the tide will be coming in through the afternoon. but lake wind advisory no matter where you go, the winds will be strong. watch the forecast for them, out of the northwest right now and you can find your city on the map, anywhere from 10 to 2520 miles per hour this morning -- -- 10 to 20 miles per hour this morning. and by the afternoon when the kids are coming home, about 3:30, they may not want to play outside, 20 to 25 miles per hour wind, till breezy through and it will be 58 today and tomorrow. bundle up. we do see a little bit of warm- up friday and saturday and then cool again on valentine's. >>> windy, especially on the skyway bridge. it is open but gusty. if you have an suv and a miat, take the miata. all right, let's take a look at what's going on traffic-wise, northbound 275, the exit to dale mabry highway is still blocked. so you can take lois or even howard armenia and then head down. downtown tampa looks very g

as it does so, you can pull in this gulf of mexico moisture. you can see these fast-moving cells rotating quickly towards the north and east. with this type of storm, we are going to pull in a lot of gulf of mexico moisture and heat up it is warm and humid out there. the trend here is for that lift up towards the north. we have a nice little down for their but with there will be some more evening showers. it is nice and warm with temperatures running in the low to mid 70' s. we have a breeze out of the south southeast. hour-by-hour right through 11:00. it is only following to about 11:00. it will fall into the lower 50' s but not tonight. the storm system brings in -- as to the upper 60' s. let' s take a look at our futurecast here and show you the timing on this. the storms are arriving around 9:00. storms crosses it will help to buffer up. even at 3:30 look at these individual cells. we' re going to watch that very quickly. 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. over towards the turnpike in osceola county. again recapping, we are under a slight risk for severe sto

the gulf of mexico, rain and storms will be sliding away for the most part we will the heaviest weather arriving very late, -- tonight. more though the southerly flow of showers or storms palm coast in flagler county. we will see a chance or spotty showers as we continue through the rest of today. there is a look at the satellite radar. we had a few sprinkles rolling through flagler county and elsewhere you see that milky white shading that is thick cloud cover that has been increasing and will thicken over the next few hours. 73 orlando, 60s around, villages, clermont, palm coast in the 60s, 73 in melbourne. 71 and cocoa beach. this will be the outlook. the next few hours we will have a lot of clouds. one or two showers could develop especially after 4:00 and by 6:00 would not be surprised to see a rumble of thunder. rain chances are not too high through 10:00 but will be after midnight when we see rain chances really increased with online developing back in the gulf of mexico and moving in. the daytime rain chances about 20 percent today and you see the height, 77 orlando, 74 st cloud

when you look across the gulf of mexico with a temperature of 75 and a dewpoint of 58, it does not scream severe weather, even though we have an ongoing tornado watch and multiple tornado watches through alabama, mississippi, and the northwest tip of florida. we believe with the track pretty far to the north though, we will just draw in a line of showers and thunderstorms off the gulf of mexico. right around 5:00 in the morning, up-and-down i-4 and off of rivard county by 6:00, 7:00 at the latest. you can see the showers, a strong area of low pressure. i-95, you can see some nice shots of light to moderate rain. daytona beach, get ready. futurecast doing a good job picking up on some of the ring, not all of it. watch what it does off the gulf of mexico. at here it is at 2:30, this is what we are watching. i' ve for right around 6:00. i-95, brevard county, 4:00 to 6:00 in the morning. the biggest concern severe weather wise as we time it out for you will be be strong, gusty winds. 4:00 to 6:00 a.m. guiding through that cocoa beach , melbourne. the biggest concern in the heart of russia hou

the unsettled weather will continue into wednesday as an area of low pressure moves out of the gulf of mexico, temperatures will warm up to the low 60s. the entire event is expected to produce with 1" to 3" of rain, and the the upstate. all eyes shift to the democratic primary here in south carolina after last night's republican night's republican primary where donald trump was declared the winner. hillary clinton now comes in with some momentum after a win last night in the nevada caucus. recent polls show hillary clinton's lead over bernie sanders expanding in south carolina. california congresswoman maxine the palmetto state for the last few days for the former secretary of state. she says she first supported clinton in 2008 before the race favored then-senator barack obama. waters say it's clinton's experience and record that set her apart from sanders. "she has dealt with the situation in the middle east. she understands what's happening in syria. she knows how to deal with putin in russia. i think that we are very fortunate to have someone with that kind of experience. i think that bern

watching development out here in the gulf of mexico. most of the storm energy will go north but that's where the highest risk has been so far today. certainly backed up by the damage and the death toll so far. for central florida a lesser risk but still a chance for some severe weather tomorrow. make sure you download our free weather appear. it will send alerts right to your device. scattered storms 8:00 in the morning. something else we will be watching tomorrow are some of these widely scattered storms moving in from the gulf of mexico and these can bring some pretty strong wind gusts. by 11:15 look at storms lined up. right now still a slight risk after tornado, i think mainly to the north and west. strong straight line winds and a lot of rain and some thunderstorms and strong gusty winds all the way through the evening rush. so a slight risk after tornado. winds gusts over 50 miles per hour. our major issue for tomorrow up to an inch ever rainfall. in apopka, across the metro we're all good, we're back to winter. here's your 5 day f

