but not so pleasant right now, 49 in weeki wachee. and milder, upper 40s to near 50 along the coast. high pressure has moved right on top of us. and when that happens, you get the lightest winds and that's the coldest morning. when the lighter wind, sunny day, pleasant and high pressure off into the east coast and we south and that warms up quickly. 82 thursday. and rain though for easter weekend, leslee. >> all right. >>> checking out traffic right now. we have a collision eastbound university parkway, folks. this is in sarasota right where we did have that overnight construction. and all the construction has cleared from the roadway. right here at i-75, one eastbound lane on university is still blocked. let's go ahead and take a live look at traffic because it looks wonderful out there. this is in polk county. a wonderful drive. if you live in polk county and commute into tampa, no delays. and on the polk parkway, not just i-4, we are up to speed. the howard franklin bridge, only six minutes to cross it. that's a look at weather and

division of the american water works association is holding it's annual "best tasting water contest" in weeki wachee. this is for division four... which includes hillsborough, pinellas, pasco, polk, hernando, citrus, and sumter counties. judging is based the winner will then go on to compete for best water in the *state... and there's a national contest too. 3 the best drinking water winner *last year, was hernando. and the best water in *florida... was in tallahassee. 3 toss to dave... 3 3 3 3 the latest on 3 the threat of zika... in north america. some scary new numbers, from health officials. 3 plus: a look at all the star-power, at last night's *canadian state dinner. 3 3 in the headlines: the growing threat, from the zika virus. health officals now say the number of infections here in the u-s, has just topped two *hundred people. 3 but health officials also traced to a foreign country. the new numbers come as health officials pleaded congress to give them almost two *billion dollars in funding, to fight the virus in latin america. that's where most of these cases are coming from. they sa

in the middle of the rnc so only essential personnel are allowed, i will be working from home that weeki. >> new downtown bars and restaurants are adding staff for the busy week,, everybody come is me worried about getting to and from work and where they will be parkinge. >> the mac tournament are underway to kill, anna have a cavalier start a five-game road a loss to theveve grizzlies last season the team bonded during the same west coast trip so they hope to take an important for step tonight against the struggling teams of the for the cavaliers of the cab was beat by at 20 points last less likely to bob at the q. tonight at 10:00 a lot of are less than a week away it looks like it looks like maybe a controversy involving theay republican ballot through two contests on the ballot for the election of presidential delegates with only one mattersss allows ohio senator state john husted says both will be counted that the war in the delegates will be based on the at-large vote . >> worried that perhaps ps something would go wrong and and your vote not counted? >> pockmarked only one i would

showers still working into the area, mainly right up against the coast from wick ci ci with a wiki weeki wachee, and we'll see showers popping up again and maybe we will see a few heavy downpours. the high 69, the low, the current temperature at 70, and relative humidity 97% and that means the potential for fog as we head for the overnight hours. still in the low to mid 70 eerks and upper 60's off to the north as well, upper 60's to near 70. and so a pretty sticky night, and not expecting a whole lot of relief in the dewpoint department over the next few days. you see this line of showers settling over the area? the one key here is that showers continue to move into the same direction but they are not dropping really south at all. and that is a good sign that the frontal boundary is stalled out over us. this is why we are going to keep the threat of showers going into the day on monday. a lot of dry air off to the west once we finally tap into it and this is why we see sunshine in the forecast, if not for monday, certainly later on tuesday. and you see a couple of showers and maybe a few

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some of that thick fog, sea fog. 84 degrees in lakeland. 86 winter haven. 78 degrees in weeki wachee. cold front to the north of us, high pressure to the north of that with a few of these high clouds streaming our way. fefew showers back to the west and we did have a little brief shower pop up around plant city, south of plant city and move to the east quickly. we can't rule out of the possibility of seeing a light shower, but generally saturday is the best chances for showers. a morning commute, watch for the fog. st. patrick's day, plenty of sunshine, a warm and lucky day. sunday -- then this front sags into the area, cooler this area of low pressure, which isn't unusual to see develop along the front, low pressure will move in with storms through the day. so that could kick up some shower and thunderstorm chances on and off through the day on 81 degrees thursday. 79 for friday. by saturday, you see the rain increase at 60% chance with a high of 78 degrees. spring begins but it doesn't make a big difference to us in the sunshine state. it's nice and warm and of course this time of y

