gets more humid to the south, about 74 in north port. and mostly sunny and nice this morning because the still sitting on top of us. and as the day progresses, a breeze is going to help to bring in more moisture, especially for the areas south of i-4. you see where the rain is falling. almost all south of i-4. and moves from east to west in that wind flow. it's also going to allow for a little bit more humidity to creep back in from the south tomorrow. it's not quite as comfortable tomorrow morning. and also going to help raise our rain chance to 30%. highs in the low 90s. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> all right, well, we have an accident out here leaving manatee county northbound 275 right before you get to the sunshine skyway bridge. it is completely off to the side of the roadway. might not even see it. but nonetheless, it's dark, be aware of it. and let's move over and look at travel times. manatee county through palmetto, good drive. and clark road to state road 70, 11 minutes on 75. construction on university under that should w

farther south you can see north port seeing thunderstorms all the way down south. not at severe levels. small hail with thunderstorms that develop on a day like this as well as a lot of lightning and local flooding. >> more in just minutes coming up. >>> well tonight voters will be able to see the presidential candidates goto to toe in the first presidential debate of this historic election. >> earlier today news channel 8's jeff patterson was the only local fig tour to interview vice presidential nominee tim kaine. jeff joins us live in lakeland where kaine made a brief campaign stop. >> reporter: yeah, good evening. this is his fifth campaign stop in florida since being put on the ticket as the vice even he acknowledges that right now this state is too close to call. tim kaine has served as a city council member, governor and now senator in virginia his campaign offered news channel 8 the opportunity to be the only local television station to interview him one on one on the same day hillary clinton will face donald trump in the first presidential debate. >> i rea

and we have a disabled vehicle 75 in lanes but no delays out there in north port. and also some construction wrapping up here in university parkway at 75 as well as the exit and entrance ramps there. and that construction is in the process of clearing. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> this incident so creepy of a horror story. animal control on the hunt for 16 creatures. >> they are slithering around some state. got tongue tied. it's scary. one man is responsible. we have the details for the pythons on the loose next. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. i know more about isis then the generals do. john mccain, a war hero. he's not a war hero, he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured ok. donald trump compared his sacrifices to the sacrifices of two parents who lost their son in war. how would you answer that father? great structures. i've had tremendous success, i think... >>> more than a dozen made a horrifying slithering escape. the owner and resident says all

farther south you can see north port seeing thunderstorms all the way down south. not at severe levels. small hail with thunderstorms that develop on a day like this

warm mineral springs, north port seeing the heavier rainfall. over the next couple of hours though, the last of the showers will wrap up. the skies are turning partly cloudy for the overnight hours tonight. and just less than an hour away from kickoff now. the knolls are kicking off the tuesday. comfortable start with the temperatures in the low to mid- 70s, only an isolated shower and storm chance with the drier air working in. the high temperatures are around 90 degrees tomorrow. rain chances are very limited over the next few days. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. >>> still ahead. hurricane hermine left many i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. there's a race going on right now. the world's clean energy super power's either going to be germany, china, or us. and i'm going to make sure it's us. from 500 million solar panels installed by the end of my we'll beat the competition and create new high wage jobs. we can do this, millions of jobs right here in america. >>> hermine made a major impact on countless wild animals last w

now that flooding particularly hit the he willers area hard in parts north port ritchie also saw several flooded to point of mandatory evacuations and water rescues. officials are expected to speak this afternoon on the county's response and what is next for

a lot of the rain in north port was yesterday. they had five inches yesterday. >> wow. >> storms but not that kind of rain. >> right. >> we're headed in the right direction. >> they need a break. >> a lot of us do after the last week. we're going to get one. a couple of days of pleasant mornings, drier air. you look down to the south over the main sail, there are still so clouds and viewing county, we have a large viewing with rain today. desoto unty and western highlands coty. temperatures still in the upper 80s. we are starting to get the tastof it all boils down to the dew point. when you see dew points in the 60s as opposed to the 70s, things feel more comfortable, especially in the morning. that's where we are. d to upper 60s north of i-4. low 70s closer to the metro area and down south. but at least it's sort of a sign of what we have in over the next couple of months. of tomorrow morning and again on thursday morning, you're going to notice it. you walk outside, you will feel it's more comfortable, not warm, and definitely

. >>> the city of north port is planning to clean up a fuel spill that leaked into the water supply. they had to shut down a water treatment plant precaution. i guess the big question, john, is -- [ no audio. ] >> reporter: the water is safe and they are doing frequent test toss make sure it is safe. you can see this in the creek. you'll see booms throughout other city because the oil sheen is still there. >>> late friday night, a tanker carrying thousands of gallons of fuel crashed on i-75 in north port. around 4,200-gallons leaked out and officials thought they had were alarmed to find the fuel leaked through. >> the utilities department saw a sheen. it is clearly visible in water that leads directly to the water plant. >> my first thought was how does this impact our drinking water supply. >> officials set up booms throughout the city and shutdown the water treatment plant. >> it is concerning because we don't know what it thousands and thousands of gallons of oil, chemicals and fuel retarded foam. >> the water runs and goes this way. >> reporter: robert shell is a longtime reside

