and 57 in zephyrhills. and i checked in with my weather watcher betty in plant city and it's 63 degrees at her house. the going into the future part. the front to the north today which is why there's only the 20% chance of a shower off the gulf of mexico. and tomorrow, even in the morning, this is about 8:15, more showers could come in from throughout the day as one cold front sneaks in here, we don't clear out the rain until sunday morning when a second cold frfront comes through. that's the one that's going to send snow up to the northeast and bring cooler air for us. highs s on monday only 68 degrees. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> still looking at a great drive on the bay area interstates. i got word of an accident in pinellas county, 61st avenue at haynes road. hillsborough county, ybor city, 301 to 275, serious complaints minute commute. still l a good drive. and the veveterans expressway, haven't slowed down too much yet. still in the green from ehrlicich to 275, a 10 minute commute. and a crash he

it's cool in spots, 43 in zephyrhills. 49 in apollo beach. and i checked in with wendy in brooksville and she is at 45. just that temperatures are going to warm up so fast once the sun comes up. so maybe sleep in a little bit. high pressure for the long range forecast does nothing but keep us with sunshine and warm conditions today. from the southeast, building up the humidity. so there's a slight rain chance tomorrow. but then scattered rain as the stalled cold front stays to the north so off and on rain friday. and off and on rain saturday. and at this point sunday morning, maybe dry, but again, just off and on during the afternoon, continuing into monday with another cold front. overall though, temperatures staying in the low 80s. the bigger story over the coming days will be the increasing rain chances. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, the roadway, still looking good. we're not seeing delays despite an accident here on i-75. keeping an eye on this one though because 75 can get bogged down quickly. but right now, still looks

deputies want to he strikes again. 3 3 the man accused of zephyrhills over the deputies say merlin howard robbed a wells fargo bank on saturday... a convenience store... as well as a metro p-c-s next door. he's also accused of trying to rob a cab driver. howard is being held on a 300-thousand-dollar 3 they're two larger-than-life shock jocks who battled it out in court. todd "m-j" schnitt sued bubba the love sponge in a defamation lawsuit. the jury sided with bubba.. but that wasn't the end of it. 3 m-j's legal team said he never paid his legal bill which totaled nearly a million dollars, so now they're suing "m-j"... and "m-j" is counter-suing. the campbell, of "shumaker, loop and kendrick". but court records show the schnitts didn't pay all of their legal bills... which totalled nearly a million bucks. now the law firm is suing the schnitts. and the schnitts are counter suing -- saying the case wasn't even winnable. 3 the schnitts also want the fees that they've paid returned. the trial continues today... and it's expected to last two weeks. 3 people in the countryside area are dealing

but when it's 37 in brooksville and zephyrhills, you can get the frost. and the lighter winds will make it more comfortable this morning than i didn't do. clearwater, you -- than yesterday. clearwater, you just dropped to 40. we will hit 73 which isn't too far below the average of 77. at 6:08 in weather and traffic when rain chances enter the forecast. >>> it's a good drive. traffic is getting busier. look at these bay area bridges' times. six minutes across the howard franklin. the courtney campbell causeway, 10 minutes, that's from pinellas county over to memorial highway. and eastbound on the gandy bridge and westbound, just seven miles per hours from pinellas to manhattan. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. >> all right. thank you so much. >>> we have more breaking news right now. a gas pump in hillsborough county burst into flames. this happened while you were sleeping at the station near the intersection of bearss and nebraska. it happened when the driver of a car slammed into the pump, causing the fire. no one was hurt. a

the rest of us, lakeland already half a mile, quarter mile zephyrhills and brooksville. didn't have that yesterday so not only sea fog but inland fog as well to contend with. there it is, sarasota at half- mile and quarter-mile in venice. tampa though full visibility. you're going to be driving in some places, looks good, then you're going to hit that wall of fog. 60s and low 70s this morning. muggy through the afternoon. look at the temperatures there. low 80s, we'll begin to lift the fog especially inland and then we'll warm up and staying rather humid,ens tended forecast very -- exended forecast very rainy. more on that coming up. >>> back to democracy 2016 -- abc action news brought you all the way to closing last night. five states voted in the primaries. one of the campaigns though coming to a very close -- a close, rather. >> marco rubio gave a concession speech in miami. ashley yore has more. there's a lot of red on the map behind you. >> reporter: if you take a look at our key, red means donald trump. it's not a big surprise that marco rubio lost here in his hom

and zephyrhills looking at a mile and-a-half. that will continue to drop as we head through the morning. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. by lunchtime, 78, our highs today once again in the 80s. >>> this is i-275 at sunshine skyway, there's some fog there. we'll wait and see if it will remain open. you remember yesterday it was shut down because of heavy fog. janelle will tell us more momentarily. so some fog on the sunshine skyway now so take care as you head out the door. >>> as expected marco rubio is now putting his presidential hopes on ice as donald wins in florida. florida didn't come as a surprise but it was a surprise for some when he announced he's not continuing in the presidential race. after previously pledging he would campaign in utah today. >> while it is not god's plan i be president in 2016, or maybe ever and while today my campaign is suspended. [jeering] >> no! >> the fact that i've even come this far is evidence of how special america truly is. >> rubio supporters booed at his announcement last night. >>> her