and the storms in the gulf of mexico but getting closer. and this is part of a big storm system, a big storm system. this area of low pressure on top of atlanta at this point with rain and snow up to the great lakes and the extending cold front into the gulf of mexico. and now this low is going to head off to the north and east. and that's why i believe that the worst weather, the most widespread severe weather will be in this highlighted area here, eastern hillsborough, excuse me, not eastern hillsborough, eastern north carolina heading up into virginia. and you see it spreads down. severe weather between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. the strong isolated damaging winds and possibly even tornadoes. so i urge you, if you don't have your weather max app on your smart phone, go ahead and download it. it's for free and it will wake you up or let you know at any point if there's something issued for our area. a 40% rain chance at 8:00 this morning, especially northern areas. most widespread, 70% chance around the lunch break so you may want to take you

around midnight, we will see the bigger thunderstorms started to come on in from the gulf of mexico. so, showers and thunderstorms in this evening' s forecast. that comes especially after midnight. a majority of us will be in the lower 60' s tonight. here is 2:00 a.m., that is when the storms begin to move in. 5:00 a.m., that is when they really hit the metro area. around 7:00 a.m. is when they will head out over the brevard county coast. for us, it is going to be just a marginal risk of severe storms. the dynamics though are not really in place for a student severe weather. we will track it through the afternoon, and into the evening. for now, we will just call it once it is done, from midday on it should be gorgeous for your tuesday. we will be back in the mid-70' s all the way through to the weekend. jason: thank you eric. kanye west is turning to mark zuckerberg for some apparent mental health. michelle: kanye west claim that he is currently in financial debt. west tweeted the number on saturday, asking his followers to pray that he overcomes the problem. he also asked zuckerberg

we have@high pressure in the gulf of mexico. you can see thal cold air getting funneled our way. and it's not just going to be over the wkend. we're going to get another front bit middle of next week keeping us cool here through next friday. so the coldest morning will be monday morning, 46 degrees. i wouldn't be surprised to see wind chill values in the low we'll have a loot more on this a little later on. >>> >>> >> >> danielle: and we do have this news alert as you look at images there coming out of southern taiwan where it look like an earthquake has struck. >> lynn: it looks like damage there. belkeys nerey is monitoring this in the newsplex. what is going on. >> belkeke: the footage you see is an air check from the newscast in and around tie pay. the area is south of taiwan n. southern part of island in a city calledanan. a 6.4 magnitude earthquake from. what we understand two building have collapse collapsed and now water and gas pipes in that area have bust there and as you can see rescue personnel is on the scene there. you can see in that piece of videsomewhere one there

the relics were *not damaged. 3 3 the gulf of mexico is getting a health checkup today. an international conference on the gulf of mexico oil spill is meeting at the tampa convention center. u-s-f researchers will play a huge role in the event, which runs through thursday. scientists from all over the world will share their research and discoveries out in the gulf... to see how the waters and the sealife have recovered since that deepwater 3 and speaking of cleaning up... did you know the bay area's *biggest party of the year, just took place along bayshore boulevard? it sure doesn't *look like it today. nearly one hundred volunteers showed up sunday with the florida aquarium to clean up the trash... from the gasparilla invasion. they pulled strands of beads from palm trees, gathered empty beer bottles and some volunteers even worked to they say what's left behind will eventually end up in the water and could harm animals. volunteers also say most of the debris they collected will be recycled. 3 and later today, tampa police will give us a final number, on how many *arres

you can see the clouds from the gulf of mexico, not bringing sunshine with a high of 72 in tampa after a low of 48. we started off very much on the cool side and a couple of degrees off normal for this time of year. no rain in the bucket and we don't expect any through the next several days. it is involve warmer than this time yesterday, anywhere between 8 and a dozen degrees warmer than we were at 6:00 last night. warmth. 69 in tampa, and 71 in st. petersburg and 72 in lakeland. 64 in tallahassee. for the most part, warm across the country and seeing some of the warmer weather makes its way into new england and the mid-atlantic states. very important for what's going on the west coast, 64 in los angeles. it should be a great night to down the red carpet, no extra wind or rain. it will be a nice might and everyone will look their best with the fantastic fashion. the high pressure area has executed further off to the east and is turning the winds out of the east and is helping to calm the seas down. as you look at futurecast putting the rpm forecast model into motion, may be by late tod

going down to the south tonight, you can see the gulf of mexico moisture starting to we've got a lot of rara.

remain locked up in juvenile detention. migrants were picked up by a carnival cruise ship in the gulf of mexico. pittsburgh steelers star james harrison posted a rescue of that photos on his instagram page. the cruise was a legend theme cruise that takes athletes and musicians on a trip traveling from miami to cozumel, mexico. >>> tonight for the third time in recent days spacex called off the launch of its falcon 9 rocket from cape canaveral. the satellite would bring internet and phone access to people in asia. >>> after five months of renovation and construction to clearwater beach's pier 60 is completed and it's gorgeous. news channel 8's mary mcguire shows you some of the changes visitors will see during the beach season. >> reporter: clearwater beach was just named the best beach in the united states by tripadviser.com and it's pretty sunshine and just beautiful sand, a lot of areas to walk that are safe. >> reporter: beach's white sand and sparkling water is actually what prompted many of the changes and upgrades to pier 60 parker. 60 -- park. >> the beach looks awesome and welcoming. it

