alcides in for alcides segui. lindsay is in with the forecast. anjuli a great forecast. lindsay refreshing and comfy. we will rebound this afternoon if you were headed to the strawberry festival, heading to the beach, weather looks great. perfect. lindsay taking you outside where temperatures are in the low 50s to start off the morning hours. northeast wind at 6 miles per hour. now we will take to you the strawberry festival where i only have a couple of clouds. a light wind. it is noticeably cooler though. look at brooksville, 41 degrees look at brooksville, 41 degrees. 52 in wauchula. 58 in st. Pete. 24hour changes are anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees cooler, but we will forget all about it but we will forget all about it, because we know the sun goes to work, and with an east wind, we will hit 74 this afternoon. if that is not warm enough for you, several 80s on the seven you, several 80s on the sevenday. we will time them out coming up we will time them out coming up. it is Opening Weekend of the florida strawberry festival today. plant city is expecting to welcome tens of thousands of concert, their rides, and, of course, all that strawberry shortcake. this year you may also find a lilt bit of a traffic mess in places because of Road Constructions at the thonotosassa exit on i4. that is exit 19 off i4. heading eastbound on thonotosassa road, fdot is adding an extra lane and a traffic light. now it was supposed to be ready in time for the festival, but now organizers worry the Construction Equipment will cause a traffic jam at peak festival times. the barricades are up, the concrete barriers and all that stuff, cones, make it difficult for people who come through there and never have been there before. scares them. slows them up. we dont need anything slowing on traffic coming on in. lloyd to avoid constructionrelated lowdowns. get off of Branch Forbes road or alexander street, but fdot exits including thonotosassa so no one route is overcome with traffic. f dot said the construction project here should be done by april. the gasparilla festival of the arts is under way this weekend. more than 200 artists have transformed downtown tampa. tens of thousands of people are expected to visit the festival at curtis hixon park. the 46th year of this festival that features plenty of interactive exhibits, as well as food, drinks, live music, even a popup roof that will perform at some point. organizers say exactly when it happens will be a surprise. there is also Something Special to encourage kids to grow their love for art. for children, there is our art collector in Training Program and in that area, children are invited for a parentfree zone to purchase a piece of donated work, from 5 to 10. and so they are their own curators. their own art buyers for that experience. and then the proceeds of that goes to the Childrens Cancer center. the festival is open today 10 to 5 00 on sunday. admission it free of charge. as the race for the white house continues to heat up, early vote something said to begin this morning in florida. some of you may have already voted in hillsborough and polk counties. nearly 70,000 people have voted early or sent their ballot in by mail in hillsborough. that is nearly 10 of all registered voters. weve seen a lot of interest weve seen a lot of interest, and i think the interest is being generated because of the candidates and what the candidates bring to the table, what they promise to bring to the table. their interactions with each other. lloyd Hillary Clinton, marco rubio and donald trump have been hitting the campaign trail in florida ahead of the states primary on march 15. five more states will be adding their votes to president ial contests. they believe able to sweep up candidates wherever they can. rubio and kasich is in maine, kentucky and louisiana. and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are vying for support in nebraska, kansas and louisiana. dozens of farmworkers in pasco county are looking for new homes this morning after they lied about their immigration status. an audit by the pass koyx county Housing Authority checked the paperwork of tenants in the cypress farm community. many are migrant farmworkers in the Usda Rural Development program that offers low rent to mainly agricultural workers. back in december one came back having fraudulent Social Security card. the agency sped up the process and identified 30 other people who used fake Social Security numbers or lied about their immigration status. the Family Member of one of them shared how upset she is. it is inhuman. give them a weak to move out. and that stresses two or three family. a lot of family a lot of families and it is hard to find a house. Housing Authority board is not sure how the workers slipped through the cracks. he placed a lot of the blame on previous administrators. the agency is auditing all of the tenants living in every one of their properties. pasco county deputies need your help in identifying a suspect wanted for a number of auto burglaries in land o lakes the suspect targeted four vehicles on havaloc drive and another vehicle on otto wick way. he issued an open garage. the car burglary the car burglaries were caught on surveillance video. this took place around 10 30 on wednesday night. if you know who this is, call the pasco sheriffs office. roadwork will close a lane of del mabry between swann avenue and azeele street this weekend. construction will last through monday morning at 5 a. M. crews will be working on drainage repairs and doing repaving as part of a larger 1 repaving as part of a larger 1. 