a few scattered showers, hardy, de soto county. manatee county, not a lot of lightning. but showers. no severe weather. 7:00 a.m., 76 degrees. 92 at 4:00 p.m. another warm day tomorrow. carry on. but we will slowly add moisture back into the atmosphere early next week. look for more seasonal chances. a little more action along the sea breeze front. 88 degrees largo. lutz, 88. treasure island, 85 degrees. it is 87 in arcadia. you get these readings in a stronger easterly flow. look at dade city. the dew points lower but coming back more. natural with more of an easterly flow. it has been nice to enjoy the slightly drier air we have had around the past couple of days. a few fair weather clouds and the showers popping down to the south. the water vapor imagery, that red color is dry air high above in the atmosphere. it is still hanging around. some of that mixing down at the surface. you can see most of the peninsula is dry. even south florida which has been wet the past couple of days is quieter. high pressure does remain the feature providing us with that so 20, 30, 40% c

rain in wauchula and southern sections of de soto county. a little part of highlands county too. that is about it in the way of rain. next five dais temperatures stay very close to the average of 89 degrees or a little bit above that in the 90-degree category. at 7:00 a.m., 78 another hot day for tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. warm temperatures. very high humidity. dew points have been running in the upper 70s which is oppressive when you have temperatures like this. largo, pinellas park, 81 brooksville. a little rain cooled air there. 88 in venice. high level moisture, quite a bit of it associated with a tropical storm, but look at all the dry air hanging to the north of us. that is actually at the higher necessarily felt at the surface but it is there. you can see the deeper moisture. there is tropical storm julia spinning away off the east coast. not in any hurry to really go anywhere the next three or four days or so. a few showers out into the gulf of mexico and of course, you saw the local radar too. just a few popup showers in the afternoon heat and humidity. so there is ju

that's just about it, also heading down into parts of de soto county, southwestern highlands county heading out towards the archibald biological station, light showers wrapping up in the next hour or so. through the overnight hours, skies partly cloudy. much drier air filters into the tampa bay area. heading into the afternoon hours tomorrow you see not a whole lot happening, a very limited rain chance with high pressure, stable above us and heading into the early portion of wednesday the dry air above us and this should give us a couple of mostly dry days ahead. here's a look at your tuesday, partly cloudy, mid-80s at lunchtime, just an isolated storm possible heading into the afternoon, forecast high temperature right around degrees. this red shading here on our water vapor imagery, that's the dry air making its way in from the north. we'll have that north breeze through the overnight hours tonight. with that that dry air continues to filter on in through at least the middle part of the upcoming workweek. as we head closer to the weekend, you see the greens creeping back in, the moisture

thunderstorms eastern sections of de soto county. you can see plenty of thunderstorm activity still. a little dip in the dew point here. it looks like by friday, saturday, especially for northern areas, some of the emoji guys of time, this is not the big cool down you are waiting for but some folks in the northern areas may feel slightly drier air. 88 degrees at 4:00 p.m. again, you can see the temperature 82 degrees currently in temple terrace. 92 macdill. 88 pinellas park. 84 right now in clearwater beach. upper 80s out in river view. you can see apollo beach in the low 80s . rain cooled numbers thunderstorms. there is the clear flow from west to east pushing inland. the fair weather clouds. drier air aloft. that is indicating the help to stabilize the atmosphere. that plays a part when you get thunderstorms to develop and helping to create hail. not so much today though. we are not seeing thunderstorms at severe levels like we saw yesterday. but most of the activity is off to the east. the hurricane hunters were in this area just

can see some rain here, lake placid stretching all the way down into the southern sections of de soto county. north shore park, this is from shot. just a beautifully colorized here today. that is a florida fall for you. sunny sky, warm, 91 degrees at 4:00 p.m. another hot day expected on the second day of fall. 82 degrees the current temperature. some rain cooled numbers here. 88 tampa. 82 zephyr hills. 90 bradenton. upper 80s inverness, brooksville, 91 in winter haven in polk county. dry air aloft helping to stabilize the atmosphere across the central and northern part of the state. water vapor imagery. deeper atmospheric moisture means a few more showers but it is not super widespread, there are some thunderstorms north of alligator alley here. a few scattered showers as you saw in the local radar. it has not been a very rainy day for us. temperatures are very warm at this hour. on the wrap model, you can see the bulk of the activity tyty. widespread. maybe a scattered shower is think. most people will be feeling. as for the early part of friday, partly cloudy skies start the day. a sunny

