Right now, wesley chapel, youre 76. Frost proof, 78. Rain chances as we expect again out of the forecast for the first half of the day but ramp up after 3 00 p. M. As the storms head toward the coast. And thats when they get stronger. Of course, feeding off the heat of the day. The high of 93. At 5 08 in weather and traffic on the 8s, i have an hourby hour look at your wednesday and leslee lacey has the morning commute. Yeah, overnight construction in the sarasota area and a big issue on the Howard Frankland whats going on on the Howard Frankland bridge, folks. This is northbound. And as you can see, not just the Left Shoulder but the two left lanes are blocked. Traffic is getting by on the right. A little bit slow as people use caution coming through. Lets go to meliek on the street because he has a closer look at whats going on. And theres actually been an overturned vehicle out there. And you can still see that the theres cleanup going on. And as he pans over here, and we follow the
News channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. And i am gene ramirez. We have breaking news this morning. It has to do with traffic. Lets check in with leslee lacey. Yeah, were kickoff with a crash on the Howard Frankland bridge. Its on the tampa side and it is northbound. Heres a quick look at it. And we have the two right lanes open. Just a few minutes ago, only the right lane was open so they have cleared it to the two left sides. Injuries involved in the crh. Vehicles on the roadway, we are keeping an eye on this one. Omar has a live look for us. This is in the distance with the water. But again, this is the accident northbound on the Howard Frankland bridge. And as we come back to the maps here, you can see begin those two left lanes are taken away. Fortunately we dont have delays. Just because theres not that many vehicles on the roadway. Thank goodness. Hopefully the weather is it was hot yesterday. Didnt break a record but we were darn close. 97 in sarasota. The old record was 99. Tha
Odessa and palm 77 in odessa and palm harbor. Brandon, 74 degrees. 357 in wimauma. 7 75 in wimauma. No rain chances for the first part of the day. Could there be a shower right around lunchtime . Yes, a small rain chance. But once we get toward 4 00, 5 00, 6 00 this even, the storms head toward the coast and some could be stronger and more widespread. So feeding off that heat of the day. Hitting 93 today. Thats above the at 6 08, i have an hourbyhour look at your wednesday in the weather and traffic on the 8s. We have the accident on the Howard Frankland bridge clear up. And all lanes are open there. Look at this, beautiful drive now. Only six minutes to cross it. Earlier we had the two left lanes taken away. At one point, only the right lane was getting by but now its fantastic. And travel times here. And on state road 54 in New Port Richey, we look great. U. S. 19 to the sun coast parkway, 12 minute commute. Harbor, up to speed at 13 minutes from state road 54 to the tampa road. And
We are getting new details about a serious crash at bush boulevard as they are trying to learn how the car and the motorcycle collided there earlier tonight. Both drivers, they rushed to the hospital so far no word on their conditions as they will continue to monitor the story to bring you an update on air and onli abcactionnews. Com. Good evening im jamison uhler. Im wendy ryan. Thanks for joining us as we will continue to monitor that story, but first. It is a nasty individual. Who has some type of issue and they need to be stopped. New at 11 00 a cat killer on the loose. One man is hoping a big reward will finally catch the person who is tossing cats out of a moving car. Abc action news Michael Paluska takes 5,000 will save more than just an animal, michael . Reporter jamison, its a lot of money and one witness we spoke with said that it has been happening specifically here in the northbound lanes at mile marker 35. When people we talk to today say they are worried about it. It wont
Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. Lets find out whats happening weatherwise with leigh spann. Good morning. Good morning. It has been some hot days. We didnt hit a record yesterday. But we were close. Sarasota, 97. The old record was 99. Just glad we didnt actually hit that. In tampa, 94 was the high temperature. The old record of 97. Heading back to school on this scorcher of a day, 79 degrees for the first class. 89degrees by and 92 when the final bell rings. And thats when the rain chances really start ramping up. Notice at noon, 1 00, 2 00, 10 to 20 rain chance. But after 3 00 wpm the kids are 3 00 p. M. When the kids are coming home, a 40 chance. I am tracking tropical depression six for you. We have the latest track. And leslee lacey has the roadways. Its starting to look a little better on the Howard Frankland bridge. Good. Just in the fact that theres more vehicles onscene, they have a tow truck trying to of there. But at this point, two left lanes are still blocked. We ar