Heres meteorologist leigh spann. Good morning. We felt the drier air, the less humid air yesterday. And its holding on today for the most part. You see the red shaded area. This is the moisture in the atmosphere. The red is dry. The blue is more humid. Its starting to creep back in. Its not quite as comfortable today. An afternoon high of 91 which is just above the average of 90. But with the drier area, notice the rain chance today, mostly south of i4. In weather and traffic on the 8s, i have an hourbyhour look at your wednesday. And leslee is going to help you plan the commute. Pretty good right now. Great in downtown tampa and downtown st. Pete. We have a road closure, reminder for you, seminole boulevard north of ulmerton. Some of the northbound lanes are blocked. During rush hour, take starkey through the area or move over northbound side. Lets take a live lookout here. Looking good across the Howard Frankland bridge. Only going to take you six minutes to cross it. And thats a loo
Temperatures are running about average for this time of the year at this point. Zephyrhills, brooksville, 71. 73 throughout polk county. And gets warmer to the south and west. Notice sarasota youre at 76. Thats where its more humid. Sure did enjoy that dry air that was around yesterday. And for the most part, were going to keep the dry air around today. The afternoon high just above the average of 90. Im expecting 91 during the below average. We have a 10 rain chance at noon. And 20 after 2 00 p. M. And thats mostly for areas south of i4. At 5 08, i have an hourbyhour look at your wednesday. Thats right. And its nice out there. Bay area bridges look great, folks. Not seeing delays there. This is 275 around kennedy by the Howard Frankland bridge. And if youre hopping across the Howard Frankland bridge, its only going to take you roughly six minutes. Again, i just want to mention seidel. Its completely blocked due to a road closure. And theyre doing repairs on the roadway. It will link u
Reporter hey jen. This is heartbreaking news because so many students, thousands of them will have to start over including a disabled veteran we spent time with today. He had tears in his eyes but hope in his heart when he came here to hcc for help. Ronnie wishi is looking for answers but first, he has a few questions for itt tech. How could you . How dare you . Lets make right done wrong. Reporter ronnie was proud to serve his country. Now he is trying to survive his education. Just. Its busted dreams. I left a good job to go back to school to higher myself. It is all about higher education, you know, trying to do better. I teach my kids that. Reporter as a disabled veteran, this tampa bay native and father of seven was crushed to hear most likely his credits transfer, Hillsborough Community college is trying to help students like ronnie come up with options. Even if some of them dont become an hcc student, at least we can provide them options and explain what they may be in for. Repo
Let go app to set up victims and rob them, even kills one. Candace mccowan talked to one of the victims who is very shaken up. Reporter corey piece is a father of two overcome thinking about the risk he took trying to sell his ipad. We could have been a lot less fortunate. Reporter he found a buyer who met him at this walgreens when the buyer snatched it. I said are you kidding me . Reporter a second seller who also was robbed in broad daylight, this time, at gunpoint. That seller was pistol whipped. But, sunday, during a third transaction, the buyer escalated. Police say he snatched another cell phone, then shot and killed jeffrey morrow as he ran away. We knew we had to operate quickly. We didnt know when he would strike again. Reporter detectives tracked down 25yearold victor mann. In polk county, candace mccowan, newschannel8. Tonight, the man who forced a shootout with a Drug Task Force just a little over 24 hours ago is dead. Polk Sheriff Grady Judd says Francis Perry refused to