back here into hardy, de soto county. coastal areas, manatee, sarasota, are pretty quiet at with activity from the east coast. basically, the east coast sea breeze. nice shot from jackie this morning. thank you very much for that t. storm team wfla will get a nice crescent moon there. the temperatures will be shortly dipping below the average line. as a weak cold front setting into the area. as for the rain chances you can see that drop with the drier air briefly for friday. this is not the big cool down. the big dry air thing you are waiting for longer for that. second or third week of october, historically. 83 degrees this evening. partly cloudy skies. a few isolated showers. thunderstorms potentially. mostly inland areasful east of i-75. 88 degrees at tampa international airport. dew point 71 degrees. lower dew point, 71 degrees. a west to northwesterly wind. quite a bit of moisture further south. you can see south florida. and also, points south in the bay area. that is where most of the located. some drier air has se

this stretches back into the southern sections of de soto county. nice shot from tony this morning. you can see plenty of sunshine. a few clouds. a warm start. 84 this evening. a few showers in the inland locations. 8:00 a.m. another sunny start to the day. 86 degrees at noon. 91 degrees at 4:00 p.m. kind of a hit or miss shower rain chances are actually slightly below our averages. 87 degrees now, tampa international airport. we are always look ago that number, the dew point, 74 degrees, very high humidity. 87 degrees in downtown saint petersburg. dry here. moist here aloft. this making a difference in the way showers have developed. it is not drier at the surface. humidity in place. we have several tropical systems. we have talked about that in all the news cast. we look at where tropical weather starts. close tore the florida peninsula. the gulf of mexico. the caribbean as the waters are still warm. as the cold fronts start to come down, they bend the storms further to the east which we try to avoid in the october season. that is what we hope to as i said, we don't want anything

also, a few of these all the way down to the south of de soto county as well. the next five days, rain chances 20, 30, 40%. perhaps above normal as we head into the early part of next week. very summer like in the way of activity along the sea breeze in the rn evening hours. at noon, 87 degrees. 4:00 p.m., 91 degrees. 20% chance of showers. a similar day in the forecast area tomorrow. now, 91 degrees, tampa international airport. currently 90 in downtown saint pete. the dew point, 70 degrees. winds that are fairly light. should be a pleasant but warm evening in the downtown area in saint pete. sea breeze is active. temperatures maybe a little cooler along the beaches. this is where the deeper moisture is located. that is why we are seeing the thunderstorms there. water vapor imagery. at least how we have it colored herement you can see it on the red, the central and no , your northern part of the state. doesn't provide a lot of moisture for us to work with. just the opposite is true further south. that is why we are seeing much more activity from north to south

this one north of arcadia in de soto county. everything moving east to west. as for friday night blitz forecast, temperatures will be warm tomorrow night. 87 degrees at kickoff. 84 degrees here at halftime. can't rule out the slight possibility. especially early evening of seeing a shower. certainly not widespread. as for the forecast here the rest of this evening, just some scattered shower activity as we head into the overnight. mostly clear conditions overnight. a few clouds around. dry commute for us. in the afternoon, more of the same kind of a day. certainly the humidity is making a bit of a comeback, not that the air was ever that dry. but any change in humidity especially on the dry side is noticed by floridians especially toward the end of summer. the rain friday, saturday, sunday. 40% as we get into tuesday, wednesday. high temperatures remain near normal. overnight low temperatures are very close to what we expect this time of the year. not until late september, we start to see changes into october. and not until the second or third week of october,

just south on 27 between sebring and lake placid stretching south into de soto county. that is about it. so, that is good news for those headed out to the football games. and for those headed out to the red sox, they are in town, in case you are tailgating for this one. 89 degrees outside the trop. mainly dry and warm at tropicana field. 77 degrees. a warm start to the da 91 degrees. a similar day around the area for tomorrow. the drier air aloft has made an impact on the amount of rain we have seen. the northern part of the state, not much. central and south, that is where most of the activity is low kateed including in the newschannel8 viewing area. southern sections of highlands county. tropical storm karl and tropical depression lisa now, lisa never really stood much of a chance. it is now weakening. the next five days, a 20% chance of development for this area off of africa now over a that is karl, you can see on the forecast track, not a big deal, or concern for us. but still, a reporting on the 2016 season shows tropical depression lisa, 35 miles an hour winds. f