the dupt is 61, winds out of the east-southeast, and to the weeki wachee. and 67 in frost proof and 68 out in wauchula. we've been talking about all of this intense rain across louisiana, on into mississippi and now making its way toward alabama and georgia as well and it just continues, you don't see an end in sight, and you see more rain gathering off shore and you switch to the water vapor loop and there is just so much moisture in the air. we call this an atmospheric river, and it's streaming in and hen then you see this counterclock-wise fellow flow into mexico and this is so rare that they saw snow across portions of a had guadalajara,and that is rare to see, the and so it's been a while since we have seen a cut-off low e and that is what is aiding aiding all of this flooding. by the time they move east it looses that moist connection it has right now and so by sunday when we see the showers and storms there could be a few heavy downpours but for the most part we are just look at scattered shower activity. starting at the coast and moving eastward, si

weeki wachee, 75. cold front to the north of us. a stalled front. area of low pressure will develop. boundary. that. showers right now as you can see across the northern part of the gulf of mexico, spreading these clouds high and mid level clouds. some lower clouds too. and you can see the showers firing up. maybe a few thunderstorms mixed in here. it is generally this area we will watch for moving through the region for tomorrow. a lot of this will move to the north, but it keep it is chance of showers through the day. a few little sprinkles now back to our west at the moment. but not much rain reported at this hour. so the rpm forecast model, you can see around 8:10 in the morning. mamaybe a few showers for the rpm forecast model. then the possibility of seeing some showers with this approaching front inin the area. begin later in the day and the early part of sunday. lingering 7:30 a.m. sunday morning. then cooler air building in behind later on sunday. with breezier conditions. second half of sunday. starts to turn breezy with that wind shift ou

temple terrace, 81. 79 degrees in north port. 75 weeki wachee. at the high levevels of the atmosphere, we have had a lot of high clouds controlling along in the subtropical flowow. the west. and, we do have a front that is essentially stalled as a stationary boundary to the north. this area of low pressure will travel along the boundary and kick up a few showers. that is why we are forecasting the possibility of rain. across the statate now, quite a few clouds. there are some breaks though. so it hasn't been a bad day overall. just a few more clouds than out of towners would like. so we can't rule out the possibility of an evening light drop of rain here or there including the overnight too. back to our west in the forecast, on the rpm overnight, extra clouds around. maybe a shower for us. the thinking is that on and off thing we keep talking about. partly to mostly cloudy skies with maybebe a few showers beginning. we did see a bit of a break there saturday afternoon accocording to this particular model. as this cold front approach it is area, a

and should feel warm in the now, look at this, 43 in weeki wachee. 42 brooksville. polk county, 50 in lakeland. 54 in bradenton. and i checked in with my weather watcher wendy in brooksville, she is at 43 degrees. so what happens to the temperatures? well, we get this nice east to southeast breeze so even at about 5:30 still cool and in the low 40s. lakeland, about 49. watch, even by 7:00 a.m., we start to warm up, lakeland at 50. sarasota at 2. and quickly, most of us in the 70s by 10:00 a.m. 70 brooksville. and the hottest part of the day, in the mid- to even upper 70s, staying very pleasant through and dropping back to the 60s by 8:00 tonight. and then 80 and sunny tomorrow. low 80s wednesday, thursday and friday. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> rolling right along, folks. we have an update on overnight construction in the sarasota area. what you need to know, looks -- like the off-ramp southbound to university is reopened but they are picking up the cones. we've still got some construction as well on university westbound, a couple lanes taken away under neither

partly cloudy skies currently. 75 in brandon. 68 weeki wachee. 70 saint petersburg. you can see very chilly air. alabama. very chilly air just to the north of us. we will not get that cool but it will bring slightly cooler air in for us. that is the cold front, the warm front right there. near the boundary. that is where the shower activity is occurring today. lots of clouds in central and south florida. a bit more sunshine. citrus county saw a bit more sunshine than everybody else in tampa bay. partly cloudy skies. pleasant temperatures for us. low pressure continues to race off to the east. cold front near the boundary friday morning. the front will arrive with morning showers. in the afternoon, blue skies, sunshine returns. then high pressure will shift to the east. may want a light jacket to start the day with some cooler temperatures in our forecast. but it really ends up nice in the afternoon for saturday and sunday as we talked about. temperatures mid 70s . rain chances not existent during the next seven days. trend as a ridge of high pressure locks onto us. w

