It eventually merges into the gulf of mexico. The overall trend has been for a weaker storm. Five Day Development chance has dropped to 40 . A lot of models taking it toward the central gulf. One thing thats been inhibiting this development, look at the areas of orange and red. Thats where we have high windshear. That typically stops these things from strengthening. Get better next week, this is how it will impact our area. A big influx of tropical moisture is expected next week. That will result in higher rain chances locally. This morning 79 degrees. Locally 92 this afternoon. Warm and steamy. Rain chance 40 today. As i mentioned, it looks like more area will be getting wet next week. Umbrellas are getting a workout as we start off the next work eight days in greater detail coming up. New overnight a man is injured after a mobile home fire in lakeland. Firefighters responded to the home on new tampa highway before 11 00 last night. The man has burns on his hands and arm. He is expected to survive. Lightning struck and killed a woman in Sarasota County park. She was on coconut avenue when stormed rolled in last night. We were told the homeless. Her name has not been released. A bad crash in st. Petersburg last night. A car flipped, knocked down a power pole and then caught a nearby palm tree on fire. The driver was able to get out of the car. A passenger had to be rescued. Everyone is expected to be okay. This morning bay area parents are outraged. They believe a man who runed playdoh academy in largo is issues of mold concerns in the classrooms. These parents confronted the ceo last night. Reporter they certainly did. They really let him have it. They think that the ceo is behind a large scale cover up of the mold in these classrooms. Understandably they are concerned about their childrens health. Last night they all met in the schools cafeteria at playdoh academy to grill the ceo of the company act what their children sick on friday night. Before the meeting several parents showed us the middle School Classrooms that are ground door. They pointed out what they believe is mold near a vent and where tiles in the floor is coming up. I think he is in denial and hiding behind the word it is not mold so he doesnt have to come out and do it all in tests done by independent environmental companies. Showing the classrooms are safe before students. Rick wolf, he is the director of Charter Schools for Pinellas County schools, he made a site visit here on thursday. After that he sent an email to the board at playdoh academy largo saying that a mold inspection by a licensed mold inspector in if state of florida was necessary to ensure that these classrooms were for staff and students. Another meeting is planned here on monday night at 6 00 p. M. To discuss this topic. Certainly tempers were flaring here last night. Thank you very much live from largo. Right now authorities need your help finding a missing elderly woman. 83yearold myrtle panel has the beginning stages of ford focus. If you have any Information Contact the Hillsborough CountySheriffs Office. New overnight, severe flooding in downtown kansas city. Take a look at this video of the fast moving water. You can see in some cases nearly up to the roofs on the cars. Torrential rain flooded the city swamping cars and prompting multiple water rescues. As the water went down emergency vehicles checked for trapped victims. No injuries were in parts of indianapolis several streets and intersections flooded after heavy rains. One driver attempted to cross an underpass. As you can see it didnt work out so well. The suv began to float. Officials say it only takes a foot of water to float many vehicle. It is always best to turn around and dont drown. A florida judge has ruled that third graders can not be held back if they score badly the ruling is in response to a lawsuit filed by parents. They are protesting a law that ties advancement to fourth great with reading test performance. Happening today, your chance to help needy students in the classroom. The folks at elder ford of tampa are going to stuff the truck with donated supplies for Hillsborough County schools. The truck will be at the fila. This weekend is your last chance to vote early for next tuesdays primary. Some early election sites will be opened through tomorrow. While others close today. We have a list posted on our a new f. D. A. Advisor is calling for every blood bank in the u. S. To test for zica. Up until now only blood banks in puerto rico and south florida counties had to test for the virus. I think it is a good idea. Now we are talking about future birth defects. Officials want to make sure safe blood is on hand for anyone who needs a transfusion. Last month the blood banks in Fort Lauderdale to stop accepting donations until screenings could begin. As the zica virus creeps closer to our backyards the city of tampa is declaring war. Code enforcement officers are targeting areas where mosquitoes drive. Any standing water is a cause for concern. If you see a property with issues you are urged to give the city a call. Several microwaves are being recalled this morning because of a fire hazard. Lost his endorsement deal with speedo. Another company is giving him a chance. Still ahead who is signing on with the olympic swimmer. Cant see it. Cant taste it. But theres so much more to it. Heres how benefiber . Works. That support good digestive health. The prebiotic fiber in benefiber . Nourishes them so they can thrive. And what helps them, helps you and me every day. Clear, tastefree, all natural benefiber . Nourish the goodness inside. Also try benefiber . Healthy shape. Its proven to keep you feeling fuller longer. Sweet sun ripened strawberries. Rich. , creamy. And delicious. An important 8 on your side consumer alert this this morning. A recall for thousands of microwaves from whirlpool due they were sold in stainless steel, black and white. If you have a microwave stop unusing it, unplug it and