. >> and i'm laura harris, the county approved the first step of building this plant here in north lakeland. neighborhoods you see, we will highlight, these are in opposition to the water plant. ryan raiche is there tonight he will show you why.>> is going to be up here. >> debra gets choked up over the thought of losing her country living. >> you just don't tell people what you have been investing is no longer worth it. >> she lives in a north lakeland surrounded by expensive homes and farmland. soon there will be a new neighbor, a wastewater treatment plant. >> everyone was left in the dark. they have no respect for people's main investment in life. >> this plan is similar in size to the new proposed treatment plant in northlake and you can tell it is not country living. the county says it will fit in more than you think a plan to design it like this one where trees and shrubbery hide the facility.>> it will disturb the

. >> she lives in a north lakeland surrounded by expensive homes and farmland. soon there will be a new neighbor, a wastewater treatment plant. >> everyone was left in the dark. they have no respect for people's main investment in life. >> this plan is similar in size to the new proposed treatment plant in northlake and you can tell it is not country living. the county says it will fit in more than you think a plan to design it like this one where trees and shrubbery hide the facility.>> it will disturb the lone no vote the only one who feels the county should rethink the location. not to mention the policy only letting people know 500 feet from the plant. >> they feel like we were being sneaky. >> the county insists it invited people to a meeting a year ago but that is not the case now. more than 200 people have signed a petition pleading for the county to rethink the plans. >> this home and they take it away. >> some neighbors are thinking about taking the matter to court. ryan raiche abc action news.>>> in the last few minutes the parties identified the body

that drier air is still trying to filter in to the north. lakeland though getting some of that cooler dry, drier air at 59. all right as we take a look it's well to the south. that air coming in from the north. again, it's dry and that mean it's going to feel less humid by the end of day. high pressure in control. blocking out the storm clouds. lots of unshiep. highs near 80 degrees it's going to be warm. so if you plan on hanging out in the backyard a great backyard fun today. it's going to be a really nice afternoon and a nice stretch of weather. dewpoint that's our measure of how much moisture is in the air. mid-60 toss mid-50s. pleasant as we preach hose thigh thigh -- highs. especially around tampa bay. but like i said through the afternoon i think it will become more noticeable and over the next couple of days another front that rolls through almost unnoticed other than bringing in another batch of drier air for early saturday morning. that's what helps to bring our temperatures down. as we start the day. and keeping those high 70s. through the

deputies finally found him this morning a few miles away in north lakeland. court documents show flanagin was arrested in september for petit theft. his third conviction. he was granted trus this allowed him to work outside under supervision. but it turns out this trustee wasn't so trustworthy. around 3:30 yesterday his supervisor noticed he was missing from the bartow maintenance facility. he had stolen a fleet truck and took off. soy was it too easy for him to escape? >> will this change how you vet the people that are in the program or supervise them? >> process improvement is something every agency looks rules of the program and he's going to be hell held accountable for that. >>reporter: neighbors say it shouldn't have happened in the first place. >> in their own very many veck that doesn't make sense. >>reporter: an inmate should have more supervision. >> there needs to be one guard per inmate that's out there. >>reporter: flanagin was due to be released in february or march well he's now facing grand theft and escape charges. >> i imagine he just rampe

. >> and there has been a deputy-involved shooting in north lakeland right now. not much information is being released. we are told that two deputies were involved but they are not hurt. there was apparently a suspect are gathering details for our 11:00 news. >> and family and friends gathered to remember the life of moriah goode gunned down in manatee county. invinvestigators say she was not the intended target. >> this was an awful situation. this tragedy really struck out of nowhere, but tonight family and friends say this vijen step in their own healing process. >> this reminds me of her. >> she clutches a batch of purple balloons, her daughter moriah's favorite color. >> we are like in a fog. >> a fog that surrounded family and friends since sunday when the 18-year-old was shot and killed while just sitting in a candles flickered through the darkness, with flames as bright asthmas moriah's smile. >> so many people loved her, and i don't understand how this could happen. >> that is the toughest question to answer. ddeputies say she was not the intended target

. >>> and developing this morning an escaped polk county inmate is found him in north lakeland. flanagin was working at a county maintenance facility when he took off in a cell loan truck. deputies spent all night searching for him. he was scheduled to be released in march and now faces escape and grand theft auto charge. >>> and police detectives are searching for the people or person who shot and killed a man early this morning. police the person living in the unit heard the car slam into the building. when police arrived they found rogers inside the car with at least one gunshot wound. he decide at the scene. we were there as investigators canvased the area looking for evidence. a police spokesperson tells us this is very rare for winter haven. >> there are a lot of you know maybe a few car burglaries things of that nature but not violent crimes in this area and our city is very safe. our crime rateas this is very unusual for it to happen in our city, but when it does it definitely makes an impact. . >> police ask anybody with information to call them or call crime stoppers.