folks in southern highlands county down around the venus area and the eastern sections now, of de soto county still seeing a few showers as well. this is actually south of archbald, the strongest thunderstorms. and really, this point southward is where the bulk of the upper level moisre higher rain amounts. rain chances climb up to 40%, that is next week. they are still relatively low this weekend at 7:00 a.m., 77. another hot day in the forecast area tomorrow. 90 degrees at tampa international airport. 88 in saint petersburg. dew point 70. we have a northwest wind at 6 miles an hour. drier air here. deeper moisture here. that is why you see the shower activity where it is. and that is clear on the across north florida and much more actsive across south florida. we have the warm temperatures. the humidity. but that is obviously where the thunderstorm activity is located. there is karl, there is lisa. the tropical depression. and this area, the next five days, about a 20% chance of possible development. we will keep a close eye on that. we are very much still in hurricane season. a 30% chance

we saw today the thunderstorms were very active in highlands county, polk county, hear, de soto county. thursday morning isolated showers, same story. here comes that front enhancing rain chances for thursday afternoon. behind that front that will slowly fizzle out across the central portion of the state, maybe slightly drier air folks north could potentially feel. in citrus or hernando county, maybe your chances are better of having our sensitivity is up to slightly drier air. if the dew points would drop to the upper 60s, we'd think it would be wintertime around here. >> can't wait. >> the life of the fish, try telling that to mr. limpet. he wanted back out. >> he wore glasses. he was a talking fish. >> i thought about that. >> starring don knotts. remember that? >>> coming up next in sports the lightning steven stamkos finally scores a goal for team canada. >> it was hockey team at amalie arena or maybe it was fight night. the lightning kick off preseason against carolina. >> this year's heart walk is kicking off in november. fuccillo if i -- kia is matching the first $50,000 we >>>

de soto county. this is the bulk of the rain here on the eastern side of this tropical wave that is drifting off to the north and northwest. next five days, the rain chances remain slightly above of days. this atmospheric moisture getting warm days. a decent chance of showers in the forecast. 40% as we head into the weekend. at 9:00 p.m., rain wrapping up. mild temperatures. partly cloudy skies here at midnight tonight. as the forecast for tomorrow goes, it is 7:00 a.m., 76 degrees. humid start. very high humidity. we saw that this morning. at noon, 84 degrees. isolated storm. 4:00 p.m., 88 degrees. 50% rain chance we are talking about, mostly afternoon and 88 degrees, tampa international. 85 in downtown saint pete. but the dew point, 75 degrees, that's all about summer. that kind of number. mid and upper 7 70s is fairly impressive. to the center of the circulation and the east side where it draws a lot more moisture off. that is where the heavier rain is located. they had a tornado warning closer to

de soto county. that's it. your chance is to cool off. mugginess forecast is high. oppressive as a matter of fact. friday, saturday, sunday, the dew throughout this period. when you see them in the mid to upper 70s you know that is very high. forecast air temperatures, 78 degrees at 7:00 a.m. a lot of sunshine. a muggy start to the day. warm temperatures, partly cloudy skies. 90 degrees for us. look for a 40% seasonal chance. 89 degrees tampa international. the dew point 73. shows the general movement, a sea breeze trying to form across the area. might have generated a few hours. nothing near severe levels. tropical storm julia on the visible satellite images. you can see it is very dry on the western side with the air aloft. as well as some pretty good wind sheer. that pushes all the convection to the eastern side. you can see the dry side where the coastal areas are. and most of the precipitation, the thunderstorms, just being pushed further off to the west. thisec you can see over three, four day period here, wall the way through sunday, wobbles about. we will be

the only rain cooled stuff was down across southern sections of sarasota county, de soto county with a few showers moving east to west, but dry air at the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere. deeper atmospheric moisture farther to the south colored in blue and green met a cloudier and wetter day in southern florida. this limits the amount of shower activity we've seen. most of the rain activity is farther to the south. we still have a few showers in that easterly flow trying to move onshore in south florida, places like west palm beach and ft. lauderdale. in the tropics this area that has a 70% chance over a five- day period is now down graded to 60%. still most computer models want to move this northwest and potentially keep it out at sea, but it's something we'll continue to watch as we do the rpm forecast model, you might see a few more clouds in that area. drier cooler air likely wednesday and thursday morning in some of the northern spots. thursday afternoon the dry limits the amount of rain for the area and the easterly flow will kind of cruise across the state, same for fri