contact whirlpool for a repair. Olympian ryan lochte scored a forgiving endorsement with Pine Brothers. It comes less than a week after losing several high deals in the wake of his rio scandal. He said he is looking forward to making Pine Brothers proud. Coming up, well have your full forecast. Also ahead, a soldier willing to give his all for his country isnt getting much help from his former employer. Coming up next, how this soldier had thousands of dollars stolen and whats being he took an oath to defend his country. And someone walked off with thousands of dollars worth of this soldiers work tools. Gone, and no one from a bradenton car dealership seems to know what happened to them. Senior Investigative ReporterSteve Andrews found that this dealership just doesnt seem interested in making this young soldier whole again. U. S. Army earlier this year. He is in the infantry training in Fort Campbell learning skills to keep him alive on a battlefield. He needs to be focused and not worried about this. Reporter according to stevens mother, he is angry about his missing tool cart. One like this. And his expensive tools worth 4,000. It all just vanished from the dealership. Nobody knows what happened to it. Reporter from the Dealership Service department before christmas when the army told him it was time to report. No problem. No issues. Well have it. Well keep it safe for you. Reporter when they showed up in january the content and tools were gone. They had a barbeque, they opened up the garage and pushed it out of the way. The next day they realized it wasnt there anymore. Reporter the Manatee County it takes two people to roll up on a trailer. Somebody had to have help. Somebody knows what happened to it. Reporter stacie joe contacted rick harris, the general manager about reimbursing steven. Another dead end. The general manager told me they were not liable and hung up on them. I called him to see if he hung up on me. He is as nice as he can. A good employee. Everyone liked him. He stopped returning my calls two weeks ago. He leaves to go join the army. And you dont have it in your heart to make it right . Reporter Steven Andrews news channel 8. Steve asked if security cameras caught the crooks in action. Unfortunately there were none no place during the crime. The weekend is here. We are going to continue with this dominant easterly flow. Locations back towards the coast. It looks like that same trend will continue for today. In the next few days our moisture starts to increase. I think well have better rain chances as we go into the start of next week. It is all thanks to invess 99. We have been talking at it all week long. All the tropics are very active. We actually had three systems on going in the atlantic basin. This morning a warm start. 79 degrees. Well have clouds mixed with sunshine. As we roll through the day temperatures get back the rain chance a little bit higher today. Up to 40 . Just like the last few days storms will start inland and push back towards the coast. Sitting at 79 now. If you are starting your day off in plant city. 81 st. Pete. 76 brooksville. Lets get into the tropics. There is invess 99l. We have Tropical Storm gaston. It could become a hurricane later today. Also a brand new area of investigation. Invess 91l. These systems. Heres one closest to home. Now, it has been very difficult to forecast this because it is so weak. Now most of our forecast models keep this through the florida traits and pushes a little further west into the central gulf of mexico. Which would favor our area it will help to increase the moisture a bit. Not as bad as it certainly could be. Tropical storm gaston Still Holding on with winds of 65 miles per hour. Could become a category two hurricane over the xt right turn back out in the north atlantic. Heres the latest invess. 91l. This looks to drift towards the North Carolina coastline before making another quick right turn back out to sea. Certainly something to keep our eyes on in the coming days. Back here at home, as i mentioned, the rain chances may get going earlier today. A right around noon. Then theyll push back towards the coast being driven by the easterly flow. I think with better moisture, i think well see a few more thunderstorms in the model. That will be the trend as we start working through the next couple of of days. Higher and higher rain chance especially by next week. Rain chances today will favor our seven counties and our coastal communities. Dont be surprised for heavy downpours, especially south of i4. Heres the rain chance. Up to 60 by monday and tuesday. With more clouds highs will cooler in the upper toll. With a weaker storm i dont think well see an Significant Impact on the coast. What about people with beach plans this weekend. It is not looking great in the Late Afternoon and evening along the coast. If you are heading to the beach get it done in the first half of the day. Thank you very much. Several events going on this weekend around the bay area means there could be a few traffic tieups. Leslie lacy has our weekend traffic report. Saturday. We are going to talk about a couple of events taking place tonight. At the fairgrounds we have Brantly Gilbert in town. Expect it to be very busy an hour before and an hour after the event. I4, orient road, exit 301 and Martin Luther king are the areas that gets bogged down. Another big event. This is at the amalie arena. We have drake in town expected to be very busy. That gets underway at 7 stacked and packed traffic all around the arena. Keep that in mind. Morgan street and channelside get clogged up as well as the selmon expressway and kennedy coming into the arena. Thats a look at the roadways. Back to you. Thank you very much. High School Football is back. What a first week. Coming up next, a move worthy of Sports Center . We sure think so. Well show you this incredible. Clear for take off. See ya when youre living with diabetes. Steady is exciting. Oh this is living