1 million project that began last fall. while we are on the subject of traffic, a plan to ease expressway might have you shelling out a little more cash to get from point a to point b. plans are in place to add an express toll lane to the road. this comes as part of the 380 million widening of the veteran million widening of the veterans expressway which began in 2013. two lanes will be added in each direction, double direction, doubling the highway direction, doubling the highways capacity. one will be a general toll lane. the other an express lane. the expressway expansion will cover 11 miles. currently some 150,000 drivers take that roadway every single day. the express lanes should open up as early as next year. Tampa International airport is asking passengers to urge the u. S. Department of transportation to approve more nonstop flights to cuba from tia. seven airlines have filed with the d. O. T. With rights to serve cuba. jetblue and Southwest Airlines would include stops in tampa. Airline Officials are hoping this petition will help them the five other airlines filed for cuban flights including cuban, delta, american, united and alaskan and Silver Airways but service would leave from other major airports like jfk and miami taking away the big travel travel days from tampa. the rays and mayor krisman will be headed to cuba. he took his First Official trip to cuba last september. the Tampa Bay Rays are flying down to play an exhibition game against the Cuban National team that will take place march 22. president obama will attend that game as part of his trip to solidify an end to cold bar to solidify an end to cold barera relations with cuba. a spokesman with the Mayors Office says details of krisman krismans travel companions and out. mitt romney is defending his comments made against donald trump. hear why he says now is the time to speak out. Tournament Team gets under way today. who they are up against and more in sports. and at 7 08, most of news the 50s as we kick off what will be a tremendous weekend weather wise. brooksville, Crystal River, much colder for you. make sure you have the warmer hours. 50 in wesley chapel. 58 in st. Pete. 54 in venice. we head to the beach. 56 is manageable. look at the afternoon. anyone on spring break is in for a treat. high clouds put more fun in your day with icecreamflavored coffees at dunkin donuts. Like butter pecan, cookie dough, or new pistachio. Enjoy one today. America runs on dunkin. Know you can keep your financial big picture under control. Know you can see how much you and whether you should transfer funds. Know you can easily keep track of what youre putting away. And know youre budgeted for the great escape. Thanks to virtual wallet by pnc. The bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. Dunkins new grandde burrito a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. Go grande with veggie or sausage today. happening today in orlando, the arrivals of republican president ial candidate donald trump at the university of central florida. anjuli campus Officials Say their police have been working with security and local Law Enforcement to make sure everything runs smoothly people vent taking place at the arena in orlando. if you want to go, it is free of charge. but those interested need to register for tickets. doors are open 9 a. M. trump will appear at noon. we will take you live out in orlando when lines begin to form. one place you wont see donald trump is the cp ac convention in maryland. he cancelled his appearance in favor of Campaign Stops. trump is the only president ial candidate in the middle of primary season to reject the cpac invitation. the donalds lastminute cancellation is giving his opponents lastminute information. if you dont want donald to be our nominee, i ask to you come join us. we welcome you on our team. we are building a broad and welcome welcoming coalition of lovers of liberty who believe in the constitution. anjuli the annual conference started on wednesday has been overshadowed by recent drama on the campaign trail. some say they are concerned for the future of the Republican Party and what trumps nomination would mean to the november election. and one said prominent republican worried about a trump nomination is mitt romney