lakeland. this is the 2,900 block of del rose drive north. we know crime scene technicians took pictures and collected casings. according to the sheriff, this all started around 6:00 in the evening. a woman called 911 after an argument with her son. listen to what happened next. >> he got mad at mom when mom asked him if he would help move a car to the backyard that apparently was disabled. and then when mom went out and she couldn't get the car intu neutral, she said he just flashed and he was just immediately angry and ran bedroom where he locked the door. she told him, i can't put up with this anymore. you're going to have to leave. >>reporter: we're told the mother waited outside for deputies to arrive and within minutes, they reportedly entered the home in search of 53-year-old john pacuicrk. we're told deputies rushed outside to find john holding a gun and tussling with his brother theodore. when deputies asked the pair to the instructions, the other did not. ultimately, according to the sheriff, john pointed a gun at deputies and deput

pete, sarasota. 73 degrees lakeland, north port 64 degrees, around the rest of the country a lot of folks hitting the road. they are traveling to see family and friends. 66 degrees los angeles, salt lake city 55 degrees minneapolis 49 degrees, cincinnati and boston around 39 degrees. really not extreme cold across the country but there are some travel delays. minneapolis and appear largely weather-related but less than a around the rest of the country there's not much going on. flight delays are minimal but you have to watch the great lakes, the ohio valley in the northeast. across the country, you can see the weather occurring. rain on the coastal areas, cascades relatively dry now out in california. the west is quiet. most of the rain as you can see is in blue and white. snow largely for the great lakes. the northeast, relatively quiet. some approaching clouds and precipitation for the next 12 hours. you can see high clouds streaming our way and mid-level clouds. you have seen those in the sky for today. we have tropical storm otto with 70 miles per hour wins but was later windshear, it

north wind at 8 miles per hour. lakeland 74 degrees within north northwesterly breeze. crystal river, 73 degrees. just checking out all of our cameras this afternoon and who labbe is waiting on another fantastic sunset in tampa. as for the thanksgiving day forecast, looks pretty good. we have returned some humidity in the atmosphere. it's not a big deal but perhaps less dry than it has been. that could lead to patchy early fog that. cement forecast this evening 68 degrees. maybe a few clouds. there are some clouds but that should start to dry out. early fog a possibility the next couple of mornings. 63 degrees, 81 degrees in the afternoon but sunshine mixed in with clouds in the afternoon. 77 degrees at mcgill, largo 72 degrees, odessa 75 degrees, 72 degrees crystal river, 73 frostproof. we talk about the visibility being a little low throughout the overnight and early morning hours. you can see the visibility will be dropping. if you're headed out in the early morning hours, just know that you could be dealing with thick fog on the roads around the bay area and the res

lakeland to explain what happened. >> a family fight ended in son dead. you're look at the video of scene unfolding on dell rose drive north in lakeland. crime seen technicians took pictures and collected evidence. some used metal detectors to search the ground for bullet casings. according to polk county sheriff grady judd, a woman called 91 after an argument with her son. he became angry when she asked for his help moving a disabled car, the anger intensified when she couldn't get the car into neutral. she waited outside for deputies who arrived and entered the hom john, we're told deputies heard gunfire and rushed back outside of the house. that's where we're told authorities found him holding a gun and tuesday willing with his brother. sheriff grady sudden said deputies told pair to stop fighting one brother followed directions the other did not. authorities tell under the circumstances john pointed at gun at deputies who fired killing the armed man. the investigation revealed he striking his mother in each of her legs. the 75-year-old woman is in the hospital recovering. deputies involved in this case are still on lea

a light east wind dragging in drier air to the north in lakeland a cooler spot. light winds. a gorgeous sunrise for you as hopefully a light extra layer depending on your comfort level. sun city center at 68. 62 in palm harbor. north of the bay the coolest air. crstal river 50 with low clouds. dade city at 53 degrees. more 50s further south. lakewood ranch, 58. i have 53 in north port. haines city you are at 60 this morning. by tomorrow morning, way expect more of this, and low clouds. actual fog showing sunrise an hour earlier, this will exit us likely earlier between 8 and 9, i would expect this to mix on out. dew points the upper 4s. the driest air in our northern counties. this pushes in throughout the day. comfortable with dew points in the 50s, 40s are even better. high clouds, well, they are coming in from the west. they will be coming in throughout the day and likely more tomorrow. this front right here eve eventually will be responsible for some rain in our area, but not today, not tomorrow. and even then only a 20% rain chance. sky tower will catch break this weekend

there's a north wind in lakeland, and here are clouds shielding the sunrise this morning. officially we passed it at 6:45. 64 in lakeland with a north wind, but 64 is where we should be this time of year. our average low is about 62 to 64 degrees. 66 in sebring and tampa, st. pete and sarasota. you're noticing, and if you were up at this time yesterday, not only was it a few degrees warmer but it was about as comfortable as it is right now. we're only 2 degrees cooler in tampa but 5 in sarasota this morning. you are noticing that in some spots it's fairly cloudy. clouds come in from the west the next few days, and at the same time our swift northeast wind will pull in symptom clouds from the atlantic. that's what happened is triggered a few overnight. what's left is not much. let's zoom in to see if they make it the ground. these are passing west of pasco county this morning and also one small little sprinkle that is now exited. pinellas park may see a brief rain drop and nothing major. low to moderate humidity all week long. the northeast wind that at times was breezy yes

also up towards lakeland just to the north of downtown lakeland, it will be working its way acros we've had some showers throughot polk county. you can see them moving pretty quickly, work their way through carroll wood over towards the west chase area. now stretching over into east lake and palm harbor. looks like they'll work their wy out into the gulf of mexico. but because they move quickly you're not looking at much accumulation. just wetting the ground a little bit. >> you can see some quick moving showers moving out into the gulf sarasota. all east of i-75, but you can se there's more activity towards arcadia as well as, so we may gt a few more as we go through the afternoon. still plenty of warmth around. right now in tampa, 82 degrees. clearwater has an 80 across our northern counties. >> and warmer temperatures once you get down in the sarasota, about 85 degrees right now. some 70s showing up. la bartow currently sits at 79 degrees. we've had the easterly wind for days upon days now. slowly bringing that moisture back across the state, so these dewpoints, they've been climbing

