Max defender 8 scanning the skies for you and not finding any rainfall. You have the all clear this morning. Temperatures not bad, 64 in lakeland, down to 63 in inverness, bartow 66, 62 north port. Heres the big story, a cold front pushing through the southeast. Behind it really some chilly air. So during the day today we have all day to warm up. 84 degrees, breezy at times. Actually, mostly dry as this cold front gets closer to us. You will w because we trend much cooler behind this front. All those details. Leslee has the details on the morning commute. A couple of issues but theyre not going to slow you down. We have a crash here by Martin Luther king at 275. Also we have one right at the heart of the junction. I can actually show you what that looks like. There already at 275 at the ramp to i4. A little bit of slowing traffic is light so not too much of an issue. All right. Lets move over now and take a look at our skyway bridge. I would think it was st. Patricks day with that gree
Gayle has the 340r7k ut has the morning off. Leigh has the forecast for us. Right. Max defender 8 can show you the clear skies and widen out and show you what is. Co what is comes. Coming. Only a 10 rain chance. The cold front isnt here yet 67 palm harbor. Im expecting 84 today. Boy, do those temperatures drop. A low tonight of 60. Thats well below the average of 67. So ill take you more hour by hour through the day at 6 08. First well check on the traffic situation this morning. Its a pretty good drive. Things are getting busier, we are seeing more vehicles out there. For the most part it looks good. The biggest problem get around that crash. All right. I75 looks good in and out of pasco county through wesley chapel. Heres a live look at the Howard Frankland bridge. Its only going to take you 6 minutes to cross it. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to candace and gene. Leslee, thank you. Now an 8 on your side alert, an Identity Theft warning. The search is on for a woman right
Strong rip currents. For thats lets turn to chief meteorologist doug hill. The strong currents will continue at least tomorrow and probably into friday as well and then into the weekend as cristobal, the hurricane responsible for this moves more quickly to the north atlantic, then we should see some improvement. Were looking at our weather bug station at 2nd street and boardwalk. The weather is not the problem, it is simply an effect of the rip created by the strong wave action well offshore from hurricane cristobal located well to the southeast of cape hatterasers. It will pass to the north, northwest of bermuda tomorrow. And the water should slowly lay down a bit as we head through, saturday, sunday, and into monday. As far as the rain goes were watching these little thunderstorm clusters north and west of martinsburg and west of hagerstown. Were thinking most will fall apart before they get anywhere close to the metro area. This is ahead of a cold front they will give us relief from
Spread in the United States. Officials announcing the second death in Washington State. A man in his 70s with Underlying Health conditions. The paetient was hospitalized a Evergreen Health in kirkland and there now have been new cases connected to Evergreen Health. The Washington Post reports an analysis from samples from two patients indicates coronavirus has been spreading for about six weeks in Washington State and strongly suggests the two cases are linked through Community Transmission with hundreds of other infections now likely. There are now 89 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the u. S. With the first cases announced in oregon, florida, rhode island and new york. The new york patient is a woman in her late 30s who contracted the virus while traveling in iran. Shes isolated at home with respiratory symptoms though the governor says shes not in serious condition. Theres no word on the health of the other passengers on her return flight. All right, Public Health officials have be
Effect. And it is already creating problems for several people trying to make their way into the United States. New york congressman jerry nabler said a dozen people were stopped and detained when they arrived at jfk because of that order. One person has been released. Ann, give us an update on what has transpired over the past several hours with these individuals. First arriving, being detained and one of them released. Reporter right. One was just released within the last hour. Ayman, let me take you to the scene here, terminal 4, the International Terminal here at jfk. The arrivals calls where people come in. Weve got 50 to 75 protesters here. They are very vocal in their opposition to the executive order signed by people yesterday. The people detained are people who got caught between, they were basically in the air. They had left the countries they were coming from. And then the president signed the executive order, so when they landed, they got caught up in this. And the man who