The cause of the fire is under investigation. Not what you want to see as we head into the holidays. Good morning. Im dan schaffer. And im deiah riley. Some of you are looking to hit the roads today. We are off to a warmer start. Much warmer. This puts us in the cool range, but its average for this time of the year. Mid to upper 50s this time of the year. Tampa, the 30s, Crystal River at brooksville, and that will get us to 20 to 21 degrees warmer than this time yesterday afternoon. The morning lows are now being impacted, and they will continue mild for the next few days. We will touch 80 here, and then mostly clear skies, and a few clouds rolling through the afternoon, and upstream, we have to talk about the front and the pressure system that we will eventually make it through the area. More in a few minutes. Good morning, everybody. Today is one of the busiest travel days for the roadways, and they advise according to google that you leave right now, and if you can leave right now,
The weather will look like as you head out this morning. We will check out with janelle and ivan. Reporter the difference today, we are wake up with temperatures in the 50s. When should i start to thaw the turkey . Too late youre in trouble. Maybe you should beg to go to someones house at this point. I will be right here with all of you. Temperatures 20 warmer than yesterday. All of us warming up this afternoon. No rain or issues as far as i can see on the roads with the temperatures in the upper 70s by the afternoon. Its expected to be a busy day for travel. All the experts say to leave before 3 00 p. M. Avoid u. S. 92. Crash there around bethlehem road. If you want to head eastbound, you may want to try i4. Thats moving great right now, and westbound into tampa on i4, looking good as well. 22 minutes to get into county line road from downtown tampa. 2 minutes after 6 00, and many of you are planning to hit the roads and the skies today. Aaa is predicting 50 million americans will be
Shirt, take off your shirt. Expect a florida man is accused of crossing the line after the election. He allegedly got physical with another man at a gas station. Why did politics fueled the violence. At 9 00, we are looking at record travel today with 50 million americans expected to hit the roads this thanksgiving holiday. That is the most thanksgiving travelers in almost a decade. We check in with gas station. What is the best time to hit the road this morning . Reporter i tell you, if you havent left, you should do so in the next couple of hours. Do what these folks are doing, fill up and hit the road. Google said the best time to leave is this morning and the worst is waiting until after 2 00. After 2 00, you deal with a lot traffic and the likelihood of accidents. Gas prices are the best. This lady, you found the best place . 1. 85. 0. 10, down to 1. 75, that looks like 0. 35 cheaper than if you filled up in tampa. Remember that as you hit the road. I want to show you video of gri
Guys. Good morning, everybody. Pretty light right now. Heres a live look, i275 and i 4. Not a lot of cars on the road unless theyre hitting those shopping malls. Thats probably the only area youre going to see traffic this morning. Otherwise youll be pretty light outside. Out with the turkey and in with the shopping. Shoppers across tampa bay are packing stores right now to get in on those great deals. Abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan is live at Tampa Premium Outlets in wesley chapel. Hows it look out there rodney . Reporter dan, its kind of slow right now. Let me tell you, weve had the storm here, then the calm and theyre expecting a storm a bit later. Theyve been open, believe it or not, since 6 00 last night and theyre going to be open until 10 00 tonight. Ive been seeing a lot of tired shoppers and of course workers, but one shopper that i called this morning, stacy, shes in the holiday spirit. Thank you stacy. What time did you get out here i went to bed early so i could mi
Need a jacket. Thats for sure, at least maybe in the mornings if youre a little thin blooded like i am, temperatures in the 60s over most of the bay area. Cooler to the north. Our highs today will top out in the low 80s around the bay area. There are a few changes to your forecast. Ill let you know about that in just a little bit you guys. Were also checking the roads this morning. This is a live look at the Howard Franklin heading north into tampa. Looks like we ve stalled car there, maybe troopers are there helping them out. No delays across the Howard Franklin this morning, less than 10 minutes to get across all three bridges. Ready, set, shop. Black friday is here and folks across the bay area are expected to fill stores. Were talking everything from deals to security, and we have Live Team Coverage from Wesley Chapel to st. Pete to bring you what you need to know if youre heading out to shop today. Lets start with abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan janelle, you are right abou