our other area of concern for gusty winds, possibly some rotation is in southern sarasota county. this is moving across south venice, englewood, grove city, warm mineral springs. woodmere also in the path of this storm. south river road. all across southern sarasota county. i-75 is certainly impacted heavily. if you can stay off the roads right now in this area across i- 75 i would definitely do that. again, this is a little more easterly. as i track this storm i'll zoom in here and you can see the movement. >> while you do that, i want people to know you're updating them on twitter as well. we'll let you know if there's stuff going on at tampa bay weather. a lot of people are saying okay, so maybe i see the rain coming my way. but what's the deal after the tornado watch and warnings are over are we still going to see maybe flooding in the area? sun city center looks okay at their house but there's a >> in sun city center you are in better shape. i'll zoom out. port charlotte, cleveland, tuckers corner. this is the general direction that this is headed. if you're south of i-4, this

they will be affecting southern sarasota county. that, actually, is holding together more. we have lightning, more heavy rain and gusty winds. central manatee county giving us this active tornado warning. possibly as long as 12:30. i think there's a chance we'll see the national weather service will see there's no rotation with this system and will -- could possibly allow that to expire before that. bottom line is though, if you're in the path of this storm, stay indoors away from doors and windows until the storm passes. at a minimum you'll get that heavy rain, some very gusty winds, potential for damaging winds along with it until that storm passes through. it's moving at about 35 miles per hour, so it's moving pretty quickly. good news there. it will be in and out of that area pretty fast. farther to the south, watching a band of heavier rain and gusty winds. this is going to be moving across i-75. anywhere south of the skyway you want to stay off of i-75 for the next hour until all of this rain and the gusty winds associated with it make their and once we get behind thi

sarasota county. papproaching southern sarasota. palso charlotte county. pand then watching this cell for pthe past say half an hour to 45 pminutes. pbecause it's been showing just a pbroad, broad rotation down in pthis area. pkind of measure this off the pcoastline. pand it's still sitting probably pabout 18 miles off the coast. pi've watching this since robably about 40 to 45 miles poff the coastline. pso as this continues to move ptowards the coast, there's the ossibility we could see a ptornado trying to develop in pthis. pso we're going to watch this pvery closingly. pif you're down? pcharlotte county, you have to pwatch this as we go through say pnext half an our or so. pcontinue to keep you updated on pthe progress of that cell. potherwise you can still see some prain through sarasota, heading pup into manatee county. pnow pushing to the north of 64. pand then into pinellas county. pmoving into clearwater. pthis will quickly work it is way pinto western hillsborough pcounty. pand just the next few minutes. pand left over light showers to pour north.

this is moving into southern sarasota county. i will move into the velocity here. actually we just had one issue. if you could go to the north, we just saw that issued for manatee county if i am correct right there. we are detecting some rotation with this particular cell that we will be watching very closely. you can see there the tight rotation east of paris back to the new of water barry. this will be moving to the northeast back toward the local community. if we can put a tracker on this and time it out. we are going to continue to watch this particular cell and over the next several minutes. manhattan you are also in the path of the storm. about 12:12 pm. so i need you to go ahead and take precautions. warning. this is going to be moving into manhattan about 12:12 p.m. and shortly thereafter all know about 12:16 pm. our velocity scan. you can see the tight rotation that is where it is crossing just as we speak. so back toward county road 678 you are potentially the path of the storm two. back toward manhattan, manhattan, oak knoll this heading to the north - n

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so it moved onshore in southern sarasota county. possibly some wind damage here but we really think there was actually a tornado that touched down in northern charlotte county. and then it dissolved as it likely. that's generally how things worked earlier today and now things quieting down but winds are picking up between 15 to 20 miles per hour. and we will talk about the strong winds and cooler air that's moving in your full forecast coming up. >>> most everybody knows about system just floating around information. lawmakers want to allow your family members to have access to your digital life after you pass away. matt galka shows us what they are doing to keep your information secure. >> reporter: think about everything you put-on line, maybe some sentimental photos, maybe banking information. what happens to it after you pass away? the state of florida wants to clear it up. florida lawmakers want to give you the ability to appoint a power of attorney or will your digital assets to someone in case you pass away. the house season h

