A little back to reality. 73 in bartow. 79 in tampa. 75 in crystal river. 80s moved in st. Pete. Instead of in the blue, we are running only a few degrees warmer. Up to 4 in many pots. Overall good visibility but the morning is dry. We havent seen thatch rain that has resulted in to much heat. Today with a little more moisture creeping in going with more a 30 to 40 rain chance not until after 3 00 in most spots. A swirl here a swirl here south of the keys. A tropical disturbance has a slim chance it will develop and moving west. Will not play a role in our local weather. As we head to the day today, more about the aboveaverage heat. 88 by lunchtime hit 92 today. Between 3 and 8 00 our best chance for scattered showers and storms including at the bulls game tonight. Could be storms around. Your gameday forecast coming coming. Thanks, lindsay, we start with a sad story out of Hillsborough County. Son in the back seat of a hot car. Investigators say Troy Whitaker accidentally left his 23m
We saw shattered glass in that video, how are thieves pulling this off . Reporter they seem to be using the smash and grab technique. This gym is a prime location since people are going to be in there for about an hour since theyre working out. One victim we spoke to says the gym is actually playing a part in helping these suspects get away. The treadmills werent the only things at Planet Fitness took nicoles breath away sunday night. She and her husband came out of the gym off us 19 in Pinellas Park to find her car broken into after parking just 20 minutes prior. Woman i didnt think it could happen that fast, i really didnt. I didnt think they could hit two cars that fast. Reporter a ford and another vehicle left with shattered windows. Her purse and iphone missing. She took to facebook to share woman they contacted them saying the lights dont work. Reporter Pinellas Park Police Report show there have been four vehicle burglaries in the same parking lot in the last month. Each break i
Elsewhere 80s clearwater to st. Pete to tampa. 75 in crystal river, and we still have some patchy fog lowly improving for polk co county. Still keep it slow from plant city up to Wesley Chapel and near i75 toward inverness, patchy fog. But lifting over the neck hour, and not a drop of rain. Even on the east coast where our winds are coming from today, a little more moisture down south, and in the days ahead with this building, better rain chances. But today, just a little higher than yesterday. It is about 30 . By noon, 88. We hit 92, above average today and rain building between 4 and 10 00 tonight. Alcides lindsay, thank y you. We start this hour with the news alert out Sarasota County. The mother of a baby who was killed last year was found dead in a jail this morning. Correctional percent in Sarasota County found kristin burry around 1 00 this morning inside her jail cell. Pronounced dead at the hospital. She pled no contest to aggravated man slaughter in the death of her 9weekold
Live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. They will be caught. A veteran be in with his own walker in broad daylight. Police good evening, thank you for joining us, i am wendy ryan speaking with this man. Reporter the kind of story that infuriates you, that veteran was attacked while walking along here along the sidewalk to the walmart. The card that was used to shut the car that was used the behind the bomber. He punched me in the side in the head. He was grabbing for my stuff. Reporter he has bruises and a knot on his head. They put me through to the ground and started beating me with a walker. He got all my stufa took off. He was attacked after he got off the bus while shopping the attack. You do not care. People so what happened. Reporter this robber ran to the blue durango. He never thought on a friday afternoon with people coming and going from walmart that he would be a target. A few weeks ago he was in a wheelchair because of an injury and he was the
Numbers. The dow down 392 points now. After the Federal Reserve bank of bostons president made a speech today saying quote, a reasonable case can be made for a rate hike. Well keep an eye on this and let you know if anything changes. Now our 8 on your side coverage. The zika virus is the topic of serious discussion between Bay Area Health departments, experts today. Theyre learning the latest information to protect babies. Rod carter is covering this story live. What can you tell us . Reporter good evening guys. Dozens of people were getting the latest information about the zika virus this morning in florida. These are the folks who work front line, one on one with a lot of pregnant moms in the area. And they want to make sure these women have the best information to keep their information coming from the podium. Ill go over some basic information about zika virus. She works with Hillsborough County healthy start. A direct link to expectant mothers in the bay area. She answers a lot of