look at this, 38 in zephyrhills. 39 in inverness and brooksville. lakeland just dropped to 4 3 . point. and in those areas with the 30s, a frost advisory, that hernando counties. a.m. but even before 9:00 a.m., you will notice the warm-up. good thing today, it's not as windy as yesterday. winds are basically calm at this point. and with the sunny sky, with the low humidity, it's going to be a very pleasant afternoon. 73 degrees. that's a real fast warm-up so at 4:38 in weather and traffic on the 8s, i have an eight-day eight-day temperature trend. and leslee is going to let you know about the roads. >>> not much. a little bit of overnight construction. it's actually a pretty good drive. it's the last week of this construction issue with the railroad work that u.s. 41 completely closed at crenshaw lake which is also whitaker. and this is going last through friday and it should wrap up by the weekend. right now you are detoured to dale mabry highway. some travel times for you, lakeland 98 to 75, 22 minutes. just 11 minute through pasco down to 275. th

zephyrhills, you're at 65. just a couple days ago, you were in the 40s so big difference there. 61 in apollo beach. we've had such great weather all those storms out west. in the long range forecast, look at this, through today and tomorrow, those same areas out west, louisiana, texas, continuing to see rain. we continue the stay dry. thank you, high pressure. but that breaks down, maybe more humidity into friday. and mostly dry now on saturday. that's an update from yesterday. and now i'm bringing the rain more in on sunday. so a 20% chance saturday. spring forward saturday night into a 40% chance on sunday. all right, let's check in with meredith in for leslee with traffic on the 8s. >>> good morning. we are watching one accident this morning. it's along i-4. you can see fdot is moving the camera around to show us a better shot here. it's westbound i-4 near mlk. last check, about 30 seconds ago when this camera was in the right position, we still had the fire department taking up the outside lane. thank you.

deputies believe merylin howard seen here robbed a wells fargo bank friday in zephyrhills. on saturday say he tried to take cash from a cab driver and later that day told he stole cigarettes from a convenience store and stole cash from a metro pcs on state road 54. >>> small amounts of marijuana is officially decriminalized in tampa. mayor buckhorn signing the new ordinance yesterday. it allows police to issue civil citations instead of filing criminal charges. a first offense is a $75 fine. applies to people carrying up to 20 grams of marijuana. city officials say the new law will keep people from getting a criminal record and freeze up police resources -- frees up police resources. >>> waking up to one of the coldest mornings since winter our first full week and look at the temperatures. upper 40s to lower 50s. a nice recovery, we're going to jump a good 120, 25 degrees by the afternoon with full sunshine and 70. when does 80-degree weather return? and rain chances? that's in the next forecast. >>> 5:10. coming up, a driver in and out of consciousness as roaring flames tu

very unusual. 38 in zephyrhills brooksville. chilly over in polk county, 45. 46 lakeland. tampa dropped to 50. 50 in braid b on the. and cooler than -- bradenton. and cooler than yesterday. but it's not as windy. than yesterday morning. and then beautiful this we hit 73. and now that's still below average but more comfortable. at 5:08, i will let you know forecast. >>> we have construction out let's take a look at what is going on, i-4 and this is a great drive throughout the polk parkway, no delays here. and let's move over and take a look at lutz. here's what's going on. u.s. 41, i hate to break it to you folks, but it's still blocked, crenshaw lake and whitaker. this project has been going on for a week but it will end at the end of this week. and u.s. 41 should reopen then. in the meantime, you're detoured on to dale mabry highway. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. >> all right, thank you, leslee. >>> breaking news, a new port richey neighborhood is waking up to a boil water alert. the water main broke in the brown acres neighborhood overnig

zephyrhills, the airport there reporting zero. sections as well getting in on the fog. the marine issue continues for today. we're going to lift the fog shortly after sunset across the interior sections but right along the coast, 20 miles out, we're going to continue with the fog. that goes through 11:00 a.m. so. once again, if you are going to be headed out with the boat or even if you're going to the beach on the sand it's going to be one of those days where it's going to be murky, damp and rather cool as we have the low clouds. things warm up but it won't happen until midday. low 70s now. on titan doppler radar we see a big change in the forecast coming up the next few days. we have a boundary that is going to come in and stall on top of us. any time weather systems stall you get problems because you get persistent weather with it. happen. some showers tomorrow as the boundary shifts in but i think rainfall. it's beginning friday you begin top of us. we're going to have an area of low pressure develop along it to enhance rain chances through pockets of heavier weathe

zephyrhills at 42. inverness at 4 3 . but don't worry if you're headed to the strawberry festival, it warms up quickly. 3:30, gene watson hits the stage. and lone star this evening. chilly now but it will be pleasant at 65 degrees at 10:00 a.m. in plant city, that warm afternoon in the sunshine, 79 with lone star on stage there, 68 degrees. in weather and traffic on the 8s, i take you eight days into the future to see how long the nice weather will last. and not too much of a change any time soon. >> yeah. >>> well, traffic is changing as i speak. we still have a little bit of overnight construction but it's clearing as i speak. southbound on i-75 right around university parkway, the ramps were blocked and they are picking up the cones. and also a little bit of construction trying to wrap up underneath i-75 on university parkway. all right, let's move over now. we have an accident over in brandon at mount caramel and highway 60. and lakeland looks great, i-4 between each entrance of the polk parkway, a fast 11 minute comm