the trigger mechanism moving in from the gulf of mexico. throughout the morning showers and stormwill be possible. you're definitely hearing theumbles of thunder expected throughout the day with some lightning. keep that rain gear handy, make sure the kids are prepared for a wet afternoon and morning. heavy rain over coral springs, deerfield beach buto rain over plantation but yet over pororons of pembroke pines to cooper city, miramar, hollywood, moderate to heavy rain, isolated in this shower and understorm activity. a line of storms, heavy rain developing over portions of the everglades. we're the only ones i. the market that have the doppler radar that shows exactly what's embedded in these showers and storms. hialeah, miccosukee, kendall, cutler bay, homestead all soaked this morning. i'll have a lot more on this coming up, constance? >> all right, julie. we have at least two lanes of traffic blocked here on ives dairy road. you see the fire rescue crews on the scene andthis big blob of lights right there to the distance. this accident

a few clouds down to the south. of the gulf of mexico. late evening. over the next couple of days, our overall weather pattern will shift. some wind off the water. a few additional clouds out there but generally sunny and pleasant highs in the 70' s. again, southerly wind flow bringing some more moisture. tuesday into wednesday we bring our next boundary. a few isolated showers into play. the only rain and the seven-day forecast. tonight, the big falcon nine launch might happen. they are going to launch that and then landed about 10 minutes much milder tonight. really, a gorgeous evening. not nearly as cold as it has been. tomorrow it is a pleasant afternoon. we will get into the upper 70' s as we work into tuesday and wednesday. favorable boating conditions. almost no swell on the water. probably a tied in the area. great beach and boating forecast. the spring breakers are here and is going to warm up nicely are those visiting out of town. 81 degrees on monday. there is that slight chance of showers. delightful weather to wrap up the work week. adrian:

those go from the border up here in minnesota all the way down to the gulf of mexico. so these are going to be a part of our forecast in the next 24 hours, as the low pressure makes a swing through the ohio valley. up to the north, you can see a few light showers here. most of these are aloft, not there is a chance up here in northeastern iowa there could be a couple sprinkles during the evening hours tonight. temperatures around iowa today for highs, generally in the upper 30s in the north. you get to about highway 20 and go south of there, temperatures easily were in the 40s this afternoon. we got to 46 here in cedar rapids. southwestern iowa, nice and toasty. temperature there today at 50 degrees. our weather headlines include the fact that we are going to avoid a major storm here in the next 24 hours, as it eases by just to the east of us. that's been our luck all winter long. it's going to be windy, though, and a little cooler as we get towards the middle of the week as the storm presses by. that doesn'n'last long, as warmer air comes right back in here for the upc

you may actually bring in some clouds off the gulf of mexico. even a sprinkle possible this morning. and look at the temperature, find your city. you just never get out of the 50s. all day today, you quickly drop into the 40s tonight. and another day with highs in the 50s tomorrow. and look at that, 30s wednesday night. so a long cool snap, leslee. >> got to get the coat out. the skyway bridge, folks. it is windy out there. meanwhile, we want to remind you about 275 today. we've had construction that was tying up the off-ramp at dale mabry highway. we have a fourth lane here and himes so it will look different but it should ease your congestion throughout the morning drive. and westbound i-4 near 22nd street in ybor city, a collision there. it's off to the shoulder. and in the parish area at county 675 right at prairie wolf glenn, we have an accident in manatee county. that's weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you so much. drive-thru. only in florida. what could go wrong? >> yeah, he wasn't placing an order either. th

we'll see the clouds stream in from the gulf of mexico. you can see that with the white and even green. all that, moisture in the form of light rain. it will not reach us. the rain won't, the clouds will. high pressure continues to dominate. that's sinking air on top of us. that will keep us dry. even this morning, you can expect the clouds. cool at 55 degrees in orlando. it is 51 in sanford. here's a look at pinpoint accurate forecast. >> notice the sky, cloudy skies into the afternoon, warming to 75 by noon today. up to 78 at 4:00. the average high, 76 in orlando. we are going to be above the average by a couple of degrees. in many spots, that will be the story. 73 the temperature at 6:00 this evening. certainly warm and mild tonight because of added clouds in place. we are at 62 by 10:00. at 11:00, we are at 60 degrees. late tonight, temperatures will be dropping off a bit. there's the clouds and rain forecast, boom, into the afternoon, more and more clouds building in. rain not in the forecast for the next couple of days. we'll be pinpo

from georgia north florida, now into the gulf of mexico. these are the storms we need to watch out for any signs of rotation as they, sure. warnings out, to the north of us, near the gainesville area to give us an idea of some vigorous nature of these storms. lightning, gusty winds as they move in and a couple of light showers pulling into marion county. you see heavy rain and lightning just to the northwest of marion county. that will move in this morning. here is your timeline. important today. 8:00-10:00, storms and the western zones right on track from what tom terry will show you as well yesterday. we was the storms in the western zones first and from 10:00-2:00, cross i 4, pulling into the central zones and 2:00- 4:00, we will pull off to the east coast and after that, we will start to see clearing. updating the timing of all of this also we will show you the rain and storms moving in and go over the severe weather threat for today. a busy doing -- morning. 6:02 am. >> thousands are without power now in the panhandle after a storm syst

the steady rain is continuing, moving in from the gulf of mexico. around marion county, we are seeing a break in the activity. let me take you right to the heart of the metro area. we are watching this little that has made it here to the wesh 2 news studios. it is raining cats and dogs outside. a little rain exiting to the atlantic. up to the north, still watching some showers around orange city. back over to the villages, you are trying out a little bit, a sign of things to come. we still have plenty of cloud cover in the gulf of mexico. all of that moisture is moving our way. it is 60 degrees in orlando. we will talk about the changing forecast when i see a dream and inside in a couple minutes. adrian: paramedics are treating someone injured in an atv crash in mims near i-95. no word on how the crash police believe four people shot in an apopka neighborhood will survive. police responded to reports of shots fired but did not find victims. they later found four people showed up at florida hospital. police have not named suspects or victims tonight.

