inverness, 70 apollo beach. a mild start. you see the thin clouds streaming across the sky due to that breeze coming out of the east. we stay above average today. tonight you guessed it, above average. the front is going to stall to our north so we really don't see any change in our forecast. comfortable, east wind flow for saturday with a high of 86. 86 on sunday, 8 a on halloween. -- 85 on halloween. speed. sarasota clark to state road 70 only 11 minutes. the construction that was on university right around i-75 is all clear right now. palm harbor a good drive on u.s. 19. on 41 you have lights to go through and that can make the senors yellow. i-4 looks good. paul buckman highway over to i-75 moving in through plant city it's great. we still have this acct away. hopefully it will be wrapped up soon at pasco terrace court. i'm not seeing that many delays anymore. that's good news. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you, leslee . >>> from donald trump and his security detail to circus troop

inverness warmer at 54 and floral city at 51. there will be plenty of sunshine. it's a gorgeous day. rain chances are near zero.

right now it's 66 in inverness, 70 plant city, sea bring you're at 71. 70 north port and 71 in venice said my weather watcher bob down there. long-term forecast, let me just tell you that things are not changing must change -- changing much. tomorrow breezy, a few less clouds. on sunday the winds sta lighter but still coming out of the east. halloween comfortable, an east breeze. i think you got this similar pattern continuing into next week. the mid 80s an slim rain chances. >>> leslee. >> looking at traffic i promised you a shot of i-4. here it is, i-4 at kathleen road. of course this is in the lakeland area. up to speed. not a lot of ebb vehicles out there. this is i-4 around the polk parkway. also downtown lakeland up to speed as well. let's talk about hudson and pasco county as the eastbound lanes blocked here as pasco terrace court. seeing days coming away from 19 as you move through. keep this in mind it's east of 19 at terrace court. the lanes taken away. westbound does not seem to be effected at this point. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayl

the mid-80s, currently a lot of people are in the 80s, it's 78 in zephyrhills, 79 in inverness and 81 currently in st. pete, temperatures will go up a little bit, the dew points are somewhere between the not too bad and the uncomfortable range at this point with our dew points getting closer to the upper 60s at this point. so, for the rest of tonight, not much rain expected, it you wake up tomorrow morning, a great start to the weekend by the afternoon hours, that's when we bring in the 20% chance of isolate it had showers and storms, and sunday a similar story, isolated showers and storms developing into the afternoon and evening, temperaturewise, we're going to be above average tomorrow and stabling off right around average through the weekend and into next week. out in the tropics we're tracking hurricane nicole but the u is s as it moves to the east and northeast. >>> our rain chances will be isolated for the next few days next week as the pattern continues. we're looking for the potential of the next cold front to roll through it will be at the end of next week into next weekend.

wesley chapel you are at 67. 66 inverness. at this point i am keeping the humidity in the not too bad category. it is going to feel pretty nice throughout the day. going forward we are going to drop it down into the invigorating category. dry air above us atmosphere which is why we don't have rainfall. still high today with a high of 87. at 5:08 i do have an hour by hour break down of your wednesday and leslie will help you break down the traffic report. >> i know it is early in the morning and you are used to waking up to a pretty decent drive but if you're coming through pasco county anywhere before state wrote -- road 54 you're going to be hitting the minute backup. let's go out on the street. we are down there with a live view . you can see the big semi truck and other vehicles squeezing by and that left lane . there was a disabled vehicle out there, and before fhp could get on the scene another vehicle crashed into it. 2 people were transported to the hospital. you can see that tow truck there and they have one of the veh

look at this, chilly in inverness at 46. zephyrhills, 53. you see the 24 hour temperature change. about five to eight degrees warmer right now than 81 in the afternoon with sunshine. in weather and traffic on the 8s at 4:38, i will take you eight days into the future to show you how nice it's going to stay. >>> we have a good drive. earlier, we had issues but they have cleared up. wonderful drive through down the town tampa. and we had a fatal accident eastbound on the selmon expressway. it was taking up lanes but at last check, i did not see anything on the cameras. in fact, i'm going to take a selmon expressway. i had blinking lights earlier and that has cleared. and then also the sunshine skyway bridge where we do have a little bit of action. it's just overnight construction taking up the left lane here northbound before the hump. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gayle and melanie. >>> it is what everyone is talking about this morning, in your vote, republican presidential nominee donald trump continues his tour of florida with a stop in the rally with thousands of

cooler for inverness and brooksville. upper 60s this morning. and low 70s for sarasota we've got this continued northeasterly flow. and we have been stuck in this for the last couple days but with added moisture, we expect a couple showers to start moving in from the east coast. the it's going to favor the inland locations but we can't rule out a stray sprinkle back towards 75 and the west coast as well. 87 today. it will be warm for this time of year. and then coming up next, we will tell you if those temperatures start trending downward which is what we are hoping as we go through october. but look at the congestion. this is westbound i-4. you can see those middle in a stand still. the left lanes kind of moving by. we have a fatal accident right at the transition to southbound 275. so that's blocked. and let's go to eric with a live look at the scene. and you can see, just beyond that congestion, it's clear. that's because you can't get by. you have to move to the right and i can show you how to get around this. martin luther king is starting