pete. 61 lakeland and north port at 67. clear skies are dominating across the region with high pressure and that cold front slipping southward. remember yesterday we had a cloudy sky with a few light rain showers. .01 inches actually is the official rainfall yesterday for the first time in 24 days. some of the high clouds are breezing from the west moving off to the east. clear skies, light winds, cooler temperatures in the 50s and the upper 40s. some of the northern spots. friday afternoon a few clouds will return and generally a lot of sunshine and the high temperatures in the upper 70s that doesn't change a whole lot for saturday and maybe a few extra clouds as this front will be sliding into the area. not expecting much in the way of the precipitation and not enough moisture built up ahead of the cooler and slightly drier air behind this area of high pressure and really all that frontes their cooler drier air that we would have in place. 58 degrees at palm harbor and the upper 50s for the springs. the low 50s, places li

lakeland 52. 54 north port. it is cool but comfortable. we do have cold spots in new york. 24 denver and then between the two we have the storm system bringing snowfall to minneapolis, portions of wisconsin all the down the memphis across our can talk. we have heavy rainfall but for we will stay mild and dry not only today but also tomorrow. the big storm system doesn't come through here. it passes through the north. i do expect a week cold front on saturday, momentary cooldown on sunday barely any rainfall with only 20 percent chance next week . >>> we have one little problem spot off to the side of the roadway. we're not seeing any delays here. this was a ordered at 50th bay area interstates. we are not seeing any delays. keep in mind, today is the busiest travel day. i'm going to talk about some traffic. thanksgiving tips for you, today is the worst time to leave, but if you do have to leave just remember the earlier the better especially right now . we're not seeing any traffic out there. try to get out on the road before 2:00. google

here they are in lakeland at 63. the north wind dragging in cooler air so we will call it a mixture of clouds and sunshine. day though. if you slept in, our viewers helping you out by taking you back to the sun rise from jessie adair of the cloud streaks in the skies. timing perfect for all streaks in the sky. kathy sent this in as well. i can't thank you enough for your pictures. they have been unbelievable. 68. an a start below 50 degrees. now our dew points. a weak front flirting with the northern part of our area and tampa north have dew points in the 40s even dew points in the mid-50s feel good. drier air on the way. today we may break this stretch. believe it or not including yesterday, we have seen 17 days in a row with above average highs. my forecast is for an average high. we may break this trend. we are not going to break this trend though, 27 days in a row without rain. maybe sneaking in a cup of showers but not until monday and tuesday. a lot of clouds and out with this front. behind it drier air. a comfortable da

cool this morning still 45 in inverness and brooksville, 55 in lakeland, 55 in north port. let me spread this out. there you can see where the cold air is funneling in. it's 21 in denver and there's the snow. and we're just kind of clear sunny skies all day today and basically tomorrow too. the front comes through. now, sunday and monday we'll be quite chilly and breezy. it just doesn't last long. we already see a warm up tuesday and wednesday ahead of a thanksgiving cold front that also isn't going to have impact on us. 67 sunday and 48 by monday morning. >>> all right. looking at traffic right now we're going to talk about sarasota. we've already got some construction that has cleared up. the construction t the on-ramp from southbound 75 that's clear also the construction on university is clear, but down herea little bit closer to clark northbound on i-75 we still have one lane taken away but not seeing any delays. we did have an issue northbound 275 coming off the howard frankland bridge right around kennedy everything has been cleared. we've got a good drive here. look

north to northwest westerly wind. now our temperatures 66 degrees in lakeland, brooksville and inverness 61 degrees. a little cooler to the north northern areas are naturally a little cooler. we will talk more about that weekend forecast coming up. >>> still ahead, floridians overwhelmingly said yes to medical marijuana but what happens if your employer still says no? we're going to explore that legal dilemma coming up. >>> i have the conclusion into my investigation on a young man charged someone else's medical bills because law enforcement claims he looks exactly like thus else and i will let you decide. y25eiy y16fy we traveled the world sampling the best cheese for two reasons one, to bring them all back for you to enjoy and two, we got to each a bunch of publix deli specialty cheese. over 36 varieties to fall in love with. publix. where shopping is a pleasure. z25ehz z16fz y25ehy y16fy >>> florida said yes to medical marijuana on tuesday but slow down. your employer can still say no. jeff patterson reports this is a new area on the law and things still haven't been settled. >> reporter: when flo

roll from west to east but overcast about does it all the way from levy county to north fork and all the way over to lakeland and down to see bring. mostly cloudy conditions and light showers pushing from west to east., forecast computer model, that the clouds slowly erode from north to south as the drier air comes further south and takes a little while as the day goes along. still a possibility in the afternoon southern areas could be socked in with clouds would northern areas starting to clear as the influence continues to push southward. the wednesday morning, things are fairly clear and we are looking at lots of sunshine. temps in the upper 50s and it will feel cooler, below look forward to that for sure. rain chances are low, basically 0%. 78 degrees for a-pitcher on wednesday. 80 degrees for thursday. friday looks pretty good. 82 degrees. rain chances are low once again but look at the changes with a cold front up the road monday and tuesday. that's a real deal cold front. but does arrive in time for thanksgiving so you can plan on at least at this point, an overall climatological he cooler thanksgivin