a lot of scattered clouds and doe soto county and moisture expected into today and the next couple of days. 59 is your average high. we'll hit 91 today. a much better coverage of showers and thunderstorms coming our way. also the tropics are heating up and a brand new tropical storm. it's tropical storm ian out in the atlantic. taking a look at that and your weekly forecast coming up. >>> rite now we are working to hillsborough county firefighter following the death of his child who was left in a hot car friday. investigators say troy whitaker was taking his children to school friday morning and he dropped his five year old daughter and supposed to drop off his 23-year month old at daycare but he forget. the child was left in for eight hours. aggravated manslaughter is a first responder and left a child in a hot car for hours. >> losing track of a kid for 30 seconds or a minute verses 4-6 hours of being locked in a car. especially if he was in the paramedic field. countless times he could have been in the position where he saved children or pets locked in cars. >> we're expected to le

de soto county. to our north. rain earlier, most of us starting to kind of wind down still right along 75. to the east of brooksville. throughout hernando county. looking a some storms there. now outside right now because wee had rain work its way through. we're currently seeing at 81 degrees humidity is 85 percent. and currently we've got very light winds, so right now kind of registering as calm winds. 81 in brandon. here in tampa. you head down to a sarasota. clearwater at the same at 82. look land currently sits at 86 degrees. so that ridge is still sitting to our south. that's what's giving us a westerly flow and then a trough line helping to stir up some more activity across the northern gulf of mexico. there, that's what's left of julia. still churning off the carolina coastline. and we're still watching cold fronts across upper midwest. they are saying some nice cool mornings we're still away before we can expect cold fronts heading our way. we're still at the tropical season karl and now lisa that was td n

rain is scattered throughout gone in de soto county. we zoom in with rain up and down 27 and lake placid to sebring. one here, one here, one here. nothing like yesterday when we had all kinds of heavy rain along u.s. 27, haines city south of frostproof. now we have scattered showers with heavier rain by orlando today. tomorrow is a full day of autumn and thursday is the tomorrow is the full day of summer. then on thursday you have the first day of autumn, and we still look like mid-summer. 91, missed the record by 3 degrees, and the morning low is 78. so far this month it really has been a continuation of june, july and august heat. we had three days below average, and that was because of clouds and rain from hermine. we had one day average and then we had 16 days out of 20 with the mercury above average. an expensive summer to keep your house cool. no doubt about that. even by our standards it's hot. hurricane season peaked on september 10th, and from now on it drops significantly. then in late october and november a little uptick in a

the only storms are de soto and highlands county. those will be out of our viewing area shortly. this evening will be nice, dry and temperatures primarily in hours i would expect the same. four or 5 am there is an outside chance we could see some showers develop like we did this morning. this is something we are tracking. we don't have a depression yet, but there is a very high probability this becomes matthew and a hurricane. this is something we need to watch as well as the islands and we will talk about that a couple of minutes. this evening partly cloudy and pleasant. we have a cold front on the way. >>> tonight we are getting our first look at the chief killing in a home explosion in the prompts -- in the bronx. he was evacuating a home when the debris from that last hit him. they were called to the police for a blake and discovered what >>> new details this morning about a school bus crash. florida highway patrol troopers telling us the driver of the saturn was not wearing a seatbelt in that car rear-ended the bus on the road. supersafe the driver was trying to overtake the

still heavy rains across southern polk, hardy, de soto and highlands county. partly cloudy skies, rains will tomorrow morning wake up on the dry side but later on storms begin to pop again and i think we see another round of severe weather. more on that and the tropics coming up in a couple minutes. >> thank you. >>> democracy 2016 tonight talking about the local focus on the presidential debate. what should voters in tampa bay be paying attention to tonight? a short time ago i spoke with political expert dr. susan mcmanus who is at hofstra university right now covering tonight's debate. >> reporter: the big florida headlines leading into the first presidential debate, the zika virus the mosaic sinkhole, toxic algae and the rising cost of healthcare. >> which florida issues do you think will come up in tonight's debate? >> topics are the direction of the country, prosperity and security. so absolutely the economy and jobs which is still a big issue in florida. and of course security. installations in florida. we have a lot of retirees and with all of the incid

manatee, sarasota, bradenton seeing some showers there moving east as well toward hardy, de soto, high lands county. a great shot from peter in bradenton. a lot of rainbows here the past couple of days. i don't know if there are more great photographs from folks. 82 degrees this evening. a few scattered thunderstorms. 76 at 8:00 a.m. you can see downpours east of i- 75. temperatures right now, mid 80s , odessa. 84 brandon. 84 clearwater beach. palm harbor, 84 degrees. mid 7 0z out in lakeland. 73 degrees in bartow. we are talking cooler conditions largely because we are looking at the thunderstorms helping to drop some of these temperatures. quite a few clouds remain around the area from west to east, you can see the thunderstorms racing in that direction. which has been the flow today. quite a bit of dry air here to the north of us. that will continue to settle north, very nice conditions for them. this is hurricane matthew. 70 miles an hour winds moverring north, eventually with the turn as we see, lifting in that direction. that position is about 450 miles to the southeast of the city of miami.