and this is where we have the rain now along the coast line and into bodega bay to dillan beach, inverness and point reyesiary. gurnville. -- point reyes area and portions of glen ellen, sonoma and highway 101, 29 and 12. and light rain reported over saint helena and over portions of the north bay and not seeing the heaviest just yet. it's going to take another hour or two and just be steady the first few hours. portions of the north bay into the central bay and boo 7, 8, by 9, 10, it's into the south bay. napa reporting a gust to 28 miles per hour. santa rosa to 24. sustained at 18 for oakland. and we're going to be breezy in addition to the wet weather for today. and we're looking at a coastal flood advisory for the coast and the high surf advisory for the coasted today and the coast line is going to get battered into the afternoon. waves from 10 to 15 feet and for the afternoon. for us, we're look at two to three inches of rain for our hills and most of us seeing a half an inch to an inch and that is going to be breezy at times. we'll track the storm when i come back and we're going to

i think mid-70s for brooksville and inverness. 80 in westchase later today. and 79 tonight, not quite as cool. overnight lows 50s to around 60 but there could be cool pockets, especially in the normally colder spots. 52 in inverness. wake up monday morning at 53 in brooksville. high pressure, here it is, sitting right over the southeast. it's going to the move over the next couple days but generally in the northeasterly flow. and we will have the winds lighter today but still out of and we will get clouds on the east coast here. but our skies will likely stay mostly sunny. and by the time we go into next week, the start of the next week, a dry commute for your monday morning and that's good news. and by the afternoon, maybe just a few passing fair weather clouds but overall, the atmosphere is going to remain bone dry for us here. the rain chances don't start coming back until my midweek. the bucs on the west coast today ta beautiful in california with 72 degrees and we look for the conditions to be nice here at home as well. 79 for the high. again, morning lo

inverness, 48 degrees right now. even colder to the north, 47, tallahassee. miami, marathon yet to cool off. northerly breezes, that will be the story for the day. briefedy this morning. by the time we get into the afternoon, winds should start to relax just a bit. the northerly flow will allow that dry air to settle in 76 this afternoon. full sunshine. finally autumn in tampa bay. i'll tell you how much longer this cool air will stick around in just a bit, john >> it's about time. thank you so much, ed. >>> now on to breaking news. browlings on the scene hillsborough county fire on the scene of a fire. still on for a man who disappeared. the missing man was in a rental boat with his fiance when they hit a sand bar. he went out to try to free the boat when he went under and disappeared >>> new york police are containing an inform containing a white powdery substance that was delivered to her brooklyn headquarters where it just before 6:00 p.m. friday. the building was evacuated. there are no reports of illnesses or injury, thankfully and nypd is now investiga

marine layer is already penetrating the areas of point reyes and inverness. we'll see san mateo coastline line with a shrouded deck of low clouds and fog later this afternoon. otherwise pleasant today. partly to mostly cloudy saturday and sunday, and definitely cooler with unsettled weather sunday evening through wednesday. walk through your friday. using our futurecast, we still have clear skies for lunch hour and then towards the afternoon hours, you see the penetration of the clouds moving onshore. this is a swath of cloudiness in the bay area that promises rain by sunday evening. now, we are backing that off from sunday evening to more likely into our monday hours. we are still under the influence of high pressure a vigorous jet stream. here's the low, tightly coiled up off the victoria british columbia coast at this time. it's going to surge down a southerly direction. we'll have the rain from sunday evening into the far north bay. rain likely everywhere monday and on tuesday. 80s in the central valley today. 70 in monterey bay and carmel. it's currently

the 40s, especially areas like inverness, brooks hills. don't be surprised. you will need a light jacket. and mid-eight by next week. next week, even though you have the small rain chance, still very, very comfortable air on tap. >> oh, yeah, 55, can't wait for that. >> and i'm sure people will be excited to whip out those boots. >> and some folks are sporting the jack. you may need a light jacket if you are sensitive to the cold but for me, this is like. >> exactly. >>> attention all lawnmowers. thinking about giving your yard a shave? spin blades when they should not be. you don't want to miss this massive recall alert next on she saw the boots and fell for fall all over again. . but that's the beauty of a store full of surprises. you never know what you're gonna find, >>> in this morning's consumer recall. husqvarna recalling about 235,000 lawnmowers under different names. the engine blade in a malfunctioning mower continues to function when the engine is off. head to wfla.com for more information >>> a halloween fear that has nothing to do with monsters.

warm ahead of the front. 86 for tampa and inverness checked into 89. the cool air is lagging behind. breezes are starting to pick up. already around 10 to 20 and gusts around 20 so far. there's the dry air and higher moisture. another push of dry air. it to next week. the boundary progresses across the peninsula. you will notice tomorrow with the wake-up temperatures of 59 degrees. no excuse to get outside. look at the numbers here. 77 for the afternoon tomorrow. we will be on a slow warming trend through early next week. rain chances by wednesday and thursday as well. guys the first true taste of autumn. thursday you said. >> temperatures don't get back to average to next week. >> enjoy. >> all right. thanks so much. >> we have football fever at new channel 8, tonight is the blitz. >> coming up. we lucas and you can get more on tampa bay prime newscast every night on gray 38 at 8. >>> weather brought to you by welcome back. hours away from the friday night blitz. the high school football season is winding down. the noble knights of robinson spot in th