high pressure over the gulf of mexico still in control. clockwise circulation pushing as it goes on, that will allow winds to be a little more out of the northeast. definitely with temperatures in the water in the lower 70s. that will allow temperatures to slowly rebound not only tonight but into tomorrow. the main threat for today with all the sunshine, uv index on the lower end of thehe scale. good news there, but keep in mind it could be breezy so it could be on the choppy side especially on the bb. temperatures reaching into the mid 70s, upper 70s already. come monday, we will be dry until then. winds out of the east tomorrow, maybe a stray shower swinging through. we should be dry up until tusday. wednesday when the next front bring in moisture, temperatures will warm up and behind the front, sharon, just like we like it, closer to seasonable temperatures, mid to upper 70s. >> e ica, thank you so much. >>> this morning ballots are still being counted in iran's first election since its nuclear deal with the u.s.p and other early results

we're noticing some clouds moving into florida and especially from the gulf of mexico. that will sumure our monday. also get set for the umbrella. there will be a chance for some rain coming. stay tuned for the forecast. how gonzalez and thousands of other spent the day helping pint-sized patients. that's ahead. >> reporter: forget about rain dances. the best part of the world are noturning to technology to control the weather. >> monday morning, we'll show you how they hope to bring showers to the desert. >> reporter: plus weather and fast track traffic 4 timance 5. >> jeff: thousands gathering to raise money fojoe dimagio's children's hospital. >> it has a sports themed fun area for children under 13. the miramar mayor also thereto the event raising more than $500,000. congrats to everybody! >> and all in all not too bad a weekend wrap up. this is the scene as the sun was going down early this evening. now it was a breezy day and winds with humidity at 63% and find in at least the next few days and it is pretty dry and quiet and the atlantic as well as the gulf of mexi

variable here, coming in off of the atlantic and across fort lauderdale and miami, but in the gulf of mexico and naples, due north for you in key west. the radar is showing that everything is dry. our next best chance for some moisture moving in will probably be monday, the next best chance coming in on tuesday. so high pressure will be dominating ourering weather, nice and calm tomorrow. we're going to get a weak front across south florida. and it's just going to keep us dry and mild as we move thrhough sunday, sunday night and late in the evening, we may get an isolated shower here across the keys, and then the breeze will here's the marine forecast, no advisories, wind out of the east, ss 1-2 feet. and biscayne bay smooth. for new the florida keys, no advisories, mex high tide in miami, 11:58. and 11:53 in fort lauderdale. key largo, the next high tide, 12:51 and 1:10 in key west. clear skies tonight, nice and dry, and overnight lows in the 50s. 63 in the keys. the wind will become variable. by tomorrow, it's just going to be beautiful. plenty of sunshine, dry, and highs will be in the lo

we had a few more clouds this afternoon, we see this streaming in from the gulf of mexico, a couple of showers extended west of tampa down to the north coast of cuba. a little disturbance picking up light rain and we may see a light sprinkle in the overnight. most of us will stay dry, 64 in orlando, 56 in palm coast, after 50s in central marion county and 65 in cocoa beach. the wind has been calm, that may create an issue as we start to see ground fog develop toward sunrise. everybody with a 10-plus mile visibility could be a little bit of a problem as you start monday, overnight low 60 in orlando and kissimmee 59 sanford and 56 palm coast by we will talk more when the 80s get here. rushed to brevard county airport this morning when a small plane flipped over. fire rescue sent us these pictures that is a cessna, this is at merritt island airport. they say the pilot walked away from this, the plane skidded across the grass and overturned while trying to land. >>> we are eight hours from the official kickoff of the 2016 presidential election. the critical iowa caucuses the first votes ar

as a blanket keeping temperatures dropping clouds will be streaming in this afternoon from the gulf of mexico. don't expect a lot of sunshine even though we'll be warming near 80 degrees. right now, as we take you through the future, we stop the clock and we pinpoint more and more clouds. because high pressure is dominating the forecast, sinking on top of us, it is not allowing for rain. we'll be dry today, tomorrow and we'll have a slight chance of rain into the middle of the week. clouds do hold tight. 77 will be the afternoon high. up to 75 degrees in daytona beach. 78 in sanford. 78 in orlando. 76 will be the afternoon high in ocala. chilly tonight, for most of the evening, we are mild. we drop off just below the 60 degree mark. 80 the afternoon high on your wednesday we reintroduce moisture. a couple of showers but nothing widespread. rain chances return on friday. look at the temperatures. that's the big story. 80 degrees wednesday. 76 thursday. 80 in many spots at 77 on friday. the weekend a little cooler behind a new front that comes in dry. highs back in the 70's. let's check on the

