Max defender 8 scanning the skies for you and not finding any rainfall. You have the all clear this morning. Temperatures not bad, 64 in lakeland, down to 63 in inverness, bartow 66, 62 north port. Heres the big story, a cold front pushing through the southeast. Behind it really some chilly air. So during the day today we have all day to warm up. 84 degrees, breezy at times. Actually, mostly dry as this cold front gets closer to us. You will w because we trend much cooler behind this front. All those details. Leslee has the details on the morning commute. A couple of issues but theyre not going to slow you down. We have a crash here by Martin Luther king at 275. Also we have one right at the heart of the junction. I can actually show you what that looks like. There already at 275 at the ramp to i4. A little bit of slowing traffic is light so not too much of an issue. All right. Lets move over now and take a look at our skyway bridge. I would think it was st. Patricks day with that gree
Gayle has the morning off. Gene has a great tease for the weather. Tell us about it. Max defend er er 8 doing a good skwob of scanning the job of scanning the skies for you and not finding my rain yet. 63 lakeland, 66 wimauma and 65 in venice. Its going to take it pretty much all day for the cold front to get in here. You might be seeing some fog in the theres the front now east and west of georgia. Its going to usher in some of the coldest air that we have felt in months. It doesnt get here in the afternoon so temperatures are a degree above average at 84. Look what happens tonight, the average is 67 and we drop to 60. So at 5 08 ill go more specifically hour by hour through your friday. Lets check on traffic and how its moving this morning. Its moving. We have that problem in downtown, a little away. They are starting to clear. We are not seeing anybody outside walking around, which is nice except for the tow truck driver there. They are about to clear this. This is southbound 275 at
Straight ahead. Heres leigh with the good news. Thats right. Weve been tracking this cold front for days now and we still have to wait for it. Heres max defending 8. You can see its scanning the skies and not finding my rainfall, barely finding my clouds. Temperatures are still mild. 63 inverness, 63 lakeland, 69 degrees in sarasota. So let me show you where this cold front is right now. Its just through the ohio area and back towards louisiana. That cool air that weve been waiting on. The cold front will get closer, winds will pick up a bit. Not much rain and a high of 84. Now stay tuned at 5 38 when i have the 8day temperature trend. Leslee is here to tell you what is happening on the roads right now. We have a good drive. Over night construction clear g clearing up. Traffic looks good out there. This is palm harbor that looks wonderful on u. S. 19 and over on well through the land o lake area. I75 looks great in bradenton and sarasota right now. Thats a look at weather and traffic.
Were confirmed in south florida. Blood donations are being tested across the state and for good reason. A donors blood came back positive for zika in august. The testing lab that caught it in the bay area. New channel 8 chanel shows us how to keep it out of reach. All the blood makes its way to the testing lab in st. Pete. When it gets here, the blood is tested for zika. One blood official confirms the zika virus was found in a donation in florida. The blood was tested at their lab in st. Pete where everybody one blood donors blood is tested for zika virus. One rep could not give us specifics on where the donation came from. The doctors used highly sophisticated devices to test up to 3000 samples a day to provide results within hours to make sure that no zika positive supply. Thats the reason that this strum and the test is in place. One blood wants to ensure that they provide screen or appropriately screened blood in light of the zika epidemic. The fda has confirmed the one positive z
Have been doing a grade search. They have a little square area and they are going back and forth, back and forth, the divers in the water. Also, other fire rescue boats here as well. And what they are doing, they are doing the same pattern. They are looking at the search of the shoreline and tampa police has a helicopter in the air looking so right now, they are looking for a boater who went underwater pull ago boat. He has gnat resurfaced. It is messing traffic up and on the Courtney Campbell causeway. Thank you paul lamison. Donated blood tested positive for the zika virus here in the bay area. Blood centers have been on high alert since the first case of zika was detected in florida. Jamel lanee joins us live in Saint Petersburg where the blood sample was tested. Please tell us more jamel. Reporter well, so far, the positive, it is the only one that has been confirmed in the state of florida. Now, blood is brought here every day to one blood and tested for zika. Testing for the zika