a few sprinkles to the south, and a light little shower in southern sarasota county. not a lot of rain with that but if you're driving in north port on i-75, you need your wipers for a bit this morning. the high pressure is out in the atlantic ocean, giving us a southerly wind. the temperatures today will be a warm one. starting off in the lower 60s. extra clouds this afternoon, partly cloudy skies, and warm. 77degrees, and a 10% chance for a few sprinkles or light shower, and same thing goes for your tuesday, except for near 80 degrees, and better chance for rain this week will be on and cooler for the weekend. how about traffic on the 8s, lesli? >> we are rolling right along, folks. i mentioned this accident, and i will mention it again, it's tieing up lanes at 54th north six -- and 66th street. into the sun coast area a bit of construction near. it's overnight work being done both on the north and southbound lanes here on i-75 at university parkway, and you're going to see a bit of construction out there, but you can still get by in the area. also a quick live look

a few showers still on i-75 and southern sarasota county. nothing that is going to be too widespread or too long-lasting. you can see here that the futurecast is showing that slight chance for a few showers, not necessarily showing up in just the right spot, but it is showing us that there's some moisture out there that could reach the ground as some showers. all the gray and white tones, that's the cloud cover. we're going to see a bit more of that today, through the day. again, not a lot of rain but chance for it. as i'm watching what is developing late this evening, some of this we see off-shore could develop into some fog, so again we'll keep a close eye on that overnight and early tomorrow morning. but at this time our visibility is good, the temperatures, so warm for this time of year, 66 degrees in tampa. 63 brandon. 61 bartow. 57 inverness. that's one of the cooler spots. we should be starting in the our record 85 degrees. we're not going to be near records the next couple of days but certainly well above average for this time of yea

the winter, it's how far south it runs, all the way most to fort myers right into southern sarasota, southern highland county and it's not much to this advisory. again, the more populated areas county, west of i 75 not in this advisory. it just means if you put some good morning into plants or vegetation you either want to cover those, or know to bring them inside. the one benefit, you runners, you deal with so much heat and humidity all year long this will be a great morning for you. light winds, temperatures in the low 40s for the tampa area, a nice morning for a run. as long as that cold air is not burning your lungs. 38 plant city that is where we will settle for the night, not much more colder than we are now, 42 around tampa and the downtown area. 45 seminole, the freezing mark crystal river -- zephyrhills, two. pascoe county mid to upper 30s, but as soon as you get out of the suburbs don't be surprised to find 32-32 degrees -- 32-33 degrees. we could beast raping frost off if you do not know -- own an ice scraper and are new to the area do not use your debit card it will snap just like that. you want

counties. frost advisory is the one thing a little different. we do see it from time to time but it is pretty far south all the way into southern sarasota and southern highlands county. that is basically meaning that any visitation could get some frost on it and be killed overnight. sophie of money invested you will want to cover it or bring them inside. know that those areas where cars are parked outside of parking lots and not in grudges you could be scraping frost first thing in the morning. as contents temperatures continue to drop into the 40s 48 in tarpon springs, 51 safety harbor clearwater 51 and tampa. temperatures have not dropped much because the winds have covers. tonight will be in the 40s pretty quickly even in tampa and that is where you spend and then dropped even more for your wake up temperatures. here's how cold it looks to get , freezing possible even in pascoe county along wesley chapel. 33 around crystal river. but as. but as soon as you get outside of cities, suburbs you're looking at around 30 - 32 degrees. 43 in largo, 46 in saint pete but again with the skies clearing frost will still be possible even with temperatures in t

