at 29 miles per hohour. the radar, dry in miami-dade, driving broward could not drive at all for the key, check it out some heavy rainfall entering the lower keys from key west up to big time key. inch per hour. we are talking about moderate to heavy rainfall right in this location. it is less than half an inch per hour but you'll get some rain and also will pick up. the showers will be tracking northward and if they hold together, miami-dade as i mentioned, you will get that later toght. it is this estimate is quickly swinging across the gulf of mexico. it is going to bring severe threat of late tonight. this is what it looks like, storm prediction center has put out a slight risk for tonight from tampa to fort pierce into southwest florida. then tomorrow morning, broward, miami-dade and the keys under that is because the front will arrive tomorrow morning. so as far as threats go, rip current will go high but as far as the rain, it will be heavy however, is expected to be a quick mover. it should not cause

in some cases the commute times have gone up 40 minutes to an hohour. it's not just during rush hour. we're actually seeing this all day long. >>> drivers traveling i-275 north have been forced to pack plenty of patience this week. >> oh, yeah. dude. i've got a sports car. i want to go fast. it is making me go totally slow. it sucks. >> reporter: let's just say traffic has been a bit of a problem. >> it usually takes 25 minutes. this morning it took me 50 minutes. >> reporter: lane shifts are creating a traffic nightmare. >> it's been a problem. i work over the bridge in st. pete. i get off work at 4:30. even before the hump, it stops. >> reporter: massive traffic backups starting on the south side of the howard franklin. it's an all-day problem. check out this video from air action 1. drivers trying to avoid 275 spill out on roads like kennedy boulevard. >> we did not anticipate quite the backups that we have had through this and how traffic would handle the mergers. obviously once we approximatity it into place, you can see there was a bit of an issue

the front move south another line of showers and more storms devevelop through the early afternoon hohours tomorrow and then rain chances come to an end as the front move south h of us. temperatures wilill not warm up tomorrow and only into the upupper 60s tomorrow. will feel cooler tomorrow afafternoon and d friday a fairly chilly day. starting o off near 50 degrees and topping ofoff in thehe low 60s. gasparilla beautifulul forecast. starting out of 46 and topping out near 68. betttter on sunday with low 70s the mostly sunny skies. warm into next week and next wednesesday.>>> all right julian as julie said nice weather for gasparilla so o we are getting ready y for the pro rata pirates live on news channel 8 i poststed with jen leigh and jan holloway is the pirate reportrter on the scene. ouour coverage kicks off at 2:30 0 saturday and s streaming live on wfla.com and check it out on tv. >> itit should b be fun. >>> > goldman sachs blackrkrock general mills s green momountain coffee and facebook, whatat do they have in common? >> those are a hahandful of companies teaching their r employo

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let me take you hohour-by-hour. we do have hours of fog upfulllly northern pinellalas coununty and d all day, we keep in a smalall rain chance, maybe light rain this mororning. and ononce we hit t 11:00, the e rain chance goes s up to 7070%. ththat's when the area of rain gets here and rolls in off and d on dowownpours and 8080% chanance at 2:00, 3:00, , 4:00 today. still 60% through h the evenening. slow mover, we will have rain in forecasast tomorrow too but for all you pirates, looks like peperfect parade weathther saturdayay. >> boy does it ever. >>> we will be back in about 30 >>> 8:30 now on this wednesday morning. 27th of january, 2016. chilly day out on our plaza. we are smack dab in n the middle of winter, and we say hello to the folks who o decided to come out. >> yes, we do. thank you. >> do you ever feel like you're jill martin is about to make one brand-new look. the best part? you can g get it, too, because their outfits are part of a speciaial steals and deals. >> fantastic. >>> also, angelina jolie a

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