county another magnificent day. 78 bradenton. 79 venice and a temperatures in mid 70s polk county, hardee, de soto and highlands county area as well. satellite and radar, we're quiet for now. thing is we still have just that red. so rain chances stay on low side today around 20 percent. you know what that means though, yeah the high temperatures right back to about 92, 93 degrees for a high temperature. just keep, just keep an eye on skytower radar app. especially from sarasota south. withdrew got a somewhat better rain chance this afternoon. still not great. mostly clear tonight. low 77 degrees. and then for tomorrow partly cloudy and couple isolated storms. tomorrow's high will be around 92 degrees. looking at the extend mad r forecast, with a smile because weaver got a light chop friday, saturday and sunday. in your next seven days show you rain chances slowly increase 30 percent over the weekend into mondayed and 40 percent for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. vanessa. all right. dave we'll check roadways right now. couple crashes that we're seeing here. bearss, we have delays east of living s

is still a beautiful day across most of the area and still some heavy rain across highlands county, de soto, it is all moving away. i think most of our viewing area will be nice. temperatures in the low to mid- 80s. right now we it is still 87 and apollo beach. 86 largo, so pretty nice day across most of the area. we had a few showers pop-up and some heavy thunderstorms along the dan ellis county coastline. they been pushing through into the morning and afternoon. 80s in tampa dew points 71. the record 95 and i do think that cold front that we're mornings more comfortable. the low of 74 not bad and don't be surprised if they see 60s by saturday morning. we start talking about cold front and and things to start to get a little more real. maybe some cooler air on the way. the afternoons are still very warm. satellite picture overnight, we had coast were small them to an inch or two of rain across the analysis the actions these of site 75. were given the westerly flow, we see it all season long. late september into early october you normally need something else and that is an upper-level low t

so place like highland county. de soto down manatee and sarasota you will see few scattered showers as go through the afternoon but certainly see lot of clear skies. from about hills burough on to north. all wipe into the panhandle. sky tower radar showing the heaviest rain is basically south of lake. and then you saw few smaller showers in it three central and high lands county. working their way through charlotte into extreme southern sarasota county. also notice with the strong east flow, these showers really stop coastline they are going to continue right out. into the gulf mexico. temperature are warming up pretty quickly. because of that east flow place like brandon. currently at 90 degrees here in tampa. 87 along with west chase. up new tampa. 86 degrees. palm harbor. 87 clearwater has 86 pinellas park currently sits at 88 degrees. yo today city # 86. back newport ritchie lot of rain. things dry. in temperature running in mid 80 s currently sitting at 86 degrees. venice you are 88. sarasota currently sits at 89 degr

county. it's nice now. dade city, wesley chapel, 75, 76 degrees. also sarasota in the mid 70s and i've got low to mid 70s polk, hardee, de soto and highlands county. here is this big tropical wave and you know what? it really is a large tropical wave. not a lot of spin to it. it's really kind of close to the equator right now. very far south, eventually as it starts to pick up some latitude north, it will start to achieve the spin. there's a couple of things going against it. obviously the potential for interaction with south america is one of them. not many storms do that. but then as it works into the eastern caribbean, a lot of time storms get into the aern caribbean, they tend to weaken. i hope this is the case. the computer models are saying once the storm enters the caribbean, it's going to start to strength en. right now you're looking at 90% for development with this system as it works its way toward the west. and the computer models are again showing this developing as it enters the eastern caribbean. but then that cold front, that same front that's going to drop off the east coast may be strong enough, and this is where the big question

closer to where it should be mid 70s in polk, hardee, de soto and highlands county. as you imagined, surface moisture sky high so the dew points are running in the mid 70s. you're going to get the heat index close to 100 for early this afternoon. we had a couple of isolated showers this morning but they're not making that push onshore as they did yesterday and there's not as many as yesterday and here's your reason why. drier air in the mid levels of the atmosphere. and it holds down the rain chances. you hold down the rain chances and you've got a better shot of getting back up to 90 degrees. not only today but really for the next few days and the future cast, don't get me wrong, there will be a few isolated storms but just not going to be a lot of them. notice this afternoon, at 4:00, that is not much rain coverage and not much better as we get into thursday afternoon as well so really, days, if you get a shower or storm to cool you off, you'll be one of the lucky ones. 30% the rain chance with a high around 90 degrees so technically that is above normal but i mean