it 81 in bartow. 84 in weeki wachee. so, warm temperatures around. high pressure in place leaving us with mostly clear skies now. notice out west what we are dealing with. showers and storms across louisiana, texas, we are seeing all the weather system stuck over this region. that is why they have been seeing such massive rainfall totals. here is a look at the last 48 hours. you can see about a foot of rain is what they have seen in northwest louisiana. it is no surprise we are dealing with some severe flooding out that way. now, for us, the area of high and it will continue to do so overnight. as you wake up tomorrow, expect a mix of rain and clouds. temperatures in the mid 60s . great beach weather if you are spring break this week, you lucked out as things continue to look nice into the start of this weekend. a warm start on saturday. mid 60s again. as we head into saturday afternoon bringing in just a very slim 10% chance of a shower. so, really not going to see much in the way of rain saturday. it will be dry for the most part. it is sunday wher

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weeki wachee, a few more clouds. the on shore flow is keeping temperatures in the 70s along the coastal areas. got a front to the north of us just kind of hanging out here and the flow from west to east. high clouds. area of low pressure traveling along. this boundary will help to enhance our rain chances. most of the shower activity associated with that front is well to the north of us. but there are a few showers, as a resusult, the rain chances are higher in these northern spots, looks like citrus coununty with a few showers surviving but right on the border you may pick up a few ofof these. they appear to be weakening. we want to make a mention of it. especially northern citrus county. got a fronont hanging to the north. that will continue to be with us in n some form. watch for some patchy fog tomorrow morning. in the afternoon, maybe a couple of late daday showers. you will probably see a few more clouds than today. buff still the warm temperatures will be with us. there's the area of low pressure saturday morn

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weeki wachee, 43. little warmer in polk county, 54 in winter haven. and 49 in apollo beach. and my weather watcher bob in venice, he is at 53. like i said, a chill this morning. these are the temperatures we should see around 4:30 this morning. but i'm going to tick through the hours of the day and get a nice east to southeast wind throughout the day and that warms us up. by 6:30 this morning, 52 in frost proof. 52 in sarasota. and look how fast, temperatures just leap up to 71 by 10:30 this morning in lakeland. even 70 in brooksville. and out and about for the lunch break and notice passing cloud, 76 in plant city for the strawberry festival. 74 in sebring. upper 70s to near 80 at 3:00 p.m. and you're coming home from work. upper 60s to low 70s. well, it just continue, low 80s for the rest of the week. and the next rain chance is saturday. >>> well, moving along at good speeds. we have overnight construction. this is usually a hot spot. right now, traveling southbound i-75 right at university, the off-ramp and the on-ramps are blocked and that should wrap up within the next

bradenton, 85. 76 weeki wachee. very comfortable for your friday evening. no weather worries all the way into the overnight hours. tomorrow morning, now, a very mild start, we are already in the upper 60s to begin the day so you know it will be a warm low to mid 80s . bringing in a small chance of a couple of small showers by the afternoon hours. then headed into sunday, the rain begins in the morning hours in the northern spots and will spread inland through the day. not everyone is going to see rain, but there is a chance for the morning and early afternoon hours. also, we will likely see some fog along the coast. it may not be the best beach weather sunday. by monday, a weak front moves in. fog could still be an issue for some of us monomorning and we will bring in a small rain chance for the start of monday. overall, though, rain chances not looking huge tomorrow with sunday where we have the better chance of showers. if we do have lingering rain around on monday, it will be early in the day and still pretty light and then we are drying out as we head i

overall, very pleasant weather conditions. 73 degrees the current temperature at brandon. 64 degrees weeki wachee. 73 in plant city. 71 in brooksville. further to the north, much colder air in the trough that is allowing temperatures to get into slightly above freezing here in detroit and also cincinnati. even cool up in boston at 28 degrees but much of the country warming into the 70s all the way into kansas here. of course, the state of florida and much of texas, even portions of texas into the 80s . quite a bit of dry air aloft. we have been watching the high and mid level clouds streak in from the west. the upper level flow has been very fast this winter. everything kind of moves along quickly as a result of the surface. reason we are seeing these beautiful blue skies. this low pressure is centered off the east coast. you can see the cold front streaming further south through the state of florida and the high clouds that are streaming but a little bit further south today. we recall yesterday, it was mostly cloudy throughout most of the day for most of the area. that has pushed further

