steve jerve joins us now with this latest track. steve? >> well, generally for the weekend, we will see enhanced rain chances. a little higher than normal. still not a blowout by any means. as a matter of fact, the system is not organized into a tropical depression yet and that's good news. the longer it takes to do that, the longer it will take to organize. so, you can find the center, go try to look for the counterclock wise rotation. one thing we saw about it, there were thunderstorms toward the center. that is not saying much. because yesterday, we were very far apart from the center. mostly on the eastern side, you can see the general progression is to the west. that will help to increase the moisture at the very least. hurricane hunter aircraft flying out of the macdill air force base did determine winds of 28 miles an hour. flew around the very area you were just looking at. not seeing a lot. obviously, there's thunderstorms on the eastern then again, seeing land interaction. wind shear and dry air. the all-important spaghetti compu

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steve jerve joins us in the forecast. >> some areas got up to 6 areas, plus. that's obviously causing some local flooding, additional rainfall would lead to further flooding in those areas. let's take a look at radar at the home. you can see the showers continue to fall around portions of the bay area. although most folks getting a break at the moment, those folks up north but a few break-out showers west of dade city, seeing a few showers. mostly light to moderate activity but a heavy shower passing the south part of lakeland at this point. farther south offshore rain. inland around arcadia a few showers as well. over 7 1/2 inches of rain at weeki wachee. some of these areas really needed rain but not this much in a short amount of time. as we look at the rainfall estimates, that white almost looks like snow, that's over a foot of rain estimated from doppler radar. you can see some of the coastal areas, maybe six inches of rain. that's a whole lot in a short amount of time. this is over a couple of days obviously. but we just missed the heavier amounts that s

our chief meteorologist steve jerve joins us in the forecast center with the latest. steve, this will not be a major storm. we have been watching it for a while. still, it is something to keep an eye on. >> reporter: it is good news that it comes in every day and has not developed into anything. the longer it goes the better without developing. it would take a longer period of time. so, it is still there as invest 99-l. it will continue to drift to the west and we will continue to watch possible development. it does help to determine where the low level circulation might be. that would be just north of the eastern part of cuba. just southeast of nasa on the bahamas continuing to move to the west. as we see the hurricane hunter aircraft flying out of macdill air force base, did determine a 28 miles an hour wind gust in area. that's great news. higher wind shear in place for now. that played a part in weakening the system with the exposed center, lower wind shear, longer term as it gets into the gulf of mexico and the warm gulf waters. it does have some potential to stre

let's start with steve jerve. the rain we're a few days away from that. >> we will have to be patient as we have been through the week and weekend. it's not been updwraded to a tro storm yet. this is our imagery and the best way to try to detect where the center of the system could possibly bement according to the national hurricane ssh be. according to the national hurricane center social security -- national hurricane center it's south of key west right now. a rough idea of where the fix would be at this point. 35 mile per hour winds. tropical depression number 9. last week it was invest 99l. an area of high pressure. most of the models agree there will be some northeasterly turn here. you can see the line right there. this line right here gives you a rough idea as to when the timing would be for this. that's with 60 mile per hour winds which is better for us in terms of strength because the southern side would be where the ster potential coastal flooding and moisture being brought in. that's the concern. couple

it's a big problem, steve jerve. it is so much rain in such a short period of time. >>> that is how it get ins the tropics. you get a lot of atmospheric moisture. it starts to rain. the water in the air comes out as rain. >> and it is pretty much like wet continuously. even if it is not ... it is such a saturated atmosphere. >> it is very tropical. just sounded? >> here, take the clicker and just do this. >> i will. let's take a look at the picture ... >> i was just kidding. that's enough. [ laughter ] showers moving inland are fairly heavy. just west of inverness a few light showers that will pass rapidly. pinellas pretty quiet at the moment. hillsborough, too. western sections of polk south of lakeland. and they are drifting off to northeast. even a few lightning strikes around mulberry and stretching toward ba. that corridor. watch for it down to wauchula. a few southern showers too across the interior sections of manatee, sarasota. north port. a few extra showers. you can see those. then all the way eventually in

