Drier air today. That humid air is starting to sneak back, especially into our southern areas but rain chances basically out of forecast for the first half of the day. And even when i add a 20 rain chance this afternoon, its mostly south of i4. And boy, thats good news for the river flood warnings. Still all of the rivers remain at or above flood stage, little manatee, cyprus creek, peace river. Be careful around the communities. Again, the rivers still high. At 4 38 in weather and traffic on the , temperature trend for you for the rest of the work week and the weekend. And leslee has the roadways. Well, we have a good drive overall. We had a little problem out in ruskin. That has cleared up. We will get to that in a second. Lakeland, i4 , looks great. Downtown lakeland is 13 minutes there, up to speed. And in and out of pasco county, 52 to 2675 is roughly an to commute. And state road 72 closed down through the state park area. In fact, the its its from the state park road to seidel r
We are looking ahead to tonights big rematch. You dont want to miss this. F0 first though, a check on the weather. And we have a taste of fall this morning. Its not cool necessarily but it is certainly more comfortable. When you look at the water vapor imagery, how much moisture is in the air. And this red color, thats dry air. And this greenish blue down here, thats humid air. And notice how the humid air is not making its way to the north. So we are covering the tampa drier air which will keep our rain chances small. Out of the forecast for the first half of the day. And then only 20 mostly south of i4. And its good news for the river flooding conditions. We have actually canceled the river at elfers flood warning. Just yesterday, finally dropped below flood stage. And Little Manatee River also canceled. Arcadia, still above flood stage. We need time to dry out. At 5 38, i will take you eight days through the temperature trend. And leslee has the roadways. U. S. 19, palm harbor looks
Effect right now in cedar rapids evac area it will last until seven tomorrow morning. Voluntary evacuations which are strongly recommended are to be completed by 8pm tomorrow and the curfew will repeat each night until further notice. The American Red Cross now has three emergency shelters open for residents who are forced to evacuate. In cedar rapids a shelter is now open at the Cedar Hills Community Church which is on east avenue falls a shelter is open at the west gym on the campus of the university of northern iowa. A shelter is also open at Grace Baptist Church in waverly. More shelters will open as needed. Needed. If you need help, you are asked to call 211, again only if you need help. If you are looking to volunteer, call the red cross 3193933500 swails begins our flood 2016 Team Coverage with a look at the cedar river in cedar falls has now crested. Crested. Lets go to cbs 2 meteorologist jeff kennedy who continues our flood 2016 Team Coverage live in cedar falls fallswith a l
49 in trenton. Even though its milder at the shore, everywhere theres a bit of a wind beginning to build across the region. Up to 18 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. And today will be on the breezy side and the temperatures youre seeing in the 40s will stay there today. 8 00 a. M. , 46 degrees. By noon, back up to 48 and the numbers dont go all that far for the next several hours. 3 00 p. M. , we get a high of 49. By 6 00 p. M. , down to 44 with the breezes starting toese to ease back a little bit. If youre going out on the town, youll have to bundle up a bit. Reporter what a changing scene with the breaking news in plymouth meeting. This was an accident where the vehicle was facing the wrong way. I showed it to you even before the police was there. The guy was facing the wrong way. We have police and penndot on the scene. They are getting ready to pull it out to the tow truck. There is fluid on the road. We saw a fender up ahead in the lane. They have a lot to clear out. The blue route
Game of the season. But the big sorry on action news is the countdown to 2016. In just a few hours crowds will gather on pens landing to watch the first of two new year eve Fireworks Shows. And if your Celebrations Include time outside tonight youll want to listen up. Karen rogers is here with your accuweather forecast. Hi sara, we lucked out with the weather for this holiday, its starting to get bright out here after 10 gloomy days. Well have sunshine back this afternoon. Lets look at satellite 6 along with action radar we wont see walltowall sunshine but its brighter out here than it has been as we look at the thicker cloud cover pushing off the coast and we had showers clipping delaware and Cape May County. The rest of the showers will miss us, we are dry and clouds give way to peeks of sunshine. 45 in warrington and 46 in saint davids. 51 in hammonton and 52 in woodbine and 51 in avalon, new jersey and 51 in dover, delaware. The temperatures are treating us right and we are above a