Thunderstorms. Today were going to keep them further south from sarasota south the better rain chance. Overall 20 . That means with a lower rain chans, the heat goes back up to partly cloudy and hot today and vanessa, im looking at 92 for a High Temperature, okay . Vanessa thanks. And on the roadways here, were not dealing with any notable crashes but we do have a couple of road projects that will be causing blockages for folks. Starting off with this which we learned about yesterday afternoon. Citrus county, u. S. 19 southbound lanes completely blocked due to hole in the roadway. This is near the Crystal River mall. Work around here is northwest sixth avenue and this picture of the hole coming from Citrus County sheriffs office. You can see its quite large. State road 72 remains closed this morning, also due to a hole in the roadway. We have emergency road work six days away from the reopening but meantime, 72 is closed from east of myakka park to west of sidell are blocked at 16th av
Dave it is. Lets do a little forecast for you, sir. 81 degrees, second hour in a row were sitting just above the 80degree threshold here in the tampa area. Its the 75 dew point. Of course, its very steamy outside. You would think this warm and muggy, right . There would be thunderstorms all over the place this afternoon. But you have to look up above the surface and that drier air above us is going to to put 20 of the rain chance for this afternoon which means easily back up into the lower 990s. The vanessa . Vanessa dont get any ideas. Im not calling you the dave. Dave come on. Vanessa thanks, dave, by the hour bridge. Last hour we were watching a crash blocking a left lane. It was in this area between the mid span and the st. Pete side. See how theyre fairing. They kind of peaked at the seven, eight minute mark, back down to normal, completely ideal conditions heading into st. Pete, Fourth Street north. 75 to 275, in the red here southbound 75 fletcher to selmon. Thats 17 minutes. Ru
60s temporarily. Its a steamy 71 in wauchula this morning. Dew points instead of in the low 60s north of the bay, theyre higher as that even wind brought the moisture back quick yesterday as expected. With it hefr storms last night from lakeland to anna maria. Thank goodness were dry this morning, and we will stay dry this morning as the east wind keeps that storm 60 miles offshore at bay pushing to the wegs. A stalled front still in place it will bring a 40 rain chance Late Afternoon and evening. The movement is to the west, so well be watching sky tower for the bucs games. Cant rule out lightning, unfortunately. In the tropics a powerful hurricane. Category 4 matthew is slowing moving northwest. The outer fringe is approaching haiti where they could see catastrophic rainfall starting right now through wednesday. Heres the 5 00 a. M. Advisory, 150 mileperhour winds making it a strong track storm. This is bigger issues for mountainous southeast cuba and haiti. Slowly pushing through th
Rule out it will be dry, unfortunately. We will have to watch the storms and stay alert later today and enjoy the morning. Look at that. High clouds, no rain in tampa. Its 75. Wonderful beach day as we look to the east for the rain and set up some pesky coastal Early Morning shores. 72 bartow. No big jumps in the temps this hour. Youre near 80 but not at 80 in st. Pete. Its 71 in brooksville and its not as comfortable as this time yesterday but its drier as atlantic. That will trigger lateday rain. Less humid air outside the area today but muggy in south florida. To our south in the caribbean is an unusual but powerfullooking category 4 Hurricane Matthew. The problem with matthew for the caribbean is going to be tremendous rain, the threat for mudslides because of the slow movement. So we watch it to turn northerly later today, somewhere very close to western haiti or eastern cuba. To show you from the hurricane center. Pressure has risen a little to 947, but the winds being maintained
Big jump in temps this hour. Next hour plan on many more 80s. Its 76 in sebring and 79 in tampa and 80 in st. Petersburg with the humidity feeling a few degrees warmer. Plan ahead for above average temperatures this afternoon. Small change this morning is 90 miles offshore we have a couple of showers, but look at where theyre moving. Theyre moving northwest and not near the coast. That southeast wind will pull in deeper moisture tomorrow so you see that building acrs bahamas. Tomorrow is a more active day weatherwise, but today is hot with a few shower between 4 00 and 8 00 p. M. 93 is 2 degrees shy of an alltime record. It was 15 years ago today people all across this country and the world experienced a tragedy they will never forget. Terrorists hijacked four airplanes and flew them into the World Trade Center in new york and the pentagon. A fourth plane crashed into a pennsylvania. This morning in new york victims families gather for a reading of the names of the nearly 3,000 People