governor scott walker declared a state of emergency in 13 counties. in de soto, red cross volunteers have been out assessing property damage. many homes are a complete loss -- forcing homeowners to stay in shelters. work with them and say this is serious this is bad, but we need to move on. so i try to work with them on recovery and the next step" the red cross says they are also working to bring in clean next step" the red cross says they are also working to bring in clean drinking water to they area... officials say the water there is contaminated and should not be used. meanwhile - in minnesota -- the threat of major flooding is over in st. clair -- about 10 homes remain evacuated....but the flooded le sueur river is receding.two bridges remain closed due to the high water. schools are expected to reopen today. residents say this is the third time in the last six years the small city has dealt with massive flooding. about 90 people have been evacuated in california...due to a wildfire. officials say the fire in sonoma county started yesterday morning and spre

these are the areas, you know, not that we've been ignoring you throughout hardee, de soto and highlands county. you just haven't seen much throughout this entire event. now you're starting to see some heavy rain coming in. and it's really holding together. this is a very intense band. so down into these areas up southern polk county. down towards wauchula you're seeing it come through now. you're going to see some winds gusting inside these stronger so get set for that also a little bit of lightning in there as well. seeing some breaks along the coastline. still, dealing with some rain from central, southern pinellas county across the sunshine skyway bridge. still remains closed at this point. and more rain started to redevelop. look at that to the north. and people have been tweeting us in pictures. please, but we, absolutely greatly appreciate them. but we want you to do it safely. and when we get to those pict then i'll go back to the wind gusts. some of this stuff, jim. down in sarasota, and starting about hour, maybe 90 minutes ago. more of these very strong squalls moving through this. s

county. in hardy and de soto, looks like avon park is seeing the thunderstorm activity the strongest around the bay area. good downpours there drifted off to the east at the moment. that could carry on another hour or so. in lake placid, we are getting stanley cup begins tonight! >> yeah. >> keith is excited. it's just an exhibition game. the nhl preseason does begin when the lightning host the carolina hurricanes. eight bolt regulars in the lineup including tyler johnson and alex. and coburn. gileski gets the starting goal. just like in spring training in give lightning fans a chance to see the core that will fill out the roster in syracuse during the season. some players have never played in a professional game. and that has head coach john cooper all pumped up for game time. >> i just know for them, what an exciting time it is. and ... to think how far they have come in their hockey career to put on the jersey of the national hockey league team. i have been shaking these guys' hands on the just to watch them progress and play their first exhibition game. i kind of feel like a proud dad. >> i

elsewhere, kind of a smattering or scattering of showers in hardy, de soto, manatee, sarasota, highlands counties, but compared to yesterday when it was really busy in polk county, not a lot going on. here's a couple sprinkles near sebring and some drivers diving southeast through polk. heaviest rain today is along the titusville to the cape and melbourne and a few showers over the turnpike not doing much. this is the time of year when we do get some showers, but, you know, the overall coverage tends to decrease mid to late september. that's the case today. yeah, a lot of moisture around and showers heading inland, but a lot of storms lost their umph this afternoon. 86 in brooksville and 90 in tampa today and 90 in sarasota and 80 in st. pete. today is another day with so so far this september it's been a lot like june, july and august. you've had 20 days, three were below average because of clouds and rain. we had one average day, and then 16 days with temperatures above average. that's pretty much been our theme the entire summer. a lot of that is because we have not had i would consider very a

governor scott walker declared a state of emergency in 13 counties. in de soto, red cross volunteers have been out assessing property damage. many homes are a complete loss -- forcing homeowners to stay in shelters. work with them and say this is serious this is bad, but we need to move on. so i try to work with them on recovery and the next step" on. so i try to work with them on recovery and the next step" the red cross says they are also working to bring in clean drinking water to they area... officials say the water there is contaminated and should not be used. a woman is in critical condition this morning... after a shooting on milwauke it happened a little before 11 sunday morning near 26th and michigan. the 47-year-old victim was found in a home. police say they're still investigating the circumstances. police are also investigating a drowning at mitchell park lagoon. the milwaukee fire department pulled a man out of the lagoon yesterday morning. he was rushed a hospital... where he later died. investigators don't suspect foul play. no word if drugs or al