leave out of your house you will notice that it's significantly colder. 52 right now inverness and weeki wachee, in polk county we're still getting the cold air arriving, 55 lakeland, 60 in wimauma. the winds are howling out of the north at 21 miles per hour in clearwater, 13 in lakeland, gusting up in most places more than 20 miles per hour. that's helping to clear the skies out. it will keep us feeling like a winter day today. a high of only 66 degrees. plus the wind making it feel even colder. at 4:38 in weather and traffic on the 8s we have an 8-day temperature trend to let you know how long it's going to stay this cool. >> thank you, leigh. -- top stories, a near by by another wrong way driver. this morning the driver is out on bond after almost hitting a tampa police officer head on on i-275. this comes days after a hillsborough county sheriff's deputy was laid to rest. deputy john kotfila was killed by a wrong way driver on the selmon expressway. >>> president obama is waking up in cuba this morning. today the commander in chief has a busy day ahead of him. he will meet with cuban

places like weeki wachee, starting the day at 48 degrees. for me, that means long sleeves f not a light jacket. 47 in zephyrhills. lakeland, polk county, you just dropped to 54 degrees. and i checked in with my weather watcher big monkey in crystal beach who says 51 degrees. this cool morning is close to average for early march but notice the high, thin, passing cloud, mild afternoon, mid-70s. tomorrow morning, mostly before sunrise, i add had a small 20% -- i add in a small rain chance, 20%. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> all right, well looking good for the most part. again, we still have issues with off-ramps out there. so 54th avenue south, the exit here from 275 southbound over in pinellas county, it is still blocked. so take 22nd instead. look off the howard franklin bridge, folks. and this is northbound and you can see that traffic is still kennedy boulevard. that should wrap up very soon. hopefully all the overnight construction will wrap up soon. back to candace and gayle. >> all right. >>> would you pay your boss for more vacatio

currently, temperatures still in the 80s for a lot of us. 86 in brandon. 82 bartow. 85 in weeki wachee. notice some pretty warm temperatures for march across much of the u.s. 77 in atlanta. 76dc. 60 degrees in new york city this afternoon. so, high pressure remains in control for this evening. just a couple of clouds around as we head into tomorrow morning. by the afternoon hours, we top out in the mid 80s . great beach weather for all of you on spring break. partly cloudy skies continuing. no rain friday. saturday looks nearly dry as well. very warm start with temperature ins the mid 60s by the afternoon hours. we are back into the low 80s . we bring in a slim 10% chance of a passing shower because of extra moisture, but the rain is still well off to the west. as we head into sunday, that is when this system approaches. sunday afternoon, we bring our shower chances. dry up until then. slim rain chances saturday. most of the rain will be on sunday with some lingering light showers possible. still monday morning, and the pollen count. a lot of you concerned with that but i don't think w

this rain will eventually make its way toward us but lit be much weaker. 82 brandon. 83 in weeki wachee. and notice, for this time of year, actually, some pretty warm temperatures across much of the eastern half of the country. it is 76 in atlanta. 72 in dc. 59 in new york city this evening. so our friends up north loving the warm temperatures like we are. this evening, a couple of clouds will remain with us. a mix of sun and clouds through the day friday. but we will keep rain out of the forecast for your friday afternoon and evening plans. temperatures warm back into the mid 80s . if you are planning to head out to the beach. a great day for that. saturday morning a dry start to the weekend. we will keep rain chances only 10% for saturday afternoon. maybe a small stray shower pops up. notice the rain and the storm system still west of us. but as the high backs out, we will finally start to see some rain moving in on sunday. we can actually use it. unfortunately, sunday is the grand prix. don't like the timing of that. but, that is mainly when we will be seeing the showers will be on s

