for the river of green downtown, the dying of the river begins at 11:15. the weather looks okay. i mean, definitely some showers around. but not a washout. saturday night into sunday morning, that's when things go downhill. an update on that in a couple minutes. tomorrow, why not try tampa bay air fest. a couple thousand people are expected to attend. we found the best places to watch the air show without having to go on base. the closest public place is gaston park off of south mcdill avenue. ballast point park and picnic island park is a great place, especially to take your dogs. we found people who have those plans. >> i think that would probably be the best bet so that we're not stuck in the traffic and, you know, having a hard time getting in and getting out. >> because no one likes traffic. for a complete list of show times and what you can bring into the base, head to our website at abcactionnews.com. >>> and air fest not the only event going on in town this weekend. several tomorrow are going to have to impact that traffic. janelle martinez has the lowdown on the streets

river green. we will see this in tampa during the mayor's river of green celebration. fantastic to check out. it has become a tradition in the downtown tampa area. 73 degrees at frenchy's. what a gorgeous view. look at the people here. on clearwatater beach at the moment. 83% humidity. high for this time of year. 76 degrees. winds are calm. location. got to love spring baseball training. clearwater, tampa, all games. temperatures in the 70s . a few extra clouds tomorrow. mostly 70s this evening. rain chances creep in a little bit as we get into the early part of the day. fairly low numbers there at 10%. 77 degrees macdill. 75 new port richchey. still 80s , mid 80s out in sebring at the moment. bartow was warm also. 82. generally cooler at crystal river. the dew points have been higher, too. 70 degrees is pretty high for this time of year. the boundary. the cold front to the north of us, stationary front. that is where most of the shower activity is located at the moment moving west to east across the area. most of this is drdried up. you can see for citrus county. maybe folk ins the northern part of citrus saw a few brief showers but

green on in downtown tampa. the green fest is less than two hours away. always a great event with lots of food, music and beer and a green river. >> reporter: that's right. everyone to do. if you look behind me, this is where it will take place. you can see the tents are set up. the soundstage and the musicians are on stage getting ready. this is all for a good time. we are tracking some rain. again, plenty of family fun things for you to do and enjoy. we will have a bunch of food, beer vendors, local restaurants, children's activities along with irish tunes and games. the best part about it is it's free. it starts at 11 am and ends at 4 pm. this is what it boils down to. the dying of the hillsborough river. this is the fifth year that tampa has done this celebration. that will start after 11 am. the mayor will do the honors. if you are worried about the green water, the good news is it is non-toxic. and biodegradable. it will not hurt anything here. if you are planning to head here, give yourself time. we did notice some of the roads are closed and traffic is getting thick. give yourself time in head out here early. as we men

the heart of downtown clinton is getting an update seeehe how things are going with the major renovation ahead. irish eyes smiling ands chicagoa the rivers turned green has a city gets an early jump on the st. patrick's dayty celebration. how thesera popular and roots are good morning. welcome back to fox 8 news in the morning let's check in with todd meany. in the in he says it's no onec target for the on-time completion on june 1. this is in just a beautification project it's taking a space bar was underperforming a lot of concrete and turning it into aa classic public space. it is still standing proud and the butterfly shaped path break the tie too rich to your house is coming together that's not all the project will bring to expected to cost about $37 million per they estimate every dollar spent just about $6 that's intact in this rounding errors that's good they to expected to be sho co $3$3 done by june 1. the nafta trade treaty -- 850,000 jobs lost. special trade status with china -- 3 million jobs lost. now the trans-pacific trade deal could cost america 448,000 more jobs. only one candidate for president has opposed every disastrous deal --

river green in downtown tampa. beginning at 11:15. we're looking for a high of about 81 degrees. there are showers around today and winds out of the southwest at 10. overall, a high of 75 tomorrow. 65 on monday. clears and moves through. we will see a big difference so make sure you remember where you put the sweaters. but don't hold on to them too long. we will be back into the 80s by thursday and friday. that is board is most accurate seven day forecast. remember, it's always on nbc action news.com. >>> if you want to get out and about today, why not try the tampa bay area fast. 100,000 people are expected to attend. to save you a headache, we found the best places to watch the air show without having to drive to the base.>> the closest place is gatson park. point park has the bay area view of the show and the highland park is another great place. and we found people with that exact plan. >> i think that would probably be the best bet so that we are a hard time getting in and getting out. >> for what you can and cannot bring to the base, head to our website, nbc action news.com

