Lots to get to tonight, but first temperatures are dropping a cross the bay area. To meteorologist mike bennett. Hey, mike. Mike the coldest night of the season. 58 in tampa. 59 in brandon. 59 in wauchula. 59 in bartow and we will continue to see the temperatures plummet now that the sun has set. To. 13 degrees cooler in tampa 16 cooler inland and 18 degrees cooler frostproof. A cooler night. As we head throughout evening hours we will continue to see the temperatures drop. By 11 00, 51 and we dont stop there. A look at the forecast lows for tonight, 44 here in tampa. The coldest temperature in nine months. To the north closing in on that certainly you will want to wrap up as you head out tomorrow morning. It is going to be pretty chilly out there. Not the only cold morning to talk about in the sevenday. Details on that coming up in just a bit. A news alert tonight out of san antonio, texas. Authorities there say detective Benjamin Marconi was shot and killed while writing a traffic ti
Alcides and i am alcides segui. The team back, anjuli and lindsay. The group of three. They didnt want to see us. They went straight to this shot. Lindsay a good shot. I will give them that. Bayshore showing high clouds. Sunrise in the works. A lovely one. Look at the opposite at the beach and a couple of towering clouds. A few tiny showers to show. You not many. We have warmed one degree since last hour in tampa. At 81. 74 in frostproof. Bartow at 73. Feels like 87 in tampa this hour. Couple of pesky little showers in the near shore waters and as we zoom in, lets watch them move and most of these will fall apart before they reach the beach. I will be watching them this morning. High pressure just west of our area. We will have drier air aloft but also light wind. What that will do as we head through the morning couple of showers midday through the coast. There is that 20 rain chance. Are well east of i75. Pretty decent weekend. Just watch those storms well inland late in the day. New
But at the beach, we have some showers off shore. A view of towering clouds oner is sira beach net cam. Look how smooth the water is. And before we show you near shore showers. The temperature update show a few of us warmer this hour. 80 winter haven. 81 in tampa 1 in 81 degreesest factor in th. Fe near 90 inpa. So we know the heat continues to couple of showers have popped. Five to eight miles offshore. They are not onland, but if you were boating this morning, you will want to go around these. Better yet, wait until midday when the sea breeze kicks us out of the picture. One heavier shower five miles west of Clearwater Beach is just sitting still and probably going to rain itself out. High pressure has shifted south. We have transitioned to the light west wind today. So the best rain chance late day which is about 40 inland how about that, drier air keeps rain chances in check the next few days, but plenty of heat to contend with. A little busier in the tropics too. Talk about two, a
Documents showing children were in the water and a commercial driver was in the water as sewer water was being released and they were never told. Any attempt to let people know would have been appreciated. Reporter sam makes his living in the water as a commercial diver working on boats. When the city of Saint Petersburg released waste water in the bay, he had no idea. Dove for a day. And within hours after being in the water i was in a bad way. I was, you know, basically just ha pains, flu like symptoms. Fever achiness. It happened straight away. Reporter fred also makes a living on the water running dolphin cruises. I go out there three to four times a day. Seven days a week. The smell was so bad when you go by the old sewer plant at the airport, i know that is where they dumped it, it will take your breath away. Reporter state representative Kathleen Peters wants to find out why the public is not being told when sewer water is being released this happened in the first place. It neve
Due to a cold front that is literally stuck across the a area. Where you see dew points in the 60s it feels a little less muggy. Elsewhere feels about the same and with an east wind by the afternoon this will be shortlived. Winds this morning, ter kind of light and a little bit onshore. I have a couple of pesky little showers that are developing and some may impact your morning boat ride. Here we go one shower that mamie ander south of anna ma maria. A few more west of fort de s soto. We will be o couple of coastal showers this morning. Here our front which is sta stalled, will stay here the next few days and that east wind will take over bring back that moisture. Speaking of moisture not only deep, tropical moisture but an impressive strong category 4 hurricane matthew. Was a category 5 yesterday, but on scale pretty much as strong as it can be in a category 4 sense. Instead of southwest, it moss is headed for jamaica into late monday into tuesday. Beyond that headed for the mountains