steve jerve has the very latest and joins us live. we're still a little ways away from this but man we've had to watch this every day for days now. >> invest 99l we speculated about it. it was a difficult storm to forecast, still is. it's now a tropical depression and could become a tropical storm in the next day or so. there's enough negative influences so hopefully it would stay that way below hurric tropical depression 9, 8, and of course gaston out to sea. 8 would effect north carolina we're most concerned with 9. you can see the forecast track does strengthen it into a tropical storm tonight or sometime tomorrow. the forecast we don't move it to the northwest and northeast which most computer models do. that would be close to a landfall in cedar keys. in this scenario the advancing counterclockwise rotation would be on the southern part of that center of rotation. we'd have to watch high tides at that time thursday afternoon. that time will likely change as well as the positioning and likely the strength. as we look at the comput

we'll meteorologist steve jerve. when will we start to feel the effects? >> the flow will help to increase the winds from the east. but wednesday and thursday is probably our peak day we'll see the efect of the tropical storm. not at this moment upgraded to a tropical storm. still a tropical depression. as we look at the computer models we call them the spa ge -- spaghetti models. the general trend is is to curve the system back to the northeast. it's a con sense sus as to -- consensus as to how far south it is. wednesday at 2:00 p.m. six per mile an hour winds the most of tampa bay northern polk northward is in the cone. this is called a cone of air meaning it can wobble quite a bit which is why we have to maintain our vigil of watching this thing. heavy rain, coastal flooding keep in mind the southern part is usually the strongest. as we look at the center and the hurricane hunters were just image rayry. you can -- imagery. you can see the thunderstorms to south are pushed farther to the south over the land mass of cuba itself. that's where the bulk of a

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storm team 8 meteorologist steve jerve joining us from the storm >> this indicates the model trend and data from the hurricane hunter aircraft goes into the computer models, so you get a bit more accurate forecast each time. tropical depression 9 and tropical depression 8 which could also become a tropical storm and hurricane gaston well out to sea. as we look at the 11:00 advisory, 35 miles per hour according to the nhc. you can see the forecast track taking that more northwesterly northeast. wednesday at 8 p.m. 65 mile-per-hour winds, a portion of the tampa bay area in that cone of error. later thursday at 8 p.m. with 60 mile-per-hour winds keeping in mind the strongest part of the storm, the advancing part of the storms, the winds counter clockwise would be south of that spinning icon and long term pushing off to the northeast quickly friday and eventually saturday. really the focus on thursday primarily for stronger winds and also higher winds and rains that may carries basically what the spaghetti models are saying here for tropical depression 9 off in that now familiar direction.

that is is a clear eye steve j jerve. could affect the hawaii islands. and this is hurricane madeline. and it almost looks unreal. >> that is incredible. >> could affect the big islands. the big island in particular would be on the north side of that as the current track. the tracks can change. but the big >> i'll take our little tropical depression over that any time. >> yeah, it's tough. but, we are going to continue to show you the radar. the loews don cesar, overcast. dark looking clouds north of the don. they are drifting off very quickly to the west in the gulf of mexico. the flow has been from the east and the southeast. dark clouds at hula bay. 84 degrees in tampa. south of the gande. and, down in venice, there is your downpour. 78 degrees. pretty good rain is falling right now. reduced visibility. and of course, the rain is adding up. showers continue to develop as i mentioned. and almost as you look at this, the flow of the tropical depression does help to influence the overall flow across the state. and that is also helping to enhance the amou

steve jerve is live in the forecast center with the latest tropical storm, fiona. >> absolutely, fiona is out there. not really a factor for us. but it is a reminder that the 2016 hurricane season is heating up. especially out in the atlantic where we expect it to this time of year. we talk about the peak of see the biggest increase of tropical activity. crosswalking into the mountain where september 10, august and september, 61% of all storms occur. 40 miles an hour winds for fiona. not impressive. never has been. a smaller storm fiona continues. also, that area south of there over the next five days. about a 50% chance of off of africa. so we are watching the tropics all over the place. you can see the forecast track for fiona well off the shores of the united states. in florida. and likely will turn north and eventually weakening some. the other area we reference, i will take a look a little later on. talks about computer models that are a 50% chance of moving into the west. back to you. >> all right, thanks steve. >>> now we have a warning for usf students. university police are on