. >>> north port officials are scrambling to prevent fuel from leaking into the water supply. a tank crash leaked thousands of gallons of fuel into waterways that feed into the water plant. >>> we were able to stop production of the water treatment plant well, a head of when it would go down. >>> north port is using water from other treatment plants while they fix this problem. they are working closely with state officials. it is unclear when that will be resolved. >>> tonight a lakeland psychotherapist is accused of doing unthinkable patients. the 71-year-old anthony conti jr. is a predator taking advantage of young women when they needed help. four victims have come forward and there may be more. >> first case this afternoon is for anthony conti, jr.. >> longtime psychotherapist looked vulnerable himself in court standing in an orange jail jumpsuit accused of groaning patient under their clothes and telling them it was therapy. >> i will tell you reading the affidavits was just bizarre. patient of his came forward and told how he touched her under her shirt and put his hands

. >>> the city of north port is to blame. more than 4,000-gallons of fuel spilled in the weekend crash. this week, officials discovered an oil sheen in the creek that leads to the water treatment plant and that prompted the city to shut down part of the plant. and now officials are testing the water to determine if any fuel made it into the system. >>> happening across america this morning, charlotte police headquarters are back open this morning after a suspicious package caused an evacuation there. everyone was asked to leave the department while a robot removed the package about the size of a shoe box. no phone call or threat was made. the scare came after nights of protests linked to the fatal shooting of 43-year-old lamont scott by police one week ago. >>> california police officers shot and killed a man after he was reportedly acting erratically. this video is from the eastbound counter. we see -- from the encounter. we see the two police officers object with both arms. the man aimed the object at the officer before one

north port area, sumpter boulevard, the entrance ramp to county, that entrance ramp is blocked. they are doing overnight construction. should wrap up within the hour. in the meantime, take toledo blade boulevard. that's the closest ramp. and in the brandon area, still working but no delays, injury accident that was tying up one of the westbound lanes on highway 60 right before parsons avenue. fhp saying it was the right lane that was taken away but no delays. south tampa, this kicked off yesterday. and it's going friday, northbound west shore boulevard closed down just north of bay to bay at browning. you will need to detour around it. take san jose around it. >>> st. petersburg firefighters are investigating a house fire as an arson. the flames broke out at a home on 18th avenue south. you can see it's still an active scene right now. this is a live picture from the at home at the time. now they're trying to locate the owner. >>> all the rain from hurricane hermine overwhelmed bay area waste water plants sending sewage flooding into tampa bay. and now some are demanding action

. >>> both directions as of right now of i-75 in north port remain closed this morning as troopers work to clear a deadly accident involving a semi fuel tanker. hp says it happened around 11:00 last night. the department of environmental protection has been called on-site to clean up that fuel spill. so if you can, you will want to avoid that area at all costs. >>> mayor rick krisman say take millions of dollars and several years to fix the wastewater problems in st. petersburg. more than 150 million gallons of eweage poured out of the treatment plant during and after hurricane hermine. mayor krisman said the focus is on fixing the issues. to achieve that seven-day w workweeks and r albert whitted treatment plant are all options. >>> a new report says three businesses in wynwood district is the epicenter of the local zika outbreak in south florida. the report however does not name or describe the busi businesses. earlier this week, the cdc lifted its warning for pregnant women to stay out of wynwood saying it was no longer a zone for active transmission. just yesterday though, three new

north port to punta gorda. a few sprinkles also up around crystal river, right on citrus levy county line we've got rain there. then there's this, tropical storm julia.

north port water. it could take days and up to a week before the water treatment plant is back up. a tampa man is in jail accused of beating the woman who is pregnant with his baby. police say this morning lewis ladarius broke into k challenger's home and beat her and hit two of her roommates as well. she ran to a neighbor's house. he chased her there and continued to beat her. some high profile cases are on hold because the state's death penalty is in limbo. the delays have been going on for months, but one judge is taking some action. fox 15's gloria bow mez is here to explain what this judge is doing. >> reporter: well, the judge put every attorney on notice if trail date real soon. what do these three cases have in no one? all of them are over a year old and have yet to go to trial. >> when will you be ready? >> next year. >> reporter: there's confusion among the attorneys on how old some of the cases are. >> in february this daze will be three years old. >> that's incorrect. it was february 2015. it's a 1 it's not even two years old at this ., judge. and it's definitely a case