@it is now in southern sarasota @county, behind it the blue skies @and back and so is the northerly @wind. @62 in tampa which sounds mild, @but with some cool air, we are @mid- to upper 60s today. @so at the beach, if you are @doing any boating, there is that @slight breeze we have been @discussing and that blue sky as @well. @62. @if you were not in the 60s, you @are almost there. @it is 59 in lakeland and @brooksville. @64 though in sarasota and @sebring. @sunshine today. @that slight breeze by the bay. @the further south you live, you @may hit 70. @tomorrow for valentine's day @look at that chilly start. @44 in tampa meaning upper 30s @north, but on track to a high @near 70. @a very nice weekend. @enjoy. @>>> happening today, @hillsborough county is helping @fight the zika virus and helping @to clean up neighborhoods while @they are at it. @they are starting the amnesty @week by taking your old tires, @no questions asked. @moss dee toes thrive in standing @water and water sitting in old @tires are popular breeding @grounds. @the zika virus is spread through @mosquitoes and it is ev

southern counties. most was south of sarasota county, charlotte county and port charlotte, but still we had to worry about that and keep our eyes on it. that is now over. and that same system that brought in all of the rough weather today is now bringing in cooler temperatures. so while the skies will begin to clear, temperatures will begin to drop as we see the mercury drop down to the 40s and 50s over the next few days. we will tell you when we will hit the 30s coming up. >>> remember you can get severe weather alerts no matter where you are using our storm shield app. it's available for apple and android phones. >>> congressman david jolly is fighting to make sure that the planes to keep us safe during hurricanes stay in the bay area. as we first told you last year, the air force has ordered noaa to remove the specialized planes by july 1st of 2017. jolly telling the u.s. secretary of commerce, he will work with both organizations to make sure that the hurricane hunters and their specialized workforce stay right here in our area. hurricane hunters have called mcdill home since 1993. >>> the man who pol

fort myers and southern parts of sarasota county and you can see rain moving in from inglewood to venice to charlotte , a look of rain coming into arcadia and showers through parts of dallas county all the way up to the east lake. we're seeing the showers and a few more off to the north on the coast of spring hill. all of this the back edge of low pressure you can see it's pulling that last look of moisture and so we have a chance of showers along for the morning hours but we will clear off into the afternoon. 48 in tampa and we have 46. we have been warmer along the coast with 51 sarasota and 50 foreign longboat key and as a gift of the day we will watch those temperatures go from the 40s to the upper 50s. we will be struggling to hit 60 in any area. will call it a hard shell. more on that coming up with our exclusive seven day forecast. >>the search is on for a man accused of attacking a six-year- old girl inside a mall bathroom. this man that you see right here forced open a bathroom stall door, pushed her to the ground and tried to cover her mouth. the victim's father heard her screa

there is still rain underway for our southern counties. sarasota is still wet and about half of polk county still has rain, lake wales to frost proof and down 60 almost to winter haven. and then sebring, scattered showers and still raining in arcadia. this rain shah be done with by about 1:00 in the morning and then dry air wins the battle and real winter day. sunshine and a little breezy and a little cool. daytime highs about 58 to 63 degrees on average. high pressure building in and here is the future cast model, and watch. it pushes the clouds and rain steadily to the south and by 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 in the morning, we are virtually cloud free, and then by evening there will be clouds rolling in from the east coast, and later on clouds may actually dominate the sky but most of the weekend will be rain free. here is the forecast going through tomorrow. 48 in the morning under partly cloudy skies. 55 degrees by midday and then about 57 degrees by 4:00. you get the idea. it's going to be a pretty chilly day with temperatures staying in the 40's to mi

into our say the neighborhoods but just a few lingering raindrops right now down around southern areas of sarasota county. 49 in tampa right now, 47 springhill and wesley chapel, 36 lakeland. 45 in winterhaven. south, still in the 50s. 52 sarasota, 53 right now in siesta key, and 50 in ruskin. temperatures in the 30s across the northern part of our state. well, it's 37 in minneapolis. same reading as in tallahassee. we don't have any of that bitter cold air coming in, although it is still chilly across the pacific northwest. san francisco at 53 right now, they will be up to 67 by later on today. so it's a good day for football. as a matter of fact, let's look at the super bowl forecast today. i put this in pacific standard time. 3:30 pacific standard time. that means kickoff is around 6:30 our time. there could be some clouds around as they kickoff, but it's going to be a nice day for football. temperatures pushing up toward 70 degrees there. and high pressure in place. expected. and this is the big area of concerning us over the past couple of days. it is was spun up yesterday and give us all those clou