presidential candidates come to the area looking to win over voterse in advance of the primary next weeki kevin freeman as i broadview heights were governor john kasich will hold a rally in about an hour . this event expects to begin at 5:00 o'clockt the doors open at about 4:30 p.m. we are at ohio cat and broadview heights, show you the setup, this will be a w town hall type set up . people will be able to ask questions of this is the largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, he chose m to be here because this is a growing part because of the policies ofor governor kasich that they have flourished . . show some earlier footage, but he was campaigning in lansing michigan, they hold their primary there today, today , he believes he can win that state of what the polls show him about 12 points behind donald trump .s in ahead of ted cruz and marco rubio, and his message of preventing jobs improving health care and education, to bring the message to ed ohio into michigan estate that he feels optimistic about winning. >> holidaystoes traditions of doom and gloom, it is kind of

odessa. 59 lakeland. 64 venice. 54 weeki wachee. and lake placid, 63. high pressure to our knot west. here is the cold front well down to the south now. but we have a pretty good flow here. you can see the subtropical flow carrying the jet stream. mid level clouds as well streaking across the state. so those will be in the sky along with the sunshine. but temperature wise, it is very nice because the dew bit with the passage of this front. but to see the upstream clouds here. you can't rule out clouds for tomorrow. thursday morning feeling cooler again in the 40s and the 50s . under clear skies especially northern part of the state. probably a little cooler there. in the afternoon, a few clouds return. just saw that trail of clouds back to the west with near normal highs. 65 degrees for a high. another front coming in for friday. again, the rain chance from that one generally early in the day. probably around 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. a push from north to south. a better chance of seeing a shower. perhaps a lot of you folks will see the showers before you

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many of us in the upper 60s here across pinellas and hillsborough county, a touch cooler around weeki wachee with the 70s showing in the southern zones in sarasota. the bigger picture shows how the air is mild and i show you this because there is this trough that once it comes through, all it will really do is dry us out and not give us much colder weather as we head through the work week. there is a cold front and that will set-up severe weather across arkansas today. more heavy rain for those areas harder hit across the lower mississippi valley. and this little dash line. there is drier air behind it. we have to get through today and it looks like all of the moisture will be funneling into the area and you can see the developing band of rain in the gulf of mexic appear latch appalachia. you can see some of the rain sliding into the bay area. it will carry it into the interior and tomorrow we'll have clouds but not the rain. the rain showers will be moving south and to the east. the rain chances drop off as we head back towards the work week. our forecast does call for a 40% chance o

pete. 66 in zephryhills. 6 in weeky washy. they need a light jacket. here's the winds at 10 miles-per-hour. we're seeing gust over 20 miles-per-hour at time. does feel chilly outside. high pressure in place, so besides the stronger winds, we actually have quiet conditions across much of the eastern half of the it's looking dry. as we look closer at the tampa bay area, a few high dealing with plenty of sunshine. for the rest of this evening, temperatures staying close to 60 the thin clouds staying with us. we'll be breezy, but as we head into tonight, we're actually looking at temperatures that aren't too far off our record lows. we'll talking about the temperatures in the 30s and 40s as you wake up tomorrow morning coming up in your full forecast. guys. >>> now, 8 on your side special coverage of president obama's historic visit to cuba. >> for the first time in 88 years, a sitting us president is visit that island nation. >> president obama is sitting down with raul castro. castro held a news into the country. the president believes the trade embargo

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arrested half a dozen people in connection with the instant denses over the -- incidents over the weeky same time donald trump ken husband criticism of ted cruz and john kashich. listen. >> now i'm down to two leftovers. i have two leftovers. i have lying ted. and i have john. okay? and i think we'll be in great shape. but here's the thing. look. in all seriousness. we -- you have to beat your enemy, right? >> reporter: trump hopes to get a lift from high profile endorsements among illegal immigration critics, including a sheriff joe arpaio and former governor japan brewer. >> it's my understanding that ted cruz is going after john kashich. >> reporter: that's right. cruz has been out here campaigning hard also on the immigration issue. recent,[ç polls showed that 30%f the voters here were still up decided going into the contest. so cruz has been here. he went to the border. he also made a surprise visit to a church yesterday, but he has been trying to bump off john kashich, who has not campaigned here at all, frankly, to try to make this a two-man race between him and trump. he has eve