trump nomination is mitt romney. lloyd the former president ial candidate held firm on his scathing comments against the gop front runner. romney said why he is choose romney said why he is choosing to break his silence. i cant sit by. what will i do when my grandkids say what ask you do to stop donald trump. i said i am not going to be there. he has no interest in throwing his name back in the race that the nominee for the party will be someone running for for president. in other news across the country, closing arguments are now over in the civil case involving fox sportscaster erin andrews. come monday, the jury will begin deliberations. andrews is seeking 75 million in damages from the Vanderbilt Marriott and the hotels owner marriott and the hotels owners. she said they allowed a suspected stalker to have access to an adjoining room without notifying her. said man Michael Barrett is accused of recording her nude through a peephole. andrews grew up in the tampa bay area. the president of Baylor University is free on bail after being charged with sexual assault. a woman accused Jacob Anderson of forcing himself on her outside of a fraternity party. she became disoriented after being handed a drink. anderson is the president of phi delta theta. place in anchorage, alaska but the region has seen a lack of snow. some going to say there isnt enough accumulation for the sleds to even get going. one of the warmest winters on record in alaskas largest city. race officials have had to shorten part of the race just to make sure snow was actually there. todays event will be run on seven train car loads of snow brought in from fairbanks. folks out west are bracing for a major storm system this week. a powerful storm system will bring heavy rainfall, mountain snow and strong wind across much of the west coast. rainfall could begin as early as today and brings with it the possibility of flooding in the region. anjuli one of those times when people see that footage and you remind yourself why you live in florida especially this time of year. lloyd spring training, a beach day, a strawberry festival, big weekend, a good weather for it. am. anjuli perfect. lindsay High Pressure in control here and every time we are in this active jet stream. and thought i would start out there because if you were traveling today on spring break traveling today on spring break, and have a ski trip planned. well, some of the Mountain Resorts will see snow out of this. really a slow moving soak rain and near the mountainous areas, we are concerned with the flooding. a big storm system out west and more expected to move in over the next few days. how much rain are we talk something in some of these models away from where the parameters, five, six, seven inches of rain and may accumulate by the wednesday time frame. most of that over the weekend and by our weekend the complete opposite. not drop of rain, pleasant conditions, low humidity, well. if you were watching us at the end of the 6 00 hour, that sunrise was a beauty this morning. it is noticeably cooler 53 degrees. we had a weak front move through friday morning and behind it. dry and pleasant. around the bay area colder temperatures to show you even into polk county and lakeland showing 50 degrees over lake is fairly light at about 5 miles per hour. sun city center, you are in the 40s this morning, but the air that is in place is going to move so nicely. by 10 a. M. , all of us are in the 60s. and in st. Pete. 47, pinellas park. Crystal River a chilly 41. dade city just shy of 50. sarasota at 53 degrees. we also have 53 in arcadia. lake placid, haines city. across parts of the heartland, you will hit 80 degrees this afternoon. really comfortable. dew points are in the 40s and 50s. that northerly surge that northerly surge of air in play behind that frontal system play behind that frontal system. on the dew point scale, we know tremendous outside invigorating with a high of 50 degrees. take you around the state where the clouds are coming from south and west. the subtropical jet that helped to trigger that front from yesterday is to our south. with it in and out. no rain high in nature. if you were headed to the it will be busy and traffic on the way. us roll the windows down while you are waiting. 65 degrees at 10 00. 75 at 1 p. M. Blocking out around 77 in plant city this afternoon. 77 also in bartow. 80 in sebring. 75 in venice. at our area beaches, mainly low 70s will hit 74 in tampa today which is a fairly average day. but watch our jet stream pattern and why some above pattern and why some aboveaverage temperatures are headed our direction. here is a check for now. watch it starting to build as you head into monday. monday, upper 70s. and then we are not the only ones seeing the warmth. look at this surge of really warm springlike air from the plains to eventually the northeast. on the back side of this area low pressure, we will be tracking some Severe Weather late in the week, but for us, it is so stloong any frontal system just dont make it and it may not be until next weekend. so if you were suffering from allergies, you want the rain at least to help temporarily, i news week. 74 today. a beautiful day. comfortable through the afternoon. warming especially away from the coast. seasonably cool tonight. a couple of clouds. 