steve jerve is tracking this thing. but, it's up in the air, isn't it steve. >> it's hard for the analyze. it's easier to grab on to that spot and say this is where it goes. it doesn't have a clear center of circulation or a formed tropical cyclone. what it has is thunderstorms across hispaniola which is in the dominican republic and haiti at the moment. a lot of thunderstorms are widely red, the red color, the cooler cloud tops in the aread you can see they're in there at 23 miles per hour so far. they are going to make a lot of loops around this system and determine if there is a low level circulation to see if the system should be upgraded to a tropical depression. so far they have that gust at 23 miles per hour. >>> here's the spaghetti models, they've traveled significantly west as compared to yesterday. it pushes it farther west and that divergent opinion of the computer models that we here in the last couple of days. as we look at the circumstance laying, the visible imagery tells the story of a low level circulat

pasco county where many are dealing with severe flooding but let's start with chief meteorologist steve jerve and a look at the radar. steve? >> reporter: a watch has been dropped by the national weather service, but obviously, many areas continue to see flooding. it is the additional heavy rainfall that would lead to additional flooding i think the weather service was concerned about. the next 24 to 36 hours we will start to see improvement in our weather picture. showers are certainly still possible. 77 degrees. half inches of rain with southwesterly winds with showers continueing to come on shore. so fairly heavy precipitation has been occurring the last 24 hours. if you have not seen any at your home, we have seen some in some portions of the bay area. the showers are still possible across the region. we saw a line coming ashore, doing that now. definitely losing its intensity as it moves off to the east. very strong thunderstorms across the east coast and also you can see county. heavier activity. mostly light stuff. northern counties. those showers look more impressive than they actuall

steve jerve, one more time. hot with a side of steamy? >> right. i want to show you the radar one more time. there's a chance for thunderstorms. brooksville north into southern citrus county. still good thunderstorms around eastern hillsborough county. nc . [chicken crows] honey what are you doing? watching a cow. oh, what's it doing? [cow crows like chicken] [cow crows like chicken] power up your morning with a new 300 calorie egg white grill. >>> now, special coverage of the summer games in rio on news channel 8. this is the olympic zone. i'm josh benson. vyone. >> i'm je hollowayining us. this is the olympic zone. >> celebration is in order for team usa. it was a night filled with hugs, tears and a lot of gold. two big seats. the u.s. women's gymnastic team as well as michael phelps. >> let's take another look at the night. >> this group will make a name for themselves tonight one way or the other. ? [ music ] ? >> reporter: that is why they put madison on this team. >> it's like a steam roller. they come in and they just pile

steve jerve joins us now with a look at the radar. >> nothing severe at this level keith. the storms are moving offshore, the stronger storms moved right over the downtown tampa area. all of pinellas county mostly. those thunderstorms offshore at the moment. the line is moving from east to west across the area. pretty good coverage and thousands of lightning strikes across the area. that is the higher intensity is what is moving offshore. i mentioned this was not at severe levels but it produced a lot of lightning. you can see the total amount of lightning strikes adding up to over a thousand in this short amount of time as it moving offshore. stretches from looks like around avon park all the way across the northern sections of hardy county. most of polk county is quiet and good new is the thunderstorm activity will likely lessen especially as we head into the later evening hours. that is is a pretty strong storm. back to you. >> here and gone in a hurry. thank you steve. >>> classroom crisis in polk county. doors open this week at a new school. citrus ridge academy. but

steve jerve joins us now with the latest forecast. >> a slight bit and 45 miles yesterday and 39 miles per hour is the threshold for a tropical storm. we will continue to watch it and an area to the southeast of us has about a 20% chance over five days of developing. for now fiona mac looks healthier than it did 24 hours ago. cooler cloud tops colored in red moved to the northwest at 10 miles per hour. the forecast gas hasn't change must. northwesterly past and a northerly turn in the last position. miles per hour. we talk about the difficult environment for the drier air wind shear. tropics coming alive and fiona mac -- fiona a good example of that. several systems coming up africa that could gain strength.>>> right now a massive wildfire in southern california continues to grow. hot dry windy conditions make the bluecut fire fight. it's nearly 50 acres at this point and burning 60 miles east of la. more than 82,000 people forced to flee from the flames. >>> donald trump's campaign getting general election airtime. it's been about $5 million on ads that will start airing tomorrow in f