residents did not p have any type of renters insurance and then with the second fire later on that weeki in another complex, there is a great need right now in the community. >> per group has already collected a lot of donations, but they want to do even mars, so they decided to team up with then panini's and brunswick to host theto fundraiser. it will be held at the restaurant on monday and every dollar made that day will go towards a fund to help the victims. >> it'she devastating. all the families that were displaced.c i can't even imagine losing all of my belongings. >> george fox is the director of operations for panini's. he says he is happy to host the fundraiser and hopes to see a big turnout. >> we feel very strongly about being parte of the community and as a business, we should all support the community w whenever certain situations we feel we need to step up and help where we can and we are proud to do it. >> and learn more about how you can help these families, just head over to fox8.comel it's nice to see a lot of people helping out in our thoughts and prayersrs are with ke

and really great to be outside today. 73, low humidity. 36 in zephyrhills. 39 weeki wachee. and 46 in clearwater. 42 in apollo beach. 42 lakeland. and new port richey, 45. not as windy because high pressure is right on top of us. and when you have the lighter winds and clear skies, that gives you the colder morning. and we also see sunny skies and that pleasant low 70s. high pressure moves into the atlantic, our winds start coming from the south. and spring weather return, best beach day is tomorrow at 80. into easter weekend, rain chances ramp up. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, moving at good speeds out there overall on 275 coming off the howard franklin bridge but moving southbound on 275, out of pasco county and then bearss avenue to i-4, up to 16 minutes. and let's talk about a crash southbound dale mabry at got you backed up. again, southbound dale mabry at hillsborough, take himes instead. state road 580, a collision, injuries involved. and also, another one here, state road 56 at mansfield boulevard in the wesley chapel area. and westbound i-4 away if ybor cit

we are at 85 in brooksville. 86 in weeki wachee. a little milder along the coast when we have the breeze coming in off the gulf. 79 in clearwater. saint pete, 75 currently in venice. here's the story. you can see quiet conditions across the entire state of florida. that's thanks to this region of high pressure that is sitting on of the of us. it is why we haven't seen any rain for the last week or so. but out west, it is a different story. that area of high pressure is keeping the storm systems over places like texas, louisiana, mississippi. you can see more rain streaming across the region this afternoon. they are picked up hefty rainfall totals. you can see as you head northwest louisiana. parts of that area have seen about a foot of rain. this system will break away and but a much weaker when it does so. pretty quiet. a mix of sun and clouds as you wake up tomorrow morning. temperatures in the mid 60s . by tomorrow afternoon, we are starting off again reaching back into the mid 80s . great beach weather for you. by saturday morni

here in the temperatures, ale little cooler o- owe 81 in seabring. 68 in clearwater and 69 in -- in weeki wachee. breezy at times and not too bad for this afternoon. as we head through this evening, partly the mid-60s. tomorrow, cooler in the mid-50s, but temperatures overall holding steady in the 70s and 80s next week. we'll have details on that coming up in your full forecast. >>> still ahead on first at 4. >> in today's -- i'm going to show you how to drive brush. it's good going -- it's good for you and it makes you pretty. >>> i want to stay tuned for these stories. >> the tampa bay rays are -- we'll hear from fans to get their hopes. >>> local county leaders wants to turn this building into an on site building for county employees. why they claim it dollars. >>> two lives were lost in a we spoke to the victim's families know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you have to spend transfer funds. know you can easily keep track of what you're putting away. and know you're budgeted for the great escape. >>> welcome back. now for a look at cele

were and they moved out of the area and throughout the day, we're not expecting widespread rain and weeky see some isolated showers in areas east of cuyahoga county this morning around 11 a.m. after that, we dry out and clear out and get windy, but we'll see sunshine and that is some good news for us and highs in the upper 50s and la jolla 60s. and thursday morning, we start off dry and then, thursday evening, we get that next chance for some showers, isolated in nature and breezy. wind advisory takes affect at 8:00 a.m. this morning and we're talking about wind gusts at 50 miles an hour and that is going to be to a good start and 33 degrees in cleveland and 49 in medina and 62 in millersburg. the highs for most of us going to be about 63 degrees and you can see the am rain clears out and leaving rain for sunshine thursday. we're talking about a chance of flurries friday and sunday. and those temperatures overnight drop below freezing. >> and over to you. >>> and seeing traffic build on 77 around east 30th this morning and that is not bad of a spot and worse on 71 right the roads are slic