55 for the afternoon low, right about average for this time of year. more humidity tomorrow with a reinforcing cool front coming through and will scouring out the clouds, bring us the sunshine and near 80degree temps across the interior. if you were boating it looks good. the further offshore the further offshore introduce a moderate chop. next tide is a high tide at 1 00 on st. Pete pier. we go from 74 to 80 on tuesday, and notice no rain chances on there. i have slowed the rain down. by next saturday we will introduce a few showers, guys. in sports this morning, the beginning of tournament time for the usf Womens Basketball team. tonight they take on smu at mohegan sun connecticut. game starts at 6 p. M. They win they will play temple or tulsa. and the conference tournament and into worries, both the noles and gators along with usf will be. bay lightning will make it nine wins in a row this season. they are at amalie arena and will face off against the carolina hurricanes. just 17 games left in the regular season, and the lightning are firing on all cylinders right now. they are currently tied with the Florida Panthers third in the eastern conference. on the racetrack, nascar drivers are in las vegas ahead of the cobalt 400. and Hometown Hero kurt busch will be on the poll after he posted a track record speed of 196 miles per hour. the pole was buschs second in a row. today we will see the running of the xfinity race at 4 p. M. you can see that on fox sports 1. catch the Sprint Cup Series race tomorrow, do so right here on fox 13. coverage starts at 3 p. M. With Daryl Waltrip and jeff gordon. around 3 30, the National Anthem will be sung by rascal flats and shortly thereafter, the race will begin. the rays are back in the bay area today at ed Smith Stadium in sarasota as they take on the baltimore orioles. the players will be looking to bounce back from a loss yesterday against the Boston Red Sox in ft. Myers. tomorrow, the teams head back to Port Charlotte to face the minnesota timberwolves. when we come to back we are glad to live in a beautiful place. so much to see and enjoy. our Russell Rhode i do everything on the internet. But its kind of slow. My friends said i should get fios because its the fastest. I just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. Thats seriously better. man were out of 2 . I wonder what else could be better around here . man i heard that. Now get our best offer ever. Super fast 100 meg internet, plus tv phone for just 69. 99 a month online with no annual contract. 100 meg speeds at a price this good . Fios can do that. Cable just cant. Switch to better. Ba da ba ba ba some people go to busch gardens, others go to the beach, some take in the florida aquarium. anjuli maybe you missled the colorful and creative sights in our area. Russell Rhodes show us more. reporter cocoa, josephine and i love hanging out at the outdoor piece of art installed on bayshore outside of the academy of the holy names. it is called visual welcome by an artist that has been in tampa since the 90s are only recent sdlee it get this bayshore. it is certainly where agam intended it to be, where people could walk by, drive by, a driveby artwork. it is not appropriate for a museum. it is really meant to be outdoors. reporter now part of the reason for that is how the agam seems to move as you move. when you walk or dry by it, it changes. one direction it looks like this. the other, it looks totally different. the manager of tampas art program division. she finds the art finds the money, public, private and grants to make public art happen in tampa, and she says there is a difference between this kind of art and what would you see in a museum. a lot of it has to do with how you are engaged. how you encounter it. in the public, its very harsh conditions. typically we have got sun, we have wind, we have salt, we have water and other kinds of distractions you need to watch a lot going on. reporter along Bayshore Beautiful several pieces of public art. some of them you see every day. some of them you may be noticing here for the first time. in a museum, you go to the art. in public art, you stumble across it. it almost just comes to you. and art like this must be resilient the real intent is it always has to look good. if it doesnt look at its best, it is a disturbance to the artist but to the public that experience it is. reporter the agam was spruced up when it was installed on the bayshore. looks like new again. it it has become kind of a land gate here, and thats what public art is supposed to be. what would it look like without it. if you think about it, sometimes you can say you just missed it or you just glaze over it, you but if it werent there, i think you would really notice it. anjuli such a beautiful stretch of tampa. still to come on good day the owner of a python that escaped in tampa is celebrating this morning. more on how the road closures can affect your travel times with the strawberry festival. perfect day weatherwise for the strawberry festival have spring training, the beach have spring training, the beach. you name it. good to go if you have outdoor plans, this morning if you have outdoor plans, you need a jacket. brooksville at 81. 