so yeah, a little cool. 58 fish hawk. 52 in zephyrhills. 57 in sarasota. and i checked in with my weather watcher rich in oldsmar, he says it's 52 degrees at his house. so high pressure, that's giving us all the sunshine. around it, clockwise winds so as the high moves out over the east coast, our winds from the southeast. that's why we're a few degrees warm they are morning and up to 80 today with clouds. and the other thing high pressure does is it keeps all the storm systems pinned back to the west. so unfortunately for the houston area, they'll see more rain today while we continue seeing our warming trend. highs today generally in the low 80s. days. partly cloudy, low 80s. saturday. and by the way, also time to spring forward this weekend. how is traffic on the 8s? >>> well, a good drive on the off the howard franklin bridge into tampa looks great. but southbound 275 really starting to get sticky. bearss avenue to i-4, up to about 20 minutes. and here's the howard franklin bridge, good drive, about seven minute, that's it. and here is some of the cong

also dade city and zephyrhills and lakeland towards haines city. this is the line that is associated with the front that is moving through that is going to be bringing cooler weather. 67 and cloudy now in tampa and the winds are calm at the airport. out of the northeast at 5 in st. petersburg. at the st. pete clearwater airport, 66. winds out of the north and northwest. you can see where the cooler air has sort of made it down into the panhandle. 50 now pensacola. everyone else in the 60s and 70s. it is chilly across the southeast. 42 charlotte and nashville. 42 st. louis and kansas city. the front will move through and as it does you'll notice a you'll notice the clouds are clearing. hopefully we will get things in . the gates opening for air fest 20 minutes ago. then we will see the clearing of the clouds into the 70s by later on. 49 for lutz. 45 hernando. where the front hasn't come through, still into the 50s. make sure you have the sweater on tuesday. on tuesday. up to a high of 72 that day and into the 80s as we work through the first week of

zephyrhills 74. crystal river is 68. 73 in sarasota. you get the idea. pretty much every place you go. talk about a change today. high 71 degrees. a dry day. the morning low was 48. that was today. and then look at friday. we're up to 80. the night time low is 69. which is close to the high today. and it turns muggy and just for kicks. the showers and thundershowers in the mix. they will stay around through the weekend. a dramatic weather change during april 71. >> and the high pressure a beautiful day in all the big cities. >> and chicago the warm front 62. atlanta 67. we'll be up near 80. and the mercury zooms into 80. and away from the coast line not impossible but a chance of rain and friday into the weekend. this front heads our way up near 80 if that. the rain could be heavy and highs in the low to mid80s. the rays cap off the historic trip to cuba playing in front of 55,000 fans. they are playing at the estadio latinoamericano. the first couple in attendance with raoul castro. and the first cuban born player to leave the country and return to play

showers moving over toward wesley chapel and up along i-75 toward dade city and zephyrhills. all of this tracking from the west to the east. a cold front that is not going to make much difference in our temperatures as this continues to move through. we did get that 40% chance of showers today. not everyone covered but the places where it did rain a little cooler. 72 in hudson. tampa has 75. 81 still in lakeland. as this moves through, we could see some lingering showers toward the morning. we'll take a look at exactly where the rain drop will fall coming up in 12 minutes. >>> six people are recovering tonight including four children after being shot at a florida gun range. deputies say the shooting in marion county yesterday was accidental. a 21-year-old man was loading an antique shotgun when he fired it by mistake. even though he wasn't pointing it at anyone, the bullet hit the concrete floor and bounced hitting the group. detectives say it's a reminder to be extra cautious with weapons. thankfully everyone is expected to survive. >>> easter tradition that connects your ch

city officials in zephyrhills are meeting today, to talk about whether the ordinance needs to be *changed. it bans people from putting *mementos at gravesites... and it's been on the books, for almost twenty years. but the city just started enforcing it, recently. they say the decorations are getting out of hand. that got family members furious... so they signed a petition to change the rules. city officials will discuss the ordinance this afternoon. 3 a heads up now for spring breakers in sarasota: several beaches will close temporarily today... because of a multi-million dollar restoration project. 3 dredging begins today... and lasts for several *months. this is part of a 21 million dollar project meant to protect the beaches from erosion. 3 the project will stretch over two miles... from the sanderling beach club south to palmer point park. crews will start at turtle beach and move north... then go back to the middle and move south. work must end before may 1st... when the sea turtle 3 a scientist from tampa is getting an "out-of-this-world" experience today. "mosi" professor antonio

instead, they say to focus more on developing personality profiles on each dog. 3 3 a zephyrhills cemetery has gotten the attention of some city leaders. they say the decorations and mementos on some plots... are getting a bit out of hand. 3 oakside cemetery is looking to possibly tighten restrictions on what can be there. but that's not sitting well with everyone. the current ordinance has been in place for almost 20 years... but it hasn't been enforced clearly. so, people whov'e spent years creating meaningful memorials for their loved ones are now officials say they began to focus on enforcement after complaints came in. this has sparked a petition... with signatures asking the city to leave the gravesites alone. the city manager will be 3 one of the most *talked years... is coming to clearwater this year. two netflix's "making a murderer"... are going on a nationwide speaking tour. represented "steven avery" in his murder trial. they claim police planted evidence... and someone *else committed the murder. avery was convicted... but he's *still fighting for a new trial. and a *sequel to