that is generally what we are 81 in weeki wachee. 71 in venice. 81 in bartow. so it is warm across the board this afternoon. there is that area of high pressure, we will be talking about this for a while. it will sit offer the coast of florida right in the western atlantic leaving us with that warm southeasterly flow. blocks any rain moving in. this is why we with have the dry weather pattern. we will have a few clouds around. if they are not obscuring your view, jupiter will be shining bright in the sky tonight visible after sunset and all the way through most of the overnight hours. just look to the eastern sky and if you are interested in the night sky, a nice night to check it out there. only a few clouds around in the southern areas. tomorrow, it will be an excellent day for spring training. a little bit on the warm side. so stay hydrated. pack the sunscreen. but at 1:05 in clearwater, the orioles versus the phillies. pirates, upper 70s . and the nationals and the tigers starting out at 80 degrees only getting warmer from there. also, not a bad day to be o

another day at the strawberry festival. 62 in weeki wachee. 64 clearwater. apollo beach, 62. and big monkey in crystal beach, also in the 60s. high pressure. we have to go to the long-range forecast because high pressure is going to keep us nice and dry which for our friends to the west, texas and louisiana, going to keep them wet. dry for us today. dry for us thursday. and basically dry on friday. although there might be a couple extra clouds. here's the change though. expecting the rain to sweep through here on saturday. it's now once again getting hung up back to the west. which means we will put the rain chances best on sunday at 40%. and only a 20% chance on saturday. and don't forget, this weekend it's time to spring forward. how is traffic on the 8s looking this morning? >>> not a lot of spring happening along westbound i-4. we do have an accident near mlk. still blocking the right-hand lane. and it is causing a back-up now to hillsborough avenue. so about a mile or so. i wouldn't reroute. just plan on an extra five or 10 minutes at this point. you can see the delay. 7

that and cooler if you're going out to see the moon, 48 in lakeland. 45 in weeki wachee. clearwater at 55. everybody is warmer than this time yesterday. tampa, brandon, plant city, about seven degrees warmer. and we will keep warming up too, hitting 80 which is above average. the average of 77. 8s at 6:08, rain chances will increase and i will run those down coming up. but first, the check situation and make sure people can get to work and school. >>> it's looking good this morning. we've had a very nice drive. right now a look at the travel times. a good drive on the sunshine skyway bridge and also on the howard franklin bridge, just 10 and six minutes there. and no delay as well on the courtney campbell causeway. and i-4 through plant city, seven minutes. bruce b down on 75 through the new tampa area, only eight minutes. enjoy it while you can. last a look at weather and traffic. wac to gene and gayle. >> thank you so much. >>> right now, a manhunt is underway for one of the suspected isis terrorists responsible for the attack in brussels. >> yeah, 34-year-old people di

pi mean weeki wachee still 45. pinverness 48. pgrab your jackets. pyou will need them for another phour or so mid to upper 50s psouth of tampa. pand temperatures in frostproof pwhich is nice. plook how dry it is too. pdew points in the 40s. pthat means with all this sign pshine we got we warm things up pquickly. ptemperatures eventually as the pwinds shift to the east make ptheir way to it the upper 70s pfor this afternoon. pa beautiful day. pin fact a beautiful week coming pat us. pso who's first to hit 80? pand will anybody hit 90? ptwo biggest questions this week. p78 for a high today. pi'm starting to lose my voice. pclear skies not chilly tonight. plow 58 degrees partly cloudy and pwarm tomorrow. pwith high temperature of 79 pdegrees. peast winds for boaters today at p5 to 15 knots. pwith a moderate chop. pby middle of week latter portion pof week tampa hittings 83. pyou may run closer to 90 for pinland locations by thursday. pto pretty hot week overall. pnext chance of rain not until at pi like it. pall right thank you. pwell very heavy along

pyou can see cold front there pbasically from daytona beach out ptowards weeki wachee right now. pthat continues to drop south as pwe head throughout day today. pso your forecast for the day 74 pdegrees increasing some. pwe're already pretty much at pwe'll see couple clouds from ptime to time overyour all more psun than clouds. p7 day forecast shows mid 70s pnext couple of days upper 70s psunday, monday and tuesday on pinto the low 80s as we head ptoward wednesday and thursday. pjim. p>> mike we are dealing with slow pdown on howard franklin bridge. pnot great spot for rush hour pdrive for trouble to happen. pthat's case this morning pnorthbound along 275. pall it is disabled vehicle, one pvehicle off to side roadway a proad ranger on scene to help pthat driver out. pso the lanes currently blocked poff northbound along 275 just ast mid span portion heading pinto tampa tampa we're going to psee slow down from that spot pback twarldz pinellas count pbumping up travel time toward pkennedy boulevard to solid 15 pminute drive across the water. pskyfox checked on that reported pcrash.