58 in st. Pete. tweaking of st. Pete. winds are light. temperatures are pushing 60. if you have boating plans offshore, that is where we will up the seas to maybe three feet. all in all a goodlooking day we will talk about how lon news station, this is good day tampa bay. good morning, thanks for joining us this morning, i am lloyd sauers in for alcides segui. anjuli i am anjuli davis. the forecast with lindsay in just a minute, but first up a check of the headlines this half hour. Pinellas County deputies are trying to identify the man in these photos. detectives said he robbed a bank in belair bluffs around 11 30 friday morning and according to deputies, the man walked up to the teller at bb t and handed her a note demanding money and implying that he had a gun. if you know who he is, calm the Pinellas County sheriffs office. election season is her in the Sunshine State. early voting across florida begins this morning and will continue to run through the 12 continue to run through the 12th. in hillsborough county, over 70,000 people have taken advantage in early voting and mailin ballot. that is nearly 10 of the voters in the county. Officials Say that might suggest a strong turnout in closed primaries on the 15th. visit the florida strawberry festival in plant city are in for a sweet treat, along with the strawberry shortcake and musical acts. visitors can expect more ride specials and new entertainment including a circus act called the flying walendas and much more, rockers cheap trick and donnie and marie. if you were headed out there, you may want to give yourself a little extra time this morning. fox 13s kelly cow an joins us live from plant city of how Road Construction cause a real headache. good morning, kelly. reporter good morning, anjuli. we are not seeing backups yet at the thonotosassa road exit. but any time you see these orange cones like do you behind me in the exit ramp coming off, you can expect some backups. the roads arent actually closed. they were doing construction over here before the festival started. we are told it was supposed to originally end before the festival began, but now it is looking more like this by april. still f dot tells us that they have reopened all lanes around here but these orange cones remain. that will cause backups at the exit. one of three main exits that people tend to take to get to the strawberry festival. we already had a couple of calls from viewers this morning who told us they took alternative routes and they were heavily backed up as well yesterday. so just packing a little extra patience if you were planning to come out to the strawberry festival. tonight big headliner, cheap trick at the strawberry festival. so if you are planning to come out, see the bands, take in the festival, just know that there are a couple of alternative routes to this one, although we are hearing that all of them are heavily trafficked if you were headed to the festival. know that these cones dont necessarily mean there are road closures but they may be slowing things down. again, plan your route plenty of time. for now reporting live near plant city, i am kelly cowan, back to you in the studio. anjuli strawberry short anjuli strawberry shortcake is worth the wait. over to lindsay with a look at the weather. lindsay the weather is cooperating so nicely. i feel like every year for the strawberry festival we kind of luck out. like this. back by tomorrow we will sub clouds. 50 subtract some of those high clouds. 50 degrees with light winds. head to the beach today and strawberry festival tomorrow. Bradenton Beach looks tremendous. our water temperature by the way of 66 degrees now. i have seen a couple of people out there especially if they are visiting from up north where they can handle that temperature a little bit more. 50 in lakeland. 41 in brooksville. 