Making late evening plans. Well talk about more cold air behind the front that brings the rain. First lets check on the roads and head over to amy in the traffic center. Thank you. Definitely that chill. Grab a jacket as you head out the door. We are moving along nice. Construction picking up along the main artery. A look at i4, eastbound you can see on the side we have construction cones. Drive times coming back right in the clear as well northbound and southbound sides of 459, right on time speeds. That is your check on traffic. Well go back over to you. Breaking right now, some scary moments for passengers on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. Some of the passengers posted videos from on board. You can see the rain in waves just rocking that ship. Passiers posted pictures of the aftermath. You can see chairs and tables in two. Executives have not commented on the damage. We are expecting that ship to arrive later this morning. News 6 Kirsten Oconnor is working to get new information rig
Day, a warmup today into the mid 70s for all of Central Florida. Looking much better than the cold air. A lot of folks love the cold air. It is also nice to warm back up to where we should be. Starting off cool for a jacket, we are at 46 in ocala. 52 the villages. It is 46 in daytona beach. 46 in melbourne. Today well see a lot of noon. 74 at 4 00. The average high, 73. Close to, above where we should be. The valentine weekend, lets check on the roads with amy in the napleton traffic center. Happy friday to you. We have a few issues, still dealing with a car fire in the groveland area. It does not appear it is not closed. Other than, that construction has been plaguing us through the overnight on the major roads as you take a look at i4 by obt. It is picked up off the interstates for the time being. Thats your check on traffic. Developing right now, thousands of drivers in Orange County will run into a big detour. Crews shut down southbound lanes of 17 92 in maitland for construction.
Burned up. They will not tell us how many people died in this accident. You can see from beyond that caution tape tree that fell over and a lot of damage. You cant even make out the rv at this point. It is unrecognizable this morning. Detectives are trying to figure out why they hit the tree, toppling to the ground. There is water on the ground from when the Fire Department was trying to put out the flames. That rv so badly burned, it is unrecognizable this morning. Also, you can still smell the smoke that was out here probably just a couple of hours ago. We know police were called out here at around 1 00 this morning to try to get this scene under control. We know there are power assessing the situation, making sure theretos no danger to the power lines above us. This fire happened next to the gas station, the exxon gas station is taped off. It is steps away from the pumps at the gas station where the fire happened. So there was quite a bit of danger here just hours ago. Still a heavy
But moved into big waves. Well see that move up to the east, bringing blizzard warnings. Seas off our coast, up to about 11 feet. Then the wind making it feel more like the 40s, most of today. It is 30 in ocala. 42 in leesburg. It is 40 at New Smyrna Beach. 42 in melbourne. As we help you plan the day, a slow climb with temperatures. More and more clouds building, only a 10 chance of rain with windy conditions and a high of 65. Well talk more about rain coming tonight and reinforcing cold air behind the front that brings the rain. Lets check on the roads in the traffic center. Happy monday morning to you. The roads are doing ok especially the major roadways. Colonial drive, only 14 minutes. The turnpike over to the expressway, only five minutes right now. Elsewhere, 50 from 520 to 95. Either direction only taking you 13 minutes which is fantastic. It is dark but quiet. A lye look on i54. Not a ton going on. Thats your check on traffic. Breaking right now, scary moments for passengers o
The wind not nearly as strong. Only getting into the 60s. Then as we talk about the weekend, we finally make it back to the 70s on sunday if you are heading out and about. Heres the way it looks right now, i4, many cars hitting the roads. Youll be cranking up the heat in the car a little bit today as temperatures are chilly. We have a breeze in some spots leading to a windchill. From this Vantage Point, it is 48. Thats what it feels like, the west wind is very light at 3 miles an hour. It is just enough that we dont have any issues with fog. Not enough moisture for fog either because we have drier air working in. We are at 46 in the villages. 46 at sanford. 44 at Daytona Beach. Lots of sun. Warming us to 62 at noon. 66 by 4 00. Not as windy. Well talk about the 70s returning for the weekend. When you can expect the 80s and some rain chances. Lets check on roads and head friday in the napleton Traffic Center. The a nice start to the day but not perfect. A road personally blocked around