th is all associated with an area of weather moving in from the gulf of mexico. we're not the only one dealing with the shower and thunderstorm activity. we have a nasty system pulling in from the west coast bringing nothing but snow from the four corners, arizona, nevada, as far east as colorado. lots going on in the united states, especially for u u here in south florida. big change compared to what we saw yesterday. so look at our in-house model. it pulls more rain over parts of miami and broward until about 8:00 this morning. keel keep that chance of some isolated activity until about 3:00, 4:00, possibly even 5:00 this afternoon. once this rain pushes offshore, high pressure is going to build from the north that's going to provide for a dry, able atmosphere through the middle part of the workweek but also with our winds moving in from the southeast, that is going to heat us up. highs will be in the low the return of the 80s. we'll get rid of the rain and get rid of the warmth. here's a look at the forerest breaking it down for you. temperatures only reaching

right now, we're looking at a lot of cloudiness in the gulf of mexico. and partly cloudy during the day tomorrow. temperatures right now,, in the 60s. just about everywhere. 66 in fort lauderdale. and miami, 67. in the 60s across marathon and and by the way, homestead, we checked about 15 minutes o, and you're sitting pretty at 68 . the wind right now, coming in in the southwest here, 14, even 16 miles per hour. stormtracker, showing that everything is dry across south florida. miami, homestead and key largo and the keys, all looking very very nice. but conditions will start to deteriorate for you boaters tomorrow as the winds pick up. allf these areas highlighted here are under a small craft advisory uil at least tuesday morning. i wouldn't be surprised if that gets extended for another day or so. here's another fro, sitting right there. aiming for south florida. and that will keep us cool in the days ahead. it looks like at least until frid, we're going to stay with overnight lows in the 50s. we may get another day of the 40s, especially after another

do i have lail moisture starting to sneak in across the the eastern gulf of mexico. here's the first front that tomorrow area of low pressure develops right over the bahamas better chance for rain tax it's going to be on the chilly side. check out sunday though. this area of low pressure intense fievmentz high pressure build in the gulf of mix cox and you can see all that cold air fun untiling in for monday morning. and we won't be done. another front will be more offing in bit middle of next week so. keep that jackett around. you'reoing to need it at least through next friday. we'll have more a little later on ierks. >> lynn: phil, thank you. danger on duty for an officer in fort lauderdale. was vans transporting a prisoner when a driver ran a red light and 4eu9 them. a third car at intersection also 4eu6789 book stage ta tick tone to broward health medical center with non life-threatening injuries. three orntlez streetd on the scene for minor injuries. >> danielle: and a man accused of sickening acts in vom age minor facing a j jge. 64-year-old a taekwondo teacher p

. >>> well the former bp rig supervisor is off the hook for the 2010 gulf of mexico rig explosion and oil spill. a jury found him not guilty of a pollution charge. prosecutors accused him and another rig supervisor of botching a negative pressure test on the deep water horizon rig before it exploded. it killed 11 workers and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico. >>> this morning, the crews of a coast guard and fishing boat are safe. look at this, the coast guard ship actually capsized while on the way to rescue the crew of a fishing boat that ran aground. this happened in new york which is close to queens. the coast guard ship flipped while being slammed by 10 to 12- foot waves. rescuers helped the coast guard crew get out of the water and fishing boat. the coast guard crew actually swam back to shore. no one was seriously hurt. >>> you will be hearing about this all day, this morning a troubling confession from seaworld. the company now admits employees speed on animal rights activists. this comes after peta accused seaworld workers of infiltrating the group to

and all of this stretches into the eastern gulf of mexico. there is the possibility tha that line of strong thunderstorms will reach us later on tonight. now, we do have a bulletin that just came in from the national weather service suggesting that funnel cloud, eight miles southwest of north county airport in palm beaea county, and it's moving northwest at 5 miles per hour. so here's once again the timeline that we're looking at. the line of strong thunderstorms contins to the east. and now already over western palm beach county, and possibly over broward by 6 p.m., and leavinin miami-dade by 8:00. so between 6:00 and 8:00, that's when we should see the healthcast rain moving n this is what we should be preparing for, the possibility of an isolated tornado and gusty winds and even small hail. we'll be tracking this with more later on. >> lynn: well, self twisters confirmed along the gf coast. >> danielle: at least three people were killed in mississippi and louisiana, while the florida panhandle also took governor rick scott saw it himself. a

. >>> still ahead a carnival cruise ship rescues migrants in the gulf of mexico and a professional football player captures it all. >> plus a group of florida students facing a felony charge for what they allegedly put in their teachers drink. >> and disney changes its ticket prices and it could cost you more. depending on the day. we'll explain. >> if you look outside from our fort lauderdale cam notice the clouds out there. they will be rolling in tomorrow. any rain >>> three middle school students are facing felony charges for allegedly putting red pepper flakes into their teacher's soda. deputies say one of the 12- year-olds was upset about being disciplined. one distracted the teacher, another grabbed the soda, and a third dumped the pepper in. the teacher began to choke and experience shortness of breath. the girls were arrested friday and taken to a juvenile detention center. they face felony charges of poisoning as well as tampering with consumer products. >>> the carnival cruise line ship that's hosting pittsburgh migrants on the gulf of mexico. these are photos posted by james har