58 in spartanburg. it is 53 in tampa. so yes compared to this time yesterday, it is noticeably cooler in all locations from 9 degrees cooler in sebring up to 2 in brooksville. not do anything than to whip around the sky. and warm finish and even warmer early week. High Pressure builds aloft. we bring in 80s across the inland zones monday. may hit 80s in Highland County today but 74 our official high in tampa. perfect. in sarasota this morning, you have a chance to see a big part of history at the airport. planes that were used in world war ii will be on display including the only working b29 super fortress, the plane was used to drop the atomic bomb on hiroshima. the only surviving member of that mission got a look at the plane and recalled the flight. the plane is as awesome as the people today will say. you are stunned. for him to see it again. and russell took two photograph photographs of the atomic bomb after it took off. he said it was a job to do that but he hopes an atomic bomb is never released again. the plane also be on display in weekend. in st. Petersburg, a development between beach drive and Central Avenue is about to be bridged. a ceremonial groundbreaking on one st. Petersburg. the condo tower will be the tallest structure and a shooter hotel connected to it. the Hotel Project is expected to be finished next year and 4 to be finished next year and 41story condo tower in 2018. nasa astronaut scott kelly said he is adjusting to being back on earth this morning. he says his muscles and joints are sore, and it is not easy to sleep, because touching things is irritating his skin. but he said he is enjoying having Running Water again. he and his twin brother are undergoing tests. nasa is comparing the two to determine the effects of human. after launch attempts were scrubbed due scrubbed due weather and technical issues. space x has launched its falcoln one rocket. liftoff. lloyd the rocket took off shortly after 6 30 last night carrying a Communication Satellite into orbit. space x said the launch and separation of the satellite went smoothly; however, the attempted landing the rocket did not. space xceo elan musk tweeted that the rocket landed hard on a drone ship after a very hot reentry. three previous attempts to land the rocket on a barge in the atlantic has failed. the atlantic owner of a king cobra that escaped his cage last september got a big victory in court. a judge has to suppress the states motion to use his statements during the cobra never read him his miranda white. kennedy is accused of not reporting the escape of his snake in a timely manner and failing to provide proper secure housing for it. the state now has 30 days to appeal the appeal the judges decision. the next pretrial status hearing hearing will be on april 8. at least 60 people will be injured in bangkok thailand this morning after the engine of a water taxi exploded as it approached its dock. local police say around 70 passengers were believed to be on that boat. several whom jumped off when the explosion occurred. it is one of many boats that are overcrowded. not immediately clear what caused the explosion. there are no reports of any deaths so far. after cancelling an advance trip, secretary of state john kerry will accompany president obama to cuba later on this month. kerry was considering going to the communist nation ahead of the president to lay the groundwork for the commander in chiefs visit. of human rights in the country, kerry has cancelled both president obama and john kerry plan to travel together on cuba on march 31. after the break, this is maybe something you will want to do this weekend. certainly do. sleep in. anjuli that is currently something every teenager wants to do especially to an school day. new Research Shows that home new Research Shows that homeschooled kids may have an advantage over their peers and in public or private schools. we will pulitzer prized winner charlie la duff. Great Stories from the heartland to the halls of power and this weekend he is hanging out with us. dude, what was that. we will break down the races at michigan and florida. watch money, power and politics im out of the office right now but will get back to you just as soon as i possibly can. Your call is important to me. Join Princess Cruises for exclusive discovery at sea experiences. 6day caribbean cruises from just 549. Call your travel consultant or visit princess. Com Princess Cruises. Come back new. phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with Social Security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. 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Publix. rise and shine, this is good day tampa bay. anjuli remember those days when you wanted to pull the blankets over your head and not go to school . lloyd i remember them well lloyd i remember them well. seems that sleeping in is one area where it appears that home area where it appears that homeschooled children have an advantage over those who head out to the bus stop. hart powell has more. reporter only when he underwent sleep therapy that caleb jones felt he could fully function. for years his alarm went out at 6 oclock, but for hours his mind would struggle to catch up mind would struggle to catch up. i would get to school and all the other kids were dreary eyed and kind of like when why are we here at this time. i dont want to be here. reporter that not an uncommon attitude for teenagers