same thing up north, hitting 80 in tampa and 82 in sarasota. the hotspot, lakeland topping out at 84 degrees today. upper 70s even after the start in the low 40s up north, temperatures rebounded 40 degrees near 80 degrees. come friday morning most of the low to mid 50s up north. skies will remain clear, not just through the day, through the week and weekend and all of next week, temperatures change big-time we will pinpoint the timing couple up. >>> dip is need help tracking down this man, 31-year-old paul lubin held up a chase bank on fletcher avenue. these are the actu from inside the bank. he is well-dressed. detectives say he handed the teller a note stating he was heavily armed and he demanded the money. we have also learned miami-dade police have a warrant out for his arrest, so if you have information you are asked to call police. >>> tauris flock to florida for medical tourism is a booming industry. 90% of patients at the wellness institute in oldsmar are from out of state, 20% across the border from canada many of the patients have been diagnosed with chron

lakeland 61. currently 60 at north port as well. so through the day today it doesn't really get close to us. partly cloudy and ma tonight is when the cold front actually comes through after midnight. keeping it a 10% rain chance but the winds will start to pick up. so after the front tomorrow breezier, a little bit cooler so not necessarily a huge drop in the temperatures but all next week pretty much staying comfortable mostly dry, low 80s, slightly above average but still very nice. . >>> we've got a couple problems out there one of them happens to state route 52 u.s. 41. this is off to the side of the roadway, it's not tying up any lanes. we've got great drives across the bay area bridges heading down in south sarasota county northbound i-75 overnight construction tying up the right lane. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. >>> injuring yourself through the simple act of opening a door. >> yeah, it's people across america, the recall alert for faulty door knobs you need to hear. and check out my facebook page i always love to upload funny manolo! you're so cold, come in! what'

north. it's still 48 in lakeland, 46 in crystal river after a start for you in the upper 30s. 55 in st. pete, around the state it could be colder and it is north of our area. now 40 in gainesville, and still in the 30s in panama city. throughout the day it will be a gusts up wards of 25 in st. pete. those winds don't die down until tonight when high pressure moves in. while it was the coolest of the season this morning, that will be replaced by tomorrow morning's lows. today all the sunshine will keep us at 67. that's 10 below average and wake up tomorrow at 46 but start a slow warm-up sunday afternoon to 70. >> alcides: a st. pete crossing guard hit willed drunk driver was laid to rest. family and friends and hundreds service on saturday for ded a - 72-year-old david roundtree. it was actually held at greater mount zion ame church. police say 21-year-old charles walton hit and killed roundtree while the crossing guard was setting up the school zone air. roundtree had been a crossing guard for about three years. walton was arrested and charged with dui manslaughter. >>> a pinellas county

lakeland police are helping the sheriff's office search for an escaped inmate. this began more than eight hours ago at the fleet maintenance building in bartow. searching about 20 miles north of there near the sam's club in lakeland. that is where jenn holloway and joins us live tonight. everybody wants to know if this guy is somebody we should worry about. is he dangerous? >> we have not gotten that warning from the sheriff department or from but i can tell you earlier tonight, this is exactly where they seemed to be focused on. as i tell you that, there goes another patrol car passed us right now. this is baker street just behind the sam's club be a long u.s. highway 98 here in lakeland. as i mentioned earlier tonight crews were searching this area. when our crew got here a chopper was searching for my above, they also had canine units on baker street along with deputies and officers. a couple of them seemed to be investigating some of the may be questioning some of those neighbors. at this point flanagan appears to be on the run. i just sent an e-mail. tried to touch base with the sheriff's office. the public information officer a short while ago, to get some updated in

even cooler in places like zephyrhills, you're 47, 55 in lakeland, 54 in north port but warms up very nicely. pleasant lunch time, 75 at noon, 78 at 3 p.m. tomorrow morning for the heart walk a little cool at 58 degrees but look how fast >>> looking at traffic veterans expressway look at that nice drive, a lot of people have the day off so traffic is a bit lighter than normal. in fact, check out the bottom part, usually 30 minutes now just 10 minutes. we do have a couple of issues out here. let's take a look at the cameras here. we've got a crash that's tying up the southbound exit from 275 over to martin luther king which is 9th street and i-75 a little bit slow at the exit of i-4 crash. >> thank you for the traffic report and thank you for your service. and thank you to our men an women who have served out here. >> okay. we'll be here all you love all-day breakfast. but you don't love that you can't get all your favorites. but now you can get more of what you love. so you can find something else to not love. like hearing the sound of your own voice. get more choices you love, now wi

north with fog though. brooksville at 48. 55 in lakeland. hang in there if you are seeing tampa north, we have those low clouds, big cold front coming tonight and we will time it out and let you know what to expect coming up hey! is this enough? a little more... grandma! there you go... i know i had one more... hmmm... more. how's it looking? 20 more minutes... 8, 9... we need 1 more yes... let's enjoy. we need more rolls there was a little girl, and she became friends with every animal she met. it's getting late, grandma should go. in the end, all we really need more of, is each other. happy thanksgiving from publix. >>> from tampa bay's number one news station, this is "good news station, this is "good day tampa bay." >> lindsay: good morning and welcome to the weekend. it is :30 and maybe you are planning to run out to the check out the cool air now. tomorrow is even cooler. 55 brookdale, bayshore. good visibility in tampa but not too far away from downtown and just east. i will show you fog coming up. in the meantime, jacket weather for m