steve jerve is live for us. >> reporter: what is supposed to be a small retension pond has turned into a large lake. waters are now flowing into the street and into front lawns. neighbors out here have seen it time and again. but it doesn't make it any easier to take. richie. these ducklings and their mother are enjoying an expanded padding area. >> what do you think of this water side living here today? >> i don't like it. i want to move. >> reporter: many people who live in this area are veterans of street flooding. jennifer lathen's faly it from getting in the home. >> we're going to be up all night worrying about it. we have three mini pumps that will just keep it from coming in the house. >> reporter: a pasco county road crew spent hours pumping flood water into tanker trucks and hauling it off. their efforts paid off. a little. in hudson, these guys got out the kayaks and getting in some fun before school starts. on his dogs, we saw the whole street was flooded. >> reporter: van doren avenue looked more like van doren lake. >> every time it rain, it just come this way. every time

chief meteorologist steve jerve joins us now from the forecast steve? >> yeah. for the short term absolutely. it is definitely improving the next couple of days. a flood watch has been dropped by the national weather service. doesn't mean we can't see flooding or are seeing flooding but additional flooding from additional heavy rain is unlikely though showers are still possible. light to moderate rain is possible. look at the totals at frenchy's. had some heavy rain rolling off the gulf of mexico. showers are still quite heavy at times. that is occurring across th county. most of it occurring off the gulf of mexico and directly to the east. light to moderate activity. some showers moving toward crystal river. a lot of it drying up before it arrives on the shore itself. you can see some thunderstorms actually develop. haven't seen a lot of activity but that is still possible in the inland areas. keep that in mind. the rainfall totals are

. >> steve jerve joining us now. >> it's something we've been watching since last week since tropical invest 99l became a tropical depression yesterday. it poses some threat to the west coast of florida. we have tropical depression 9 and tropical depression 8 that could affect north carolina and hurricane gaston which is well out to sea and not a concern. there's a track you can see tuesday at 4:00 pm with 35 mile per hour winds. and then reacting to a trough surface cold front. 60 mile per hour winds undergoing some wind sheer limiting the strength of the system we hope. stronger with the advancing winds, potential coastal flooding. that's the current thinking on the timing. note the cone. are changeable in terms of intensity and track forecasting there's a lot of air. the reason we're thinking, the track we're thinking from the national hurricane center is this. the con sense sus basically -- consensus basically takes that path. most of the thunderstorms on the southern side closer to the island and country of cuba. and is helping to influence our stronger easterly flow. looking at

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. >>> there's a disturbance that could affect florida, steve jerve has a look at what's brewing in the tropics, has this thing grown in size? >> a large area of low pressure, it's not officially anything, in terms of a tropical cyclone yet. aircraft are in there to determine if there is enough of a circulation to call this than it was. the potential stretchingening of invest 99l. >>> and this is gaston. you can see this relative to us. this is north of haiti, you can see the exposed lower level of circulation and the thunderstorms that are much farther on the outside of the center of circulation that would indicate wind shear and dry air which the system has been encountering, we'll look at the air flying out of mcdill and tam tampa that are measuring the low level of circulation, it looks like they're flying over and seeing if they can find that low level of circulation, the 24-mile wind gust. this will continue to move to the west. this has been the track of spaghetti models trending west. this was basically over the florida peninsula and without a center of circulation, it's going t

steve jerve joins us live. everybody wants to know the deal. >>it's tough to answer that, jen, because this is not a tropical depression. we've been talking about it for a couple of days because the computer models have suggested and the system does continue to drift to the northwest portion of florida. it is invest 99-l. it lowered today. we still have gaston well off to the east of us. now, the center of this to try you could find the center. what we could tell from the earlier satellite it would be just north of haiti, but most of the activity far on the outside of the center of what appeared to be the circulation. we're seeing quite a bit of wind sheer associated with this system. hurricane hunter aircraft flying out of mcdill in tampa did detect a wind speed of about 24 miles per hour soar to be a fully exposed somewhat of a low-level circulation but very difficult to detect. the spaghetti models which will be changeable needless to say shifted to the west today. if the computer model doesn't have something to initialize off of it's more d