and may not entirely be their fault. experts say try as they might, asleep as early as others. not that they dont want to or have a lot activities and facebook and homework time which they do as well, but they physically cant fall asleep early anymore. reporter a sleep psychologist at National Jewish health in denver says the development of melantonin the hormone that regulates our speech shifts two hours and they need to sleep later in the morning and most public and private schools dont allow it. so to see how that impacts teenagers she compared typical students to those who were home school. what they found in this first of a kind study was eye opening opening. on average teams home schooled sleep 90 more minutes a night and they wake up 20 minutes after other schools have started public and private schools, nearly half of all students dont get enough sleep sleep. impacts every aspect of functioning. you think about academics. ability to learn, concentrate, Pay Attention have all diminish from a teenagers move to drive and urging the study for schools to rethink their hours. this is clark powell reporting. anjuli experts say schools that moved start times back report less tardy report less tardiness among teens and higher Graduation Rates too. they inist that the study doesnt mean that those who are home school ready better students necessarily but they are well rested. another president ial candidate dolls quits, plus the democrats gear up for another big debate in flint, michigan. Scientists Say they discovered what might be a new species of octopus while searching the Pacific Ocean floor. hey, lindsay. lindsay hey, lloyd, good morning, good to have you with us at 7 43. a beautiful start of the day. a cool start though. we are near 60 in st. Pete, and looking east toward tampa. high clouds have moved in from the gulf while we were sleeping sleeping. lakeland showing those high clouds at 50 degrees. make sure you have the jacket it. look at the weekend. mid70s early next week and pushing 80s. that lasts with the spring retired neurosurgeon ben carson has dropped out of the president ial race. he made that announcement at the cpac convention. he announced he was dropping out because disappointing showing. he will join my faith votes. a National Group that promotes cranes christianity. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will be from flint, michigan for another round of debates. they are dealing with a Health Emergency because of high lead levels in the water. sanders said republican rick crisis. clinton said the crisis would not have happened in a wealthy white community. author pot con roy has passed away. he wrote several bestselling books including the great san books including the great santini and the prince of tides he announced last month he had pancreatic cancer. how about this, scientists in hawaii say they may have discovered a new species of octopus on a deep sea dive. they found this little guy sitting on a flat rock with more than 14,000 feet below the ocean surface. some of the unique features include a lack of pigment cells which gives almost a ghostlike appearance. the octopus has all of its suckers in one row on each arm rather than the typical two row rather than the typical two rows. lloyd be careful with that lloyd be careful with that. if you tell someone you saw a purple octopus they will think you are still parties from last night. lindsay it is really. lloyd i swear, honey, i saw a purple octopus. lindsay fascinating. it is beautiful. get your day starti am a little biased. anjuli a gorgeous morning. lindsay a third day in the row where it havent been raining in weekend it is cool right now but warming into the season is under way on your spring break, anded a you head to the beach, some people are already out there. i am going to soak this up while i can. it is 58 degrees on our sirata st. Pete beach. winds out of at it. wave are basically about a foot, as we take you offshore, more of the 2 to 3 footers which isnt bad. good boating today. good beach weather if you have a stroll planned on bayshore. only 50 degrees, but i expect that number to jump big time especially by 10 a. M. northeast wind at 6, and milky high clouds from the gulf. pushing 60 in sebring and brooksville still barely out of the 40s. 53 in wauchula. 53 in tampa. near 60 in st. Pete. we had a weak front that moved through friday morning, and this is kind of the aftermath of that. that is cooler start to the i do. in fact 80 degrees cooler in sebring. 