we also have that number for >>> north port officials are concerned that fuel could be leaking into the water supply. a fuel tanker spilled spilling more than 200-gallons of fuel. as a precaution the city of north shut down their water treatment plant. >> we were able to stop production of the water treatment plant well ahead of when it would go do with state officials and tests are being done on the water and booms are in place to prevent the fuel from spreading any further. northport is using water from other treatment plants as they try to fix this problem. >>> more breaking news right now. the house is working to approve a government funding bill that includes $1.1 billion to fight the zika virus. the senate passed the bill earlier today and we're expecting the house to pass the bill and for it to be on signature. >> a lakeland psychotherapist is in jail accused of groping patients during exams. tony conti was called a predator who took advantage of young vulnerable women when they most needed help. conti is accused of putting his hands on women under their clothing and saying it th

you can see north port seeing showers lifting south to north. a few may continue to do this overnight and on and off off jacksonville, the center of which is 5 miles west of jacksonville, lots of tropical moisture, warm water with the gulfstream sitting just off the east coast of florida. you recognize this out in lakeland? looks like the south gate shopping center, love the retro art texture. that's the -- architecture. that's the actual thing, it? keep in mind we'll see passing clouds and showers, upper 80s wednesday, thursday, friday and rain chances for us a little high are tomorrow at 50% largely because of this tropical influence. as we head toward the weekend, we'll see less influence from tropical storm julia. at noon 84 degrees, 88 degrees at 4 p.m. and at 7 a.m. 76, small rain chance early in the day including overnight, possibility of seeing a passing shower, temps held down some 89 degrees was our high today, very high humidity with the tropical moisture in place. we really felt dew points in the mid-and upper 70s, 80 dew point in ba

the north port man won a ?million dollar? prize on a scratch-off game. "hollie lyle" chose to receive his winnings as a lump-sum payment of nearly 800- thousand dollars, before taxes. he bought the "fortune" scratch-off ticket in sarasota last friday during the storm. lyle says he plans to keep working, but he's going to take a few months off to hike with his wife on the get ready to stand and cross your arm. after the break: a big party... for the "pledge of allegiance" and why the ?original version... was a lot ?less controversial. and later this half hour: the ?super annoucement during apple's iphone event. why it will be a ?happy holiday season... for old school video game fans. but first, last night's winning lottery numbers. no big winner in the powerball, so saturday's you can't do it better than the duke. thats john wayne reciting the "pledge of allegiance." that's because today is national "pledge of allegiance day." it commemorates the date the pledge was first publisheed, back in 18-92. it was written by "francis bellamy" to help celebrate col

along and south of north port. and pun da gorda and tense. this could become severe in the next half hour so we'll zoom in and that's a strong storm in north port putting out lots of rain. lightning and small hail. and then wauchula. look at that cell. this is the same one that drifted to the southeast. highlands county in 45 minutes to an hour and what the thatch. rain dying out in polk. one more cell. inverness. as i said it is a busy late september day. 70s and 80s now. we'll talk more about the tropics and keep you up to speed. we'll have matthew but this is in see for probably a weak or so. and so don't be concerned about any impacts in the short term the models are struggling. a lot are showing a track east of the us i don't think that'set etched in stone yet. we'll watch it. storms ending. same on wednesday. there is going to be a cold front moving into the state on friday. and the question is, how much dry air will we get. we'll get some. it will turn cooler at night. that's the first sign of autumn is friday into saturday. the bucks

to the ending in north port. that continues to move west northwest not much. sebring light rain and light rain near wauchula. polk county is dry. that's about it. now the satellite loop shows a big surge of moisture this is actually investment 93 l which will cut across the state as a tropical wave and you get above average rain fall. you have moisture to ben with. you throw in a wave. makes it a lift and heavy rain. the next couple of day days unsettled during the afternoons. >> 88 in tampa now. dew points in the mid-70s. as i s set. this is tough to believe. three days in a row. 95. it will be cooler. out in the pacific. >> and the top winds are 1880 up here. taiwan here and super typhoon and will approachhe tuesday and wednesday. no impact to land. any rain and storms ending tonight and 76. they're back tomorrow. any one of which will be heavy and 87 for a high on wednesday. more showers and thundershowers around and cooler because the clouds and rain. we stay in the upper 80s. the forecast and kind of wet i have not put a 90 n that does not mean we cannot

lightning just south of miaka city and around north port. this is drifting off toward the east as well. tracking some pockets of heavy rain in highlands county. arch the archibald biological station as well. trend. showers and storms push east into our inland spots and fade away as we head past sunset tonight. and things look pretty quiet as we head into the over night hours. maybe a couple lingering showers passed sunset tonight. over night, temperatures will drop back into the mid 70s. any showers still around come to an end. it'll be partly cloudy. and our rain chances tomorrow looking similar. about 30%. up to 40% with a front on thursday. and we'll have a full look at the rest of the workweek forecast coming up in a guys. >>> still aid head -- >> teaching teens to be money smart, coming up, an 8 on your side look at how parents can help their teenagers become financially responsible adults. >>> turning to social media to plan the happiest day of your life. we'll show you where many brides are drawing their wedding planning inspiration i