steve jerve has the very latest track for hermine and he joins finally upgraded, still a menace to society. >> yes, i guess so and certainly the rain, so about the water in so many ways, the next 24, 36 and 48 hours you will see in the forecast the rain chance still fairly high. this was a tropical depression as we know, now a tropical storm hermine, 45-mile-per-hour winds as of the 5:00 advisory. that orange stripe there, that's basically a tropical storm warning for citrus, hernando, pasco, through the big bend area. and of course the higher seas especially closer to the center but they have shifted the path a little bit, they being the national hurricane center to the left or to the west farther away from the bay area, so we are out of the cone of air but still a feeling for the folks up there in the panhandle, could be some real high seas especially east of the center of that landfall friday 2:00 a.m. the timing on that can change and that 70-mile-per-hour winds we could be very close to a potentially -- or potentially reach hurricane strength with levy county, a tropical storm warning

joining trumps calls for the foundation to shutwn >>> turning to the tropics, chief meteorologist steve jerve joins us from the forecast center. we are keeping a close eye on one system in particular that could impact florida. >> it has some potential. it is not even a tropical depression yet. this is a tropical wave, is an invest. hurricane calls this 99l. we have been talking about this there is an 80% chance over a five-day period of development according to the national hurricane center. we still have the stone that will not be any impact on us. hurricane hunters were in this area today. it is hard to find a center circulation but they have seen some strong wind gusts. you can assume that it might be a bit more organized with a large area of thunderstorms. you can see where it is. the connection we have seen in the thunderstorms are mostly on the southern part of it. it is extending out for some good distance along the center. 45 miles per hour winds as we talked about within the observation from the aircraft today. you can see the timing on this for friday and eventually on saturday out

steve jerve joins us now. >> getting close to the peak of hurricane season. we are seeing the tropics in the atlantic line up. first, we have developed as a tropical storm. 65 miles an hour winds. it is forecast to stay likely out to sea as a category one hurricane. as we see in the atlantic, it is not the best environment for storms to strike with dry air coming off of africa. we have the remnants now of fiona well to the north. and gaston, about a 55% chance of developing. spaghetti miles gives us a shape of the storm. it was very disorganized and elongated at this point. they did find a 37 miles an hour wind gust as they flew out of san juan and we will be watching it the next couple of days. it may not be very impressive. it is very large geographically. it could become more organized near the bahamas. it is something the u.s. and state of florida will have to >> thank you steve. we will check back in with you in 15 minutes. >>> meantime, breaking news. we learned the man caught on camera trying to kidnap a girl from a dollar general store has been found

chief meteorologist steve jerve joins with us with the latest, steve? >> reporter: now upgraded from the national hurricane center to it a tropical depression number six within 24 hours could become the next tropical storm name on the list, fiona. there's a look at the location, 35 mile per hour winds right now. about over 3,000 miles away from tampa bay, it will continue on that northwesterly path, a long-term with wind shear and dry air. that final position weakens it from a previous high of 60 mile per hour on sunday with 45 mile per hour. not in the great shape long-term and may stay out at sea as many computer models suggest. the convection and thunderstorms have calmed down around the center tonight. talking more about local weather, more on the system tonight. >> check back with you in just a bit. >>> a tampa couple investigators found five children in their home, the living conditions so bad that the house is now condemned. paul mueller is joining us live from the jail in hillsborough county tonight. all right, paul, how did investigators find t

steve jerve has the very latest track for hermine and he joins

chief meteorologist steve jerve is joining us now with the latest. we got the update an hour ago? >> about an hour ago this was made a tropical depression. not a huge surprise. we've been watching it. and it's emerged. likely will stay out at sea. 35 mile per hour winds is tropical depression seven and you can see -- gaston. you can see that become a hurricane long-term. you can see a beam or perhaps even a little bit north of miami long term. in the tropic several features. we have what's left over from fee owe nachlt our -- fiona. and what's left over. as we look at the computer models. prok will interest to us towards puerto rico. a lot can happen in this long period of time. a week out from any contact potential with the southeastern part of the u.s. we'll see how it develops over a long period of time. >> thank you steve. >>> tampa mayor bob buckhorn does not want to wait for washington politicians to deal with zika. standing in front of an abandoned pool to make his problem for years but it legally prevented for going on the property. >> the coenforcement process that allows

