Being with us on this wednesday morning. We have your weather for you. Max defender 8 showing clear skies. We are barely finding a cloud. It is really comfortable. 63 in zephyrhills. 70 sarasota. Im keeping the community at this point still in the not too bad category, just a little moisture at the surface. In the upper levels of the atmosphere there is extremely dry air. Highs today above average at 87. Coming up at 4 38, youre going to want to stay tuned to this a Day Temperature Trend because we stay cooler. Coming in at pasco county we have a problem on i 70. Look at the backup already. When there is any kind of a backup this morning it is significant. Southbound on i 75 before you get to the northern apex we you to be aware of this because all of the south all lanes are blocked at this point. Look at state road 52. You can come down and take us 41 or 51. I am going to keep an eye on this one for you. In the race for the white house where hours away from the 3rd and final president
Northport at 69. South gate at 70 degrees and englewood at 69. As we move through the day, were going to continue to see a lot of sunshine and fair weather clouds. If youre planning on heading to the grove, a big fall festival going on and its gorgeous for it. Family friendly and they open t at 10 00 this morning and temperatures near 70 or 75 degrees at that point and well be topping out today tomorrow for Wesley Chapel fall festival things looking fantastic with a high of 86. Light breeze today and less wind tomorrow. If that makes a difference pick your day. Breaking news now, we want to tell you about police arresting this Pinellas School bus driver accused of having sex with a 16year old student. Investigators say davis off campus for sex. Davis faces unlawful Sexual Activity charges. Also breaking this morning, both eastbound and westbound lanes on state road 60 are close closed between san keen and tiger lake boulevard. It left one person dead and a polk county deputy with broke
Should learn from this tragedy. Donald trump throws outs compliments. A grooms Bachelor Party high jekd in the best way the unexpected guest that not only stole his heart but his entire wedding parties heart. I think that is the best story of the week. Im lindsay logue. Shaw ryan is in the Weather Center with the most accurate whether forecast and were looking at a very nice saturday. Reporter if you like the weather the last few days you will love whats ahead. Weve got really nice weather starting off this morning, beautiful out there. Take a look at the radar over the last 3 hours, not a drop of rain across central tlor flor. Come up, 73 in tampa, appear positively low beach 71. Polk county temperatures are near 70 degrees as well. 72 in lake whales. We are warming with all of the sunshine. We will see that through the day and that will heat us up to about 80 by noon. If planning to head to largo at central park starts at noon, temperatures are going to be near 80 by then topping out
Two deadly road rage attacks. And one man linked fox 13s Shayla Reaves joins us now from the Hillsborough County sheriffs office, with more on this tragic twist. A Memorial Service will take place today for radio host dave mckay. Wqyk will host a celebration of life at the Mahaffey Theater in st. Petersburg. Friends, listeners, and the entire community are invited to come out and share stories about him. Mckay has been in the Radio Business for decades, and recently cohosted the dave and veronica morning show on qyk. Mckay passed away in his sleep last week. The cause of death has still not been released. Doors open at 4 30 pm, the memorial starts at five. An update on the zika scare in south florida. Health officials now say there are 22 . Local cases. They added . Another case on wednesday. And theyre still waiting on results. From at leaset another . Forty cases. And right now, . All these local cases are in south florida. Zika is becoming a big . Economic issue in south florida. To
Dave before you walk out the door, its 79 degrees. Actually better than yesterday but still above normal. Dew points are running 77. Just steamier than that outside. Weve also got that easterly wind flow back at us again today, so sunshine and temperatures in the 90s to start. Well finish with a few thunderstorms late in the day. Now you mention the tropics and of course, were keeping a close eye on this disturbance and thats all it is right now. A disturbance. And its over the Virgin Islands in the area near guadalupe. Thats where the forming center is. Theyre going to send a plane to investigate later today. This may take a few more days to develop, but once it reaches the bahamas, it could become a Tropical Storm or hurricaneful then it has the potential to move through south florida or up the east coast of our state. Thats two Different Solutions and well talk about it in a few minutes. Vanessa were on the roads of incident, both in pasco county. First off a crash could be causing