Thank you so much for joining us. Im brian duffy. Tia im tia ewing. Meteorologist sam roberts is in the First Alert Weather Center with a forecast with much colder temps than weve seen lately. This weekend, sam, People Better bundle up. Yeah. If youve been shopping and maybe found a great deal on a winter coat because theres on sale, youve been itching to wear the kothe coat, this is a perfect weekend to do so. We start off with a live look over downtown cleveland. Theres terminal tower in the background. Its beautiful outside. 39 is our current temperature, so its chillier than it has been the last couple of mornings, but you know, its not frigid. I mean, we can make it. Well be all right. Just a little chilly. Last three hours problemfree. No rain, no snow, absolutely nothing going on. I thought i would check the visibilities just in case we wanted to show you how clear it is out there. Perfect tens across the board. No fog, no rain. There is absolutely nothing to stand in your way on your way into work, and, of course, its friday. I hope you have an easy drive in. Temperaturewise were in the 30s, so you may need to turn the heater on. We have the green light for that drive in to work, at least in terms of the weather. John will check traffic for us in just a minutes. Evening commute looks smooth as well. We have a blend of sun and clouds and maybe a stray shower or sprinkle, but the chance is like minuscule. It is so small, and well be in the mid40s later on dropping back to about 43 by 6 00. I will take a look at the weekend in a few minutes and i want to look ahead really far ahead to easter. Well do that, too, coming up in the next weather hit. John. John well, an ease kwi go so far. Head down to the lakefront and discover this is the picture we have access to, and things are moving along smoothly there. Burke lakefront airport is off on the right side of the screen and city on the left. Theyre moving along fine heading twaurd towards dead mans curve. The folks getting off at east 30th, arent any right now, are down in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Outbound traffic is the headlights you see. Its our ivery tower, terminal tour in its classic incandescent. West side traffic is moving fine off the jennings going 45 Miles Per Hour, which for the merge onto the jennings is a good speed. There. Back in a few with an update. Right now heres tia. Tia there are new developments into the mysterious death of a 22yearold fremont ago. In a facebook post, the sister group of investigators have been looking into his death for the last eight months. Barron is believed to have died after accidentally falling down a trash chute at Progressive Field during at concert back in july of 2014. His body was found in a lorain landfill days later. Now, barrons family along with private investigators are offering a reward for any new information on what may have happened to cory. Brian this morning we are waiting to hear back from Cleveland Police about how many arrests they made during the st. Patricks day festivities, but we do know there were no major incidents throughout the holiday celebration. Thats good news. It was all hands on deck for Cleveland Police, and people around town, well, they noticed. We talked about it amongst our friends. Yes, we did. Yes, we did. We noticed a lot more than normal. More than enough. Its good. I feel safe. Brian last year police made 46 arrests on st. Patricks day. Well let you know. Look for them first on the cleveland 19 mobile app. Tia an exciting day for nearly 200 students at case western reserve university. Its match day is the day med students find out where they spend the next three to seven years as a resident physician. Thats really good. Brian its very exciting. We always get videos of it. The doctorstobe are fired up. Tia a group of clevelanders are climbing to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for a local Nonprofit Organization. Brian thats in tanzania. Its the tallest mountain in africa. 19,000 feet. About 25,000 people we are year attempt to climb it. Nichole vrsansky has more on the local journey to reach the peak. Nichole there have been workout and training sessions. The fundraising pages are up, and now those involved in the big climb are trying to get the word out about the real mission. I just felt like this is what i was supposed to do. Nichole Danielle Leonard is paying it forward by climbing 19,000 feet to the top of mount kill imanjaro with 14 other clevelanders this september. Its bigger than me, any fear or shame i feel or anything. This isnt about me. Nichole the climb is about hope center. Leonard struggled with drug addiction, an abusive parent. The Nonprofit Organization still in early stages aims to help people like her find hope. Chc partners with other organizations to provide counseling, Financial Support to hundreds in need across the cleveland area. They need help because they dont enough food to eat or cant pay their bills. They donated 1,000 book bags filled with supplies and free haircuts for the first day of class. It was to give Single Parents a break. Its dear to my heart. Its how i was raised. Its the help of other people that helped us sustain but enjoy the life we had. Nichole each of the 15 climbers and trying to raise 20,000 for the Cleveland Hope Center. A portion of the Donations Fund the trip itself. Thats over 200,000 that we hope to collect to gather together that money to make a difference in our city. Our shirts say hope is rising. Our hope is this. As we climb the mount and we rise to the top, hope can also rise in peoples lives. For leonard climbing to the top is about looking back, seeing how much she has overcome. Probably drop to my knees and thank god, i mean, that ive come this far, look back behind me and kind of see the path that mountain. Nichole such an amazing effort. On ononif i could do it. Kill imanjaro is considered not technically a difficult climb, but the biggest problem is the quick elevation changes. 