the director of fema says recovery will be a long process and more rain is in the forecast as steve jerve is about to tell us. >> you hate to see that for those folks. >> it is really historic oo yeah. >> we are doing stories on it. but this, thousands and thousands of people apply for federal aid. locally. we are seeing scattered showers and storms. we are at the weekend. you guys notice it is friday? i had to tell you didn't i? you were hoping it was tuesday. all right, the lake club here, 78 degrees now. lakewood ranch, beautiful view. great summer view. i love this location. bright sunshine. temperatures warm. cooled down a little bit by a recent shower. crystal river, clouds in the distance there. that has been the way throughout the day. little clouds, little sunshine. that's the current view. and again, temperatures are warm there as well. throughout the afternoon, we have seen temperatures fall as a result of a few thunderstorms. otherwise, where it hasn't rained it is quite hot. 82 in land o' lakes. olympic forecast down in rio, 73 degrees at 7:00 a.m. 85 degrees at noon. olympic

steve jerve joins us from the forecast center. it is a parade of storms out there. >> one of those in the parade dropped out. fiona is no longer a system. we are watching a couple of things. gaston is well off africa and 99l which is good how potential florida impacts. we will continue to watch that. you can see where fiona was located. gas ton is it was investigated to be elongated and disorganized. they saw a 37 miles an hour wind gust. it will continue to move to the northwest. potentially cause some rain for places like puerto rico and long term will be in a better environment for strengthening friday and saturday. a lot can happen until that point. it is not anything at the moment. it is a large disorganized system but it has some potential and for that reason, we will watch it very closely. >> thanks steve. >>> and now to some breaking news. we just got this surveillance video showing a carjacking suspect. they were wearing a black hat, black shirt, and a hat. he was walkg parking lot across the street from a bone fish grill

storm team 8 chief meteorologist steve jerve joins us. >> the tropical wave has some low pressure. we are looking for some service organization with this system in order to upgrade it to a tropical depression. puerto rico. you can see from the distance where it is relative to the bay area. a closer look at the blob basically. local radar shows most of the activity east of puerto rico at this point. the forecast over the next couple of days is moving it to the northwest. that forecast will move it in that general direction. for that reason, we need to watch it very closely. what kind of shape it will be watch. it will emerge into a better environment. we are strengthening with warmer sea service temperatures. computer models change every day. when you see these models, they sure to know that they will change as they have drastically in the last 12 hours. we just have to stay tuned. they -- the sea service temperatures are record. it is more than enough to sustain tropical storm strength. this is a windshear forecast meaning the red areas are more favorable for strengthening and less

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we are beginning with our chief meteorologist steve jerve. he is in the forecast center. the very latest. >> the good news is it has not strengthened into a tropical storm. the longer it goes, it would be better for us keeping the intensity of the system down. let's look at what is happening. as of 5:00 from the national hurricane center, tropical depression number 9, 35 miles an hour winds. forecast to move to the northwest for the short term, but by most computer models, there is agreement to turn it back to the northeast. the 5:00 advisory has it thursday at potentially strengthening. thursday evening perhaps, coming on shore, somewhere in the big bend area. this puts most of tampa bay out of the cone of air which is good news for us. we can feel the effects far off to the center. heavy rain, stronger wind gusts. certainly coastal flooding with those areas. as a result, the hurricane watch in effect citrus, hernando, pasco county

. >> taller than you steve jerve. >> that's not possible. >> it is very unlikely. but possible. >> this is a great technology. hopefully, we will get it going. the idea is to try to make you safer. >> science, science, science. max defender 8! >> echo. [ laughter ] >> we'll be right back. >> plus, we are on your side to help get the kids back to school. here is what you will see tomorrow on newschannel8 today. >> concussions. why are girls more prone to them and what school districts are doing to help protect your kids. >> get schooled. >> in case you turned on the tv for the first time in two weeks, something is coming. >> a tropical depression. watch the tides thursday. and coastal flooding potential especially on thursday. so, just stay tuned. >> we will hang with you the next couple of day. >> that will do it for us. have a great night. and he's playing the blame game. >> it's been dragged out way too long. >> who he's calling out now on "extra." ? ? ? ? >>> is "dancing with the stars" olympian ryan lochte's last-ditch effort to save his image and his career? >

