It will take it more than a day before it gets close the florida. It will be dangerously close to the Cape Canaveral area. 130 pound time 30 mileperhour winds 130 mileperhour winds pick 40 miles offshore we will do with Hurricane Force winds pick jacksonville saturday morning. As opposed to taking it due north the system is really starting to drift more out into the atlantic. Local effects we still have Tropical Storm watches for sumter, poke and Highland County polk and highland counties. The yellow area with how far out the strong winds extends. Hour. Watches we go to time tomorrow evening were still not expecting the worst weather to come through. Today is a normal day. Tomorrow will be breezy look at this friday morning that is when we can feel those Tropical Storm force winds. These are forecast wind gust as we head through the next couple of days i think my graphics mightve frozen up but i will for you as well as rain off we will feel from the storm coming up strike her came matt
Right now ill start with the satellite picture and the storm is a little weaker than it was when i first walked in this rning as a result of moving through two mountainous areas, haiti and eastern cuba. Winds dropped back to 115 miles an hour which, by the way, means its still a major hurricane. But now as itoves away from the coast of cuba, its beginning the process of wrapping tha convection around its center. I think this stormhens forward movement. Inf due north, now its moving northnorthwest which bnt baake it close to if nguchi the Florida East Coast by friday afternoon. This is going to be very, close. But then, this is new. If you havent been watching since last night, this is new now. The computer models want to loop this storm back around again. Conservatively the Hurricane Center has started that process with their fiveday cone. But you can see, and you saw at the beginning of the show, watch the computer models. There it is close to the coast. And then they loop it back aro
Survivor in the van. My biggest thing is i hope they didnt suffer. Because, the car did catch on fire. And there were children in the car. And theres no reason. There is no reason for that to happen. Reporter marinela and her children were inside the mini van when it burst into flames we church. We do question how it happened. You know. Why did it happen . Reporter according to eyewitnesses, the driver who slammed into the mini van was street racing. Investigators tell us 22year old pablo cortez was speeding at the time. But there is no evidence to prove he was racing. He and his passenger were both killed. We also pray for the families of the other people involved because they lost but it was something that could have been prevented. Reporter and tonight, that is the toughest part of all this. These five people died in one moment and so many lives have been affected by it. In addition to the teenage girl fighting for her life, her cousin was also in the car. And she just came out of s
The skies and finding no rainfall almost all of october. Now today i expect to see a few more clouds. It traps the heat that you get during the day so we stay warmer. Right now 70 in tampa, 70 fish hawk, 66 in lakeland, 72 in sarasota and in st. Petersburg. That is warmer than yesterday. Only by a degree in tampa and st. Petersburg. Brandon, youre 4 degrees warmer than 6 00 a. M. Yesterday du thats even above the average of 82 despite the extra clouds. At 6 08 i take you hour by hour through your friday and then plan out your weekend for you. Leslee is going to help you plan out your commute. Looking forward to the weekend. Yeah. Things are business ness busier but good. When i show you surface roads and they are yellow its a good drive but thats a lot of surface traffic lights that you have to go area. St. Petersburg,a great dive on 275. In tampa, bearss avenue down to i4 just a 10 minute drive. We have a collision over in manatee county. Just a heads up. Its off to the side of the ro
This tragedy. I think i ran out of tears honestly. Reporter a grieving sister puts up a strong front remembering her brother, 21 yearold zachary zac marcano of ruskin, one of 10 children killed as he flew off his motorcycle in this apparent case of road rage. He was really loveable. He tried to do the most for anyone, tried to help them out as much as he could. Reporter in the end marcano couldnt save himself. Investigators say it began scene. The two they say just happened to bump into each other. Words were exchanged. Then they took off down the road. 10 minutes later one of them would be dead. 19th street northeast was shut down for hours as investigators canvassed the crime scene. A flood of evidence markers dotted the road. Family members consoled one another at the crime scene at one point walking to the intersection where zac lost his life, but what caused this . His family said he was sticking related incident. Hes not a troublemaker, but he sticks up for what he believes in. R