75 of climbers get sick because their bodies dont adjust in time to those elevation changes. Brian, tia. Brian lets hope they make it, and i hope they reach their goal of 200,000 bucks. That would be great. After a week packed with unseasonably warm weather, were in for a bit of a reality check this weekend, sam. Samantha we are. Were headed for the 30s. Our High Temperatures in the 30s all weekend long. Youd never know, right, that opening day is 17 days away. A harbin engineer of spring, but it wont feel springlike at all this weekend. Returns whether we come back. Tia nasa will launch a recordsetting Space Mission today. Brian next what a nun needed so badly that police say Pennsylvania Police are charging a nun for shoplifting from a outlet store. The sister stole 23 worth of food and toiletries, and if she pleads guilty, she will only have to pay a fine. A recordsetting Space Mission is set to begin today hes being launched to the International Space station today for a sixmonth long expedition. During that time, williams will pass astronaut scott kelly for most days spent in space. Brian big change could be coming to Progressive Field. Chicago just became the fourth city with a Major League Baseball team to ban chewing tobacco at stadiums. This isnt just for fans but players. No word yet if this will happen in cleveland, but theres growing movement demanding to put an end to chewing tobacco in the big leagues. 11th seeded gonzaga upset 6th seeded seton hall last night. Out of the 16 games, seven of them are upset winners. The 13 million brackets submitted nationwide, only 14,525 are still perfect. Thats. 1 . Heres the current standings for the morning show bracket a threeway tie for first. Dave graska is a photog. We missed on five games and were all tied for fourth place. It was one day and 16 games. A lot can change. Q. , well he picked usc because he graduated from there. See you later, q. Youre out, buddy. I dont know what to tell you. Tia i dont know what i was doing, anyway. You dpie guys know what youre doing. Brian a little bit. I dont follow College Basketball isasmuch as i used to. Samantha its so hard. This time of year, thats why they call it march madness. Brian you have to do it and be involved, because everybody is. Its fun to be part of the show, right . Samantha yes. Basketball season, it feels like basketball season out there, its cold. 39 in cleveland. Good morning in akron canton at into the upper 20s. Now, our average low for this time of the year is actually around 30, so technically were above average, but its been so mild all week i think this may come as a shock to the system to you. Along the lakefront were not to bad. 40 at euclid and lakewood at 42 and 39 in parma and good morning in strongsville. We check in at about 37 degrees. Ill help you plan your day now that you know what to expect when you step out the door. Today. Lunchtime, low to mid40s, so a little cooler than it was yesterday. A little on the breezy side as well, but not quite as blustery as we were yesterday. 46 for the High Temperature today. It will happen around 2 00 or 3 00. I im sure as you were in the car line had the windows down but today not as warmer but 11 degrees cooler. Two during the afternoon. That was your day planner for cleveland. Look at akron. Mid30s late in the morning and 46 at lunchtime and highs for akron, i think we may get closer to that 50degree mark. Dover and new philly, all points to the south close to 50 today. Like the rest of the area, little chance for a shower or two this afternoon. Its very dry outside. John and i were just talking about this. Its like desert dry. Maybe you feel you need a little more lotion or chapstick. I dont think much makes it down to the ground, but i cant rule out a couple of of stray showers this afternoon. Tonight akron canton headed for the mid20s and along the lake a little warmer, upper 20s and partly to mostly cloudy and definitely chillier than its been much of the week. The cooler weather sticking around through the weekend. Look at the weekend forecast here. 38 on saturday, 39 on your sunday. Well have a few snowshowers looks great and then sunday a few light snowshowers in the morning. Little to nothing in the way of accumulation. Lakeeffect snowshowers on your monday and upper 30s so another chilly day there. We get warmer on tuesday. 49 degrees, and tuesday is going to be beautiful but rain will move in at night, and that rain will hang around for wednesday. Look at this change, too. Monday, 39 degrees. And then by wednesday were in the low 60s. Its crazy, right . This is spring. These big temperature swings, and i promised you, by the way, a look at easter. I told you wed probably dry out for thursday. Rainy weather on good friday. Keep in mind a lot can change between now and then. We have to keep a close eye on it. For now friday looks rainy and saturday looks dry and easter looks okay. Were still several days out, so i want to keep you updated as things change if they do. John. Feel for whats coming down the pipe. Theres always changes in the weather. That keeps weather folks in business. 90 and west 86th looking good. As you head out of town, no problems there. Look at a camera shot of the 480, traffic headed east, its building volume a little bit. No surprise. 6 18 in the morning, and yeah, folks headed off towards parma, ridge road, state road, teetman beyond that. In and out on 67 and so far easy go. I get a report about accidents and fires and brokendowns and disableds and congestion and all that looking good. 43 Miles Per Hour getting on the jennings, and thats no spry. Typically its slow there, but that speed is pretty acceptable especially for this hour. Lets fly into town. Ilts a good day for a flight. Theres good flies weather and all is well. Friday morning commute. Ill be back in a few with an update. I hope its as good. Right now, tia and brian. Tia time is 6 18. Northeast ohio is wellrepresented this weekend at the State High School basketball championship. Brian got that right. Next, why seaworld wont look the same. A major change is coming to the tia oh, it looks so beautiful out there. The hustle and bustle and cars and buses on the road this morning. 