north i-4, it's cooler and clearer. 55 in lakeland, versus 10 degrees in sebring. i think the clouds will clear out this morning, and we will not warm up that much. 70 at 11:00 a.m.. and 76 around 3:00 p.m., and you know it will be another chilly night. tomorrow, before the next big cold front comes through, and look at that. monday's high only at 68 degrees, and we accidented see some 40s on the map next week. something with the sweater weather lovers to look forward to. >> i don't like it that chilly, but there's people who love sweaters. >> i know you're looking forward to the beautiful christmas sweater. >> of course! >>> let's take look at traffic right now, and folks, here's and a good drive on u.s. 19. just getting the traffic lights on the surface roads. east tampa here, overall a decent drive, and we have a slowdown, eastbound on hillsborough avenue, approaching 22nd. we are down to one lane, three lanes and only one is open 22nd to 30th street. that's the situation, probably through thursday until around 5:00, and that's because they are restoring the roa

respective title games we'll have highlights tonight from victory christian in lakeland playing in class 2a. berkeley prep north side christian on the road. big schools have regional finals tonight we will see plants in class 7a and river ridge in class 5a good luck to everyone tonight big time of year. >> >> i know russell he he's rambling russell. >> #prompter problems. >> don't go anywhere nbc nightly nice coming up. ? >> tonight, black friday frenzy. tens of millions hit the store in person and online, but not everything goes as planned. why must-sell may mean life and death for some retailers. emerges in northern california nearly lee weeks after her apparent abduction. the details still largely a mystery. daring escape. they cut through bars, lowered themselves with sheets and clothing. tonight two inmates remain on the run. not allergic? the surprise finding about penicillin that could affect millions of americans. new research shows many diagnosed as allergic might not be. america's mom, remembering the life

numbers 76 clearwater beach, 730 december a apollo 72. 68 degrees in brandon lakeland 72 degrees. 70 dade city. arcadia north port 71. crystal river and 74 in czar society society a. we'll have more on that forecast including a look ahead to your weekend coming up. >>> today on better call behnken results a tampa name with a name mix up received somebody else's hospital bill. we'l investigation helped fix this mistake. >>> adventure island is closed for the season but emergency responders from all over the state got the call to respond . >> adventure island water park is a cool place to have fun. slides and lazy river is a backdrop for a statewide firefighter convention. >>reporter: what's going on inside the park could save you and a loved ones life. when city of miramar fire rescue arrived on the scene he and his crew found multiple trauma victims in desperate need of help. >> he's a construction worker and he slipped way saw he was walking with it. trauma isn't real cliff and his crew take the training and competition very seriously. >> we have to be very dynamic like i said, earlier digging through our b

. >>> closed captioning is brought to you by lakeland >>> friday morning, partly sunny, patchy fog up north. we'll give it a b. the weekend will be cooler. >> continuing coverage on our top stories at abcactionnews.com. >> have a great night and we'll see you back here tomorrow guguillermo:.lin-manuel miranda >> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight jamie dornan khlo? kardashian halloween challenge results this week in unnecessary censorship and music from kings of leon in nashville. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! ? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. i am jimmy.

a little cooler to the north, pleasant for crystal river and a warm 81 in lakeland and sebring. tonight the numbers milder. low 60s for most of the area. there will be some upper 50s. we can also watch for patchy dense fog to develop. it for your friday the numbers get back into the low 80s again about 5 degrees above where we should be for this time of year. upper 70s right along the coastline. it has been dry as of late. long-term it doesn't look like we are going to see too much in the way of rain chances just perhaps a quick ri week the pattern does start to change a little bit. we will bring back at it more sure. it does look like the rain chance a start to come back up. slightly better chance of getting wet. we will take you through your full a day forecast coming up. >>> it is a busy day for volunteers at metropolitan ministries. today they serve the delicious thanksgiving meal to about 6000 people across tampa bay. that is 1500 pounds of turkey which, if you think they serve are beyond grateful. >> most of them may go without or they may not have anywhere to go or they d

temperatures today topping out at 88 in sarasota, 86 tampa, low 80s from lakeland to bartow clearwater 82. crystal river and up north 86 degrees. temperature can be mostly cloudy but it is dry, 83 degrees. clearwater 79, saint pete at 80 degrees. there's the satellite. a little bit of everything today, spotty showers turn to pop up some sunny periods, some cloudy periods but the temperatures remain well above normal, that will be changing starting late tomorrow. i will stress this, this will not be a blast of cold air, you will not have a refreshing sunday or monday morning or need the sweater or sweatshirt or boots, but you will notice tomorrow morning we will be the same. kind of muggy to start the day but then through the afternoon all of a sudden here comes the front. ahead of it a decent chance of an isolated shower, 10% to 20% the best chance of north because the further south that goes the weaker it gets. tomorrow afternoon or evening we can't write off a shower a 20% chance for the seven date. -- day forecast. a lot of clouds on saturday i think we will see more clouds than son, not overcast but kind of bree

north port is at 36. it's like, wow. wauchula, arcadia, lakeland at 39 and 42 for our friends in frost proof. this is colder than yesterday morning. here's some spots, brooksville is at 15 degrees colder. brandon is at 13 degrees colder. frost proof 10 degrees colder than it was on your sunday morning. i thought it was kind of chilly when i woke up yesterday, but if you think back to yesterday and how fast it warmed up and the same thing is going to happen today. we're just starting off colder so we have more work to do to get it up to the 60s. dew points are incredibly dry in the 20s and lower 30s. it doesn't get that much drier around here. the whole southeast continues to be like this. cloud-free, high pressure in control, sinking air, dry air warms up very fast so even though we're sitting in the 30s should have no problem getting back to the upper 60s and believe me, a few spots are going to touch 70 degrees for today so that's the good thing. you know when you get a cold nap like this up north, it just doesn't warm up. it stays cold. but for us, we may get the cold starts, the cold, dry

