Same area, tampa road and u. S. 19, earlier crash from overnight that involved a semi. That has cleared. Now we have a new crash in this area reported, looks like some lanes are still blocked, might want to avoid that area if you can. You can try belcher instead. Checking out another crash eastbound i4 just before you get to macintosh, you can see it here not really seeing delays and westbound into tampa looking pretty good. 6 01. We will continue on weather and traffic conditions all morning to help keep you safe. People in Citrus County are paying especially close attention to the forecast. They could take the brunt of the storm in our area as ivan told you a little while ago. They are going to see heavy rain and also gusty winds throughout the day today and tomorrow. And because of that restaurants like the freezer tiki bar have generators on standby, its next to the Homosassa River. Several parks west of u. S. 19 will be also closed later this afternoon for everyones still have tim
Closer to the bay area the rain is already here. Abc action news making sure youre ready for the potential flooding as it hits part of the bay area. The rain already moved in. The latest from the National Hurricane center, really no big changes as far as the track and what were expecting. Still a heavy rain event. Still coastal flooding potential especially through tomorrow at the time of high tide. Right now 35 mileanhour winds, yes, that is a tropical depression. Not a Tropical Storm. You get four more and you get a Tropical Storm which is what were expecting here. Me anticipation of what the storm will be like as it approaches the area. This will become a Tropical Storm, its going to head to the north and northeast with winds at 50 to 65 miles an hour between thursday morning and thursday afternoon and then by thursday evening making landfall along floridas big bend. The trend has been, youve been noticing the last couple of days shifting further and further away which is excellent
Making much progress towards shore. You might get maybe a sprinkle but most of the rain is just offshore and not pushing closer to shore. Thats why i left in the 10 chance this morning. In fact, with some drier air in the upperlevels of the atmosphere, the rain chance only goes up to 30 after 2 00 p. M. Not as much rain as the past few days. And still going to be hot, last full day of summer. Im expecting 90 degrees today which is a degree above average. At 6 08 in weather and traffic on the 8s, i am tracking the tracking the roadways. Im getting a birthday present today because traffic has been really light. I hardly happy birthday to you. Yeah, hardly have anything to talk about. Hillsborough avenue, great drive into downtown. And busier but overall, its still very good. And lets look at the travel times across the bay area bridges. Six minutes across the Howard Frankland bridge. Looking at about 10 across the Courtney Campbell causeway. And that takes you from memorial highway to Pi
Get going to work and school, it should remain dry. Now there are showers offshore in pasco county and theyre not moving closer to shore, at least not yet. And i also want to look through the atmosphere, we have dry air across north florida. Humid air, this green color to the south. And look whats been happening in the last few hours. Believe me, still humid here at the surface. Because we dont have as chance lower today. Only 10 through the morning and 30 in the afternoon. Thats still hot and humid. An afternoon high of 90. In weather and traffic on the 8s, i am tracking the tropics. But leslee is going to help you get through the morning commute. And it is a good one. Downtown tampa looks great. A good drive on the bay area interstates. This is through plant city. Looks great as well as mcintosh to park road. And in and out of hillsborough and bearss to i4, thats where it gets busy during rush hour. Right now, just a 10 minute commute. And thats a look at weather and traffic. And now
Weather. I have seep a few people out there playing golf. Otherwise, it is hot, 8 7 degrees, partly cloudy skies. When i look up through the atmosphere, we can see the amount of water and all of this red color is dry air. And it has been over the last day or so sneaking farther and farther southward. So when i zoom in here, look at the red color, its starting to retreat. What it will do is help to limit our rain chances and thats what we have seen so far today. A couple showers just offsho but not onshore, at least not yet. In the headline, the storms will be limited during the afternoon. But even though fall starts tomorrow, the first few day thes of fall will all be near days of fall will all be near 90 degrees. And in the tropic, two surgeries neither will affect the united states. Two systems out there, neither will affect the united states. And the rain chances closer to the weekend coming up. Thank you. Developing this morning, charlotte, north carolina. Hundreds protesting the D