pete, 78 at sun city center, and 76 in land o' lakes. 75 in north port, and this is t is now posttropical julia. coastal carolinas and again here is carl. we'll be watching carl over the coming week or so as it heads towards bermuda over the next week. we'll watch the showers build along the sea breeze, and build inland, out towards the east coast heading into the afternoon and on evening. for tonight, the showers wrapping up. the seven-day has the highs into the upper 80's, and dropping down to 30% rain chances heading come into steak 'n shake for hand-dipped fall milk shakes. better yet, come into steak 'n shake for hand-dipped fall milk shakes at half- price... ...during half-price happier hour, weekdays, now two to five... you definitely don't see this every day...rare picassos...miro (meer- row)...calders...an art and >> and art and furnish chiewr fe 90 years in the making. all a part of the estate of a prominent art collector. this assembly of paintings, sketches and lithographs so rare the gallery staff said they couldn't believe it. >> i got into the back room and started flipping

obviously quite higher, 77 degree number in venice and north port. drier air to the north, moist air to the south, that is why we are seeing a few more showers, you can see on the water vapor imagery, halfing the peninsula, high above in the atmosphere, tends to mix to the surface and represents the development of showers and the afternoon heat and humidity, we have seen temperatures, as i mentioned, 92 for a high at tia. high pressure to the north, most hermine spinning off the northeast coast, not officially anything but it is there. it kupts to spin up a few-- continues to spin up a few showers and kick up seas. 70% chance of this area for development the next 5 days, likely stay out at sea but something we will watch as it moves to the west and northwest. model for the short term keeps the slight chance of rain favoring the southern parts of sarasota county and southern spots like highlands county in the forecast for the evening. next 3 days, the rain chances thursday, 30% in the forecast area for friepdy. same number for-- friday. same number sat

compared to 75 in north port, and we are getting the dryer air to sneak further my weather watcher, bob in venice says it's 76. we needed this dryer air, and it's going to continue to spread south through the day today, and our rain chances are quite slim. better rain chances, obviously the farther south you go. more moisture to work with, and really still, only a 20% chance, and tomorrow morning, another pleasant start to the day. mostly sunny with the dry air in place, and i'm keeping the rain chance at 20% on wednesday air will begin to retreat back to the north, and with the humidity, rain chances are 30% over the weekend. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >> in pinellas county, we have an update for you. right at 5:80, it's cleared from the roadways, and that's very good news, and injuries were involved, and it's tieing up lanes. let's head over now to pasco county, dade city just got news, northbound, the left lane northbound, 3:01 is blocked at pioneer museum road. again the northbound lane is taken away. this is as you come out of dade city. that's a look at weather and traff

brooksville north port 87 degrees. that is the flow from southwest to the northeast. again, you can see we have our tropical storm julia spinning away off the carolina coast. overly flow. that can drag moisture across the state. that helps to continue to add to the rain chances too. >>> you can see the influence on julia that the southeast is undergoing at the moment across -- ian is out there. no affect on us, but we want to report that as part of our tropicpi 8:00 tonight. most shifting to the east anniversary center of that area of low pressure. that is going beyond this period of time. the rain will push off into the overnight. can't rule out the slight possibility northern areas of seeing a morning coastal shower. scattered storms pushing east of i-75. muggy start to the day. humidity is very, very high. it will stay that way for the short term anyway. saturday, 30%. mild. if you're looking for fall to start, don't, not on this forecast. we'll be warm through this period. >>> the highs are close to our average which is 89 degrees. >> it depends where you are. we

right now, 72 in clearwater. 71 in north port. and 71 in bartow. coastal shower not out of the question. but more storms develop at noon when it's 85 degrees. and the 30% rain chance is focused more east of 75 by 4:00 p.m. and tomorrow the rain chance goes up to 40% with a cold front that sneaks into which will help to usher slightly less humid and drier air for friday and saturday. >>> and looking at traffic right now. slow through the plant city area. paul buchman highway down to mcintosh, 12 minutes. northbound 75 looking good through brandon. i-4 westbound through ybor, hitting the brakes. and veterans expressway looks good. and that's always nice. and out in brooksville, big trouble here. an accident involving a school bus. and there's a car trapped underneath and reportedly there was one child aboard the school the good news. and other injuries are reported and that would be the person that was in the vehicle under neither the school bus. take cortez instead. and look at the bottom area here, 32 minutes bearss avenue to i-4. and traffic right

