From macdill to u. S. 41. Steadier showers north of i4, Temple Terrace as well as plant city dealing with showers this morning and these are pushing north and west and making their way to portions of pinellas. Some of the first rain drops the day, citrus park, odessa, palm harbor and dunedin that are quickly moving no northnorthwest. Mostly sunny. Dade city. The steadier pocket west of bulk city. Hop over to polk county where we have that bravely been heavy and on the move, winter haven, lakeland, you are next raining for you now. Eastern hillsborough dealing with showers and hardee, desoto highland pushing westnorthwest and extreme eastern portions of sarasota county. Starting off the day cloudy, lingering moisture. 72 degrees with that east wind. We will hop over to clearwater this morning where it is 73 degrees, cloudy. I wouldnt cancel your beach keep an eye on the radar. Have a flies go inside. 73, brandon, 73, tampa. 74 in sarasota. Should in the 60s this time of year and mid80s
Alcides i am alcides se segui. Thank you so much for joining us. Lindsay is here to talk about the forecast. The temps are here for so long. Lindsay for some of us it has been rainy. Clouds toward the west, toward the beach. We are drier in pinellas. We are at 74 degrees here in tampa this morning and quite a bit of cloud cover where we did see the showers, which in many spots is still raining but i think we will turn off the faucet and and introduce spotty afternoon showers that will push west throughout the day. While most of it has been light, tracking moderate pockets west of i4 now. West of polk city. North of plant city. Maybe briefly clipping the south end of zephyrhills. Dry in downtown tampa. North steady light rain with. A couple of sprinkles in coastal pinellas but not many north of New Port Richey we have showers. Showers. North of myacca city. Arcadia dealing with rain as well and that will be binding down shortly. A couple of have you jumped this hour if it is not raining
Into the afternoon, passing showers and even an isolated storm today. No change in the Temperature Department this morning. Were in the low to mid70s. Its 75 in tampa, 71 in brooksville. What xhul la is at 72, and we should aum be around 68. This is an aboveaverage start. A lot of thunderstorms 75 miles to our west and even towards Cape Canaveral. In between, im not seeing any rain, although i cant rule out a light sprinkle or shower between now and lu showing were locked into the east wind. A little more upper level energy in play today, though. So i keep the rain chance primarily this afternoon at 30 . Until then we warm until the clouds fill in. We hit about 86 today. If youre ready for cooler changes, that cold front we discussed is on track for next weekend. You dont want to miss the sevenday forecast coming up. Alcides developing this morning. Mosaic is dealing with another contaminated water at plant city phosphate facility. Anjuli the pump that has processed water leaking about
Coast we have extra clouds as theyre rain nearby, but it wont impact the boat ride in st. Petersburg. We will see a nice, pleasant, quiet start to the day. Temperatures are warm this morning, but we had one 60 sneak in. Crystal river at 68. Its 72 in lakeland, 75 in tampa and st. Petersburg and sarasota. The dew points are up to near 70, because of these values you notice again some showers and possibly a storm today. A lot going on to our west and canaveral, wut this will weaken and only an isolated shower from this may sneak into eastern polk county. Beyond that, its afternoon, spotty showers, hitormiss that may strengthen a bit building into the coastal counties. While the rain chance is 30 in tampa today, its 40 in st. Pete and other area beaches but not until late today. Until then, mid80s and cooler weather for next weekend. Front coming up. Anjuli developing in morning, another spill of potentially contaminated water from mosaic at their plant city phosphate facility. According
This afternoon and evening. So starting out the day much brighter. Remember the pesky showers yesterday . Dont they we see them. I know 73 on Brookdale Bayshore. As we look towards the gulf, thats where the cloud cover is this morning. Theres because theres rain literally 75 miles offshore. 75 is the current temperature in clearwater beach. Crystal river ouft of the 60s now at 8 00 a. M. And its 73 in winter hav brandon is 73 this morning. The radar is active but not here locally. Well take you to the east coast where thunderstorms are not letting up from melbourne to Cape Canaveral. This is where if we see a morning shower, it may generate from one of the storms in eastern pot county. Overall mix of suns and clouds this morning. That east wind gives us a 30 rain chance this afternoon. Really hitormiss stuff late in close to the coast you live, ill keep that rain chance for you about 40 . Alcides developing this morning, mosaic is dealing with another spill of potentially contaminated