baby only glucerna has carbsteady, to help minimize blood sugar spikes. And try new glucerna hunger smart to help you feel full. This. Is. Everything. Honey bunches of oats. Its this, this, this, and this. It is the mother of all cereals. And will be for eternity. Honey bunches of oats. This. Is. Everything. Good morning. Last night we kicked off another exciting season of the friday night blitz. You call it exciting already. I thought it was an exciting opening night. Week for the friday night show. We had a big rivalry to start us off here. Alonzo Sickles High School separated by a few miles. The former sub500 last year. Latter has been to the playoffs a few years running. The powers that be set up the schedule so ve griffins open up every year. That was last night. Heres our friday night blitz game of the week. Shake hands one more time gentlemen. Lets have a great game all right . Last season sickle shutdown alonzo in the opener. Jordan mccloud play action to the full extension. Thats a catch no matter what sport you are playing. Wide opened and in for six. Griffins on the board first. Later in the quarter the siren keeps blaring for sickles. Third down and a mile. Mccloud did a barrel roll. He double covers to move the sticks. This possession ends like many of dans pursuits of females, fruitless. David silver with the 4th down. Theyll punt or not. Check this out. A real barrel roll from johnson. Did that really just happen . He must have been watching the olympics. He sticks the landing. What did he score . I would take a ten for that. Thats a ten. Unfortunately for alonzo they could not find points on the drive. Sickles goes back to the well. Mccloud gone. Alonzo wins the battle for Sports Center top ten supremacy. Final. Bucs opened well, played their third preseason game last night. We could say opening the season. We had the starters in for a first time. If the first half of last nights game for cleveland is any indication this could be a fun season for bucs fans. Jameis winston for a couple weeks now talking about quick starts. Hits vincent jackson. Same drive went to winston had 259yards in one half. This drive stalls. 48yards. The entire stadium holding its breathe for roberto o. Three for three field goals. Three extra points. Touchdown 103 bucs at that point. Adam humphrys your number one punt returner for a reason. Wheres cleveland . He is running into your 73yards. Robert griffin iii thrown around like a gnat. Bucs had four sacks in the first half. Check out mike evans. Thats pretty. Kind of like last weeks score against jacksonville. 233. Bucs win 3013. We should take this time to reminded everyone, tomorrow night is the return of the bucs bonus show. What . This is news to im going to be here all night tomorrow. Next week team of the week on the blitz. Have a great saturday thank you very much. What began as a typical bus ride home turned into a traumatizing incident. Coming up, how one 8yearold girl wound up at the wrong bus stop andty motional call her now at havertys furniture, its our labor day sale. Where you can create the perfect Outdoor Living space. Now through september 5th, select groups are up to fortyfive percent off. Plus, take an extra hundred dollars off every oice with rugs, lamps, pillows and more. Get free delivery, and enjoy 36month, nointerest financing. With havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isnt. The labor day sale is going on now. Rise and sunshine tampa bay. 6 30. It is officially the weekend. You are taking a live look at downtown tampa. Good morning. Im melissa moreno. Thank you so much for joining us. In our top stories this morning a moldy mess at a bay area school. Children are sick and parents are outraged. Well show you what parents had to stay to the schools ceo last night. You may remember him as the well this fsu student is now awake. Well bring you the latest on his condition and what investigators are waiting on. At the university of North Carolina, the controversial bathroom bill has been blocked. Well get to that and more in just a moment. First, less get lets get a check on your forecast with ed bloodsworth. It is the weekend. It is finally here. For the most part not too bad. Although by tomorrow i think well start to need those umbrellas a little bit re we are starting off with a lot of scattered cloudiness. Well have a few more clouds than we typically see this time of year. Also this big area of red you see there, thats that tropical wave. Invess 99 we have been watching all week long. Lates run of the forecast models just came in a few the chance of this forming has come down to 240 . Regardless of what it becomes it will have an affect in our area of deeper tropical moisture. That will lead to higher rain chances. Especially as you start rolling towards money and monday and tuesday. 81 st. Pete. 79 tampa and plant city. You look at what we are expecting today. W starting on the east coast. Theyll start to push westbound as we go through the afternoon. Although very similar to yesterday. 92 today. 91 tomorrow. Well detail the higher rain chances that lie ahead coming up in our full forecast in a few minutes. Thank you very much. Bay area parents are outraged and they are scared for their childrens health. They say a serious mold issue at a largo school is not being addressed. Charter schools ceo. Mary mcguire is joining us live from Plato Academy. How is the ceo responding to all of this . Reporter he is absolutely adamant there is no mold in the classrooms here in largo. Parents have a different opinion. They believe the ceo is part of a large scale coverup operation to conceal the mold in these classrooms. They say it has been going on for months. Grilled the ceo of the company about what may be making children sick. Before the meeting several parents showed us the middle School Classroom that are ground zero for this mold problem. They claim places where a quick clean up and paint is hiding the mold. Im donate the f