to north port's water supply. so the city decided to stop the intake of that water just to be safe. >> there's alternate water supplies available, and in this situation, it was the best decision to make sure the drinking water is safe first. >> the city is now getting their drinking water from the plant. they're waiting on tests to come back from the dep before they go back to that source affected by the creek and the accident. counselor is aused of groping patients, telling them it was all part of their treatment. detectives a rest tony conte, jr., yesterday. today two more victims came forward to tell police about it. chris is joining us with more details. >> the charges are piling up against the 71-year-old licensed counselor who has been practicing in the lakeland community for half a century. recently women came to police saying the shrink had introduced them to a new technique that here's video of him in court this morning. lakeland police arrested him yesterday on two felony counts of engaging in sex with a

the farther south you go, the 76 in tampa, and about 75 in north port, and farther to the south, that's where you also have a little bit better rain chance today. it's a small chance, but it's better than farther to the north. look at the forecast here. at 1:30, still barely seeing any rain, and again, a couple of showers will develop for highlands and hardy county, but most of us are dry this moisture forecast, the red color is dry air, pretty much taking over for most of us throughout the day today hanging out for tomorrow. it doesn't take long. wednesday evening, the humidity will start to increase, and the rain chances do, too, into the weekend. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >> looking at dade city, pasco county, an earlier crash. it has cleared from the roadways. northbound 301 tieing up a lane here. it's good news, no longer in lanes and unforge the gnat news, folks. out in the miaka city area, on here, and if they are not routeing you around, go up to state road 64. it's not really easy as far as alternates go to get around this. allow for extra time. it's completely block

and we had an accident out in the north port area. you can see here, only the right lane is taken away now but all lanes were blocked earlier. southbound 75 past toledo blade boulevard, there was a semi- truck that caught fire. it was blazing out there on the interstate. they did have it closed down. at this point, just the right lane is these are earlier pictures. now back to gene and gayle. >> thank you so much, leslee. >>> housekeeping here. for a second day, hurricane hermine is forcing the closure of hundreds of schools. hillsborough, pasco, pinellas, hernando, citrus and manatee counties, all canceled classes. school will resume tuesday, september 6th after labor day. >> and also this morning, all usf campuses here in the bay nova southeastern university, st. petersburg college canceled classes for today as well. in pasco, pasco and hernando state college and new college of florida are also canceling classes. and canceled at florida state and the university of florida. you can find a complete list of closures and delays at wfla.

north port to punta gorda. a few sprinkles also up around crystal river, right on citrus levy county line we've got rain there. then there's this, tropical storm julia. i can't believe, tenth named storm already. there's your 79 degrees with dew point of 76. and rain chances today running close to 60 percent this afternoon. courtney highs in upper 80s. all right, dave. we still have big problems morning in pinellas county. skyfox is up taking a look at this scene of an accident along brian derry at belcher. let me step out way so they can show you what's going on here. looks loo the left lane is still blocked eastbound along brian derry before starkey. traffic is backed up quite a ways through this area. crews still on scene here looks like left lane will still be blocked for some time. you can also take park boulevard that's just to the south. and you say use that as an alternate you can see what to avoid big delays here through this area. another slow down we're dealing in pasco county along southbound u.s. 1

north port police say that all of the lanes are back open but traffic had to be diverted off of interstate 75. there is still no word tonight what caused this series of accidents. >>> new at 5:30, we're finding out about this huge computer outage last month cost the company $150 million. delta canceled about a thousand flights that delta did give passenger refund and travel vouchers. >> if you're looking to change your career and you want perks on your job, your dream job may be waiting for you. power design will pay you and train you all at the same time. as ashley yore explains, their rapid growth could mean there's a spot for you. >> reporter: lunchtime volleyball, a 12,000 square foot gym, sleek couches. imagine an electrical contracting company looks like. >> no matter if it's 11:00 in the morning and i had a difficult meeting and i want to blow off steam or hey, let's try to play a game of volleyball, they are encouraged to use this throughout the day. >> reporter: just a few perks of working at power design in st. pete. they provide weeks of job training in house. the company has ad

you had the storms into the over night hours. 74 in north port. through the rest of the day, notice you could see a stray shower during the morning hours but it's not a very good chance. here it is stopped at lunchtime. now, notice not moving in any one direction. they don't -- they develop and have to rain out. they produce a lot of rain because new -- there's a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. green and blue is a ton of moisture. they going -- that is going to be with us through mid-week. we're at 40 or 30% through thursday but only 20% for friday and saturday. >>> leslee, how about traffic on 8 thes? -- on the 8s? >> the accident at hillsborough at orient has cleared. a good dive on i-4. no delays. from lakeland through er ybor looking very good on interstate 4. the veteran's expressway and suncoast parkway free and clear of slow downs. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to melanie and gene. >> leslee, thank you. >>> a delivery surprise . a woman ordered lunch and in stead meals for a year. sounds good. we'll explain. >> this weekend'