i still would expect polk county, hardy, de soto and highlands to see the best chance of heavier, stronger storms and a 40% rain chance in tampa today. julia is the storm that does not it's chugging along, and it's looking more tropical this morning, and now it may actually bring rain to the carolinas moving north nest at 5 still a depression. not a big wind maker and will bring rain into the middle part of the week. this storm is still there. we've got the info on myfoxhurricane.com. and we have karl, tropical storm you hear us discussing this week because it's a hurricane. it's headed west and then towards bermuda, so no u.s. 70% chance of development near africa moving north. 90 today and afternoon storms developing and heat so stay cool. inland storms heaviest until tonight. really our late day storms continue to march east of i-75. a little more moisture tomorrow gives way to a 50% rain chance. boats and an east wind this morning light and a west wind with a sea breeze this afternoon. next t seven-day forecast shows rain chances drop to 30% on wednesday and then fau officially starts

by 1:00 to 2:00 spotty rain shifting inland and where the sea breezes get going, polk county, hardy de soto and highlands. bunks are away. thank goodness they have the dome in arizona. 4:05 and 93 for sunny skies and temperatures in the triple digits for anyone brave enough to goed tailgating. go bucs. 90 for today. afternoon storms developing. storms are slow to move because of light steering. 78 for the overnight low, and monday added moisture but storms shift inland late in the day, 89 with a 50% rain chance. boating looks good. light chop today with seas at # some models wan to sneak in drier air late week and we have to monitor that. thursday it starts at 10:21 but it still feels like summer. >> alcides: lindsay, thank you. it wascary to watch. look at at unbelievable. three phoenix police officers just mowed down earlier this week outside a gas station. thankfully they're all expected to be okay. >> anjuli: this week they got a much-needed pick me up from lol elementary school fox's marcy jones has more. >> they protect our community from bad people. >> it makes me feel safe at night.

bringing axis after comedy walk-ins the drive continues its up to at the douglas county sheriff's office in highlands ranch on soto's drive. get ready tonight a big change for drivers on the south side of the metro seed at closing all lanes below i 25 on arapahoe road as can be quite a mess generally is live right now with more on what you should know it's definitely designed for the weekend on purpose or does it affect the commute but it's going to affect a lot of people no matter when it's can affect a lot of people and in fact in the springtime you might recall we have faced to as can be a bit of a nightmare is hindering some of the prep down here arapahoe going east and west and north $66 million job the entire project include the placing of that bridge i 25 over arapahoe road turn lanes in both direction for traffic safety and traffic flow so keep in mind the north and southbound i25 off wrestler made open all week in law eastbound and rep of the road i 25 and the westbound ramp to i25 is also going to stay open but those lanes underneath i 25 those will be shut down begin to get into card tonight there are alt

county. hardee and de soto. you're see some scattered showers. but as that dry air continues to filter down across the central part of the state. we'll see most areas are going to stay dry for this afternoon. north. the further north you go. better conditions look as we go through the next couple of days. outside right now. we're at 86 degrees. pinellas park you're at 87 downtown st. petersburg. 83. palm harbor has an 86. you head over to brandon though, still looking at 90 degrees. at the noon hour. brooksville 84. weeki wachee 87. dade city currently at 86 degrees. 88 down in sarasota. and bradenton lakewood ranch 89. you head over to lakeland, 82. and b degrees. the view across the state. you can see more moisture as you head down southern part of the state. high pressure is really built in across much of the southeast. as you look at the water vapor imagery, looks pretty nice. you see this red shade. that is all dry air in the atmosphere. dry air means very slim rain chances. in fact that will stick around over the next several days. where we

this is what's left thunderstorm about an hour and half ago from hillsborough county as they pushed into polk, hardy and de soto. so we're going to be dodging these storms with a lot of lightning across the area for the next several hours. much like we had last night which caused the bus game to be suspended. why is this happening? little area of low pressure up top bringing in cold air giving us the hail that's going to linger for a day or so and then big changes by later on this week. temperatures right now 70s still upper 80s to near 90 where they have not. tampa right now rain and 80 degrees. clearwater 85. st. pete a thunderstorm at 82. satellite picture, as we said we got all that heating going on and then you throw in an area of low pressure into the mix. that's the little pocket of cold air up top. that cold air is the main reason why hail has been an issue. we don't normally see hail in july or august or september. when you have cold air up top, cold enough for hail to form, that's what's going on. later on tonight, into tomorrow things will wind down. atmosphere reloads again tomorrow morning. and we