to 67 in fish we've hit about 68 in brooksville and 64 in lakeland, but yeah already 72 in sarasota. winds are basically coming out of the north. not a strong wind but a breeze you can feel 9-mile per hour in lakeland and brooksville, 15-mile per hour wind right now in st. petersburg, and 12 miles per hour in sarasota. the front is not moving too quickly pushing through south florida that's why the clouds have been low to break through and we'll see a little bit more sunshine in once the clouds clear out more overnight you're going to wake up tomorrow another crisp cool start to your wednesday, in fact, went is going to be great all day, lots of sunshine, low humidity and pleasant afternoon, almost room temperature in the afternoon. by the way, even though it's cool and you know, feeling not like summer at all, hurricane season does officially continue through the end of november. and there's an area in the western caribbean it has about an 80% chance of forecast, today 76, that's below average, 78 tomorrow, get this nice warm up to about 81 degrees by friday, but heads up because we have another cold front saturday, it's not

north, northeast winds at six miles per hour. still, you go to bay shore, it's 58 degrees. oh that's a chilly one in northeast wind. 55 degrees in lakeland net camera. with that north wind. at around 6. the 24 hour temperature change, yeah it's cooler. 5 6 degrees cooler than it was at this time. you know what we will all of that dry air in place warms up very quickly. and again there's your northerly component to the wind we're right back in the 70s. probably upper 70s for high temperatures this afternoon. wouldn't surprise me to get back down into the 50s. overnight tonight, grab your jacket if you're going to be out once you get past dark. temperatures will fall quickly. then wall to wall sunshine in high of 79 tomorrow. pretty seasonable weather. four i can't count today. by sunday we're going to back to 60s for highs. even 50 degrees, vanessa, come monday morning just one of those days, right? just one of those days. sometimes the brain doesn't work. all right. dave, thank you. it is really just busy on the roaways this morning. right now we have skyfox checking in new crash reported southbound on mcmullen booth. we do have some del

it's 34 though in inverness. 39 in lakeland, the chilly air obviously farther to the north 35 in d.c., but another storm system is developing and we were showing you snow fall from the northeast but looks what's developing now here, we're mild and sunny but look at this through the day tomorrow from chicago all the way do you know to louisiana that's one big storm system. thankfully it does weaken as it heads east and again staying here pretty comfortable 80 on thanksgiving, 81 friday. >>> how's traffic? >> a little problem out in sarasota county folks and this was a disabled vehicle here southbound i-75 just past river road. fhp tells me it's clear now. all right let's hop over here now over on the veterans expressway we have another disabled vehicle and this is right by hillsborough avenue but i'm not seeing any delays and right now you do have a very good commute both directions on the veterans expressway as well as the sun coast parkway. howard frankland bridge up to speed it's only going to take you 6 minutes to cross it. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. >>> a cale

cooler temperatures up north. 56 in crystal river, 64 in st. pete, 55 in lakeland. so we have cooled off a little bit. staying warmer right along the bay of course but that, too, will cool off as we get into early tomorrow morning. lots of clear skies and dry air. the air that we had yesterday we get, about 5% of what we see. 95% of the time we don't get air that dry here. in the month of november, that's one of the reasons why our low temperatures are coming up. tomorrow morning upper 40s, everybody else low to mid-50s. tomorrow morning we start with sunshine. tomorrow afternoon we will include a few clouds but it is dry and warm, up around 80. travel weather, we've got this system crossing the mississippi. rain in snow for minneapolis north. not as much snow at all now for the northeast as that lake effect is taking a break at least for now. this is the travel weather for tomorrow. that rain will move into the ohio river valley and into parts of western pennsylvania by early thanksgiving, and then things will be kind of spotty for the northeast. it ain't bad fours

lakeland, mr. cloudy skies, 71 degrees with a light north wind. i should say most a clear skies. files were really yesterday and the day before. 72 degrees, st. pete beach, clear conditions. 48% relative humidity, gorgeous day at who the bay. 71 degrees. nice looking at these shots. at sunset we get that color from the sky and we have had a beautiful shot this morning and you can see clear conditions in that photo as well. as for the evening, 65 degrees. temperatures will fall quickly as you head out into the evening and later this evening, temperatures could feel quite cool. make sure to bring a sweater, sweatshirt, jacket, something. 59 degrees to start, 80 degrees in the afternoon. should be a nice day similar to today. 74 degrees, current temperature dew point and 47 degrees. that's a dry air mass. 73 degrees downtown and st. pete. high pressure dominates the southeast in florida is part of the southeast. that i will shift over the next several days for more of a southeasterly flow and pick up a few more clouds in the afternoon. once we start to at humidity back in the atmosp

clearwater you're 64, cooler spots up north at 54 in inverness but that's still warmer than yesterday. lakeland a difference in tampa and in brandon you're 7 degrees warmer than yesterday and you thought yesterday was warm. 4 degrees warmer in brooksville and plant city. let's take you through the rest of the day. the sun is going to rise 8 a.m. we'll be at 65 degrees, there may be a few low clouds around but generally blue sky. so we warm up to 78 at noon and a beautiful afternoon as well just a toasty one at 80 at 4 p.m. at 5:38 i do have an hour by hour look at your forecast and the 8-day >>> in the meantime we're going to let you know that you can sleep in for a bit. >> i'm still going to be hanging up my christmas stuff outside. hey if you're heading out on the roads maybe you have to work today or doing some shopping it's going to be a great drive for you, absolutely no accidents on our interstates 75 in the green, 275, veterans expressway, let's take a look at our outlet malls, no problems there along 75. and then we're going to wrap area just to the west of i-75 the tampa premium outlet

