nicely done, justin and then this storm cell is over valrico and this one is really off the charts. this is really unbelievable. this is rocky point looking towards downtown and it looks like the lightning is pretty much over the city, but judging by the radar returns this is at least five to ten miles east of you want to see it up close, and make it the wallpaper on your computer, you can go to my facebook page and make sure you credit james boone for that. and we have talked about the perseid meteor shore, and you are not going see it around the rain will collapse, but we have a way to go for sure. this is what happens when you have the sea breeze developing late in the day and the rain doesn't get going under 7 sie7:00,8:00. here the rain is povertying back and we slide north, and there is rain in dade city and up near the green swamp. a couple in lakeland right now, nothing really heavy but hey, it's raining. and we look south and naples has a big thunderstorm. perseid meteor shower tonight, and judging by the cloud cover now, you may want it get up early instead of staying up l

and 92 valrico, 92 tampa and along the beach. low 90s across the entire area and there you see it the heat seeing his those afternoon storms. we had a little drier air a little bit of sinking air which is a combination of the two keeping us below what we typically see. that will be changing for a couple of reasons. we had energy coming in from the east if you put that together this is your best chance of a few thunderstorms. and this is back towards haines along the coast a lot of rain it's a good night to go outside. and i think that there will be a little bit of cloudiness. otherwise partly sunny and a nice start to your tuesday bananas when the wind will start changing. this is an easterly went on wednesday and i think, that it will pin the sea breeze right along the coast. that means the heaviest storms will likely pop up closer to something we haven't been seeing for the past couple of days. instead of moving interior, we will start moving in. and the early half of august. wednesday morning, it gives you sunny skies most of

a lookatatures, we are in the 9 throughout much of hillsborough county, tampa, valrico, degrs.1. park and the coast. hudson, clear water 86. 89 sarasota and siesta key at 84 degrees. the feels like temperatures in to the triple digits, zephyrhills 100. plant city 102. mayaca city 102. we have the warmth. warmth across the southeast. seeing a little bit of a drop in temperatures as a co this time of year cold fronts just don't make it here. locked in with mostly clear skies. shows the west wind bringing maybe a 20% chance of a random shower through the metro area before it pushes to the east. tuesday, we will see the storms along the coast, they will pull back towards the west, by later on in the afternoon. bit of a change there as the down if to the upper 70s by tomorrow morning. 89 is your gulf water temperature, expect the winds 10 knots. 1-2-foot seas, light chop on inland waterways. low tide, 20 until noon. the sun will rise at 7:04. tonight, sunset 8:02 ought to be gorgeous. watching things change by tuesday. wednesday, thursday, in to friday to a 30-40% chance of showers wh

>> also happening now, firefighters are working to figure out what sparked a fire this morning in valrico.

just beginning to get its act together from temple terrace to valrico, bloomingdale and over to the plant city area. that will fill in over the next hour as well. from ruskin to apollo beach, that is the area that has all of the rain right there. the lightning extends into all of this is moving from south to north. i think this entire area from lakeland down to east of i-75 is where the bulk of the rain will develop this evening. it will wind down by 9:00, 10:00. temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s. that's more like it. more in store through the weekend. if you haven't had a chance to get yard work done or you want to get outside and enjoy our florida sunshine, now we're good to go. you just 4:00, 5:00 so you don't see this. the pattern will not change. the beach is beautiful until 5:00 or 6:00. today a transitional day. tomorrow through the weekend more of the classic east to west wind field which means that the storms will push back towards the coast in the evening. it will happen tonight but they will weaken by the time they do so. the mornings are beautiful. until 2:00, 3:00. mid

sefnner, problem mlk westbound at valrico, north valrico road. hillsborough county sheriffs' deputies are investigating but they did move it to valrico, it's not on 574 mlk, shouldn't temperatures in the upper 70s to about 80 degrees, beautiful start, no problems on the roads due to weather now, nice and dry. 88 degrees by noon. that is when we'll start to see a few showers inland around polk and highlands county. then it will become more widespread and work its way to our coastline from 2:00 to 3:00. where it begins and starts to ? go big or go home ? >>> good morning, america. we're live from the olympics, team usa making history. american superstar allyson felix now the most decorated woman in track and field after that stunning photo finish hands her silver. laurie hernandez and simone biles balancing their way to medalist who made history, simone manuel and ryan murphy joining us this morning. >>> major health alert. could taking tylenol while you're pregnant really increase the risk of your baby developing adhd? dr. jen ashton here with the