already we are starting to see some tornado watches popping up across parts of the western gulf of mexico. so let's first talk about the showers we are seeing right now. everything is very light at this point. everything east of i 75 right around the bay area we are looking fantastic. i want to put a tracker and some of the heavier rain we are seeing moving through parts of highland county up toward sebring. of highland county up toward sebring. these are moving off to the north. sebring about 12:26 p.m. you'll start seeing rain and then we will get into nielsen of heavy rain until this big storm system gets here. but i want to show you the high particular system from anywhere back into parts of louisiana and into the florida panhandle. be about a 15% chance we get tornadoes in this area. there is already a tornado louisiana and we are starting to see some of the storms begin to fire. closer to home, that threat lessons significantly by the time it gets here. however we we are still under slight risk right along the i4 quarter northward that does include the tampa bay area. the biggest th

the high pressure builds in the gulf of mexico. and you can see the cold air south florida. this is going to make for very cold sunday night in through monday morning. so let's take a look at the marine forecast for tomorrow. threat of rip currents at the beach. the small craft advisory and biscayne bay rough. the nasty conditions as well throughout the florida keys. 20 knot winds. feet. next high tide at 7:37. 9:28 from the lower keys. the water temperature 73 . so for tonight still mostly qloudy. overnight lows not that cold because the cloud cover will act as a blanket. the temperatures in the 60s. tomorrow highs in the mid70s with the wind out of the northeast. the rain arriving late in the day. then the cold air really moves in. sunday morning waking up to 56 . monday 46 with the wind. well, the wind chill could be in the low 40s and d another front moves in by tuesday assuring that the cold air will stick around until friday morning. 7 sports is next. >> reporter: we start the sports party with the hot heat and charlotte looking to take the sting outpof the hornets and

and there you see the cloud cover streaming in from the gulf of mexico in the mid- to upper-levels of the atmosphere. and that prevented the temperatures from cooling down further earlier. and now temperatures are being prevented from warming up any further as we're in the low 60s here. 61 in fort lauderdale. 62 in miami. 67 in homestead. upper 60s down through the keys. west, northwest 6 to 18 miles per hour, it feels chillier. lows in the 50s near the coast overnight. and the return of the upper 40s for some inland locations. i'll tell you about yet another cold shot on the way in the complete forecast straight ahead. >> thank you. >>> now new at noon, coral games police say they have arrested one of -- coral gables police say they have arrested one of two women who targeted and stole from men they picked up at bars. gary -- >> reporter: well, this woman is accused of seducing a man at in coral gables. she goes home with him, allegedly drugs him and robs him and i have learned, this is not allegedly, the first time. >> charged you with placing burglary. >> reporter: the 21-year-old

the high pressure builds in the gulf of mexico. and you can see the cold air getting funneled in through south florida. this is going to make for very cold sunday night in through monday morning. so let's take a look at the marine forecast for tomorrow. threat of rip currents at the beach. the small craft advisory and biscayne bay rough. the nasty conditions as well throughout the florida keys. 20 knot winds. seas beyond the reef at 6-8 feet. next high tide at 7:37. the water temperature 73 . so for tonight still mostly cloudy. overnight lows not that cold because the cloud cover will act as a blanke the temperatures in the 60s. tomorrow highs in the mid70s with the wind out of the northeast. the rain arriving late in the day. then the cold air really moves in. sunday morning waking up to 56 . monday 46 with the wind. well, the wind chill could be in the low 40s and another front moves in by tuesday stick around until friday >> reporter: we start the sports party with the hot heat and charlotte looking to take the sting out of the

and there's that chance for some rain from the gulf of mexico by tuesday. >> thank you, sir. >>> and trending across social media. take a look here. let's see what we're seeing here. it happened at detroit metro airport. an american airlines plane clip ped a tail of a jet. nobody was hurt, but there was some major damage to the plane. >>> and a car bomb leaves dozens dead in turkey. 61 wounded in a large explosion, capital. there was no immediate claim of responsibility. >>> a rockett carrying observation satellite from that nation. equipped with four telescopes such as x-rays and gamma rays and allow researchers to study the formation and evolution of black holes. >>> glenn was just talking about it. sprint cup practice from daytona international speedway. chase elliot securing the -- the youngest in the history of the race. getting in some laps today, but during the laps -- newman spins out right down the track. waltrip unable to avoid newman and bam, both racers would spin out and head to the garage. all the drivers going to be just >>> a bizarre tale of lost and found of one man.

taking a look at satellite radar, we are dry, but we' ve got a lot of clouds streaming in from the gulf of mexico. high pressure sitting over top of us. when you get high pressure near by, we are high and dry, but it means the air sinks. it is going to limit any kind of shower development. our winds are going to be all over the place today. we are not going to be able to blow these clowns out. we' ve got those clouds, and through lunchtime, we are nice and dry. it is going to be a nice and dry 64 degrees to get you going 9:00. mostly cloudy skies and clouds in all day long. 75 for your lunch break. 76 1:00. 78 degrees is our high temperature today. if you are heading over to the area waterways, with no wind, we are talking about a perfect setup to take the old boat out. while the water temperatures are a little chilly, not bad either. we will have that and a look at the work week when i see you in a couple minutes. here' s a look at the roads with 10. ted: roadwork on the i-95 section northbound past state road 434. southbound, about a mile south of u.s. 27, left lane blocked. occasional slowdown