lakeland at 61. as you go north, you quickly get back in the 50s. brooksville, ocala and you see this blue color across i-10? those are temps in the 40s behind the front. more importantly, it's drier. we have dew points running 48 to 50 degrees and they will continue to slowly settle south throughout the day. you've got lovely, lovely dry air sitting in place. it's going to be a beautiful day. we'll take temperatues, bring them close to 80 degrees but with lower dew points, that means it's going to feel drier outside. tonight overnight lows, there's going to be a range again. we'll probably have lower 50s again in citrus and hernando county. 60 degrees in tampa, mid 60s out toward the water. and then for tomorrow, tons of sunshine, friday seasonable weather. i mean, gorgeous high temperature around 78 degrees. boaters, a light chop, water temperatures in the mid 70s and not much of a change. in fact, even early next week with a few clouds and 20% rain chance, temperatures should be nice. so looking forward to it. vanessa? >>vanessa: looking forward

by the morning, clearing south to north as you see on the computer model forecast. tampa, apollo beach, lakeland frostproof, brinton, cooler, crystal river 63 degrees. actual clear skies here. still mild with higher humidity there is that strip of drier air across the northern part of the state. jacksonville to go mobile, pensacola area. high above that, they are seeing clear conditions but most of the state is seeing cloudy skies. you can see that obviously about service cold front to the south. a few sprinkles associated with the boundary but clear further to the north under high pressure. eventually, we will sample some of that but for now, light showers are possible. even more substantial showers in hernando county. this is not the kind of shower that changes the lo and we won't see any for a long period of time. in the tropics, you can see about a 60% chance over five days in this area. sea surface temperatures are 80 degrees plus in the southern part of the caribbean, longer to cool off. computer models show this doesn't do much over the long term if it develops into something tropical. bu

north wind it feels chillier. clear skies from tampa to lakeland to st. pete. not a boating morning as the winds are gusty out of northeast, and they will stay up through most of the afternoon. they don't drop in st. pete until really once the sun sets. it's 55 and that's it. so we're greeted by the coolest air of the season, but with the sunshine we're starting to tha brooksville. we're at 43 and it's 46 in lakeland and 55 in sarasota. so we're in the blue, and it's 11 degrees colder than this time yesterday in tampa thanks to that strong cold front to the south. behind it we get the northerly surges, so look at that wind out of the northeast at 23 in st. pete and 12 in sarasota and higher gusts throughout the day. as the front ditches south and our temperatures tonight. as we spell out the afternoon, how much do we thaw out, and the answer is not much. 67 for the high, and the first time in the 60s since march for many. snsz we're a few days out from thanksgiving and this is the byest time of year for airports this year. kellie, construction there to make it

in north florida we do have we're at 66 right now on plain city. lakeland 63, 62 venice. in our metro cast notice around 8:00 there were certainly more clouds. temperatures were in the upper 60s. clouds hang around throughout the day some temperatures were slower to warm-up. i will leave in just a 10 percent rain chance. have an eight-day temperature trend to let you know what happening right now p expect we have a couple of issues out there on our service roads. eastbound hillsboro avenue, an accident tying up lanes. this is right by the veterans expressway. there are not a lot of vehicles on on the roadways. eastbound i-4 right near mingo road reportedly there is a crash . i cannot find it on my cameras but take a look, no delays. of course we have new traffic pattern, soft on i 75, you tran9 is right about university parkway. finishing that divergent diamond interchange that will be finished next year. >>> in your vote counts 2016, the race for the presidency, republican donald trump is declared the winner. writing on a wave of anti- establish sentiments, donald trump

lakeland. the cooler spots up north, crystal river at 66 and brooksville at 66: temperatures will climb into the lower 80s as we head through the day. we do see a few change that and when you can expect your next rain chance coming up in just a little bit. >>> it's been a light morning on the interstate, a lot of people still have the day off for the thanksgiving holiday. here's what it looks like i-275 in west shore right near west shore mall and close to international, not too busy out there. again, no crashes or breakdowns to slow you down, breaking overnight, we've learned everyone's favorite tv mom florence henderson has died. bunch. she passed away from heart failure last night. maureen mccormick tweeted a photo of her with her television mom. she says henderson was a dear friend to her for so many years and in her heart forever. >>> two days before her death henderson was in the audience for the dancing with the stars finale to support mccormick who competed in the season. this is video of her from earlier in the season when she appeared in a bry mccormick. florence henderson was 82. >>>

north port currently sits at 79 degrees. lakeland you're at 81. and you head down into currently sitting at 80. dew point still in that moderate range. when we're sitting in mid 60s zone its not comfortable. about not uncomfortable outside either. but we get into weekend. cold front works its way down state late friday it will dry this air out. it will cool us down. going to cool us down until just, just a touch below normal. our average high for this year one degrees. we will sitting about 79 to 80. so pretty comfortable with drier will certainly feel very delightful that will continue into sunday as well we we start that slow warming trend we get ito first part of next week. still you can see some scattered clouds. small showers working there way across the state. ridge of high pressure that's really brought us the nice quiet weather for what about a week, week and a half now. that's going to start to breakdown more and more. at cold front works its way into the southeast. light now you can see lot of activity along this front. you see the showe

