Been so far. That is how we roll wrap up the month today. These temperatures already way above average by about 10 degrees. Low 70s tampa, 71 moving down toward venice. The dewpoints very sticky, middle and upper 60s. 70 degrees plant city. It is muggy and that is why it is so warm this morning. The southeast winds wind air. Will see gusts up above 20 milesperhour. Max defender 8 quiet this morning. We could track a few stray showers this afternoon with High Temperatures up around 83 degrees. We will wafer slightly better chances tomorrow before the week cold front arrives. Half the end of the hurricane season. That is right. Officially at least on the canner calendar. We had a hurricane in january traffic is generally light up until around 6 30. That seems to be the case today. This includes 75 down toward brandon. 301 also looks good. Downtown tampa starting at 1 00 this morning, frank the will be closed between tyler and cast ban. Will need to use florida. A tornado that tore throug
Necessarily the night you are thinking of. The wednesday night with the notorious name drunksgiving may have some competition. Thats because saturday night proved to be busier than ever. Some people i think maybe take the celebration a little too far. Reporter for nearly 3 decades, lieutenant Darren Barlow has seen just about everything on our roads and this weekend, he heard just about every excuse. Was that im the most sober person in the car which is er. That doesnt make you safe to drive. Reporter dui teams decided to crunch the numbers on the busiest and most dangerous time periods for driving during thanksgiving and it turns out saturday night was some of the most dangerous at all. Historically, the weekend after thanksgiving really up until the new year holiday is there is a marked increase in dui accidents. They know it, patrols had 16 people arrested, busted for dui in hillsborough county. As a matter of fact, deputies ran out the door the second they got into work. Before the
Destin. The southeast has seen a day of wild weather with tornadoes spotted in tennessee, alabama and georgia. Good morning. Welcome to newschannel 8 today, im gayle guyardo. Im gene ramirez, thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. Lets check with Ed Bloodsworth in for lee. That same system that caused that water spout is heading our way. Knits a much weaker fashion though. In the last few minutes a few showers popped up over hardee and extreme southern portions of polk county. Also a thin line of showers here it is. Its holding its own as it slowly but surely starts to march our way. Rain chances on the increase in the day ahead. As you step outside, it doesnt feel like december 1st. Six and 70s with extremely high humidity and fog an issue especially in interior portions of our area. Visibility now down to zero in lakeland. Temperatures staying warm today. Your average high is 75. We get to 79 later on this afternoon. Were going to talk more about first looks like that fog
Ed bloodsworth has a look at the weather. We have a cold front but not much rain associated with it. Weve had a few showers in the morning and got off to a warm and steamy start. Max defender 8, weve had a few light sprinkles through portions of citrus and Hernando County but that is it. Not much more than that here. This is a a cold front that continues to lose a lot of its punch. Still a lot of scattered cloudiness and very warm. Already up to 80 at lake more of a mostly cloudy sky and humid. 77 tampa. Note the cooler air, 60s for crystal river. Cooler and it is starting to dry out in our northernmost communities. Lower dew points are located there. The cold front continues to ease through. Well keep a 20 rain chance for the afternoon. Just a few spot showers, temperatures hit 79 in tampa as we go into the afternoon. Well tell you what you can expect and give you a preview for the upcoming weekend in a breaking news from jacksonville, were learning a robber is holding several people
This morning. Good morning. A couple of extra layers this morning. We are dropping into the 30sandl be picking up. Make sure the kids have the winter jackets on as we see temperatures struggling out of the 30s, and of course the winds making it feel colder. For the ride home, mostly sunny and still windy. The winds gusting up to 20 to 2t of the afternoon. Right now, you are heading out, 30 degrees in springfield, 34 worcester. Holding onto the 40degree mark in boston. For boston, the wind chill is down below freezing at 31 degrees. Really chilly if you are heading out in worcester at 24 degrees right now. As we move the forecast ahead, the good news is, the sunny skies will stay overhead, and any signs of clouds mainly just staying to theest, but the problem is, the sunshine doesnt seem to warm us up. We have the westerly wind bringing in that chilly air, the temperatures will be struggle to even reach 50. Mostly sunny skies as we get towards the weekend. Lets look at whats going on wi