Hows looking out there, leigh . You know, its still not too bad. We still have slightly lower humidity. 70 in crystal river. Lakeland and bartow, 73. 76 in bradenton. So you see the red color, thats the dry air. Its still trying to hold on but some of that humidity creeping into our southern areas. So todays high, 91. So still warm, just not a lot of rainout there. Mostly south of i4, rain chance about look at your wednesday. And leslee has whats going on on the traffic situation. I was waiting for it. Weve got a good drive. We have a problem southbound 75 by College Avenue, but aside from that, were up to speed. Interstate 4 is a great drive from lakeland through plant city and down to i4. All right, and into ybor city. In fact, if youre crossing the Howard Frankland bridge, its only going to take you roughly six minutes on the drive the. Youre look at maybe seven across the Courtney Campbell causeway. Also the gandy bridge is up to speed. Thats going to take roughly four minutes on t
Crystal river along highway 19. As it falls apart, maybe getting a few sprinkles in citrus springs. We have a tiny line of showers moving over our bridges so it may rain for a couple of minutes in those spots. Our temps are starting off in the mid to upper 70s for a lot of us and the rain chances are going to run around 40 to 50 , especially this afternoon. As far as matthew goes, 65mileperhour Tropical Storm. Its just entered the Eastern Caribbean and well talk about the latest forecast path for that in a little bit. Vanessa . Vanessa its starting to get busy on the roadways. We do have a serious crash working out of Pinellas County. It will be affecting gulf to bay at the intersection with belcher road. What were hearing, westbound lanes are going to be blocked and while were not getting any confirmation on severity of injuries, we do know theyre we have multiple units on scene and as i mentioned before, big lane blockage. Work arounds, drew or druitt. If youre just joining us, were
Throughout most of today across Central Florida and more activity to the south. A little more moisture across the state. Still fairly humid. We are not drying things out at the surface. All mid and upper levels of the atmosphere so we are not seeing as many of those showers around and seeing plenty of sun. So yesterday, we are all the way up to 93 degrees. Set a record high at 93 yesterday. Right now we are at 78. Dew points at 73. Humidity currently at 84 currently we have calm wind and we will continue to see very light winds as we go throughout day. Plenty of sun whether i allow these temperatures to warm up once again. 73 right now over this brandon. St. Petersburg to 80. Bradenton and sarasota at 78 degrees. As we go throughout afternoon, these temperatures warming up very quickly once again. An isolated chance of shower into the Late Afternoon hours. Slightly better chance of storms around for tomorrow. Football forecast coming up. Just a little. Start with a developing story out
Parked their truck here on sunday night. The seller said the buyer approached the vehicle during the transaction and grabbed the item without paying and took off running. They started chasing after the suspect. All of a sudden the seller said he heard gun shots, he saw morrow who was shot. The seller called 911 from inside the family dollar. He he had recently moved here from pennsylvania. Now the suspect was last seen running across the parking lot here at this gas station. He is described as a black male in his 20s wearing a white or light gray zip up hooded jacket and white sneakers. If you know anything about what happened here last night, call the sheriffs office. Good waters are receding and workers delivered water to people who did not heed the order. They are trapped in their homes. And kellie cowan is joining us. It is hard to believe the water is that high . It is and the spot that im standing right now this water was rushing through the area. Ill step out so you can see how
Its been almost three . Weeks since hurricane hermine hit florida. And the state is finally getting help, from the federal government. President obama just signed a formal disaster declaration for the state. So what does that mean . Fox 13s Shayla Reaves joins us now from pasco county. With the further notice. Days a week until at 7 a. M. Until 9pm 7 available starting going to be the number is going to be available starting at 7 a. M. Until 9pm 7 days a week until an update on a brush fire burning in central florida. Fire officials in county say the fire is now about 70 percent contained. Its been burning along old state road 50 since tuesday night. So far, its burned more than 850 acres. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. But officials suspect it could be a lightning strike. Today in st. Petersburg a bus tour come to town, raising awareness. For gun violence. The vocal majority tour is led by former congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut mark