Storm team 8 meteorologist Ed Bloodsworth joins us live. This storm completely different than 40 hours ago. Even just 24 hours ago. It is now a category 4 storm going through what we call a rapid intensification cycle. This is the 5 00 p. M. Advisory. Maximum sustained winds at 140 miles per hour. Make thanksgiving a strong category 4 storm. The movement west southwest now at 9 miles per hour. And pressure at 9 49. The pressure continues to fall. When that number goes down, your winds typically go up. There is the latest flight going out. They just dropped their instrumentation reporting a 78 mileperhour wind but they are not at the eye at this time here. Were likely to see higher readings in the next few hours. Hurricane center keeping it a category 4 storm through saturday. Then its expected to weaken but still maintain status as a strong category 3 storm as it approaches jamaica. From there, it rolls off to the north as a category 2 storm entering the bahamas and the kind of uncerta
A lot of people are heading that beach its a far cry on the look i was giving you on friday when it was stormy and the waves were crashing way up here. Now you see people Walking Around. Theres plenty of beach to enjoy. The sunshine has come out, 84 degrees. We had low clouds around the area this morning. Theyve scoured out. Were warming up. 85 lakeland and brooksville, 82 in sebring. 86 in sarasota. At lunchtime, a stray shower possible, 86 degrees, rain chance going up to 40 at 4 00. The storming pushing toward the coast by the evening, high around 90. Basically, today is pretty close to what we expect for labor day, seasonally hot and humid with an average rain chance. The rain chance lowers type tomorrow and wednesday. Right now, hermine is water the category 1 hurricane brought to us, especially in pasco county. Thats where we find newschannel 8s mark douglas this morning. When can we expect the flood water to reseed . Reporter i understand its already receding, but its hard to sa
President ial debates about it for the student at hofstra it seems like more of a Party Atmosphere than a debate but what happens inside is going to st. Petersburg the future of the country and determine who leads it. An issue that a lot of people have talk about should the moderater fact check. Hillary clinton supporters want him to. I dont think that the moderatedders job is to fact check. Reporter political analyst told me that moderater shoulded not. Moderaters job is to facilitate, to k opponent wants to refute what one has said let the opponent do it. Reporter neither candidate knows what questions will be asked and the president ial Debate Commission says its completely up to holt. We try to focus this format on big discussion sections. So there will be a 2 minute question with a 2 minute response. A response from the other candidate and then a 10 minute checking, we talked to them about that, too. Our role is to make sure the candidates get the same number of questions, the sam
Lets go to Julie Phillips. Were watching Tropical Storm matthew. Max winds at 60 Miles Per Hour. Currently moving off toward the west at 20milesperhour. So while the system was just named its already a very healthy Tropical Storm as it makes its way west into the caribbean. Notice as we go toward the end of this week into this coming weekend it will likely become a hurricane then with an upper notice the shift toward the north. Were expecting a hard turn to the north as we head into this weekend and early next week. Then were expecting additional lengthening. Due to the proximity of the hurricane were watching this of course. Most of the system are east of florida but were still going to watch this very closely. This is a while out. You know how quickly these were watching this closely for you. Max winds at 60 Miles Per Hour. Heres a look at what were expecting on that european model. You can see itll be moving into some very warm waters. It will start to approach some lighter wind she
Preventing a tragedy like this. Good morning. I am stacie schaible. And i am gene ramirez lets get a check on the morning weather with leigh spann. Still holding on to relatively low humidity for this time of the year. The kennedy drawbridge was just up so traffic is flowing again but its beautiful over the park. 85 in tampa. Just because the humidity is low doesnt mean its a cool day. It 84 in lakeland. 86 in sarasota. 82 in clearwater and st. Petersburg. Keeping the rain chances low. 10 rain chance at best for citrus, hernando and pasco counties. About a 20 rain chance farther south of i4 through polk county, Hillsborough County and manatee. And 30 rain chances farther south. One more day to enjoy the lower humidity. That mugginess returns tomorrow. Along with increasing rain chances when the humidity the afternoon highs in the low 90s each day. But i will tell you when the rain chances start to the increase again, coming up. All right, now to the breaking news. The 53yearold of lake