Per hour. A lot of colors but we will focus in on our counties where we have the Tropical Storm watch. Thursday night through the entire day on friday, the potential is there for 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour winds. The reason as i mentioned, this thing is paralleling the coast as opposed to going in. This will be an entire day event plus. Highlands and polk county will be in the worst of it. The path of the storm takes us on a drier side. I dont think this will be a big rain event like hermine. We are looking at rainfall tallies of 1 to 3 inches at most. We got more in the last few days with thunderstorms. This is a wind deal, not so much rain. The rain will be a problem along 95 along with the fact that they will get Hurricane Force winds as well. So, we have to watch the track. If it shifts further west we have to increase the wind speeds and potentially the counties impacted by Tropical Storm force winds. The day on friday. I will talk about the exact path where its heading and rain chan
Election day. In fact, before it. This weekend a preview of fall. We are into fall. We have a delay in florida as far as temperatures. Low to mid70s. Today wont be different than yesterday. Out of the 60s and 70s. Nice and cool relatively so. By the afternoon, we push 90. We hit that at the airport. That wasnt a record but it will be warm and toasty. The humidity moderate, not oppressive but it will be out there. With the east flow off the atlantic, spotty inland showers. We will climb to near 90. Then we will talk about a couple of things. A cold front moving into the weekend then a potentially developing system, otto coming up in a few minutes. Good morning, everybody. Warning from fhp. They are reporting a black object in the southbound lanes of i75 around the Lee Roy Selmon expressway. Here is a live look at what the area looks like right now. Heading southbound. Be aware if you are heading in that direction, look out for something in the roadway. Im sure they will have that picked
Today. Im Melanie Michael. Lets get started with leigh spann. Obviously not finding any rain. Barely a cloud out there. Not quite as cool as yesterday but its really nice. 57 in lakeland and auburndale. Look at this, chilly in inverness at 46. Zephyrhills, 53. You see the 24 hour temperature change. About five to eight degrees warmer right now than 81 in the afternoon with sunshine. In weather and traffic on the 8s at 4 38, i will take you eight days into the future to show you how nice its going to stay. We have a good drive. Earlier, we had issues but they have cleared up. Wonderful drive through down the town tampa. And we had a fatal accident eastbound on the selmon expressway. It was taking up lanes but at last check, i did not see anything on the cameras. In fact, im going to take a selmon expressway. I had blinking lights earlier and that has cleared. And then also the Sunshine Skyway bridge where we do have a little bit of action. Its just overnight construction taking up the l
I mean, if youre going to step outside, go for the morning jog, walk the dog, max defender 8 is giving you the a okay as we use our million watts of power. Showing you theres obviously no rain. 46 in crystal river. Thats cool. But were all warmer than yesterday. 56 auburndale. 61 in fish hawk. Brooksville, youre nine degrees warmer right now than yesterday at this lakeland. Four degrees in bradenton. And temperatures warmer than yesterday, still below average the. The average for today is 83. Im expecting 81. The average for tonight is 66. Im expecting 63. So we will go more specifically hourbyhour through the day at 5 08 in weather and traffic on the 8s but going to give you a check on traffic right now. Yeah, a couple issues this morning. Most of them have cleared up, including the construction on the Sunshine Skyway bridge. But eastbound on the selmon expressway, just got off the phone with fhp. But theyre in the process of clearing it up. So theres one look here. Now they moved the
Weekend. Boy, did it feel like fall this weekend. And max defender 8 has been using all million of its watts to try to find some rain and it has been bone dry. You get the all clear this morning as you head out the door. In fact, it is still cool. Now interestingly its warmer than yesterday but still cool. 51 in zephyrhills. 45 in inverness. Bartow, youre 61. 62 in sarasota. I mean look at lakeland and brooksville, you are nine degrees warmer than you around 5 30. But another pleasant afternoon. A high of 81. And in weather and traffic on the 8s at 5 38, i have an eight Day Temperature Trend to show you how long it takes this nice. And leslee lacey has the roadways. Traffic right now is pretty nice. We have some construction creeping back on the Sunshine Skyway bridge. That in a second. Right now, a great drive on 275 through st. Pete and also through tampa. Bearss to i4, nine minutes on your drive time. If you are traveling across the Sunshine Skyway bridge, folks, let me move over. S