still hanging on to 79 for inverness. 79, bartow. the easterly breeze and clouds and a few sprinkles on the east coast of florida. some of those may hold together and work their way into our area but with this dry air aloft, we're expecting that the showers will have a hard time through, through the afternoon. the rain chance is 10%. tomorrow morning, slightly better moisture and slightly less dry air aloft leading to a slightly better coverage of hours, so the rain chance is low, only round 20%. don'tforget, it's friday, friday night blitz, 72 when at kick-off and 78 at halftime. a mix of clouds and sunshine as we go into perhaps up to 15 miles per hour in some spots. 20% rain chances. we get back to typical weather, 85 degrees by monday. >> my little kayaking adventure looks okay. >> i think you are. >> maybe a sprinkle? >> just a sprinkl s. >>> the war against human several steps the state of florida is now taking. >> i had the chance to sit down with a woman who works at the state level and right here in tampa bay to help victims

it is a warm wind from the east. 77 inverness. carrier when speeds -- winds -- here are your winds speeds : we're up to 50 -- 15 miles-per- hour sustained wind . it is coming out of the east so it is mornings and warm dry afternoons . than halloween comes along and comfortable temperatures and not to spooky. i will talk more about that forecast coming up in detail. >>> breaking news right now at 11: a convenience store clerk murdered this morning during a robbery. >> police shared surveillance video with us from the store. it is a little difficult to see, but it shows 48-year-old mohammed walking to a car to leave after closing for the night him wearing hoodies that he takes off his pants in the direction of the 2 and then sometime in all of this gets shot. he died at the hospital. if you have any information contact the lake wales police department. >>> a mother and 2 of her children were killed in a fiery late-night crash. it happened just feet from the interest to it was a horrible scene that played out along martin luther king

in inverness. overall fairly mild start. we got some showers but they are not expected to be that strong for today. the reason is this -- we got dry air aloft here, some sinking air aloft. that is going to prevent that vertical development of showers that we need here. so again just a few spotty showers. as we go through the afternoon here, mainly in the afternoon and evening. tomorrow, atmosphere starts to moisten up. i do think we'll see a few more thunderstorms, by sunday afternoon. then more dry air starts to roll back in, in the upper levels by monday. that will help to bring the rain chances right back down. so there's the weekend, in greater detail, 87, again the showers will be quick moving, not going to have too much energy to them. high temperatures above average but then tomorrow, where we should be for this time of year. 85 degrees. that rain chance coming up to 30%. so they could play a role in the afternoon and mainly. just have the umbrella in case. 10% shot of rain for monday and tuesday. perhaps more moistur

it's going on at the citrus county auditorium in inverness... from 11 this morning until two p-m. the dogs are all to worry about is a license fee from the county. ?golf clubs... and grenades? get ready to see a lot of ?green at this golf tournment. and we're not talking about the grass. the "dustoff charity golf tournment" is a huge fundraiser for a charity that helps veterans. the "claybaker dustoff foundation" helps homeless veterans and the families of fallen veterans. today's tournament features a parachute team demo, weapons and military vehicles, and every player gets a commemorative box of ammo. it's going on at the tampa palms golf and country club. registration starts at ten a-m, and the tournament tees off at at 11-30. a sweet class in south tampa tonight. it's "cupcakes and cocktails" at the epicurean hotel. you learn how to bake up and decorate some ?halloween inspired cupcakes... like "vampire's kiss" shown here. its dark chocolate with a raspberry filling. there's also hard apple cider and candy corn flavors. the treats are also paired with dollars... and that inclu

brooksville at 66, and our weather watcher, dora in inverness, a nice 64 degrees this morning. the breeze will continue for today. this afternoon, we cannot rule out a stray shower to develop. most of us missing out on rain for today and the next few days. here's the weekend. high of 79 saturday and sunday. rush hour nears, leslee. >> it's getting closer, and we are seeing traffic slow down here, and it's early. 275 southbound and the left lane is getting closer, and this is coming through busch. that will continue down through hillsborough, and it will get closer as we press towards rush hour. there's now a delay. >>> in the brandon area, we have a crash, and it's located it's over here on the side of the highway. that s tieing up the lanes on 92, but you can also get by. manhattan itself, therest been construction there that has been tieing up the northbound lanes, and that will continue through tomorrow. they are not quite done with the sewer line repair works. and now back to candace and gene. >> leslee, thank you. a singer-song writer is m.i.a.. who wants to find >>> how t

inverness and crystal river, both checking checking in at 43. and right now, 57 in sarasota. as normal, the coastal communities getting more of an influence from the gulf of mexico so not as chilly as everyone else. satellite and radar has extremely quiet. so much dry air here. high pressure over mississippi and alabama. and that puts us in a general north, northeasterly flow with a clockwise spin around the high and stable air at the surface and aloft. a lot of dry air. you can see the shade of red on top of us here. that looks to stick around for a couple days. and you can see with the high just sort of moving around the southeast, that the will keep may transition to a more easterly direction here. and we may get moisture to start developing on the east coast of florida but none of the showers are expected to make it into our area. that doesn't happen until the middle of the next week. so just a few extra clouds as we start going towards maybe late monday and then by tuesday, but still the pattern stays quiet for us here. in the boating forecast, moderate chop on the water