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looks like big is back up right now is going to be in north port area. sarasota county along northbound 75. previous crash with a delays are south of toledo by a couple miles or so and back up into charlotte county. a bit quick are to get off the interstate. and it looks look you're safe to get back on the very least toledo blade that will cut out big portion of though delays. riverview drivers you have crash newly reported u.s. 301. lane blockages reported we're also noting here delays southbound as well a northbound in the area. and then we'll get to this road closure, which we learned about this morning early. pasco county, old pasco road. there's construction under way. closing that road completely from state road 52 all way to overpass road. according to fhp all way into tomorrow. >>> it is company that touts it's ability to take care of its property. and community surrounding it. but this morning mo skaic in polk county has lot of explaining to after sink hopely hole opened up near its facilities causing what officials are causing slightly radioact

a few scattered showers north port. down around the archibald area. north of miaca city. the higher moisture level is here. not seeing much of a west coast sea breeze. beaches are warm now. post tropical storm hermine is still there. we habe forever. still spinning off the northeast coast. it has been affecting and no longer as i mentioned any advisories. short term, best rain chances further south. they are not great either. it is just the moisture levels are a bit higher at all levels of the atmosphere. same for south florida. better rain chances perhaps in miami. and fort myers than there will be in the tampa bay area. southern spots have the best chance. 20% the next couple of days. wednesday, thursday, that is below our average. overnight low temperatures in cooler. a little drier. won't be too long. we are getting into september. closer to mid september. and october. the big front comes by and changes things a bit. but we are not there yet. >> what a nice morning. >> did you notice that? >> especially in central northern areas. when you are going hey, we look it. >>

and 75 in north port. and checked in with bob in venice. he says it's 76 degrees right now. we have this the tropical wave and this moistu east coast of florida right now and it's going to drift to the north and east. a much better coverage, especially along and east of 75 later today of possibly even heavy rain. again, it's tropical moisture. tomorrow morning, most of us will be dry. there's a slim rain chance, 10%. and that tropical wave is pushing away from us but we have lingering moisture. we keep the rain chance at 60% the weekend. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> a good drive on 75. a little bit of construction around university. that's typical. and let's take a look at bradenton on state road 64. we have a collision by 75. i'm not seeing delays under the interstate or near it. that's good news. and let's talk about south tampa here. we have a hole in the roadway and it's about this big. three feet by three feet. and went by it last night, southbound on cd azeele. most of the traffic heads northbound. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gen

that is when we did see earlier showers around venice and north port keeping those temperatures down a little bit, but otherwise a warm day. yes, the air has been drier but it has been warm. >>> as summer here, our tampa rainfall meteorological summer, the surplus there 9 inches plus. as we look at the rainfall, so far, since september 1st tampa international airport 1 1/2 inches plus above normal. that is good news. quite a bit of rain in here. we don't like any kind of damage that comes along with tropical weather like we have atmosphere. that is the red. that is largely why we're not seeing shower activity. deeper moisture to the south is where most of the rain and cloud activity has been across florida today. >>> in the tropics, a 70% chance of development for this system. it is moving off to the west and northwest long-term. computer models most keep it out to sea at this point but we'll monitor it as the tropics are highly unpredictable as we >>> the system for tomorrow, most of the showers well down to the south. that is our best chance of rain across the southern section of t

rain cooled town in north port. they're checking in at 77 stifling. you step outside, and it's the last official weekend of summer, but it certainly felt like the middle of summer. 108 the feel likes temperature right now in plant city. it files like 104 still heading out towards bartow. that's when you fact per in the humidity, that today is some cloud to grind lightning strikes down into polk county. lakeland, some showers, crooked lake park seeing some heavy rainfall locally. through the evening hours, again, the focus for the showers and storms, that will be in inland spots. a few of those could 20th to difficult back towards the coast. late ie partly cloudy overnight tonight. warm and muggy as we start off our sunday, and then a similar- looking day tomorrow. about 40% rain chance with shower storms pushing inland during the afternoon and evening for our sunday, and then we'll keep it about a 40% rain chance to start off the workweek on monday. our wind direction shifts up a off to the north and west. with that onshore flow, we'll see the potenti