inland a couple of 80s in the mix. 80 in bartow as well as sebring. 81 temple terrace. 71 largo. 78 zephyrhills. we are doing well. we are seeing thick cloud cover shift south. it will take two to three more hours to really get some more sunshine back into the mix. we will get you some before the sunset coming up at 6:30 tonight. late afternoon sunshine. we are talking about 4:00 to 5:00 we'll start to see that because we move in the drier air with this morning's cold front, we will see the dew points coming down. that means our overnight temperatures are going to drop much more. our daytime highs have not boundary. we'll see communities hitting morning's front. 80 plant city. polk city. i-4 will be a popular spot to be flirting with the 80-degree mark. all in all looking really, really nice this afternoon. this nice pattern will hang out with us a little bit longer. here's our future cast. you can see the clouds lingering towards the 3:00 hour. 4:00 or 5:00 we'll see a few bands left over. we can copy and paste this forecast on friday. thursday we'll see another area we'll be on the tail end o

it happened tuesday-- at "sky dive city" in zephyrhills. witnesses say the two men-- who are both experienced jumpers-- collided plane at 14-thousand feet. both men were able to land with their parachutes. at last check-- one of the men was in serious condition... the other is in critical condition. families in fort are outraged... after cemetary workers remove memories of xx

we are at 41 in zephyrhills 40 in brooksville. 47 in apollo beach. but the sun is coming up now and we will start seeing temperatures climb really quickly. in about an hour, most of us will still be in the low to mid- 50s. and by lunchtime, 73 and pleasant. 79 at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow, warmer at 80. we get into the low 80s for wednesday, thursday and friday. and then spring forward this weekend. >>> all right, looking at traffic right now. hitting the brakes through ybor city, nothing out of the ordinary here. 12 minute commute westbound on expressway busier. ehrlich to 275 is now 17 minutes. and i want to talk about the sun coast area, over an hour delay state road 64 to fruitville road southbound on 75. why? well, overnight construction. believe it or not, lingering out there at university parkway. and that's what's got you backed up all the way before state road 64. so bradenton is a parking lot on 75 southbound. head over to u.s. 301. it will make your life so much nicer this morning on your commute. >> that's tough. >> it. is and we usually don't h

look at this, 39 in inverness and brooksville. 38 in zephyrhills. there's a good chance you will see frost on the windshield. >> not so much farther south but it's still chilly. 45 in lakeland. 52 in tampa. these temperatures are colder than yesterday. anywhere from five to 15 degrees colder. but it's not as windy. and we're going to see a fast warm-up. we will make it to 73 degrees. that's warmer than yesterday. still just a tad cooler than the average of 77. at 4:80, i will let you know about rain chance. but leslee is here to let us know what is happening on the roadways. >> all right. >>> no delays here on state road 54 or u.s. 19. in fact, the only reason you see yellow instead of green is because you have red lights. sun coast parkway, roughly 13 minutes. state road 54 to tampa road, that's about 13 minutes there on u.s. 19. all right, downtown tampa, what a beautiful skyline out there. it's a gorgeous drive no. delays. and howard franklin -- drive, no delays. and howard franklin bridge, six minutes to cross. >>> a port richey neighborhood is

look at the warm temperatures as we take you into your neighborhood. 83 wesley chapel and zephyrhills for your thursday high temperatures. 82 lutz. 79 clearwater. 77 seminole and st. pete. 77 by the water in sarasota. 77 bradenton. low to mid 80s again for lakeland, sebring, winter haven. bartow 85 degrees. under what should be mostly sun know to partly sunny skies. high clouds on and off for thursday. it won't be the rain-making kind. sun will cut through. instead of clear, blue skies we'll have a white sky out there. southwest winds anywhere from two to 12 knots during the day. light chop. in our seven-day forecast the one thing that i think -- we were looking at an isolated shower chance. i'm seeing dew points come up a little bit as the front comes through. 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. the only change i would make is i think we'll call for scattered showers between 3:00 and 7:00 friday morning. could help wash that out of the air briefly for friday. like the other front there is no cold with it. we were warmer saturday at 77 degrees. 78 on sunday. 80s for tampa. which will mean mid to u

in the afternoon with sunshine. 80 in wesley chapel and zephyrhills. tampa and east suburbs 80 degrees. low to mid 70s in pinellas county out to the beaches. 74 for you in sarasota. 82 lakeland. 81 winter haven. 83 sebring. if you want to head to the strawberry festival friday is a it will be around 80 degrees in the afternoon. sunny skies. comfortable with winds from the northwest 10 miles per hour. on the water 5 to 15. moderate chop expected. offshore waves two to four feet. low tide 5:00 a.m. high tide around lunchtime. for the next week that's the only front that we have for the next five to 7 days. a beautiful, warm weekend. windy conditions will be back tuesday and wednesday. your saturday and sunday look absolutely wonderful. week. that is for sure. tampa temperatures in the 80s. if you want to keep up with storm tracker 10 when you wake up in the morning to look at where the few brief showers are expected you can do so by the 10 news app. search wtsp in the app. >>> imagine going shopping and you find your car is on fire in the parking lot. bu

cooler in zephyrhills at 46. and the clearwater, you're 53. 53 in bartow. inverness, one of the cooler spots at 44. this cold front will affect us. just barely. it's going to be nice and dry today, a couple clouds overnight. here's the front tomorrow. barely even bringing the rain chance. i'm putting in 10%. we're very mild, comfortable, behind the front and then another basically dry cold front comes through on friday. so temperatures don't change much. chances. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> all right, we are still following this breaking traffic and now we are over half an why? on the roadway. southbound i-75 now 301 to big bend road, 33 minutes on your drive time. this is in gibsonton. hillsborough county, of course. look at this back-up, folks. what is happening, all the traffic is being diverted on to gibsonton drive. now i will let you know that the southbound on-ramp is open. back on the interstate but why go through the mess? why have to wait over half an hour. take 301 instead. and let's go to