cooler in inverness at 51. high pressure will keep us nice and warm today. as the high pressure push toes the east, the long-range forecast, remember the clockwise winds around the nigh and we have a 10% rain chance this thursday and friday. we are warm right into halloween. leslee, how is traffic on the 8s? >> pretty normal for now, and that mean it's congested it's a 12 minutes, and the vets looking good southbound, usually northbound is never problem. coming way from plant city, you're hitting the brakes around the area, and state vehicle code 60 at 39a slowdown, and they said it's new crash right at u.s. 19, and that's right under 19 obvious ulmerton. injuries are involved, and i said i don't see any delays. where it hits 301, there's a lane block at 51st avenue east, and also 30th avenue west a collision as well, and also an accident here, with some smoke >> thank you, leslee. >>> here's a strange sight in portland, maine. police are arresting a tree. under the blanches is a man. police arrested him when he refused to get out of the middle of the street

and checking in with dora in inverness, 68 degrees this morning. so our forecast includes the strong east breeze through today. and steady around 10%. and then we will call for just a slight chance of a stray shower and the chance only around 10%. long-term, a cool down. 80s through the week ahead. and 70s for sunday and monday. let's check on the travel times with leslee lacey. >> thank y looks like a wonderful drive ahead of us. at least right now on i-4. no delays through ybor city. veterans expressway, still looks good as well. and a sweet drive there southbound. 275, i-4 tothe howard frankland bridge, looks great. into downtown, 10 minutes but looks good but busier. and a look, 275 by hillsborough, seeing more vehicles on the southbound side. this is southbound heading into downtown tampa. and the howard frankland no delays as of yet. and i will watch the bridges for you this morning. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to candace and gene. >> thank you. >>> a rhino with a tire stuck on his horn. poor thing. >> poor guy. what

brooksville down to less than a mile and inverness a quarter of a mile. around the bay area things are clear this morning. no issues. nothing going on on stormtracker 10. weekend cooldown in ten minutes. >>> here are your hot spots at 6:00 on your thursday. i am road warrior hilary zalla. there is an accident in hernando county in springhill just reported along linden drive at mariner boulevard. injuries are reported and you do have lanes blocked there. in pasco county i am on top of this accident in san antonio along state road 52 west of curly street. you have lanes blocked in the eastbound direction. in less than ten minutes i will have drive time look at your bridges. >>> your news. your community. we are putting the news back in the morning. this is "10news this morning" at 6. >> good thursday morning to you. welcome to "10news this morning." i am allison kropff. >> i'm ian reitz. >> hillary clinton and donald trump battle it out on the debate stage for the last time during the presidential debate. >>> plus, a new zika warning if you or someone you k

inverness, all of us will see showers later on today. as i activate futurecast. our front passes through late morning into early afternoon and here it is. futurecast showing heavier rain and highest winds as that front passes through and then behind the front late morning early afternoon and for the rest of the day we'll see scattered showers possibility of isolated thunderstorms, certainly higher winds in store and i do have some bad news especially as a parent myself, yes, folks, looks like we'll see rain on halloween. i'll time that out for you in a bit. i'm sorry to give you bad news. back to you. >>> preparations under way as that round of wet weather gets ready to soak the bay area. in san francisco people spend time this weekend cleaning drains to prevent puddling and flooding. the city relies on volunteers for adopt a drain program. it provide people with the tools they need to keep their adopted drain clean. >> we really want people to help us out so they're doing they're part and we're doing our part and then we're ready for the rain. >> the rain is a h

also the north bay coast from inverness swinging back through bodega bay.s you take a look at that, you can now look at this. it's our live weather camera and i can pick it up better in the studio. hopefully you can see it at home on one of those large tv screens. but we have the swath of cloudiness trying to work its way into the bay as we take a bird's-eye view out towards the bay bridge. partly cloudy skies out the door except santa rosa with clear skies and 46 degrees. livermore at 50. same redwood. later today, panning out to be a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday when we struggle to hit 70. 60s at the immediate seashore with ample sunshine. 68 in san mateo back to the upper 60s and low 70s. santa clara valley 70s. 72 concord. north bay 73 in santa rosa. 90 degrees and when you should expect it, coming up those details but first here's roqui. >> thank you. time now 5:36. let's check the south bay starting here in milpitas. we have a new crash here southbound 880 before dixon landing road. it's a two-car crash. it's looking good northbound 101, 28

fairly comfortable, and mild in spots this morning with 72 in tampa, comfortable for brooksville and inverness. we have dry air in the mid- and upper levels, and that suppressed the rain chances yesterday, and i think the same thing will happen today. north easterly breeze, and a few clouds building by midday, and a by the afternoon a few of the spot showers develop, and most of us will make it through today on a dry note, and a very warm note. standards. >> it will be a bon jovi afternoon. >> nice, very nice. >>> delays a cross the speedway bridge, and overall, traffic is looking very good. i want to remind you of construction. morgan street at the selman expressway. it that's all week until sunday afternoon. that's a look at traffic. back to candace and gene. >>> donald trump's wife, melania trump reacted to her husband's allegations of sexual misconduct. >> and she is responding to his accusations of making lewd comments about women. >> what does melania have to say? >> reporter: mrs. trump says the only thing that surprises in the tape, which was recorded in 2005, and she says the person t