spots of rain, and especially in the southern areas, around manatee, sarasota counties, and further south, and then for tomorrow morning, those clouds we had overnight, they will slowly be clearing here, and then by the afternoon, nice sunshine, but it will be chilly. 47 tomorrow morning here intown with the 30s to the north. today a better boating day than tomorrow. sunday. today, winds are turning from the northeast, more to the north, and here's the tide setup with the low tide and high tide at 2:09. over the next few day the, monday, slightly warmer temperatures and another front is coming in. overnight showers monday. will not see it. the sunshine will gradually take us slowly, slowly warmer through the week. below average temperatures now bundle up, right? >> friday looking okay. >> even into next weekend, we will be warmer and sunnier than we are seeing here. >> it's only saturday, and we are looking ahead to friday? >> always looking ahead. >> okay, thank you. >>> taylor swift fans like me, get ready to be glued to your tomorrow. many of us are looking forward to the memorable ads

this afternoon, we will see a pretty good swath of rain from bradenton, sarasota down to venice and into southern portions of polk county. again, that's going to be the main focus but we will sea breeze conditions as the rest of though showers clear out on sunday and into monday. once again, look at your fair weather for today as we take a look at florida's most accurate digital day planner. there will be some clouds around with patches of blue. and then, the rains coming later this afternoon as we top out into the low 60s. 59 degrees is your golf water temperature. voters can expect a little bit of calm with the winds by midday but overall, 15 kn winds foot seas. low tide just before 6:00 and the sun will set just after that at 6:15. here's a look at today's most accurate forecast. when he today. a high of 58 and it will warm up into the weekend. clearing out and eventually warming up by friday. but for right now, this is a good, extended stretch of the cold weather that a lot of folks have been longing for. >>> new numbers on identity theft is giving us a better idea of how big of a problem this actually is and how to

county. lakeland, half hour ago, heavy rain and now it's dry. pushing off along 27 through frost proof and lake whiles. southern portion of sarasota, north port some rain. and the heaviest rain, still the possibility of stronger downpours happening in highlands county right now. and let me show you the forecast. so i have switch into a forecast mode. rain in our southeastern areas. go forward just one hour, and then polk county is dry by 6:00 a.m. highlands county still seeing the rain. in fact, you may still get a sprinkle left in highlands at 7:00 a.m. clouds maybe but a lot of sunshine for the rest of the day. coming up in weather and traffic on the 8s at 5:08, i go hour-by-hour through the day so you know what to expect through the rain. and even where it's not rain, probably a lot of puddle action. >> yeah, wet roadways for sure but i like that it's getting better and better. when i woke up, it was pouring. but now it looks better. >>> here's what's going on traffic-wise that you need to know about in the polk city area, eastbound i-4 past the polk parkway, we have a fatal accident, folks. and this is the situation here. you

county. from sarasota to bradington it will continue and slowly wind down over the next few hours. temperatures right now low 60s across the counties, low 80s across the southern counties, by tomorrow morning the cold air will have come in, the wind will pick up and we will be talking wind chill. this is the wind chill for tomorrow morning, mid- 30s across the area. that is crazy. yesterday we had record highs. two days later we will be talking about a wind chill nio, it is just the way it is. low 60s across the area right now. here is something else, i don't week. i think we stay in the 60s days. unbelievable. there is a look at the satellite picture. i thought the rain would start earlier than it did. it was more early afternoon and the heaviest rain is now coming in right now. it will not change the forecast on friday. you will wake up to clear skies, it will be breezy tomorrow morning and you are going to need a jacket. we are talking wind chills in the 30s. the nice thing is it will be sunny. saturday into sunday we are system. a lo will develop east of florida to spread a few showers saturday night into sunday morning then quickly move out. forecast ties