county, wisconsin... along the mississippi river. this is video of the football field at de soto high school... waters over the past week. the team may have to play all of the rest of their games this season, on the road. flood warning in effect for parts of iowa.people are waiting for the cedar river to breach its banks n cedar rapids.the latest projections show the river will crest at 24 feet today. steven avery may be getting married from behind bars. the convicted murderer is now engaged. people magazine hartman... whom he's been dating for eight months, but has only met ?once?. avery, as you know, is behind bars for the murder of teresa halbach. still ahead this morning: the man suspected of shooting and killing five people at a mall in washington state is due in court this morning..plus... saving a life.. what one man did to help an animal in need. illinois' calling. calling the makers. the doers. those who prefer one-of-a-kind, to common fare. calling the endlessly curious, and the boundary pushers. those who would rather make the most of their precious vacation days. this land is illino

county now number one citrus producer in florida. where is that? dave? >> i don't know where that de soto holds number two spot i promise i'll find out where henry county >>> laura. >>> okay. >> crews are damaged after being hit in criminal on the run. that's how morning started for one hillsborough county sheriff's deputy. fox 13 alcides segui is live for us near plant city where this deputy involved shooting happened just a few hours ago. hey alcides, good morning. what do we know so far? >> good morning to you laura. you can see hillsborough county sheriff's office helicopter from crime scene. that's because a crime vein technician was in health cop area short time ago taking aerial shots of the scene itself. you can see one the other pilots about to get inside now. this is obviously a very active scene. traffic stop actually happened at about midnight here on homosassa and north woodrow wilson street. not too far away from plant city. here's what we know. a deputy tried to make a traffic stop at or midnight moments after that the person pulled over. backed into the cruiser, knocking t

county, wisconsin... that's along the mississippi river. this is video of the football field at de soto high school...it had been drenchd by flood waters over the past week. now the team will likely have to play all of the rest of their games this season, on the road. conditions will be improving on thursday with mostly sunny skies expected by the end of the day and temperatures will top out in the upper 60s with a bit less wi repeat forecast is expected on friday with highs in the upper 60s and blue skies again. saturday and sunday will be similar with upper 60s along lake michigan and low 70s elsewhere but there is a chance for a few isolated showers to develop, especially near the lakefront. discount tickets for a next.and in the last home game of the season, the brewers and their fans "give back" to some "more local news":tickets go on sale today for a milwaukee tradition... ou can get 25- percent-off tickets on-line, for the milwaukee rep's production of 'a christmas carol.' this year's v-i-p walk ons include, "hank" the ballpark pup, 620 wtmj's jane matenaer, and our own vince vit

county has weakened at the moment. showers interior portions of manatee, hardy, de soto, highlands ok port at the moment. that's the run down on the rain. temps stay warm throughout this period, near 90 degrees. the average high 89 degrees for the evening. 83 degrees partly cloudy skies. maybe an isolated shower. maybe an isolated storm. 80 degrees at midnight. certainly that high humidity that we have seen all week long will be in place throughout the weekend. and some slightly drier air will build in and i think sunday looks like a slightly drier day in the way of fewer showers. 90 degrees at 4:00 p.m. the dew point 75 degrees within you see dew points mid and upper 70s you know you are there in terms of oppressive weather. 74% relative humidity in saint pete. we have our tropical system off the east coast. julia holding onto the status. a few thunderstorm to the west, some down to the south. mostly the state of florida is seeing scattered shower activity. mostly further to the south. it appears to be the heaviest at the moment. in the tropics meanwhile, we have tropical storm and, of course, tropical

county quiet at the moment. southeast polk has a few showers inland east of bradenton and sarasota. a few showers in hardy and de soto as well. we will leave that in the forecast for the evening hours. meanwhile, temperatures stay close to the average of 90 degrees. 89 is the average. temperatures near 90. 77 degrees at 7:00 a.m. 90 at a high at 4:00 p.m. mostly afternoon early evening thunderstorm chances. hot in river view. otherwise, clouds helping to hold temperature ins the 80s . look at wesley chapel and lakeland. an overall easterly pattern here. though the wind flow pattern like this weekend is fairly light. you can see our storm still spinning away here. julia, very interesting to look at on the visible satellite imagery. the wind shear is exposing the center and you can see the surface circulation. the wind is blowing everything off to the east. that combined with dry air into the west as well is that we are seeing here on the water vapor imagery. colored in red. this is in the higher levels of it takes away the energy from the systems. you get a bigger picture view of the rain bands coming off the western