so we have some 40s. 45 in inverness. look at plant city, you're not bad, 59. just refreshing this morning. 59 in clearwater. 60 in fish hawk. and look what a difference, nine degrees warmer in brooksville. seven degrees warmer than this six degrees warmer in tampa. during the afternoon, just two degrees below the average. expecting 81. the average is 8. and tonight, slightly -- tonight, 83 -- the average is 83. in weather and traffic on the 8s, i go hour-by-hour through the day for you and leslee lacey has the commute. >>> we have a lot of issues but fortunately, they have all cleared up. let's take a look. what i'm showing you right now is i-4. the last camera reverted to 25. so this is residual congestion. where the crash was located is by martin luther king. and there's no crash there anymore. but again, a residual back-up. let's take a look here at the maps. that's where the back-up is. the crash is now cleared and it's going to get better. right now, about eight minutes between 301 and 275 westbound on i-4. that's coming through ybor. that's a look at wea

temperatures will start to fall off pretty quickly. 72 inverness, brooksville, 70 in st. pete, just a beautiful fall day here in tampa bay. highs topping off upper 70s to around 80 degrees. a few spots may climb into the low 80s, including st. pete, tonight not as chilly but still below average. most temperatures in the 50s you the story. high pressure coming over the southeast and it's going to keep our skies very dry, very quiet the next couple of days. another spot that will stay very dry today, santa clara, california. that's where the bucs are taking on the san francisco 49ers. 72 for that game. getting underway at 4:05 this afternoon. heading out into the water this afternoon, the wind will begin to calm down but they may be gusty at times. expect moderate chop. we have some red tide issues, mainly in the southern beaches. manatee, sarasota county. over the next couple of days, we're going to include more sunshine. just a few passing fair weather clouds as we go into the start of the workweek. highs into the low to mid-80s. and we think we'll bring back just enough

inverness, 84 sarasota. and 81 in arcadia. dew point in the upper 60s , low 70s . so they have made a bit of a recovery. it indicates more moisture in the atmosphere. the winds are strong. gusting at 20 miles an hour up here in brooksville. lake placid. not a windy day. the flow as i mentioned is from east to west across the area. pretty good coverage of light stuff. the radar detects this but doesn't niecely mean it is coming down as rain. winds are strong. that's a look at a healthy hurricane. 100 miles an hour winds for nicole helded to bermuda unfortunately. so they are bracing for this category 2 hurricane in a short amount of time. hopefully, that will drift off to the east. on the rap model for the short term, very similar to the radar moving west across the area. again, you can see a few light showers off the east coast driven by beyond that, a few clouds will continue to be with us. we won't be completely clear, but we will mix sunshine in here. 86 degrees our high temperature for tomorrow. a 10% chance of showers. thursday, friday, on into saturday. much

right now 65 degrees in zephyrhills, 70 sebring, 72 sarasota, 66 inverness. this has been the trend all week long. monday morning it was chilly at 61 degrees. over the week temperatures have come up in the over night hours. 64 degrees tuesday and wednesday morning, yesterday we started at 69 and today most of us are in the 70s. warm and breezy today. trend into november. >>> leslee is going to get that friday commute started. >> we have a pretty good commute so far except for in the hudson area but it's looking better. now seeing a delay. eastbound state route 52 still blocked at pasco terrace court right outside of hudson east of 19. all right. lakeland is up to speed and so is wesley chapel. looking good on i-4 through polk county and on i-75 in pasco. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. questions this morning about a hillsborough county warehouse fire that destroyed a building and left dozens of animals dead. >> terrific -- or terrible scene rather. flames shot high into the sky as crews tried to save the animals in the inside. ry

when you have those overnight clouds, it keeps you warmer. 68 lakeland and bartow. 63 inverness. 70 sarasota. we are to to 5 degrees warmer than yesterday passing clouds tran 9 tran 92 to 5 degrees warmer than yesterday. we will see the passing clouds tran 9 - 2 to 5 degrees warmer than yesterday. we will see passing clouds. expect the veterans expressway -- the veterans expressway is quick live look at traffic, tucson hundred and 75 and pinellas county tran 9 275 and pinellas county looks great. >>> we have some breaking news in hillsboro county. at least 4 people are dead and children may be among the victims. this crash happened on martin luther king boulevard on us 301 . vehicle parts scattered on try to figure out what happened. >> ryan hughes joins us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you both. we are a long martin luther king boulevard here in tampa. this is the site of the crash. you can see the powdery substance that was put down to absorb fluid and liquid on the roadway after this crash. screws -- crews spent hours cleaning up . they hauled the vehicles away from the sc

and 53 in inverness, and arcadia, 61. when you look at in the 24-hour temperature change, during the afternoon, i expect the high of 83. a degree above the average of 82, and down to 66, just the average overnight. at 5:00 8. i will -- 5:08, i will take you hour-by-hour through the commute. >> nice drive, and look the at skyway bridge. we had construction tieing up left lane northbound. they finished that early, and let's look at the maps here. through new port richey, and we ron speed through the palm harbor area, and there's an accident at state road 54 and daiquiri lane. >>> the next president of the united states will be decided two weeks for today. that's creeping up on us. president obama feels so confident with the win, the democrats are now focusing on down ticket ng congress, but republican presidential nominee, donald trump is not giving up, and ryan hughes is live for us in downtown tampa this morning, and tim kaine slammed senator marco rubio yesterday, and the campaign trail is getting heated out there. >> re