it's a replica of what you would find sailing the gulf of mexico in the 1500s. >> this is a cargo ship. >> reporter: so much has changed. it used to take two men to turn this wheel. today because of modern technology, just two fingers. but don't think this is full of modern luxuries. a crew still travels the world with the ship, spending six months at a time touring. sometimes even just using half bathe. >> i wouldn't be able to do world. i mean, such a cramped quarters. >> reporter: he brought his history. >> love the fact that you can actually appreciate the understanding of how these people lived on the ship traveling so far. and so cramped. are too young to fully grasp the value, they might still find it just plain cool. canon. >> reporter: you want to fire a >> yeah. >> reporter: in tampa, adrienne pedersen, news channel 8. >> and you can catch the ship by the convention center this tampa till march 6th. tickets are $10 for adult, $5 for children age 5 to 12 and kids under 5 are free. >>> what a beautiful evening. right now, here's a lye view from lakewood ranch. just a little bit

now, the the strongest area of rainfall remains out in the eastern gulf of mexico. very soon but right now it's going to be a matter of timing. if it holds on w we could see some of that late tonight. all we can do is watch and wait. we'll have more a little later on. >>> >> >> a trail of destruction showing after the math of wicked weather in north florida. tornadoes touching down ripping roofs off home and leaving some families with nothing. govenor rick scott touring the areas calling for a state of emergency in at least two count tee. but it wasn't just north florida getting hit. the gulf coast also feeling the brunt of the storm. 7's robbin simmons live in the plex with the latest. robbin. >> that system is still on the move there. say tnado watch for the washington dc and baltimore areas util 11:00 tonight. and the death toll is growing. three more dmild these dangerous storms. >>> there's 57 home with significant d dage. 24 plus apartments at the but we'll see a we go through. govenor rick scott touring florida's panhandle. at least 100 home and apartments dam

warnings in north florida, you can see the vigorous lightning to the gulf of mexico. all of this will be moving in as we go throughout the day. 120 miles away from orlando. that means it will move in around late morning, midday. tornado watches for marion and sumter county's until 10:00 this morning which may expand to include the rest. the higher side today. very gusty winds and isolated chance of a tornado. 60s, 70s now. winds wasting -- racing on the south. on the lookout for the storms that will be picking up. 79 at noon, 80 by 2:00, raises jones arriving in cocoa beach. arriving later today. future track as we go over the storm timeline, 6 am, going through it slowly to give you an idea what we see picture to see the timeframe top right corner of your screen, a line of rain and storms this is 8 am, just into the western zones at that point, and right across i 4, look at that, getting close to i 4 by 10:00. from 10:00 to noon, a cross i 4, it is widespread at that point. we will watch out for any signs of rotation and then sliding off by about 2:00 starting to favo

there is that line moving through the gulf of mexico. the red box, the tornado watch in effect until 10:00. here's the timeline of the severe threat that we have today. northwestern zones, marion county, sumter county, lake county. from 8:00 this morning until 10:00. then from 10:00 until 2:00 in the afternoon, along i-4 we'll have strong winds and the possibilities of tornado. into 2:00 this afternoon through 5:00 this afternoon, eastern areas pushing out after that. brevard county, volusia county, sections of osceola county. witness it moves out, we'll see a drastic change in temperatures. really the noon hour along i-4 for a large part of central florida is under the gun. the bus stop at 3:00, pushes off make sure the kids have the rain gear or maybe pick them up from school today. an 80% coverage of storms. more on the timeline straight ahead. let's check on the roads with amy in the napleton traffic center. amy? >> thank you so much. we are doing just fine, a couple of accidents reported. they are not looking too impactful. on 408 we

winds out of the gulf of mexico, besides being humid, the wind gusted up to 50 miles per hour. quite a bit of dangerous far as fire possibly -- danger as far as fire possibly around here. our star trek goes up and over the ridge, and we end up with just high clouds. the ridge will build over the weekenen expect unseasonably warm weather over the weekend with cloud cover. up, 66 in kansas city, 68 in dallas. 29 in cleveland, 25 in boston. the ridge and a dip in the jetstream, 57 in orlando. that is cold for them. because of the high right over southeastern virginia tomorrow morning, plenty of sunshine except maybe a few high, in cirrus clouds. there is the warm front. it will not pass by until the weekend. tomorrow, it will be seasonably cool across the area because the warm air will be west of the mountains and the high will dominate our weather. a south-southeasterly breeze. the cold front will get closer to us over the weekend. it will become stationary and front. the winds shift out of the south over the weekend, which will bring in moisture and cloud cover. the rain will hop

. >>> a carnival cruise ship hosting pittsburgh athletes has rescued 16 migrants in the gulf of mexico. these are pictures posted on insta graham by james harrison. the ship reported finding the migrants today brought them aboard. 15 men and one woman were picked up 50 miles north of cuba. they are set to be turned over officials at the next stop. the crews started thursday miami. some of the gunman opened fire at a kansas factory where he works, got the two weapons that he used in the attack from an ex-girlfriend. 28-year-old sarah hopkins is charged with one count of knowingly transferring a firearm to a convicted felon. 90 minutes before the shooting. ford had fish served with a protective order taken out by hopkins. he killed three people and injured 14 others in the shooting on thursday. >>> still ahead, loved ones. remember a six rolled who died during a drive-by shooting. >>> a group of florida students facing charges for what they put in their teachers drink.>>> an online reviews go too far? by one man is being sued for what he wrote online. >>> also disney changes its ticket p