meteorologist steve jerve will explain what is headed our way. >> we have been talking about this for days. still, it has not strengthened into anything. a tropical depression, a tropical storm, it is still investigation and low pressure with a low level circulation. that is a bit open today too. this is what we are talking about. the broad area in the atlantic basin. we have invest 99-l with a 60% chance of development. and gaston, a tropical storm today. visible satellite imagery, probably the best way to spot any circulation, you can see the tampa bay area in the left portion of the screen. zoom into where we think the counterclock wise rotation. less distinct than it was 24 hours ago, but there is a bit more convection, clouds closer on the eastern side of where it would be. hurricane hunter aircraft did not find a clear center or wind gusts exploring this area today. 28 miles an hour speed. so they have not upgraded this system into anything at this point. to look at the computer models, the trend is all over the place because it is hard models to be off one location when there i

storm team 8 meteorologist steve jerve joins us now. what did they find? >> they found some decent wind gusts but very disorganized especially at the lower level. some stronger winds were disorganized at flight level. let's look at first the big picture, gaston is well off to our east and likely will stay at sea and you did mention the hurricane hunter aircraft way of low level circulation. it will continue to move to the northwest and likely in a couple days, potentially by friday, we could see this get out over the warmer waters and potentially strengthen into a tropical cyclone or tropical storm. the spaghetti models we put on one map to try to get some timing. that's saturday inun some of the major models have offered very differing opinions over periods of time in as little as 12 hours, so a lot of uncertainty with this track. you have to stay tuned to see how this developments because even the experts are scratching their heads. we have to be patient with the tropics and see how this develops. >> thanks you. >>> sarasota police are investigating the

storm team 8 chief meteorologist steve jerve joins us with a look at the tropics and it is brewing. >> we have been talking about 99l for several days. they actually investigated this area with a hurricane hunt is elongate and disorganized according to what they found. they found a 37 miles an hour wind gust. not organized at the moment. we will continue to move to the northwest. the computer models continue to move it toward the southeast portion of florida. possibly later this weekend into the early part of next week. we will have to watch for the system. we get into the movement. a 60% chance of development by the national hurricane service. in the tropics we have the remnants of fiona. and tropical storm gaston could become a hurricane some time tomorrow, but it would be inconsequential. it will likely stay out to sea. we will have more later. >> thank you steve. for you folks at home, you can track the weather with our storm team 8 weather max is free to download in the app store. >>> we have new information about the florida state university student believed to be behind a grues

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steve jerve joins us now. hurricane hunters flew into this system today. what is the latest? >> it is more organized than it was it appears as though the system could get it together but it may take a few days to be upgraded into a depression or a tropical storm. for now, the northwesterly movement is interesting to us. as we look at the broad range of the tropics, we have a tropical storm. invest 98 al has a 90% chance of developing. the hurricane hunter aircraft's have been in there today and have determined some stronger wind gusts and we saw yesterday. we saw 37 miles per hour it is a very large geographical area of thunderstorms. it is just trying to get organized into an area of low pressure. there may be some difficulty for the short-term and long- term, many of the computer models suggest we could see something much stronger. you can see it is not a very organized system yet but looking at the completion of the computer models over the long-term, it now s this advisory comes in at 2 pm. that long-term movement is what is interesting to us. we have seen the models dive

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we'll begin with the tropical weather heading our way and get right to storm team 8 meterologist steve jerve. what's it looking like? >> still a tropical depression which is good news. if it gets less organized or period of time in, theory landfall would be a weak are system. it's still out there as tropical depression -- weaker system. it's still out there as tropical depression no. 9 and gaston is now a major hurricane but well out to sea. 35 mile-per-hour winds for tropical depression no. 9 moving north, northwest at 2 miles per hour, starting to see more of a northerly turn. then eventually as the computer models suggest, more of an strength here sometime tomorrow especially into thursday. there you see the timing on it, thursday morning at 8 a.m. with 60 mile-per-hour winds, 8 p.m. possible landfall somewhere in the big bend area, but we're on the southern side, of course, which can create some very high tides, coastal flooding as well and, of course, the issue of picking up rain, moisture on the eastern side of it as well. showers eventually will occur as a result of the storm moving u