. >> right down the street here, i think it was inverness, and he was hidden in a driveway and about seven or eight officers had their guns drawn and surrounded a home. >> paramedics took the wounded officer to general hospital. we are told he was conscious as he was transported. that is a good sign. many stood vigil at the er. i was told that was common procedure in the case of the shooting. the suspected it shooter is at sf general, but we don't have an update on his condition at this point. traffic is moving now that police reopened the roads at 10:30. thisy will leakily be in the area for hours investigating. the police cannot release anymore information about the officer at this time. they are asking for you to keep him in your prayers tonight. live in san francisco, abc7 news. >> katie, thanks. stay with us on abc7 news. we will bring you updates on this breaking news during this newscast. we just learned mayor ed leigh is at san francisco general hospital right now visiting with the injured officer. we first told you about the story tonight with a push alert from the abc7 news

yesterday morning. 81 at noon. 86 for the day with about a 10 percent rain chance. 16 zephyrhills. 63 inverness. brooksville 63. long-range forecasts, lloyd do we have a nice long-range today mild again with temperatures running a degree or 2 above average with ace slim rain chance. this cold front will keep this low well out into the atlantic. when it comes through late friday it is going to help usher in a cool fall breeze below average temperatures on saturday. sunday morning a little chilly in the 50s with highs only around 79. >>> looking at traffic we have good drive on the surface in the yellow it just means you have lights to go through. palmetto area is up to speed on 301. it looks very good. inbreeding 10 us 41 looks great. manatee avenue state road 72 it will take you about 30 minutes on us 41. into downtown tampa, ybor looks very good also 275 southbound that will take you 10 minutes. across the howard franklin br minute commute. >>> candy decorations, costumes, the usual halloween items but this year american spend -- are spending more than ever before . coming up, how animals are

. >> right down the street here, i think it was inverness, and he was hidden in a driveway and about seven or eight officers had their guns drawn and surrounded a home. >> paramedics took the wounded officer to general hospital. we are told he was conscious as he was transported. that is a good sign. many stood vigil at the er. i was told that was common procedure in the case of the shooting. the suspected it shooter is at sf general, but we don't have an update on his condition at this point. traffic is moving now that police reopened the roads at 10:30. thisy will leakily be in the area for hours investigating. the police cannot release anymore information about the officer at this time. they are asking for you to keep him in your prayers tonight. live in san francisco, abc7 news. >> katie, thanks. stay with us on abc7 news. we will bring you updates on this breaking news during this newscast. we just learned mayor ed leigh is at san francisco general hospital right now visiting with the injured officer. we first told you about the story tonight with a push alert from the abc7 news

and 68 for zephyrhills, inverness and crystal river. so a milder start. we also have a little bit of a breeze, especially along the coast. but the breeze is coming from the north pattern for the last couple days. we will have cloudiness and a few sprinkles will start sliding in from the east coast into the afternoon. that's why i mentioned, bring along the umbrella, just in case you get caught under a shower. and you may run into that for the afternoon commute as well. first, we have to focus on the morning commute. and it's already a busy start this morning. >>> i'll tell you what, waking up to a tough morning, folks. we have a huge crash in the a motorcyclist. it is a fatal crash. and that translates to, as far as traffic, this is going to be closed for a while. this is southbound 275 right from i-4. so westbound i-4 is blocked to southbound 275. traffic is taken off and diverted north. and i want to have you take a quick look here. this is northbound, you have to exit at martin luther king and then come back down on south 275. let's go to eric live on

right now, 70 in brooksville and inverness. 75 in lakeland. 74 in bradenton. maybe a little bit less humid because we had that late day rain helping to draw the humidity out. my weather watcher bob in venice says it's 74 at his house. the day does start out dry. dry in the morning and those thunderstorms that develop in the afternoon get pushed toward the gulf of mexico and just like what happened yesterday, caused the the rain delay at the buc's game. evening thunderstorms that will be around until 9:00, 10:00 until they taper off. and tomorrow, mostly dry and less humid with the late evening storms. and then into tuesday afternoon, i expect not as many storms and then pushing toward here's hurricane matthew. still heading north. it should put the jamaica area on the eastern side of the storms. by tuesday, a category four storm over the bahamas. and if it follows this path, it will help bring in drier air for us. the eight-day forecast, 50% rain chance today down to 10% by the weekend. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> we are flowing at good speeds. looks wond

and 68 in inverness. climbing above average again. we will get to 87 degrees. the rain chance only around 10%. as this easterly flow sticks around, and dragging in moisture off the atlantic. but with drier air aloft, again, these will be quick moving showers. and they won't have much energy to them and they'll quickly slide in and then rain themselves out. the best chances are the inland locations. that will continue into the upcoming weekend as well. rain chance up to 20% for saturday and sunday. and back down to 10%, highs in another check of traffic this morning. and let's check in with leslee lacey. >>> well, the big problem remains in the junction of downtown tampa. here in the distance, the ramp from westbound i-4 that connects to southbound 275. you're not seeing traffic move beyond it. and that is because you cannot connect to southbound 275 from westbound i-4. you're taken off of the roadway. and you have to go north on 275. let's go to eric, our photographer live on the scene. this is a fatal accident ramp that's completely blocked thereupon in the di