carried out three different robberies over the weekend in zephyrhills. deputies say his spree on saturday... they think he hit a convenience store on state road 54... *and the metro p-c-s next door. that same day, deputies say howard tried stealing money from a cab driver... but was unsuccessful. if you know have any information on his whereabouts. call the pasco sheriff's office. 3 3 developing this morning in st. petersburg: a man is dead one week after an incident on a p-s-t-a bus. and police need *your help. 3 it happened on march fourth at the intersection of 72nd street and 22nd avenue north. investigators say the bus driver was trying to make a yellow light and took the turn quickly.. 91-year-old "henri lussier"-- who was seated on his mobile scooter-- tipped over. he was already on his way to bay pines v-a for a doctor's appointment. lussier was taken to the emergency room... and died one week later. we're told the bus driver *never reported what happened to authorities. police are now asking anyone who was on the bus at that time to come forward

you can see the difference, 85 dade city, 86 zephyrhills. 78 st. pete for the high. 82 across the bridge in tampa. 79 sarasota. lakeland likely to hit 87 today. we want to show you the future problem areas will be. the coastal areas, look out the clouds remain even at 4:00. to thicken up so that see fog is going to be an issue tomorrow and we can see that spreading inland to the overnight hours tonight. already plan on giving yourself plenty of time eating out the door tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon we will have more luck that check again if you have to take the sunshine skyway. we may have to close this again tomorrow. temperatures in the low 80s with sunshine returning for st. patrick's day. the fog will be an issue for a lot going on. make sure before you head out to download our 10 news app. that will give you to access to storm tracker 10. we will update you with any tomorrow. joins us to talk about her latest movie where she plays a woman going after an older one >>> for you can expect over the next year with several big projects in the area. t

. >>> a zephyrhills family barely made it out of their home alive exploded. a heat source got too close and it caught fire. now they're living in tents in the backyard as they work to raise money for repairs. they say they're taking it day by day. >> we try to be good people, and we know it will come back to us and we will survive >> she's urging other families to check their tanks, make sure it's proper covered and not near heat. >>> now to a developing story, sea world announcing they will no longer breed orcas, and the park says they plan to phase out thee yachtly cal killer -- theater killer whale shows. tonight the humane society is now praising sea world saying they're headed in the right direction. >>> and this woman found a four foot long boa constrict to, six sarasota officers managed to get it into a pillow case, and tonight it's at animal control. >>> new at 11:00, the white president obama mailing a letter to a woman in cuba. the white house releasing the picture to announce the us postal service is restoring service to cuba. he told a 72-year-old

zephyrhills and brandon. we're going to take those temperatures down a little bit. 66 tomorrow. we'll be back up to 80 but there will be some rain around. i'll let you know when it's going to hit pretty much down to the pinpoint exact moment when we check back with you in about 12 minutes. >>> deputies have arrested a man accused of trying to suffocate and kidnap a woman. we told you earlier about the search for this man. detect i was say the 44-year- old put a bag over the victim's head and tried to keep her in his car. deputies caught him yesterday morning. he is now charged with felony >>> in democracy 2015, the texas senator has now claimed most of the delegates in wyoming. voters handing him -- and one to marco rubio and donald trump. >>> marco rubio has just won the caucus in washington dc. let's take a look at how this impacts. cruz now 367 delegates. while rubio rounds out third place now. >>> senator rubio continuing his around the bay area. >> and he is aiming heated at donald trump. the senator holding his own rally this morning. he has spent this entire week he spent

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 vacation days? >> according to a new study, about half of workers would pay off.

go to the north and it's 52 inverness, 54 zephyrhills, 55 lakeland. in north port 63 degrees. colder than time yesterday. we're about 10 to 15 degrees colder plus the strong winds. 13 miles brooksville, 18 venice. look at the individual stronger gusts and that's where you get nearly a 30 miles per hour gust in brooksville, 25 in tampa. so for all the spring breakers, there's a rip current risk and a high surf advisory with the north wind at 20 to 25 knots. if you are on spring break hold off until tomorrow. we get warmer through the week. >>> leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >> i-75 in bradenton looks very good. also in sarasota the interstate no issue there. where we have an issue though is in sarasota. some very accident. three people have been killed in this car crash. it looks like speed was a factor. you definitely want to watch out for your speeds this morning, folks. university is closed completely between old bradenton to desoto. this is south. southern end. keep that in mind. university closed at bradenton and desoto. we have a great drive on u.s. 1 and 341 not ef

and zephyrhills, 44. but lakeland, 50. you might need long sleeves this morning. 55 in bradenton. but notice the difference between yesterday and today. you're five degrees warmer in lakeland. nine degrees warmer than this and we will just keep warming up once the sun rises in two hour, we hit 80 degrees, just a couple clouds. in weather and traffic on the 8s at 5:38, i have an eight-day temperature trend for you into the weekend. don't miss that. and leslee is here to let you the roadways. >> that's right. going to any easter egg hunts this weekend? >> i'm going to be hunting raindrops. bring the umbrella. >> yeah. >>> look at traffic, it looks great. this i-4, u.s. 98 to 75, just 22 minutes. and through wesley chapel from state road 52 to 275, 10 minute commute. we have an accident here, trouble creek at rowan road. not going to slow you down. it was tying up a lane but it's all but wrapped up. u.s. 19 and state road 54 look very good new york city delays there. and let's -- good. no delays there. here's a live picture at kathleen road in the heart of lakeland. no delays. back t