. >>> it's 7:08, you are getting a live look outsidide downtown tampa and the hillsborough river will soon be green in honor of st. patrick's day. >>> the hillsborough special olympics kick off this morning in a new home. gene ramirez reports a local high school is hosting after a long tradition of providing volunteers. >> reporter: jesuit highgh school has been involved with the special olympics for 15 years but this one is set to be the most special of the ball . >> our school really does care so much about helping these kids and allowing them to express their talents and abilities. >> reporter: this senior started following -- volunteering his freshman year hillsborough special olympics goes back much further. helping to run the event previously held at usf for 16 years, but now it's happening at jesuit. a fitting home. after all it's a family affair -- it's tradition that the fathers join in to help with the event. >> it's moving for the dadance to watch their son grow up before the rise as they walked the athletes around and interact with them. >> reporter: it goes both ways. jason stokes is happy his dad

it will be crowded in general downtown in one of the reasons is that we will be turning the river green today. it's the st. patrick's day celebration. from 11:00 a.m. to 4 pm, it will be packed. thousands come out to celebrate saint patty state even though it's already come and gone, they are using the weekend to celebrate it. also the you must lolove dogs fest is on -- underway from 10 am to 6 pm. expect a lot of congestion around dell maybe highway. heading into macdill air force base, expect traffic in that area. if you want to avoid the congestion, , take the bus to britton plaza. don't bring bicycles. they won't let you want with roller blades or skates, hoverboards or skateboards. that's a no go. also no coolers unless they are very small only with baby food. no pets or large bags and remember where you parked. that will save you a lot of hassle a and bring your identification as well. if you're heading to the movies we've got three movies open. -- opening. the new movie allegiant, miracles from heaven and the bronze. >>> in just a few hours tampa's air fest 2016 kicks off. we got

river green. >>> making sure you get home safely if you party a little too much. call a ride service. >>> take the kids downtown for one incredible history lesson. replicas of two of christopher columbus ships are set to dock today. the nina was built by hand without using any power tools. it is also considered to be the most historically correct columbus replica ever built. the two ships will be in the bay area for self-guided tours. >> again, i'm still looking for the santa maria. it's been left out. >> they're working on it. >>> visibility has been reduced to nothing on the sky way bridgep. >> yeah, heavy fog shut down the sunshine sky way. you have to find another way around, and it's a long one. we're checking ought the alternates coming up in a few minutes. uber driver for a deadly uber driver for a deadly shooting spree in michigan. now the uber driver is blaming you uber, and he wants the company to pay up. >> and baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. what was just decided that >>> right now a breaking traffic alert for drivers heads- closed at this hour because of fog visibility there at or less than 100 feet and just too

of the chicago river in a tradition that dates back to 1962. orange powder is dumped into the water, then it turns into the emerald green. everyone headed downtown for the big parade. >>> we had some pretty mild temps again today. we have a chance on rain on the way, though. >> we're tracking that chance of rain for tomorrow evening. today should be mostly dry. you could see it in your weather headlines. temperatures were in the 30s and 20s this morning. we're not going to see that type of chill overnight tonight. don't forget to spring ahead tonight. set your clocks forward one hour between 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. a mostly dry sunday ahead, mostly because we are tracking rain that mainly arrives after the sun goes down tomorrow. again, we're well bo above average. still, this is well above average by ten to 15 degrees. that will be the trend throughout much of the next seven days. let's plan your sunday. tomorrow is off to a dry start. 7:00 a.m., 4 degrees. 8 degrees. 58 degrees by lunchtime. showers approach at 5:00 p.m. it's still bright out, by the way. sunset tomorrow 7:01 because of the time change. 58 degrees, pleasant. clouding over, tho

of wiregrass ranch high and john long middle schools. if you want to continue celebrating st. patrick's day into the weekend, you'll want to head to downtown tampa. the city will dye the hillsborough river kelly green tomorrow for the the non-toxic and biodegradable dye will be used between the cass street and kennedy bridges. it begins at 11 in the morning. in a couple of rays will be traveling to cuba for a historic game. they will become league team to play the eyes of the baseball world will be on the rays as president barack obama plans on attending the big event. 10 sports caught up with some of the players to see how their big game. i caught up with a few others players in port charlottee -- we'll hear from them about the trip tonight at 5. and as the rays head to cuba... i will be traveling there as well. i'll bring you reports from the rays' history making game in havana.. and the presidents visit... starting sunday night. company behind the popular m-t-v t-v show that brought you snooki, j-woww and the situation...is looking for another spot! the possible location could be right here in florida! after the break...a man's quick thinking helped save a couple of dogs trapped in a fire! here'