inverness warmer at 54 and floral city at 51. there will be plenty of sunshine. it's a gorgeous day. rain chances are near zero. the rain chances will go up some over the next couple of days along with the humidity and temperatures. i will time it out for you and let you know when it will feel steamy again. you haven't been missing steamy, have you, janelle. >> not at all. a beautiful weekend. >> gorgeous. >> outside it was so nice. the drive is better as well. we had a couple of serious crashes overnight that cleared. we are starting off with a clean slate. i have been checking dozens of no crashes or break downs. we are looking great on i-4 at the polk parkway. about 22 minutes from county line road to downtown tampa. the drive on the veterans expressway is looking great as well. 17 minutes from 54 down to 275. just 12 minutes from van dyke to 275 and a tad slow, nine minutes from waters to 275. >> thank you. >>> early voting starts today before some of the first ballots are cast, a religious group is making a point to encourage bay area voters to get out and v

upper 60s for inverness and brooksville. but all in all, not too bad of a morning. it is going to be another warm afternoon as we hit 87 low of 71. down the road, big changes ahead. i'll tell you that coming up in a bit. a big check of the roads this morning. >> down the road, isn't that a kenny chesney song? >> i believe it is. >>> ehrlich road, very, very good drive either direction. let's take a look at manatee and sarasota county, state road 64 to fruitville road, nine minutes. only 11 minutes. a little bit of construction at 75 and university, that's typical. here's 275 around kennedy off the howard frankland bridge, it is a wonderful drive. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to candace and gene. >> thank you. >>> a republican party headquarters in north carolina was fire bombed over the weekend, and new overnight, donald trump blaming hillary rodham clinton supporters. news channel 8's meredyth censullo has the latest on the attack and how candidates are reacting this in morning, there's not much left of a gop party outside of raleigh, durham, and the

temperatures not bad, 64 in lakeland, down to 63 in inverness, bartow 66, 62 north port. here's the big story, a cold front pushing through the southeast. behind it really some chilly air. so during the day today we have all day to warm up. 84 degrees, breezy at times. actually, mostly dry as this cold front gets closer to us. you will w because we trend much cooler behind this front. all those details. >>> leslee has the details on the morning commute. >> a couple of issues but they're not going to slow you down. we have a crash here by martin luther king at 275. also we have one right at the heart of the junction. i can actually show you what that looks like. there already at 275 at the ramp to i-4. a little bit of slowing traffic is light so not too much of an issue. all right. let's move over now and take a look at our skyway bridge. i would think it was st. patrick's day with that green. we have some construction in the right lane but you can get by just fine. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to candace and gene. >> thank you. >>> donald trump and hillary c

temperatures are still mild. 63 inverness, 63 lakeland, 69 degrees in sarasota. so let me show you where this cold front is right now. it's just through the ohio area and back towards louisiana. that -- cool air that we've been waiting on. the cold front will get closer, winds will pick up a bit. not much rain and a high of 84. now stay tuned at 5:38 when i have the 8-day temperature trend. >>> leslee is here to tell you what is happening on the roads right now. >> we have a good drive. over night construction clear g clearing up. traffic looks good out there . this is palm harbor that looks wonderful on u.s. 19 and over on well through the land o' lake area. i-75 looks great in bradenton and sarasota right now. that's a look at weather and traffic. now back to candace and gene. >> leslee, thank you. >>> on the campaign trail, donald trump and hillary clinton comes face-to-face once again. it happened last night, this time at a charity dinner in new york. >> they spoke at each other but the crowd booed trump for some comments about clinton. meredith is live from

now interestingly it's warmer than yesterday but still cool. 51 in zephyrhills. 45 in inverness. bartow, you're 61. 62 in sarasota. i mean look at lakeland and brooksville, you are nine degrees warmer than you around 5:30. but another pleasant afternoon. a high of 81. and in weather and traffic on the 8s at 5:38, i have an eight- day temperature trend to show you how long it takes this nice. and leslee lacey has the roadways. >>> traffic right now is pretty nice. we have some construction creeping back on the sunshine skyway bridge. that in a second. right now, a great drive on 275 through st. pete and also through tampa. bearss to i-4, nine minutes on your drive time. if you are traveling across the sunshine skyway bridge, folks, let me move over. shaky camera. that's where the lane is taken away on the right but you can still get by. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gayle and melanie. >>> it is what everyone is talking about this morning, in your vote, republican presidential nominee donald trump continues his tour of florida with a stop in the bay area today. >> h

northeastly on the warm side. 83 in venice. 81 in lakeland. 79 in inverness. moisture in the atmosphere. upper 60s is not too bad. upper 70s , that is too humid. this will change all of that in the weekend. we will talk about those numbers coming up shortly. >>> still ahead ... >> saint pete pd uses a facial recognition software that a new study calls biased. >> today on better call behnken, a woman who lives near the gigantic mo now has radioactivity in the well water she uses every day. when she couldn't get answers >> well, hundreds of agencies across florida use facial recognition software. a lot of those here in the bay area. and is calling for better regulations. jana jones spoke to detectives at the saint petersburg police department who often use that software. >> reporter: sergeant kevin smith uses facial recognition software and says it is a fast way to get the investigation started. >> we get the suspect's name within a few hours. >> reporter: that is just one example. but a detective who didn't want to be on camera showed me it works. face recognit