here's where things change, strong front crosses the gulf of mexico, arrives tomorrow in the northwest counties and pushes to the southeast by the evening and everything clears out. and cools off. but while this storm system is here, tomorrow morning, especially north of i-4, there's a slight risk of severe weather including strong damaging wind gusts and even the high of a tornado. a high of only 26 for friday. friday. >> thank you. >>> is your pet the top dog? coming up, we will reveal the most popular dog breed in america. >>> plus, the teen, how he letters from more than 20 colleges. >>> he's inspiring his peers to reach for the stars. a georgia teen is looking at acceptance letters from more than 20 colleges and even better, he's received more than he spent his entire high school career working for it. while his gpa and extracurricular got him here, he credits his success to something else. >> the more positive people you have around, the more positive you will be. so the fact that i'm around good people and our minds are focused on one common goal. >> that's very selfless. >> tha

on the back side of this because that strong coldir being pushed over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico. but check out these heavy downurs stretching across the southeast coast. even some snow you can see with a little bit of that blue. near raleigh, in north carolina. temperatures have dropped, especially in the east coast. check out this 24-hour temperature change. west palm beach has dropped 17 degrees. the past 24 hours.. miami, 7, and it will continue to drop throughout the day. to main story today, brisk and chilly, we already fee it out there. 55 degrees right now. temperatures eventuay will warm back newspaper the 60s by the afternoon. one the skies start to clear out, but only a high of 65 degrees. super bowl sunday, if you were out today, you will want to bundle up especially tonight where actual temperatures will be feeling like the upper 30s and low 40s. even tomorrow morning. neki, today. >> neki: thanks a lot, jennifer>> neki: ththks a lot, jennifer. >>> dentists say nowadays all of their patients are demanding a bright and shiny smile. >> todd: coming up how dentists are

system pushing toward south florida in the form of a line of thunderstorms coming out of the gulf of mexico and crossing the peninsula. you can see a lot of activity in the eastern gulf and over the mainland. showers on the increase now northwest broward. another line of heavier downpours coming east. main threat this evening is just gusty winds as the showers move through and brief downpours. heavier activity in the southeast gulf of mexico. that will reach the keys in the next hour or two. in terms of our weather it started off sunny and warm. it clouded up now. windblowing south at a good pace. we are seeing waves breaking on the coast. 82 miami. 83 fort lauderdale, hollywood. 78 key west. winds sustained 20 miles per hour. 14 at tamarac. temperatures hovering around 80 degrees. here's the storm system. this is the center working up the ohio valley. you can see huge circulation in the atmosphere. ahead of it the air is unstable. tornadoes. the red boxes are tornado watches through the mid- atlantic states. we have had numerous reports of tornadoes in the carolinas. behind it very strong

that low intensifies, high pressure builds in the gulf of mexico and you can see the funneling of that cd air moving in for monday morning and it's not going to end there. we have another front that will show up by the middle of the workweek. keeping our temperatures in the 50s. average low is 61. wake up to 64 tomorrow. sunday morning 56. but take a look at monday. morning lows will be right around the mid 40's. it's going to be be breezy. so those mid 40s are going to feel like the low 40s across the area. then that other front moves in. and take a look at. that we stay in the 50s for morning lows through next friday. chilly forecast a little later on. >> now at 6:00, a little boy walking into a south florida convenience store and no one could ever expect what happened next. >> he told the cashihi give met f enmoney. >> stunned workers acting fast i take the boy and put him in the room over there and a call the police. >> because of this shocking suspect. >> craig: well, police say the child used a gun to hold up a store. >> belkeys: where he supposed lir got the weapon has his mothe

i left in a 10% chance because the winds are bringing in moisture off the gulf of mexico. and now if you were just to look at the temperature, 51 degrees at 8:00 a.m., it wouldn't be too uncomfortable colder and we never warm up, 55 degrees, clearing sky, gusty at noon, 58, chilly, windy, breezy all day. right now, it's 51 in zephyrhills. 51 in tampa. north port, 57 because the winds are bringing in the colder air farther south. and the winds are causing dangerous conditions on the water. seas at 10 to 14 feet. there's a gale warning and a high surf advisory because this cold front is to the south now and bringing in the moisture off the gulf of mexico. so we have clouds, and maybe a sprinkle. but what everyone is going to be talking about is the cold, windy day. even colder tomorrow morning by about 10 degrees. and the cold air just continues to spread south. it's going to be chilly and windy tomorrow and thursday before we warm up. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, looking at traffic out there. we have a great drive coming away from the lakeland area. you ha

not far now and it spreads all the way up from the gulf of mexico into the carolinas. we'll give you a closureser look. we have clouds -- we'll give you a closer look. we have clouds in hernando. you can watch where you are and see when the rain gets to you. what i believe will happen is after that, a few light showers in the northern areas close to where the rain is now. it won't really be until midday when places like hillsborough and polk county start to see the showers, during the afternoon, heavier downpours to the north but at that point we're starting to see the rain push further south. all of this slow moving front. a high of 76. however, the front does the job and cools us down. we'll have an eight-day temperature trend which involves a jacket. leslee is here to get the morning commute started. >> maybe a scarf too? >> we don't have any issues really that are major. we do have a couple little fender benders. one happens to be at 34th street at 54th avenue north. also at this location, 275 looks good. great drive across the bay area averages. sligh avenue. of y