It is officially the weekend and youre taking a look at a beautiful downtown tampa on this warmer sunday. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Im candace mccowan. Well get to our top story in a moment but lets by checking on the forecast with meteorologist mark collins. Hi, candace, weve seen a quick rebound to the temperatures this morning and us out. Very comfortable out there now. You can see how sunny it is. High, thin concludeds out. There 60 thin clouds 60 degrees in sun city center. Lakeland holding behind at five it degrees and as we look at tampa international, 54. To plan out your day today, plan on dry conditions lasting right on through the afternoon. By 3 00, well be at 7and as we head into the early evening hours, temperatures pull back to close to where they are right now. Well have changes this week. How much rain is in the forecast . Stay with us. Weather app. App store. Mark, thank you very much. The life of a tow truck driver hit and killed on the Howard Frankl
A fire broke out on fowler avenue at a hotel in tampa. No one was hurt. Investigators are trying to figure out what started the fire in the first place. On this friday morning, an emotional plea from the parents of a man murdered at a tampa nightclub. For this to happen, a tragic event, how he died, you know, our baby shouldnt have been taken away from me so brutally. Thats nina lancaster, she is the mother of 21yearold Marvin Lancaster. She wants someone to step up and help police find whoever opened fire at club rayne killing two. We have a beautiful weekend ahead. Leigh, i am happy to hear this. Yes, i am excited to bring the news to you. High pressure is in control of the southeastern United States conditions and around the high, notice how you get the clockwise motion of wind and you might feel that breeze again out of the east to northeast. A few clouds possibly through the day but generally, sunny and comfortable. A little chill this morning, 52 in clearwater. 52 in plant city.
Are now going to each apartment looking for anyone who may be trapped. And the line of storms that caused damage in pensacola also left a path of dethe instruction in other southern states. Look of destruction in other southern states. Two died in louisiana where a tornado touched down. A Mobile Home Park there is completely destroyed. You can see the storm tossed around cars and rip add part buildings. Emergency crews estimate more than a hundred homes and rvs are damaged or demolished. Lets get straight to meteorologist leigh spann because this system is coming our way. It. Is now the strongest will stay to the north. But we have a tornado watch until 10 00 a. M. For citrus, pasco, hernando and sumpter counties. A wider mick picture. This area of low pressure, thats where you see the most rotation or threat for tornadoes and thats going to head to the north and east. You can see the threat for tornadoes exist basically from border back down into our area with the strongest storms in
Im josh benson. And i am stacie schaible. Lets begin with julie good afternoon, stacie. We are looking at slightly warmer temperatures but before we see those, we are . Store for a chilly night tonight a freeze warning has been posted for citrus and hernando counties into the overnight hours and you can see that much of the area is under a frost advisory, especially hours. So dont be surprised if you have to scrape a little frost off the wind shield tomorrow off the wind shield tomorrow morning. We are looking at chilly temperature thes in the forecast. 52 in clearwater beach. 53 in treasure island. And a lot of places have remained in the 50s but a few spots reaching into the 60s. 63 in bartow. Winds have been breezy today, not as bad as yesterday was but we still have the northwest winds coming in at 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour, breezier along Miles Per Hour this afternoon. That northwesterly flow again south. So most of us have dealt with mostly clear skies and thats whats its going to
Puddles to get in their way. They want the comfortable temperatures to get them across the finish line, and thats what we are seeing in tampa. Mild along the beaches, and the fog is really in the too sense, and we have only seen patchy spots. Planning out your morning, we will see the temperatures about 10 00 a. M. , and shooting up to 75 degrees, and just a really nice day here, and we have more in store for tomorrow, and we will have subtle tweaks to the forecast, bringing in rain, and you will see it all in the extended forecast just a few minutes away. Thank you, mark. We will check back with you, soon. The runners are getting ready or maybe even running right now as we kick off the gasparilla distance classic. Thousands of people are taking over bay shore boulevard for the popular races, and mary mcgwire and joining us live in tampa. Have they started yet . Yeah, actually, so i spoke with you last at 6 30, and that race kicked off at 6 45, and those runners are out there, and like