. >>> a deadly tanker truck crash is causing water worries in north port. the city now tells us more than 4,000 gallons of fuel spilled in the crash over the weekend. this morning, an oil sheen was discovered in the creek that leads to the water plant. the city shut down part of the plant as a precaution. tests are underway, but they don't believe any contaminated water made it into the system. >>> a crook with a gun picked the wrong store to rob. >> the weapon the store owner used to scare the crook off. >> taxpayers are picking up the tab of legal bills. i'm on it tonight because you paid for it. >> well, the thunderstorms are thanks to our westerly flow. we will also peek at the >> new tonight, a tampa score clerk fends off a would be robber with an ax handle. he goes in with what appear to register, but the clerk was having nothing to do with that. he swung the ax handle at the guy and he left without any cash. >>> a breezen theft at a saint petersburg car dealership. a man stole a $1,000 car vet right off the lot. in the video, you can see the guy casu

also in sarasota. 86 degrees towards north port. check out how we closed the workweek. 95 on friday. that tied a record. 95 yesterday. broke a record set back in 2000. and today, again, a high temperature of 95 degrees. that tied a record set in if 1990. back to back to back records not expecting to break a record tomorrow afternoon, although temperatures will be above average. forecasting a high temperature of 91 degrees. this is the latest check of max radar. not a lot of showers and storms around this evening. again, we have dry air. high pressure aloft limiting our rain chances. eastern parts of hillsboro county. right along of i-4 there. a moderate shower. up into pasco county central and eastern parts. dade city seeing a quick downpour there. poci polk county seeing quick moving showers there. highlands county down towards the biological station. a quick downpour there. that's been the trend. showers and storms haven't been able to sustain themselves through this evening. very few isolated showers. come to a close. partly clou

going into polk county, 73 in auburndale and bartow. 74 in north port. and gets warmer and more humid the farther south that you go. because that trier air has come in from the north. another pleasant morning on this time of the year. but as the day goes on, this dry air is going to start to retreat back to meaning the farther north that you live, you will enjoy it all day long. to the south, the 20% rain chance. tomorrow morning, already going to start to notice higher humidity. but i'm keeping the rain chance still at 20%. just spotty showers tomorrow. not really until friday when the rain chances start to increase. 30% friday and saturday. 40% next week. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> just a quick reminder. seminole area, we do have road work that kicked off. northbound side, seminole boulevard in between east bay and ulmerton. so alternates. could be ridge road or starkey road. avoid the area, there's a lot of work going on. not wrapped up until about september 16th. that's when they plan to have it finished. they are doing water main work in the ar

going to get the cooler effect from the storms. 90degrees today. 72 in inverness right now. 75 in north port. and i've checked in with bob in venice and he says it's 76 degrees. upper-level dry air, keeping us sunny through the morning. the first few showers at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 today. and they'll be tapering off around 8:00 this evening and sunny, slightly muggy again tomorrow morning, 20% rain chance. and 20% on saturday. and highs near 90. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> all right, a look at traffic. it looks great across the bay area bridges and travel times for you, i-4 looks wonderful through lakeland. no delays in plant city and ybor and 75 in and out of pasco county. a wonderful drive. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >>> new technology that could help prevent hot car deaths. >> see how sl that. >>> plus, nike going back to the future. still ahead, why you won't have >>> we're back. tesla is hoping new software can help with new defects. it is designed to stay on for up to 12 hours after the driver exits the vehicle. the update will impact the f

right now, it's 71 in zephyrhills. 72 in lakeland. 37 in north port. a wind flow comes off the gulf of mexico, pushes the showers on to the coast and it's going to continue all day today with the front stalled to the north. so the storms just push farther and farther east. we thought this cold front was going to give some of us a break from the heat and humidity but not so much. so tomorrow's rain chance is about 30%. tropical storm matthew. in the caribbean through the weekend, a category one hurricane. and at this point, expected to stay off florida's east coast but we will watch that. in the meantime, next week, we have upper 80s and 30 and 40% rain chances. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> all right, we have a great drive throughout polk county on i-4, not seeing delays. and in and out of pasco county on 75 looks good. quick look, 275 at roosevelt boulevard, pinellas, traffic looks great on that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you. >>> a scary warning about exploding washing machines. >> the brand under sc

north port at 76. what's happening is the onshore wind flow. we see the humidity higher and we also have earlier showers. and notice the time, 8:00 this morning, a couple showers along the coast. and maybe 10:00, 11:00, almost all of the rain will be west of 75. not a huge chance but that's where the rain will be located. as the day progresses and the storms move in to polk county and highlands county and get down to 30% for the rest of the week. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, traffic looks great. you have some red lights to go through and that might slow you down but it's typical right now, state -- typical. right now, 11 minutes here. and we are up to speed through palm harbor on u.s. 19 as well. all right, let's take a look at the sun coast parkway. no delays in and out of pasco county. looks really good. not just 75 as well. and the veterans expressway is up to speed without delays. a quick look at the courtney campbell causeway, looks fantastic moving across the water in the bay area. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s.

