northwest wft wind at 8 miles per hour. 70 at the inner harbor. you say when was that.hat was like at midnight. the early morning hours, the predawn hours on friday. during the day friday, readings were in the 50's. temperatures have vacillated from there. lows were there at midnight last night. 38 and 43. now a little chillier than that. yesterday in the predawn hours there was a little rain. typical high this time of year is 50 degrees. you're going to have a hard time zeroing in on that. this weekend will be a little short. a warming trend coming back. right now annapolis is at 38. only 29 at parkton. frederick at freezing. readings in the 20's in western maryland now. here's the large-scale satellite and radar. what's left of that weather is out over new england at this stage. there is another little disturbance coming in over the great lakes out of the west and the upper midwest and canada. that will be riding north. we have this big area of high pressure overhead. storm developing down in texas in the gulf coast region, also coming into the pacific northwest. they

jeff butera of wfts reports. >> reporter: i'm liggett and these are my chickens. >> reporter: there'ssie, and lynn's favorite, essi pechlt p. >> she's the tamest of the bunch. >> reporter: he keeps them in a coop in his back yard in tampa. >> you wouldn't believe it but they're just like pets. >> reporter: joey holloway built lynn's coop and others. >> an average size coop would be this one over here. >> reporter: he said having chickens and a coop in your back yard is fairly inexpensive, you can start for less than 300 bucks, and it's a great way to produce eggs. >> oh. we got -- this is from lucky. >> reporter: it's clearly growing in popularity in tampa right now. >> they're really friendly. i mean, it's like a pet. it's not hard to keep clean. it's not hard to take care of. >> reporter: now, tampa's laws say you can take care of five chickens for every 5,000 square feet. as long as they're 200 feet from your neighbors. >> what our staff will do is just explain to city council what's on the books right now. >> reporter: the council could then clarify that law and maybe add tougher