county. sarasota southward is where it is the thickest. and venice. airport. florida southern college showing visibility is better in lakeland. look at west chase. that has really dropped down in north western hillsborough county and tampa bay downs. this is wesley chapel toyota, they have fog out there. watch that ride in. 53 for an air temperature in tampa. 51 sarasota. river view 49 degrees. it is cool out there. same thing in new port richey. 42 crystal river. high clouds are moving out of here. the sun is coming up after 7:00. that will get down on top of the fog that you can see there. that will burn it off quickly. on storm tracker 10 future cast i wanted to show you the fog. see how it is thickest along this takes you through 7:30 into 9:00. watch this. it just burns right off quickly between 8:30 and 9:30. we are sunny the rest of the day today. chilly start this morning. 40s to low 50s. foggy, as well. sunny and 70 this afternoon. sunsets 6:22 tonight. we'll fall quickly through the 60s and then after midnight into the 50s. i think tomorrow morning is cooler than thi

the skyway bridge, southern pinellas county into manatee county by 5:00, that should spread out moving up to the coast of pasco and eventually will get more into sarasota by late afternoon and early evening hours. jim will track that at 4:00 and 5:00. you may want to check our app before you leave work today. there could be issues on the sunshine skyway bridge if the thick fog form. 76 today. sunsets 6:10. if you are traveling we'll have your travel forecast coming up in ten minutes. locally no issues. a front wednesday night into thursday will bring us cooler air. look what it does for your weekend. 67 for a high of saturday. i think we are fine until saturday night and sunday. if that model is right, there is another model that doesn't think we'll see as much rain. we'll all be on the cooler side. we are going back down to the 60s. a look at your seven-day forecast something for everyone. upper 70s to low 80s tomorrow and wednesday. then the rain late wednesday night into thursday. then the cooler air. again we'll have to track that forecast for sunday to see if it will look rainier than it does now. you can catch our forecast in the newspaper. we te

sarasota counties. quieter inland. and watch the temperatures through the next couple hours. they'll continue to drop. notice the clouds in the southerners and even with sunshine, 10 -- southern areas, even with sunshine, tampa, 54. the slow creep into the upper 50s. but tonight again, once the skies clear out and the winds calm down, we get into the 30s. so tonight is the coalest night before we see a warming trend. >>> no major congestion but things are getting busier, south 275 around hillsborough avenue, thicker into downtown. here's i-4, look at polk county, looks great from lakeland into bore city. and ybor, seven minute commute. ehrlich to 5, nine minutes on the veterans expressway but i expect it to get busier over the next 2420 minutes. that's weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you so much leslee. >>> taking the video you record next level. >> really cool video ahead. one skier's idea that's giving morning. >> and don't try this at home. >>> and more air bag issues for thousands of vehicles on the road right now. next, the automaker that's issuing a recall this morning. it's 6:20. you're watching new

still for the red shaded county, citrus, hernando, hillsborough, manatee, sarasota hernando. the southern portion of pasco, you're starting to get the rain but the heaviest a rot of you calling it on facebook and twitter, talking about the rain from pinellas over the bay bridges into downtown and south tampa. and now lightning right along i- 4, all of eastern hillsborough county through that known -- through polk county. and it's stretching toward winter haven and lake whiles and now heavy downpours at the and drying out closer to sarasota but notice, stronger storms out in the gulf of mexico at this point. and there may even be a secondary line right where the cold front is that's developing at this point. after that, cool and dry. >>> this morning on "today's take," donald trump scores his third straight win. is there any stopping the republican front runner? >>> then from the hit show "how davis. >>> you'll be loving life with a locash. all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is today's ees"today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron

sarasota county and polk county. we also still have this area in southern sarasota which is the most concerning at this point. again, just because of the history of this storm, this cell that bryan and i watched for several hours now. so, again, i don't want to get kind of lost down here in englewood and people up from tampa north wonder what we're talking about or where this is in location to them. if you are north of i-4 you are basically safe. now, we've just been issued a severe thunderstorm warning for charlotte, desoto and sarasota. as we thought the tornado warning has been allowed to expire. we thought we were seeing less and less rotation here. this area here no longer still could be some strong winds. now, we also have -- >> could we go back to the radar picture real quick? i was looking at some twitter feed a second ago to try to see if we're getting any pictures or reports of tornado. as leigh mentioned, that tornado warning has expired. folks around tampa are concerned. they said it's like a monsoon with heavy rain i just want to let you know at this point it's not severe but it's a storm produci