13 degrees cooler compared to this time on friday in lakeland. spectacular weekend for us. hope you enjoy it. sun will be out in full force. the warmth returns the warmth returned into the afternoon and in fact we are going to reinforce this pleasant pattern as a boundary moves in probably in the morning that will keep our pattern nice and quiet and provide with us the warmth and dry air. ridge of High Pressure builds alof fireworks a new week especially and what that will do is bring in a surge of warm air for us in tampa bay. only through the midwest and eventually the northeast and that means 70. several days of 80s. upper 8s midweek and that register is strong until next weekend. models i have been looking at will continue to throw down the progress of some rain. saturday our next big rain chance. we have seven dry days. allergy sufferers hang in there. high clouds with a tropical jet to the south. warm finish with High Pressure shifting offshore opening the door for this reinforcing boundary. and not a big deal. we dont have a lot of moisture providing areas across the ohio valley with light snow showers 37 . you wont remember when this moves in and more of the way of sun today. high clouds mixing in. on the west coast, first wave of multiple storm systems bring steady rain from seattle to portland to even San Francisco this morning. dry la but clouding up, and some rain offshore that will move in and be fairly light. busy on the west coast, some of that rain will be locally heavy for us 53 degrees. 33 in chicago. 40, lubbock. 50 in dallas. a warmth will be lifting. a big spring preview for our friends and family that are ready for it. warm for some of us by midweek locally and today beautiful. 80 in frostproof, plant city. upper 70s the strawberry festival and the beach, low 70s for afternoon highs. today we will hit 74 for an afternoon high. 1 degree below average. warm, comfortable, high clouds, melt away tonight. a low 55 degrees. on sunday low sun. warmer too. 76. not a big difference in the temps and you get the idea. on the water northeast wind at 10 knots. that moderate chop that i mentioned offshore. the sevenday forecast. that heat gradually building, and with it, higher humidity midweek and extra clouds thursday and friday and notice no rain chance icons in there. i will keep it dry every day over the next seven days. anjuli thank you, lindsay. perfect weather for those fox 13 good day local for you all morning long. lloyd this may look like another day at the beach, but it is Serious Business for some windsurfers on klawb beach. the kona 1 north American Championship are going continue to this weekend and photojournalist Cole Barksdale got to check it out. we are having the fantastic race for windsurfing. it is a blast. it is exhausting. the wind is the wind is pretty high. it is gusty out there. it is challenging. kind of gusty so the winds are coming in with big puffs and it is coming over the building. a little shifty. really, really fun. the wind came up. we lost one of we lost a few race sports and lost a few konas after the second race. it means a lot. it is great it is a great sport. and you get to see your old buddies and get there on the water and we are duking it out and competing with each other, and it is great. you have to have a very competitive spirit and you need to be in shape. once you take the lessons, you got the basics. a very tough progression. a very rewarding sport. any age can do it and just tons of fun. it is way, way too much fun. your whole body is sore and tired. yeah, it is a good kind of sore, but, yeah, you are tired. you just get right back up. just like in life, you fall and get back up. now i got to get back to work. lloyd looks like a lot of fun and a great weekend for it. over to anjuli for a look at the next how far. anjuli much more ahead in the next hour of good day tampa bay. more flights from tampa to cuba more flights from tampa to cuba. Tampa International airport wants to make that happen and they are asking for your help top do it. donald trump will make a Campaign Stop in the Sunshine State today. he has a rally planned in orlando. we will take you there live where the doors are getting ready to open. and spring is almost in the air. that means it is time to do some cleaning. coming up in this weeks earth watch, lindsay shows us how to keeping uh, hello geico . Yeah, i was just talking about your emergency Roadside Service and how its available 24 7 and then our car overheated. What are the chances . Can you send a tow truck please . Uh, the location . Believe this but its um. Its in a tree. I wish i was joking, mate, but its literally stuck in a tree. car horn honking a chainsaw . No, no, all we really need is a tow truck. Day or night, geicos emergency roadside from tampa bays number one news station, this is good day tampa bay. lloyd trump fever just down the i4 corridor. orlando. what you need to know about todays rally. and the president , the rays and the president , the rays, even st. Pete mayor Rick Kriseman is making trips to cuba. now Tampa International airport want to fly more tourist there is too. lloyd good saturday morning, i am lloyd sauers in this morning for alcides segui. anjuli i am anguli davis. those stories in just a minute, but first lindsay is here with a check of the start of the day
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