in zephyrhills, 50 degrees. so it's cool, just warmer than yesterday. polk county, 56 in winter haven. and 61 in bradenton. 63 in clearwater. and bob in venice also checked in at 71 degrees. so what's going to happen to the temperatures? we can use our temperature map to show you. generally a southeast wind today which will warm us pretty quickly. starting at about 4:30. by 6:00 a.m., temperatures in the mid-50s, low 50s in the northern areas. by 8:00, the low 60s. by 10:30, most in the low to mid-70s including 72 in lakeland. and into the afternoon, 80 in plant city at 1:00 p.m. 7 in inverness. the 3:30 time frame, all of us in the low 80s. by 7:00 p.m., low to mid-70s. hard to beat it. in fact, we will try tomorrow, low 80s and lows into thursday. how about traffic on the 8s? good speeds but overnight construction. it was a big issue yesterday. because there's also a new pattern in place for traffic southbound i-75 around university parkway. we have portions of university blocked and a little bit of i 5 in the particular area. all right, let's take a

down to 58 degrees in zephyrhills. still well above average but cooler than yesterday. 65 bartow. 61 currently in apollo beach. and patchy clouds across the area already. and i think we're going to see more cloud cover throughout the day than we saw yesterday. and you might be drawing your attention into the gulf of mexico. a lot of rain across the i-10 corridor and just south of the panama city beach area at this point. to stay north of i-4. i'm only putting in a 20% rain chance for a shower to sneak through throughout the day today. and even with the clouds and the small rain chance, we're still well above average, hitting 81 today. and that's obviously above the average of 775. and then warm tonight at 68 degrees -- average of 77. and then warm tonight at 68 degrees. the average is 58. the reason it will stay so warm is because the rain chances will ramp up. at 5:08, i give you the rain chance forecast which may impact weekend plans. so stay tuned for that. but at least fog is not going to be an issue for you this m

our highs for today, so a dramatic turn of events for the first week of spring. 43 brandon. 41 zephyrhills. tomorrow colder, we lose the wind. winds become light to calm and so with clear skies all the heat from today will go out into space. so that is how we're going to wake up, with chilly temperatures. the good thing about that, we won't have a wind chill to contend with in the morning, but temperatures cold enough we won't need it. 73 for tuesday. look at this moderating trend. that is quick. southeast wind takes over, it's march in florida. high sun angle so we can't keep much colder temperatures despite the fact this is potent front. and heading into saturday and into sunday. janelle, windy out there but otherwise certainly no fog at this time. >>> you might feel the wind when you cross over the bridges especially the sunshine skyway, fhp asking drivers to use some caution, both hands on the wheel when driving across the sunshine skyway. here we are -- corey, why don't you take it from here? >> reporter: we're off university parkway in sarasota. you can see behind me we're going to s

still warm. 59 in zephyrhills. 69 in bradenton. the long range forecast. the reason we have the rain is front. most of the e rain will stay well north of us. tomorrow morning though, this is already 7:00 a.m., notice another cold front starts to sink through here and saturday could be a wet day off and on throughout the day, even till about 9:00. and then a secondary cold front comes through early sunday. that's going to dry us out and send some snow up to the way. monday's high only 68. the 8s? we don't have overnight construction in sarasota that's going to bog you down at all. and a good drive throughout brooksville. cortez road up to speed as well as u.s. 41 through pasco county. looks good. and on i-4, around plant city into downtown, either direction, a very fast 22 minute commute. and let's go ahead and takeke a live look at the e sunshine skyway bridge. yes, these are vehicles passing across i it because it is completely open. no fog on the sunshine skyway bridge. it's only going to take about six minutes to cross it at this point. that is a look a

zephyrhills at 51, 57 apollo beach. weather watcher big monkey said it's 57. all day today about 10 degrees below average and breezy. once the winds relax tonight we'll be even colder. so highs today mid 60s. check this out, 44 in plant city tonight, 44 in land o' lake, 37 in brooksville. it warms up quickly through the week. >>> leslee, let's check on >> thank you, leigh. good morning, everyone. i just want to remind you we have a collision working in the east lake area. so let's zoom in. this is in pinellas county. injuries are involved in this accident east lake road right at keystone road. you be see some activity because we have injuries. an ambulance on scene. it's off to the shoulder. it's not tieing up any part of the intersection. now i want to head down to sarasota are where we continue to follow serious breaking news. triple fatal accident involving one vehicle. police believe that speed was involved. university is closed right now but they will continue to have this closure for several hours as this investigation continues. now, it is closed betwee

and actually feeling like spring at 4:00 p.m., 81 degrees. 70 in zephyrhills right now. it's warm and humid. 75 in bradenton. closer to where the fog has developed. let me give you a long range forecast. we will see foggy morning, partly cloudy afternoon, warm conditions. waiting on this cold front, notice there's thursday. starting to get into the southeast. but still not affecting us. friday, this front stalls around the georgia/florida border. and we increase the rain chances friday. area of low pressure crosses the northern portion of the state on saturday. at this point, that's when i'm putting in the best rain chance. so ramping up the rain chances friday and saturday. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, we have fog on the fdot cameras here. looks like it's just at the top of the hump of the skyway bridge. i know i get scared. just here at the hump, you can see the yellow pillars there. meanwhile, look at this, howard franklin bridge, down to the lower levels looks great across the water. no delays courtney campbell causeway, up to speed as well. and let