aning on into the 50s for zephyrhills, inverness. lots of sunshine coming our way for the weekend. 76 degrees for the high. br and 78 grease for your sunday but that sunday morning will start off chilly at 55. 80s coming your way in the week ahead with lower humidity. small rain chances start when powerful people need someone to do their dirty work, they hire bob buesing. how far will he go? buesing fought to foreclose assisted-living retirement homes, threatening local seniors with homelessness. then, buesing defended wells fargo against charges of helping a ponzi-schemer swindle millions. buesing's firm was even accused of overbilling local schools , now, buesing's running for senate. how far will bob buesing go? >>> good morning. sw >>> good morning. swinging through the swing states. donald trump and hillary clinton today, donald trump promising a closing argument to remember. >> we are going to do something very special. >>> war on yoga pants. a rhode island man speaks his mind about why women should stop wearing yoga pants when

inverness, crystal river. venice, 79. saint pe, degrees near winter haven. the dew points are mostly in the 40s but a few 50s here. the this is noticeably drier when you have dew points in the 50s this time of the year, but 60s are not bad. still relatively high in north port. as for the satellite imagery. not much to show you. with the drier air high above, the clouds are disappearing. that's the dry air. we called it red. and there is plenty of red to the surface in the interior of the peninsula which is why you are seeing slightly drier air. in terms of clouds, showers, most of it, if any across south florida may not be reaching the ground. a few showers in key largo. the next five days a 50% chance of development for the area off to the east. we are not concerned with it affecting our weather here locally. this general area for that 50%. but, this is down if you have been watching this, in percentage for development. and you can see why here on the computer model forecast well out to sea it looks like. we hope the trend will carry on for invest 99l. shor

to make it warmer. 72 degrees, harbor, 73 clearwater, and into rudeness, dorsey -- dade city and inverness. when you see dewpoints in the 40s, 50s and even 60 degrees, fantastic. if you're going to be out late and might be a good idea to bring a jacket. we'll talk more about slightly warmer temperatures and rain chances coming up. >>> still ahead, there is no doubt the bay area is a great we show you how pinellas county is pulling out all the tops to increase tourism to the area. started class, i'm following up on a story i have been reporting for weeks about missing mammogram record and today, i tracked down the medical director that the amendment 1 guarantees your right to generate your own solar energy. it also guarantees that those who don't choose solar don't have to subsidize those who do. amendment 1 means commonsense consumer protections safeguarding seniors-and all floridians from scams, amendment 1: good for the economy. good for the environment. good for florida. vote yes on amendment 1-for the sun. >>> pinellas county is sending is in full swing thousands of miles from tampa ba

lakeland, 59. 45 in inverness. 57 in way ma massachusetts a refreshing start for sure. just not as chilly as it was yesterday. yesterday was down right cold for us. and throughout the day, light breeze, clear skies. high pressure with the clockwise winds will continue to push farther and farther east. and gradually increase the humidity and the temperatures off the atlantic ocean. but i mean, it's gradual. mid-80s by the later part of the week. and only 10 to 20% rain chances. leslee lacey, how about traffic on the 8s. >>> well, remember the construction i showed you on the northbound side of the sunshine skyway bridge. and then it cleared up. i saw it clear up. but guess what? they turned the camera around to the southbound side and we have construction here. and it's tying up the right lanes. so you can still get by. and that should clear up by 6:00 a.m. again, the right lane taken away there on the southbound side of our sunshine skyway bridge. that's a look at weather and traffic. and now back to gayle and melanie. >> all right. thank you. >>> in sport there, is a l

inverness 41 and brooksville down to 39 degrees. this morning. how about that? pretty crazy. current temperatures right now are around the bay area though are dropping but we're not expecting to see any temperatures as cool as what we saw last night. we expect temperatures to drop into the 50s and 60s along the coast. so certainly a few degrees warmer than what we've seen and through the next couple of days the early morning lows will continue to rise. you know the cold fronts don't still seeing some of the chilly air but over the next several days as high pressure builds in, those winds are going to move out of the east. and when that happens it is going to bring in a little bit of moisture and we could have some cloud cover and certainly going to help warm ups. as we head -- us up as we head through the next 12 to 24 to 8 hours. -- 48 hours, but not really much in the way of rain. this is a look at upper levels of the atmosphere. so still dry conditions across the state of florida. there is a little bit of moisture out to for helping bring maybe just a chance of showers by

-- average temperature is slowly falling. 71 macdill, 70 sarasota is, 69 brooksville, upper 60s inverness and crystal river. this general area of low pressure has about a 0% chance of developing in the past five days, t tighter pressure gradient, create rain across cuba and the stronger easterly breeze of consistent clouds the keys in south florida, although we're kind of on the edge of that. you can see skies are mostly clear. we can't rule out the possibility of more high clouds sliding our way. big game in jacksonville, the world's largest outdoor cocktail party, 82 degrees, florida/georgia game played the u plays in south bend, indiana, playing notre dame. fsu and clemson in tallahassee saturday 8 p.m., mostly clear. ucf travels to houston, 81 degrees in the evening and florida a&m in greensboro north carolina. bucs forecast sunday, nice weather, but in the stadium it might be warm, 82 degrees. the tailgaters will love forecast here into the overnight and early part of the day, but in the afternoon saturday maybe a few clouds, the bunk of the sprinkles across the southern portion of t