north port at 79. then throughout interior, lakeland is 75. and then pretty much into the upper 70s as you get down into county. satellite view over the state. starting to pick up a bit more of a northeasterly flow. we've got partly cloudy skies over on eastern side of the state. and we'll see these kind of working there way over into the middle ever say over polk county. partly cloudy skies as we go through the afternoon. here on the west coast, still going to see primarily sunny skies few scattered clouds as we get through the rest of the afternoon. but, look at the water vapor loop. there is still tons of dry air in place. even though back to our northwest, its got some rain and thunderstorms with it. it's all bumping into that drier air. so going to really tend to dry things front up. as we go through the next 24 hours. still had high pressure in control across the southeast. that will breakdown and mover away. we're watching the front back to our northwest. right now we do have strong storms a little narrow band but there are some strong

lakeland, winter and sebring. clear skies, high pressure center just to the north of us. that's giving us a northerly to north easterly flow. as it shifts east, we see a north easterly flow and a few clouds tomorrow. not much in the way of precipitation. the northern part of minnesota, north dakota, south dakota, into this area will continue to snow friday up across the upper midwest. more snow expected with blizzard advisories for portions of minnesota. a be a foot of snow in the arrowhead region. 3 to 6 inches in the blue area trails all the way back into colorado. that's the accumulation expected for those folks in case you're traveling. high pressure shifting off to the northeast. that's going to give us that north easterly flow and pick up more low-level moisture. we start to see clouds pop in the afternoon and in the front saturday afternoon into sunday. that will provide the difference in the weekend in terms of temperatures saturday and then sunday. breezy and cooler sunday for a high of 60 degrees and a chilly monday morning. high temperatures next week, holiday

lakeland automall. this looks like a postcard, 76 degrees. people still send postcards. north winds at 40 miles-per- hour. -- for miles-per-hour . 71 degrees at land o lakes. you can see with that north wind. we're seeing a little bit of influence with the passage of that front .in brandon, 75 degrees with the northeast wind at 2 miles-per-hour . believe it or not we did see some this qualifies as a little bit of rainfall. 73 degrees as our kickoff for our friday night blitz for tomorrow night. for the final play, 65 degrees with cooler temperatures and staying on the dry side. it may be a little bit cool depending on how you react chilly weather. nice shot from tammy et state park. this is a shot from this morning from tony cologne right along the do -- dooms. nice shot from our photographers . >> at 7 am 59 degrees. 79 at 4 pm. temperatures will continue to be warmer in the afternoon but not as warm as they has been -- have been. 79 degrees at the tampa international airport . 50 to temperature. 72 degrees in st. petersburg. it will be chilly out in the downtown area tonight

lakeland and for brandon. a little cooler to the north, 61 in crystal river and 57 in jacksonville this morning. we have some showers on the east have had a couple springs overnight. we have some breezy winds starting to set up shop across the area and we'll get gusty through the day today. we have a small craft advisory in effect. as mentioned, temperatures are slightly above average, topping off at 82 degrees. overnight fairly seasonal as the clocks go back one hour weekend forecast coming up in a bit. >>> busy day on the campaign trail. the fight for florida continues. both candidates are back in the state today. hillary clinton is in broward county and donald trump is in the bay area. doors at the fairgrounds opened just within the last few minutes and that's where we find jana. >> reporter: absolutely. election and it's a busy time for both candidates. especially for donald trump today, you can see hundreds of supporters are here this morning bright and early, ready to rally for donald trump. i'll let you get a look at them real quick. you can hear them, really excited this morning. to make

lakeland, 64. arcadia. around the state, you have to head north for any cooler temperatures. and you can see around this state that this cold front moved through wasn't a strong one as the coolest number is 55 in jacksonville. it is drier though. noticeably less humid in brooksville. your dew point at 59. and even that 61 in tampa is a good reading. we will see dew points in the 50s today and sunshine today. so here is the front diving south. any rain today likely no. of course, that is because of all the sun. the drier air mass. a breezy what gusty day and less gusty for sunday and sunday morning when we fall back, a pleasant 65 here in tampa. >>> 8:30 now, and here is a look at some of today's top stories in largo. police are investigating after a woman is found dead inside her home at the down yonder mobile home park. a man at that home has been domestic battery and the investigation is.in the early stages. police have not released his name or the name of the victims yet. >>> a landlord arrested for breaking into one of his own rented-out homes. new port richey police say

north-northeast winds at three miles per hour. how about this picture? overlooking lake mirror and lakeland, 59 degrees. folks, it's going to be an absolutely stunning day with high temperature around 80 degrees. 78 tomorrow. lovely sunshine will condition in the weekend. sarpt's high around 80. dunkin's sweet black pepper bacon sandwich is back on lovers. be noisy. be silent. be near. be far. be joyful. be together. celebrate joy with dunkin's holiday-flavored coffees, espressos, and donuts. ((russell- angry and resentful. people >>russell: angry and resentful. people protesting donald trump's victory, chanting not my president. it won't stop him from attending an important meeting today, though. plus -- >> bullies are not limited to the playground. i'm in new york with more o cyberbullies coming up. >>laura: and it's time to speak only when spoken to, learn by the numbers. our walter allen is the newest recruit to go through daddy boot camp. welcome to the 7:00 hour of "good day tampa bay." >>russell: we have a lot ahead but first the weather and dave. >>dave: it is beautiful outside. a lot of people