. >>> right now doctors are treating two experienced skydivers after a mid-air collision near zephyrhills. officials at sky dive city say the two jumped from more than 14,000 feet yesterday and after they collided mid-air one man deployed his parachute and landed, the other was likely unconscious, was saved when a rescue device opened his reserve chute, 750 feet above the ground. pat bila saw the second man fall nearly four miles away from the jump zone on county road 54. >> he had use of his arms and stuff and could move his head but we would not let him move. we kept him still. >> this is the second serious incident this month. a man died in early march when his main chute failed and he didn't open his reserve. >>> new this morning, fresh supplies are rocketing toward the international space the cargo blasted off beneath the light of a nearly full moon. it holds nearly 8,000 pounds of food and equipment for nasa including a 3d printer. expected to arrive at the station on friday. >>> beautiful weather for it. >> as we check in this morning, cool temperatures, with that full moon out the

are some cooler spots, zephyrhills, 47. inverness, 43. polk county, low 50s at this point. 52 in bartow. and 55 in sarasota. so with high pressure, beginning to push off into the atlantic, still going to lead to a nice, sunny start as opposed to the cloudier skies yesterday morning. feels like spring. by the way, march officially begins the meteorological spring and it should field like it. and the clouds increase overnight and tomorrow morning, this weak cold front comes through. only a couple showers if any and not that much cooler behind it. so today a couple will hit 80. 79 in lakeland. 76 in new port richey. 10% rain chance tomorrow with a front and highs in the low to mid-70s into the end of the weekend. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, a couple big issues out there. one here in pinellas county. southbound 275, the off-ramp still blocked at 54th avenue south. so you will need to take 22nd avenue south to exit and make your way to 19 is and pick up 54th. that should wrap up in about 15 minutes or so. it is overnight con

boy is it warm. 71 in zephyrhills. 72 winter haven. 74 bradenton. and once the fog burns off, we in weather and traffic on the 8s, i take you hour-by-hour through your tuesday. and leslee is going to help you plan your commute. >>> a little foggy but that's about it. we have some overnight construction. you see a blinking light in the middle right of the screen. the right lane and shoulder taken away. southbound 275 at 22nd avenue south, cones in the roadway. and foggy there. this is the southern edge of pinellas county. let's flip over to the skyway bridge. and you can see, it looks like we have raindrops on the camera here and fog out there. use caution. great drive on i-4 coming through lakeland for those of you who live in lakeland and work in tampa, 22 minute commute there and a great drive on i-75. back to gene and gayle. >> all right, thank you, leslee. >>> your vote this morning, this is it. it is primary day in florida. and our state is crucial to this year's election. >> sure is. presidential hopefuls have campaigned tirelessly all over th

both skydivers were able to one landed on country road 54, about four miles from skydive city in zephyrhills. that skydiver is in critical condition. the second jumper landed in the drop zone in skydive city. he was injured but said to be in stable condition tonight. >>> an update to two breaking news stories this morning. three people injured by gunfire in a neighborhood still under construction in ruskin. right now deputies believe the shooting stemmed from an argument over an online sale. the two groups met up but the seller had no intention of selling anything at all. a fight broke out. someone pulled out a gun. three people were hit. two in the hand and one in the neck. all are expected to be okay. right now we do not know the name of those involved. >>> a major accomplishment celebrated in seminole heights today. a local developer showing off the renovated warehouse lofss now available to rent. ceremony at the loft-style apartments. it's the first development of its kind in the neighborhood. the neighborhood is known for trendy restaurants and breweries. mayor buckhorn says it's part o

he had a hard landing in zephyrhills during a jump today. investigators say mann and his instructor made the jump separately after mann's parachute deployed. he got rolled over and entangled in the chute. there was also a problem with his reserve chute. he was taken to lakeland hospital where he died. >> ginger: deputies tell us a woman got into a fight with her boyfriend after getting drunk late yesterday. they say she started by throwing then her boyfriend told deputies she picked up a knife and threatened to hurt herself. but investigators say when the victim tried to get away, easter threw the knife at her boyfriend, stabbing him in the stomach. she's facing multiple charges tonight. >>> in seminole county tonight, police were able to track a suspect through several sanford neighborhoods to arrest him. check out this video. the seminole county sheriff's office posted this chopper video to the facebook page. they say the chopper noticed the car driving recklessly and started to follow it. the driver jumped out a few miles away and started

also in zephyrhills a tad cooler getting a bit of a breeze off the cooler gulf waters. bit breezy, too. we have winds out of the southeast in general about 10 to 15 miles per hour. we know it's helping to stir up some of the pollen. today we have high pollen. thursday, friday, saturday without any rain in the forecast we are looking at oak, juniper and netle remaining high. right now satellite and radar picture. clear skies. we don't have any rain anywhere in our vicinity. so that pollen is going to continue to remain kind of on the high side. we have high pressure offshore bringing us warm southerly winds and keeping the big storms off to our west over parts of louisiana and arkansas and mississippi and texas. they have picked up nearly a foot of rain in some locations with an additional 5 inches of rain possible. and that's all because this strong block of high pressure is keeping all the rain out to the rest and continuing to bump in clear skies and warm weather for this evening beautiful. mostly clear skies heading into tomorrow morning. we will have lots of sunshin