6 22 on your friday. I say it like that because who doesnt love a friday, right . We look in the area of Progressive Field. 17 days until opening day. Thats when our team, the cleveland indians, take on the boston red sox. Theyre going down, of course. We do know that just not too long ago the indians signed outfielder marlin bird to the squad. A bombshell announcement the company says it will not add new killer whales to the parks. A lot of people are happy about this. Seaworld says the current orcas will live out their days and the program will be phased out. For decades seaworld has been criticized for the killer whale captivity. Now it will focus more on Animal Rescue and rehabilitation. If you want perch for dinner tonight, you might be out of luck on this friday. A shortage of lake erie yellow perch is making it hard for nonprofit fish fries to get their hands on this favorite dish. Many restaurants should still have perch. The fish suppliers say the shortage is due to an increase in demand. Brian we have local teams who have already moved on to the state championship games in columbus. Lebron james alma mater beat cincinnati aiken. A huge day for st. Vs porting 27 on the day. Graves had a 20point day, 23 to the fighting irish win 8567. They play for the state title on saturday. The st. Joseph vikings head back to the state title game for the fourth year in a row. They dominated lynchburg clay. Jerry higgins had a nice day. 16 he scored, 12 in the fourth quarter. Vikings win huge 8164. They play for the state title on saturday. Im going to mention this. I did go to st. Joes, very proud of that. The vikings are the first team since Lebron James Led the fighting irish to go to the state championship game four years in a row. Its been donald only twice. Lebrons team and the mighty vibings vibings at st. Joe. 10 10 45 time for the tipoff. Tia sam, bring out the hat samantha i know. Its so chilly out there this morning, but it will get a lot colder into the weekend. Remember yesterday . Wasnt it nice . We hit 57. Today only 46. Thats pretty much average for this time of year, but were about to go below average all weekend long. Well talk about it after the break. John sam, thanks. If Ohio Governor john kasich thinks his next primary win may come in pennsylvania, why, we ask, is he spending the weekend brian well, hes considered one of the smallest babies ever born, and now he continues to beat the odds. Tia we tell you about a local charity motivating a group of clevelanders to climb mt. Kilimanjaro. Brian very talented kids take the stage this weekend in downtown cleveland. Its friday. We made to friday, march 18th. We made it through st. Patricks day. We were thrilled to see you all at the parade yesterday. We enjoyed that very much. Tia we did. Good morning. The parade was a lot of fun. So many people out there. They were having a great time. A little spicy. Meteorologist sam roberts is in the First Alert Weather Center with the forecast that includes much colder temperatures. I think we kind of saw a change happening yesterday with the wind. It was whipping. Hold onto your hair. Hold onto your hat and everything out there. Samantha its going to be breezy, but yesterday, man, it was so windy at the parade and really everywhere. Today just a breezy day. Lets go outside and show you whats happening in downtown cleveland. Good morning to you and good morning to all the viewers on facebook. Were Live Streaming if you follow the cleveland 19 News Facebook page. You can catch us on tv and right there on facebook. 39 is the current temperature in cleveland. This is like the chilliest morning of the week, right . 37 in akron. 38 in canton, mansfield is 41. In sandusky were in the upper 30s. Notice everyone is reporting a mostly scleer sky. We have a little cloudiness towards ashtabula county, but for the most part once that sun comes up you will see tons of sunshine. No rain or snow out there right now. Im closely watching our next weathermaker, and thats a front thats off to our north draped right across the great lakes. Focus for a stray shower or two later today as it drops off to the south. But the problem is the moisture outside is super limited, so its going to be really hard to squeeze out any rain from the atmosphere. So if youre working outside today, i dont want you to hear that chance for showers and think, oh, man, its not a productive day. For any outdoor work today it will be super productive, a blend of suns sun and clouds and a little breezy and on the windy side. Not quite as windy as it was yesterday. Im not sure where the 57 high is coming from. We are headed for the mid40s later today. Lets go to johns graphics really quick to get that off the screen. Again, 46 is your High Temperature today. John you know, on mine it threw me for a loop, too. It was too much st. Patricks day celebration. It comes but once a year, and you can see thats near brattenall. Things are moving along smoothly here. This is 77 inbound, and oh, my goodness, yeah, thats what i said. I was having trouble with the computer. Let me get this up for you. There are really no problems out there on the roadways. We have no accidents, no brokendowns. We have no fires. We had a couple of those earlier this week, and none of that is going on now. There we go. Got the computer back. We take one shot, and then i turn it back to the desk. Here it is. Yeah. All right. Inbound traffic on 77 moving nicely. So far so good. Its friday after all, and the friday after st. Patricks day is usually light. We turn it back to you guys. Hope your computers are up to par. Brian no major incidents overnight in cleveland, and we wrapped up