>> also happening now, firefighters are working to figure out what sparked a fire this morning in valrico. the scene, they were greeted by heavy smoke. the people who lived on the home on bloomingdale avenue were not there but firefighters rescued six dogs. >>> it was a big first day for thousands of kids in pinellas county as they headed back to school today. they found their crumbling old school building brand-new. >> right. largo high school got a big not just the building either. lauren rozyla shows us the new programs that will help students great start. >> reporter: i want you guys to take a look at the beautiful new campus. there are areas where students can eat and collaborate. but that's not actually what the school says they are the most proud of. as pinellas students head back for the first day, students at largo high school can't believe how different the school looks. >> it's really cool. the first time i stepped on it, college. i guess that's what they're going for. >> reporter: last year, he was stuck in portables as he waited for construction to finish. >> very cramped. >>

in most of manatee it's raining and some of it is heavy, near sun city center and moving up to valrico and fish hawk. storms back tomorrow after a temperatures will top off in the low 09's. >> stocks still rocking, the dow surging to a new all-time high on thursday, and the s&p and nasdaq notching their own eyes but interest rates are still historically low, 30 year mortgages at 3.58%. and meantime, the pay day can't come early enough, according to a new survey, are living pay check to pay check just to make ends meet. >> there is a new record for oldest living vertebra, and the animal holding that lives under the sea. >> a shark like this one would be older than, oh, the united states of america. how scientists came to that i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. letterman:"has a line of clothing, now where were these made?" trump: "these were made, i don't know where they're made. but they were made someplace. but they're great. it's ties, shirts, cufflinks, everything sold at macy's and they're doing great.? sh.? letterman: ?bangladesh.? trump: ?well, it's good. we employ pe

so -- through valrico. so give yourself extra time. u.s. 301, a crash south of you might want to take 75 as your alternate for in or out of tampa. a crash is in the clearing stages i-4 westbound at kathleen road. >>> let's open up the window and look outside, across the rivergate tower tampa camera, threat is, wow, some blue and sunshine. something we have not been able to enjoy for quite some time. it's back. mid and upper 70s. not to say we won't get thunderstorms bu fire them off by the afternoon. so titan doppler radar quiet. if you're heading outside pretty much what you see what is you get. temperatures will recover as well. they will rebound, noid upper 70s now but we'll get close to 90 in sports, north of that as we go into the afternoon thunderstorms, 50% to 60% coverage but it will be a later event than we've had the last few days. 4:00 and thereafter we'll see storms fire. by the way we still keep rain chances through the end of the highs in the lower 90s. lower rain chances, pretty nice weekend coming up saturday and sunday

in valrico. you have to watch the southeastern sky because rain is on the way and storms also firing up in manatee county. this is another example why. you have to have my sky tower app. not only do you see the rain year. especially over the weekend when you are out and about. rain that was over the bay we watch it it's gone. that's it. so that rained itself out. now we talked about rain heading for ridge manor at 5:45 weather cast. it did just that. ridge manor has storms approaching from the southeast. lots of rain heading for you. maybe brooksville two. punta gorda, fort myers, rain. storms in se brink, lake placid, also moving west northwest. more of the same this weekend. however some of the models do drop the moisture a little bit. may not be as much rain tomorrow afternoon as we had today. the rain coverage probably goes up a little bit on sunday. it's amazing what's happening out in louisiana. this is a big deal. this is the same low. i talked about this a couple times today. the same low

looking state state road 60 through valrico. another alternate. just a little slow, this was really backed up during morning rush but right now things seem to have cleared out. good news on the howard frankland bridge, a stalled car that was blocking a lane out of howard frankland. back to you. >>> we turn now to the other big story of the day. all the kids now -- the majority of kids in the bay area back in class. >> back to school. if you have pictures of your kids going back to school post them on facebook. my mom put me in a siller suit first or second -- sailor suit first or second grade, so embarrassing. keep those for >> we want those. >> it was raining. >>> we cleared out in time. better than the best -- the first day of school, a brand new school. in largo, we showed that you this morning. we had blue lights out there. very nice stuff. love the smell of a new school. beautiful skies, we have the sunshine. so we were talking about this yesterday. clearing just in time. that low moving away. each and everyday you're going to pack the rain g

and also word of an accident in the seffner area on martin luther king right at valrico road. i want you to keep that in mind. tying up lanes. south 75 through new tampa, slow as well. 275 coming away if bearss into downtown tampa. also on the howard frankland again. all right, let's go ahead and pull over here to u.s. 301, seeing delays here northbound. the accident southbound at bloomingdale and that's taking up lanes. you can see 75 northbound gets slow through brandon. that's typical. and apparently northbound on the collier parkway, still trying to woman up an accident >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, thrills and spills. >> a dive by miller for the line. >> team usa's allyson felix misses gold by a nose coming in a very close second in the women's 400 while gymnastics superstar simone biles has a rare misstep on the beam as she takes home the bronze and teammate laurie hernandez wows to take silver but team spirit -- >> i think all of the girls agree there's nothing as amazing and special as being able to win that team gold medal. whatever else happens, you know, the

more than it 5.5 inches in spring hill, holiday more than 5 1/2 inches of rain, valrico nearly 4 inches of rain. more rain is still planning to come in sure. we are about to see some of the southern portions a pinellas county hit by this rain. i am keeping the rain chances at 70% today. >>> the traffic is improving along i-4 but still slow was found near mcintosh road due to an earlier tractor-trailer that jackknifed. things are getting better as we hit the tail end of the morning drive. we still have a dig jam knew the manatee-sarasota county line in this area. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, and billy bush live from the olympic games in rio de >> welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning, august 9th, 2016. i'm billy bush with al and nat live in rio. i got one for you. are you ready? morning jam. i get this from my kids. "closer." you have simone biles closer to her gold medal. >> you can pronounce it closer if you want to close the job when you're in the pool. >> phelps is on tonight. ledecky is on tonight. >> w