. >>> the city of north port is worried about contaminated water and this tanker crash is to blame. more than 4,000-gallons of fuel spilled in the weekend crash. this week, officials discovered an oil sheen in the creek that leads to the water treatment plant and that prompted the city to shut down part of the plant. and now officials are testing the water to determine if any fuel made it into the system. >>> right now, clearwater police are investigating a cold hearted burglary. bell of the ball, it supplies less fortunate high school and jewelry for home coming and prom dances. now the non-profit will have to use reserve funds to replace the stolen items. >>> happening now, this guy went into the mobile station threatening the clerk with something hid lightning a sock. when he tried to grab the cash register and the clerk wasn't having it. he swung an ax handle at hurry without the cash drawer. >>> happening across america this morning, charlotte police headquarters are back open this morning after a suspicious package caused an evacuation there. everyone was asked to leave the de

possibly sarasota countiment one right over north port. looks like just developing now. you can see the area east, pretty good downpour. maybe a couple of inches of rain may have temperatures are much cooler in the areas that saw the rain. sebring down to 72 degrees. the other spots that did not see rain today are pretty much warm in the low 80s . that is also an indication we are close to october now with temperatures this time of day in the low 80s . we will talk more about any changes and drier air and look at the tropics coming up. >>> still ahead ... >> a new florida law taking effect this week will crack behnken, i'm still trying to help a woman who is $51,000 home down payment vanished because of an e-mail hack. i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. i want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. >> a new florida law takes credit card skimmers. it is requiring gas station owners to better protect customers. john rogers explains the new changes. >> reporter

north port at 75. what's happening is we have a stalled cold front to the north, bringing some drier air. for us, it's really going to draw the wind off the gulf. notice around 11:00 a.m., basically any time before noon, the rain will be west of 75. as the day progress, the storms migrate farther and farther inland through polk county and highlands county and over toward the east pattern. stray coastal shower in the morning. and the rain chance in the afternoon, about 30% although similar and pushing inland. 89 wednesday. and for the first day of fall, still 90. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, hernando county, up to speed. no delays in brooksville. this is just what you see red here, a glitch in the system. we have a great drive. no delays on state road 50, and overnight construction, we have a week left on webb road north of hillsborough avenue and then it should wrap up by the end of the week. keep that in mind in town and country. and looking great on 301. that's a look at weather and traffic

kate snow, nbc news, east north port, new york. >>> that's going to do it for us on a tuesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for >>> good evening, right now our big story. closing arguments wrap up in the trial of a scottsdale women who flashed a group of boys at a bar mitzvah and performed oral sex >> guys, here's the trial, the jurors have been here 7 weeks and a prosecution gave a one how are closing statement. and the jury now has the case. >> her lawyer talks for another 3.5 hours going through every victim. saying they had sexually assaulted her or helped cover it up. they're intoxicated? when they wear tight clothes? i don't know but it should stop here. >> the defense attorney tried to convince them that she was trapped and the boy's mother paid for her breast implants and that made her indebted. >> you wouldn't be here. >> and he repeated that the families were dysfunctional and raising the boys wrong. the prosecutor got the word and she said the defendant lied. >> the one person you didn't hear from is the defendant. nothing is her fault. >> th

bartow at 76 and 74 in north port. at this point things are dry. i know we had these big evening thunderstorms, that even lasted in citrus and hernando counties until 4:30. now there's a couple of lightning strikes offshore. basically dry through the morning. the rain chances go up. around 30% at after 5:00. the storms will be slow moving. they will develop on top of you and have to rain itself out. other wise temperatures today making into the upper 80s. i have an 8-day temperature trend to show you at 5:38 that you probably want to stay tuned for to see how cool we actually trend. >>> first a look at the roadways this morning. >> a nice drive out there. a wouldn'ted droouf think -- a wonderful drive through lakeland. this is state road just a 6 minute commute across the howard frankland bridge, 10 on the courtney campbell. that takes you over to memorial highway. in sarasota we have a really good drive on i-75. there's a little bit of debris on the roadway but it's not slowing you down. just use some caution. it's southbound just past state road

in bartow, 87 in sebring, we have seen a few showers dropping temperatures to 70s in venice and north port. that is where the shower activity is located. dew points in the 60s, that is nice, winter habeen and lakeland-- winter haven, and lakeland. 63 in crystal river, that is air you can feel drier, sebring too. 67 degrees. a little cooler feeling in the areas where air is drier. farther south t higher but a pleasant evening. visible satellite picture picks up mostly sunny skies, western polk and eastern hillsborough, the dry air aloft on the water vapor imagery, has an impact on whether showers fall or not. temperatures are warm enough to drive shower activity but the dry conditions above limit the activity. because of this dry air colored in red on the water vapor, that is helping to keep it quiet. you can see on the satellite imagery, most of the shower the south, that includes southern viewing area. high pressure dominates. hermine, people try not to notice but it is spinning off the northeast coast, not official anything, post tropical storm hermine still spinning. maybe sending a few