pnew port richey, weeki wachee at p79 degrees. pyou head over into the dade pcity. pover into zephyrhills, both at p80 degrees. pmyakka city to lakewood ranch pand sarasota currently checks in pwith a 77. plakeland you're at 77. pand frostproof currently sits a p78. palso have breezy conditions our pwinds gusting up to 20 miles an phour same over in clearwater and pwesley chapel. pbartow winds gusting up to 20 pmiles an hour as well. pso we will continue to see at pleast some breezy conditions as pwe go through the afternoon. pall because we've got high ressure which is to our east. pbut still kind of ridging back pover us. pthat's keeping us actually retty quiet. pwith just some scattered clouds. pnice mild conditions. pbut back to our west, you can psee some very active showers. pand thunderstorms. pmoving through oklahoma. pdown into texas. pand inside a yellow and that porange shaded area, that's the pareas of greatest threat of pstrong thunderstorms for the premainder of the day. pthat red box that is a tornado pwatch box. pand these storms will a slowly pwork

p81 in weeki wachee. p79 in inverness. p78 at sarasota, 75 in venice. p81 right now in myakka city. pinland, it's really warm. p86 in frost proof. p87 in sebring and 84 down in plake placid. pit's been a breezy day today pjust like it was yesterday. pmost areas have winds sustained p15 miles an how were, gusting at ptimes to above 20 miles an hour. pyou see 22 mile-per-hour wind pgusts for lakeland, 24 in winter phaven. pnow, notice the direction. pwinds coming out over the gulf pso that's going to increase the pthat's why we have a dew point pof 71 in tampa. pyou head to the east coast, pthough, it's only somewhat phumid. p60 dew point at vero beach. p60 in orlando. pso with that west wind, we're pgoing to remain humid at least puntil we start to shift the pwinds later on thursday. pmay see a brief dropoff in the pdew points. psatellite and radar view, post pshower activity and cloud cover psinking to the south and east. poverall tonight, partly cloudy pskies. pone exception may be quite a bit pin the way of low clouds psettling in over the area. phere's the future cast. pdevelopin

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we've in thei 70s that startse1 for the next weeki ahead as well.o the mountains of wales to meet one of the best craftsman of musical instruments and his race against time. >>> voters in five states today are casting ballots for presidential candidates today. on the republican side, donald trump is expected to do well. [ screaming ] >> last night not everyone was demonstrators in new orleans were dragged out of a trump speech there. >> the billionaire was rallying voters at the time. ahead of today's primary in louisiana, trump is the front return in spite of a number trying to block his nomination. >> reporter: donald trump won 7 out of 11 caucuses and primaries on super tuesday and looks to rack up more victories today in connecticut, louisiana and maine. kansas is a top battleground with rubio and cruz. meanwhile, a panicked gop establishment tries to halt trump's momentum p.m. this week, 2012 republican nominee mitt romney called trump a fraud. a letter released warning trump lacked foreign policy experience was simplistic about the dangers china. only four candidates remain in t

so it is cool in places like zephyrhills and weeki wachee, you're 47. apollo beach, 53. lakeland, 55. through the day, warming up to 71 at noon. 75 at 3:00 p.m. comfortable. in fact, emoji man wants it to stay this way and we're going to keep it in the mid-70s through the weekend emoji man. >>> mountainsing at good speeds out there in polk county. looks good but in st. pete, we're seeing slowdowns here northbound on 275, coming away from downtown. and an accident involving a pedestrian. and that is at 18th south near 21st street. a lot of activity there. and i want to hop over now to pasco county because on state road 54, we have delays and two lanes taken away. and your back-is up to trinity back here westbound. also heavy into downtown tampa on southbound 275. >> thank you. >>> well the search for two brazen thieves in tampa early this morning. police responded to a home invasion in the 1400 block of west yukon. that's where two men forced their way inside and zip tied two people. the victims got free and called police. they were not hurt. the thieves did make off with

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