Spots and i rain on skytower radar. A couple of quick showers in and around the sebring area, also along highway 17 and that main line of rain. That is our cold front. Once that moves through, the winds start the shift to the northwest ask and bring in much drier air. Highs today in the upper 70s but tomorrow, much drier and back to normal with highs in the mid 70s. Vanessa of course were watching fog a been watch checking out cameras along i4. This is the camera in the area off i4 and looks a little better here, at least visually, than what we were seeing in the area an hour or so ago. Dave mentioned we could see this fluctuate and there are some cameras that look worse so slow down and use the low beam lights. You dont have anything else in construction projects. Russell developing overnight, after several hours, crews say they finally have a fire at a local rec center under control. Jennifer Shayla Reaves is live in the area. This has to be devastating news to the community. Reporte
Thanks for joining us. Im Walter Allen Jen and im jen epstein. Lets start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. dave no closed captioning is federal funds will become available today for those affected by hurricane hermine. The aid includes grants and other programs to help individuals and businesses recover from the disaster. Is fox 13s shayla reaves. Good morning shayla. Those who qualify can get some help with housing. Home repairs and loans from the government. The disaster declaration includes the five tampa bay counties on your screen. We are talking about citrus, hernando, Hillsborough Pasco and pinellas. Hurricane hermine drenched parts of the bay area. Toppled trees and and scattered debris. High waters led to some evacuations. So much rain fell over a short period of time,drainage systems couldnt handle the volume. The Anclote River overflowed. Spilling into communities like elfers. Ofci for safety. The declaration makes federal dollars available to supplement state an
Worry about. There is a wave in africa. Titan doppler looks good. Hour by hour forecast will jump ten degrees in three hours. The rain chances are about 20 for showers and storms. So i think well be in good shape for today and back to more typical weather heading into tomorrow and the weekend. Janelle . I heard sky way. Hopefully its open. Not bad at all. If you are heading to the sky way heading you will see flashing lights. We have a crash off to the side not causing any problems here. Just before you get onto the sunshine sky way, doesnt look like its affecting traffic at all. Just nine minutes from toll booth to toll booth. No crashes or breakdowns. Injure drive from wesley chap toll i4 on 275 looking great 68 is the average speed on i 75. This isnt going to last very long. Ill keep you posted throughout the morning. Rodney . This morning, we expect to hear from lakeland Law Enforcement after a shootout between a convicted felon and deputies. Ashley yore is live at the polk county
Lois to armenia avenues and now the lanes are back open including one new lane for drivers. D. O. T. Hopes the changes will keep drivers from jamming up in the area. And strong gusts of winds causing rough seas along the coastline. Check that out there. Thats what it looked like along the Courtney Campbell causeway this morning. Waves catching on the roadway. Waves crashing on the roadway. What happened is, we had a cold front come through overnight and now the winds are coming in and notice there are clouds around thats because the winds are picking up moisture from the gulf and bringing it onshore. Wouldnt be out of the question to see a sprinkle between now and lunchtime. Theres a gale warning offshore. And then a high surf advisory. We expect seas to build 10 to 14 feet. And higher than average tide. So near the coast, you will see the water get higher. And lake wind advisory for inland areas as well. Coming in sustained, meaning just a constant wind speed at 15 to 20 Miles Per Hou
Well. Big spread in temperatures. Tampa. Pinellas county being warmed a bit by the bay and gulf waters. Head to Citrus County and were in the 30s. There are chilly spots this morning. Satellite and radar picture, not too much to show here. Relatively quiet. Mostly clear skies. This morning, it will be a sunny sunday morning. A jacket or a coat, not a bad idea, with temperatures in the 40s this afternoon. A lovely afternoon. A few late day clouds and a 70 degrees. Now, if youre taking a romantic cruise out this evening well have north east winds around 15 knots on area waters. A moderate chop. Dont recommend getting in the water it is going to be 58 degrees. Decent day weather wise. You can track the weather at any time using our storm team 8 it is free. Just download it from the app. Thank you. Right now. Live pictures from our nations capitol. The white house ordered to lower the flag to half staff in honor of Justice Scalia. He died of Natural Causes while on a hunting trip in south