of st. peters burg. not -- schedules and what not to bring. >>> the chicago river was dyed bright green for the up coming holiday. the downtown saint patrick's day parade kicked off there. >>> u.s. residents will be able to take a cruise ship from cuba carnival cruise lines will start service to the island this may. two cruise lines serve from nearby caribbean islands. substantially. many are excited about visiting the once forbidden country. >> i prefer to see it now. i know it is important to the cuban community and they need the influx of tourists and they need the dollar and they need hope. >> u.s. tourism to cuba has grown by 58% since december of 2014. don't forget, our own one and only keith cate will be travelling to cuba as president obama makes his historic visit. trip to play the team in cuba we'll bring you the complete coverage on news channel 8. day. >> at least we have dry weather here to start our day. it looks like it could end up on the wet side now. folks, gear up for my forecast, great shots from rod. photo. will the sunset be like that tonight? it looks more monochrome. . >>> 18 million americans are at r

river run green. the water change then followed by the parade downtown and i' m sure some beer also. >> so the butishness of the water and probably make green. when you go to mcdonalda when they re- open. chicken lips and snake ankles are really, really good! in the meantime here' s what we have going. it lapses over into tomorrow and by the way next weekend is looking a bit iffy. st. patrick' s day not bad though. >> we' ll have to look forward to that. chicken lips after this? >> justin: thanks for joining us this morning on news 6. joel osteen is next. remember we' ll break news and >> joel osteen: well, god bless you. it's always a joy to come and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you feel right at home. but thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you again for coming out today. and i like to start with something funny. and one sunday morning, this man walked into church wearing blue jeans, t-shirt, and an old cowboy hat. some of the members were appalled. they sent notes to the pastor expressing their concern. afterwards, the pasto

of mexico. 76 at noon. and 81 at 4:00 p.m. so today's rain chance just 20%. but for the airfest tomorrow, the river green festival in downtown tampa, a 50% rain chance. it won't rain all day but the possibility is there for off and on showers and continues into sundaday morning. and drier and d cooler. >> all right. >>> looking at traffic, the biggest issue remains on busch boulevard, closed both directions between florida and north boulevard. so take waters or line ball. and we have meliek on the street with a live look. this accident involves a pedestrian. a lot of cones on the roadway. looks like they're letting traffic by in one area but this is a mess here, westbound definitely closed off. northbound closed off. maybe eastbound might be open now on busch boulevard. again, take waters or line ball instead. that's what you want to do. it will ease your cocommute. and take armenia instead of north boulevard. >> thank you. >>> and thank you for joining us on this friday morning. our next newscast is first at 4:00. >> we will stay on top of these stories throughout the day for and you you can catch our updates during the "to

green, once it hits the water. the river dyeing is followed by the downtown st. patrick's day parade. >>> that is on my bucket list. i know a lot of people in this area have made their way to see it. >> pretty. >>> janessa webb has a look at weather. maybe not the day of yesterday. we had a gem. but temperatures remain warm for most of us. >> a warm front is shifting in from the south. it's colliding with a cold front that is producing us a little bit of moisture but as we just saw that green, my radar is just lit up right now with a good swath of moisture that is moving across northeast ohio. but as you said, nick, we're off to a pretty warm start across the board. temperatures into the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. let's show you where we're seeing a little bit of heavier bands out towards lake county lake, inland locations, from orrville into wayne county. you can see the darker greens there but this is moving out fairly quickly, it's shifting towards the east and losing force as it does so. you can see temperatures right now, 50 degrees at the airport. good morning elyria, currently 48. making your way out towards stark, summi

it in for the 24 hours or 48 hours, that area is green and then eventually disburses and goes back to normal. >> so it's the downtown part of the river. >> exactly and it's brightest, of course, right when it goes in and then it goes down over time. >> it's a cool tradition. >> love the one pernson on the back. >> you've got to celebrate life. >> i feel like here in new york they start celebrating st. patrick's day at the end of february. >> why not? >> why not. >> we have the weather to do its. its beautiful. we have parades going on and you can't beat 60s in the middle of march and on the weekend back to back days. pretty nice. yesterday we had the sun, today we'll have more clouds. looking down to lower man mat sun came up 7:10 this morning, an hour later. our clocks were an hour later. humidity 55%, winds are calm. pressure falling at this hour. by tomorrow, we'll be dealing with rain showers, rainy and raw, blustery. so enjoy this day. that's the message. 42 right now. 37 in s ushgsussex. a few 40s and 50s showing up, we held on to warmth overnight with the clouds overhad head. these clouds are in front of a rain system that's c