From this map. New port richey, tampa still at 74 but its lovely, lovely outside this morning. Well get a beautiful sunrise in an hour and 11 minutes and just a 20 rain chance. Thats it for later this afternoon. Very similar to yesterday as highs sneak back in the lower 90s. Vanessa well check the roadways starting off with an seems to be the most serious crash of the morning as far as lane blockage is concerned. Pinellas county southbound 275 in the area of pinellas point drive. Make sure youre using caution. Were not seeing very many delays in the area and were keeping it here in pinellas. A new crash at 126 avenue north at 66th street north. Appears to be on the shoulder but remember your move over law. Russell thanks. After stopping a man who ran away with nearly 25,000 in jewelry. Now, the thief was caught on camera and deputies hope that someone can help to track him down. Laura and Shayla Reaves is live for us at the Sheriffs Office. Theres a lot to talk about. Is there any prog
Dave before you walk out the door, its 79 degrees. Actually better than yesterday but still above normal. Dew points are running 77. Just steamier than that outside. Weve also got that easterly wind flow back at us again today, so sunshine and temperatures in the 90s to start. Well finish with a few thunderstorms late in the day. Now you mention the tropics and of course, were keeping a close eye on this disturbance and thats all it is right now. A disturbance. And its over the Virgin Islands in the area near guadalupe. Thats where the forming center is. Theyre going to send a plane to investigate later today. This may take a few more days to develop, but once it reaches the bahamas, it could become a Tropical Storm or hurricaneful then it has the potential to move through south florida or up the east coast of our state. Thats two Different Solutions and well talk about it in a few minutes. Vanessa were on the roads of incident, both in pasco county. First off a crash could be causing
Three named storms right now in the atlantic. F0 this is obviously an active time for Hurricane Season. Tropical storm ian, thats been around for a while no and not bothering anyone. And we have Tropical Storm julia. And last night, Tropical Storm karl form off the coast. Julia regained Tropical Storm status. It was downgraded to a tropical depression yesterday. But its really just not expected to move through the weekend, just hang off the South Carolina coast. East early next week but thankfully offshore. Thats good news. And lets turn our attention to karl. This was just named late last night. 45Miles Per Hour winds. Now as it moves west, it slowly gains strength. Actually becoming a category one hurricane the middle of next week. And one of the things i like to see is when they start to curve the forecast track up so hopefully it will stay off the United States coast. And as far as locally, deeping an eye on uncomfortable amounts today. And which means we will see the summer thunde
80 in st. Petersburg. I have 73. In crystal river. Wauchula 74 degrees this morning and any rain to show you because of a light northeast wind is being maintained to our offshore water. A tiny little sprinkle 60 miles west. We are dry. We are dealing with the wind flow around the back side of still tropical depression julia that is churning to the east that will fall apart later today. With the light northeast winds, afternoon heating gives us a 40 rain showers may be sliding south and west, kind of an unusual flow later on this afternoon and evening. Most of that rain is after 2 p. M. By lunchtime, clouding up. We are at 87. Still hit 90 which is above average and we will keep that rain chance at 40 today. A look to the week ahead see what is changing in our Weather Department and talk tropics. A few areas in the atlantic coming up. And new this morning, Port Richey Police arrest a woman after finding a homeless man dead. Dead next to a business on ridge road. As investigators were lo
To venice both at 79. 80 in tampa. Warmer near the coast as op opposed to your inland areas quite toasty in the low to mid70s. Radar quiet but couple of showers in our coastal waters. If you were boating this morning keep an eye on our sky tower radar app before you head out. Proposals at best. One moderate shower that is holding together. We dont have a big push of onshore wind. Most. Rain will fall apart before it reaches the coast. Drier air. With that onshore wind. A couple of coastal showers that push to inland storms and chances for rain 30 at best for most of us. By noon, 88 and will hit 91. By 5 p. M. The storms are well east of i75 the chance of rain is 40 . The tropics are heating up a bit. Two areas of distued weather that we are tracking including one we are watching more closely. I will explain in my tropical lindsay, thank you. A close call for a st. Petersburg Police Officer trying to do the right thing. He was pulled over on the Howard Frankland bridge near tampa to hel