overnight. pompano beach pumping up with the top of the hour, 17-mile-per-hour breeze. 14-mile-per-hour winds in ft. lauderdale, 6-mile-per-hour winds in west kendall. southwest miami-dade, cooler readings, right now 62 in west kendall. everyone else fairly mild from 67 to about 69, what we ve been trending with for the last few hours. the northeast wind bringing in passing clouds today. as i mentioned, maybe a sprinkle. by and large it s ploud conditions and mild weather in place as we get through our friday and into your upcoming weekend. mild start at 68. breezy beaches today and a high rip current risk which i ll talk about in about 15 minutes. up to 75 this afternoon, warmer into the weekend. next week, rain chances but also warmer weather coming our way. more on that in a few minutes. right now a first check of traffic for this hour, here is kelly blanco. we have an accident that you re approaching 395. that ramp, they re telling me it s completely blocked off. as you
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