live team coverage on the rainy weather, starting credit chief meteorologist steve jerve. >> most of it is inland, it's improving in the rain situation, an air of low pressureau the gulf of mexico, so its influence will lessen. still seeing showers, lots of moisture in the atmosphere. but not the quantity we've seen the last cupful days. that's -- couple of days. showers out in polk county, northern sections of highlands, dundee, wales, dissipating. but look at this, the last three days, observations from weeki wachee, spring hill, five and a half plus in englewood, also in sarasota county. tampa international airport, 4.68 inches, two and a half inches above our normal last week we were below normal. so that gives you the idea, even at that location, how much rain we've seen, even more than that up in the nature coast. back to you. >> all right, thank you, steve. >>> nearly nonstop rain over parts of western pasco county added to the rain that fell on monday, and you have a recipe for extreme flood worries. peter bernardth oaks neighborhood in trinity, and this is an area that is no

meteorologist steve jerve will explain what is headed our way. >> we have been talking about this for days. still, it has not strengthened into anything. a tropical depression, a tropical storm, it is still investigation and low pressure with a low level circulation. that is a bit open today too. this is what we are talking about. the broad area in the atlantic basin. we have invest 99-l with a 60% chance of development. and gaston, a tropical storm today. visible satellite imagery, probably the best way to spot any circulation, you can see the tampa bay area in the left portion of the screen. zoom into where we think the

steve jerve is tracking this thing. but, it's up in the air, isn't it steve. >> it's hard for the analyze. it's easier to grab on to that spot and say this is where it goes. it doesn't have a clear center of circulation or a formed tropical cyclone. what it has is thunderstorms across hispaniola which is in the dominican republic and haiti at the moment. a lot of thunderstorms are widely red, the red color, the cooler cloud tops in the aread

let's start with steve jerve. the rain we're a few days away from that. >> we will have to be patient as we have been through the week and weekend. it's not been updwraded to a tro storm yet. this is our imagery and the best way to try to detect where the center of the system could possibly bement according to the national hurricane ssh be. according to the national hurricane center social security -- national hurricane center it's south of key west right now. a rough idea of where the fix would be at this point. 35 mile per hour winds.

steve jerve joins us now. >> getting close to the peak of hurricane season. we are seeing the tropics in the atlantic line up. first, we have developed as a tropical storm. 65 miles an hour winds. it is forecast to stay likely out to sea as a category one hurricane. as we see in the atlantic, it is not the best environment for storms to strike with dry air coming off of africa. we have the remnants now of fiona well to the north. and gaston, about a 55% chance of developing.

steve jerve joins us now. hurricane hunters flew into this system today. what is the latest? >> it is more organized than it was it appears as though the system could get it together but it may take a few days to be upgraded into a depression or a tropical storm. for now, the northwesterly movement is interesting to us. as we look at the broad range of the tropics, we have a tropical storm. invest 98 al has a 90% chance of developing. the hurricane hunter aircraft's have been in there today and have determined some stronger wind gusts and we saw yesterday. we saw 37 miles per hour

let's get to steve jerve who joins us with the latest on th >> when you say 5:00, i mean 5:00. it came in 30 seconds ago. we are just looking at it ourselves. let's see what is coming in from the national hurricane center. we have just updated this. they have not upgraded this to a tropical storm. it is tropical depression 9. which is good. we want it to stay weak, but it is in a tough environment. dry air, a lot of wind shear. we didn't anticipate it would

jerve off the show. >>> local athlete -- we're going to relive last night's gymnastics and women's soccer. >>> let's check in one more time with steve. it's going to rain at the beach jerve. >> when did i say that? >> you said it was raining at copacabana beach. i didn't say here? >> we're running out of time. >>> now special coverage of the summer games in rio on news channel 8. this is the olympic zone. >> and good evening once again. thank you for joining us on the olympic zone. we're going to lead you up to nbc's prime time coverage in rio. first, heart break today for team usa. >> sweden to send them into the semifinals, and and the u.s. are out of the olympic games! >> you couldn't have said it better myself. women's soccer team out. the defending gold medalists going home without a medal. u.s. teams have played in the final each year since women's soccer became an olympic sport. we're going to have reaction from the team in just a few minutes. >> despite this major loss,