yeah, cool. 44 in zephyrhills. 50 in lakeland. 55 in bartow. and warmer as you get closer to the coast like 63 in st. pete. long range forecast, high pressure with the clockwise winds keeps us dry and warm today. high continues to push away from us which pulls up more moisture tomorrow. after that, a cold front stalling to the north will keep scattered rain in the forecast friday, saturday and even into easter sunday. and now at this point, the timing looks like it may just be afternoon rain on sunday. so the sunrise services will be okay but that could change too. it's off and on rain into next week. and leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, state road 54 looks good. the only reason we don't see green is because you have red lights on the surface roads so that can affect the time. from u.s. 19 to the sun coast parkway, an 11 minute drive. and on 19 away from palm harbor between state road 54 to tampa road, looking at roughly 14 minutes out the door. lakeland looks great, downtown polk parkway up to speed between each entrance on i-4,

that is gone now as far as the here. 43 to 47, chilly for this time 50 lakeland. 52 zephyrhills and 57 tampa. temperatures by the morning hour will be in the upper 60s. by later this afternoon mid to upper 80s to near 80 degrees. it does look like some changes are underway. people are stopping on the street all the time and they ask me, ivan cabrera, what is it like to work with janelle martinez? is she as nice as she seems on tv? absolutely. >> what do you say? >> the best. tampa's native daughter right here. >> that's right, ivan. >>> we're keeping an eye on the roads now. corey is on 275 northbound heading towards downtown tampa. no traffic issues on 275 throughout hillsborough county. so you are up to speed there. again ehrlich back open, we just checked on that under the veterans expressway. we're also watching the bridges, this is what it looks like at the howard frankland, just south of the hump. these cars here are heading towards st. pete. let's check drive times so you taking to get across the bridges. this is how long it's supposed to take without any traffic. so you can see

patrick's day for sure. 68 in zephyrhills. 70 in bartow. 71 bradenton. here is the forecast. some fog, again, not a lot this morning, just where it is, an important spot. mild at 71 degrees at 8:00 a.m. lucky by 3:00 p.m., 18 degrees. and 75 degrees at 8:00. just a 10% rain chance. and they are dieing the river green on saturday but that's when we have a better rain chance. at a5:38, i have the eight-day temperature trend for and you leslslee is going to let you know if you have to trend a longtime around this bridge. >>> i tell you what, it's really bad if you work or live on either side of the bridge. foggy, foggy, foggy. sunsnshine skyway y bridge again closed down, i-75 is your alternate there. you go. not going to get t by. allow fofor extra time depending on which way you're going. northbound on the veterans expresswsway, from ehrlich to hutchison, the northbound lanes blocked. construction. and dale mabry highway or even gunn highway which is also sheldon further to the south, those are your alternates. southbound, not affected. that's a look at weather and traffic. ba

currently it's 54 in bartow. 47 zephyrhills. 54 in fish hawk. the high thin clouds streaming across the sky will lead into a gorgeous, comfortable afternoon. we're between cold fronts today because about this time comes through. at this point, i'm only putting in a 20% rain chance, mainly before 10:00 a.m. and then mostly clear and pleasant for the rest of friday and all the way through the weekend, mid-70s. the nice cool mornings and we trend warmer next week. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, a great drive-thru ybor city. also -- drive through ybor city. new port richey, 11 minute, 13 minutes through palm harbor on u.s. 19. basically again red lights to go through when you see yellow at this early morning hour. minutes. bay area bridges look great. only seven minutes to cross the howard franklin bridge. that's a look at weather and >>> an 8 on your side alert about what could happen if your >>> an 8 on your side alert gum to our pets. it contains a sweetener that is toxic to dogs. their dog dancer got into a gym bag and ate the su

just a little cool this morning. 49 in brooksville and zephyrhills. bartow, you're 58. 59 in bradenton. and 61 in clearwater. and i checked in with big monkey in crystal beach who says it's around 59 degrees. light southeast breeze. between now and about 7:00 a.m., temperatures settle in to mid-50s in polk county and close to 60 near the coast. after that, we warm up in the upper 60s by 9:00 a.m. by the lunch break, a few hottest part of the day around 3:00 p.m., low 80s across the region. including 82 in plant city where the strawberry festival is going on. and warm up tomorrow to 82. 38 thursday. and 82 on friday. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, we're rolling right along here. i have an update in polk county. we have been following the breaking traffic where we have a fatal accident in the lake wales area that's tying up the westbound lanes here at highway 60 and evergreen. let's go to meliek on the street. last check, we saw some tow trucks onscene and you can see the police vehicle is leaving the scene and it appears that all of the

so outside right now, like i said, a bit of a chill, 47 in zephyrhills. cool in auburndale and bartow, 53 right now. and milder near the coast, 58 in bradenton. brooksville says 47 degrees. but skies are clear. you have to go back to the middle of the country to find a cold front. and now it will affect us, just barely. today, mostly sunny, a few clouds overnight. here comes the cold front, yeah, tomorrow, about a 10% rain chance. not expecting much cooler air behind it. and there's another do-nothing cold front that comes through on friday. this is a nice seven-day forecast. low to mid-70s each day. very little rain and comfortable at night. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> for the most part, traffic looks good out there. but we have two issues. both of these issues could put extra time on your drive. first of all, pinellas county because 54th avenue south off- ramp is blocked. before you get to it, out the door soon, exit 22nd avenue south. and then go ahead and take u.s. 19 to pick up 54 again because you're not going to be able to exit. doozy