And a dew point of 74. Now the higher you get the dew point, the more humid it is. And once you get into the mid 70s, its steamy. Kind of tropicallike, in fact. This is a tropical wave in the east coast of florida. And its going to drift to the north and west which will help to enhance our rain chances during the afternoon. Already getting maybe a little drizzle here in the eastern portions of polk county but more rain will develop through the rest of the day today. This tca us a better coverage of storms. And seasonable temperatures. Its been so hot lately. Highs in the upper 80s to near 90. And the rainy pattern will continue through the end of the week. When it actually comes to an end coming up. Thank you, leigh. A School Bus Crash in polk county sends four people to hospitals. News channel 8 learned three of those are students at cathleen high. This happened at the intersection of galloway and swindell roads. According to the state through a stop sign into the path of a puck up tr
Candace mccowan joins us live. Candace, there is actually a term for this. Right . Reporter yeah josh, jen, good evening. It is called forgotten baby syndrome. You know how you are driving home from work and you automatically make a left turn. That is how these deadly mistakes can happen. Dr. Hammond calls it a tragedy. She says leaving a child in a hot car is any parents wors just on auto pilot. We may get home and say i forgot to go to the store and those sorts of things. That is what is happening with parents that are leaving their children in cars. Reporter it is called forgotten baby syndrome. It is used as an argument in court for why parents shouldnt be convicted. It is the defense Troy Whittaker could use. Lawson in the car for eight hours where he died. Whittaker questions surrounds the fact he wouldnt take a blood test. He sometimes smokes marijuana. Though he denied smoking it the day lawson died. Is there any long term damage that can lead to forgetfulness . Absolutely. Wit
Evening. Highs today will get into the mid 70s. Behind the cold front, rain and thunder will slowly ease up and we should get back to sunshine by wednesday afternoon. Highs will fall into the upper 60s. Were back in the low 70s later this week with rain and thunderstorms returning friday and into saturday. Sunday is a bit drier but still offers a slight chance for showers. Today rain and thunderstorms off and on through the day. High 76 dewpoint 64 wind swnw 515 mph tonight rain and thunderstorms ending overnight. Low 60 dewpoint 64 wind n 35 mph investigating a deadly shooting overnight. Angelica joins us from the newsroom with the latest. Police say one person is in custody suspected of shooting another person to death overnight. Brown deer police were called to 50th and bradley just after ten last night. Thats where they found a person had been shot. The victim died on the way to suspect was still on scene when officers arrived and was taken into custody. Officials say the suspect a
Has lately. A midday break from the rain is anticipated with partly to mostly cloudy skies and a high of 77 degrees in milwaukee. Incident freehere in county but other counties to the north and west of us getting we roads no complaints as you head out the doorspeeds are at or above posted overnight the mitchell interchange 894 to 43 northbound ramp shuts down completely from 10 until 5 am were staying on top of breaking news this morning on milwaukees northwest side. The search is on for a shooting suspect. Ann sterling is near fond du lac and Custer Police are calling that area a hot zone. Ann . Milwaukee police are looking for a shooting suspect near fond du lac and custer on the northwest side. Were told the suspect shot a man from an victim in the bicep. Police say the have depression and mental issues. If you live in the area, youre asked to stay away from the area. An investigation is underway this morning after a gas leak at an Apartment Building in west allis. The entire second
We have pretty sunrises out there this morning. Some of you are blanketed in clouds and others have a little bit of cloud cover and that make for a little a nice sunrise. No rain in the forecast for the morning commute. It will likely stay dry for us today with some showers our coast t it does feel good outside. This afternoon, temperature will be warming up after this nice start in the 106. Well warm in the 60s. Well warm up to the 80s by lunchtime. And then a cold front arrives coming up in just a few minutes. And now it is time to take a look at the roads. It is a pleasant september morning on the roads this morning. A couple of accidents but not causing any problems in the raleigh area. Traffic moving along nicely. Here is the im not quite sure where that is but i got the wrong camera this. We wanted to look at 440. Not sewing any problems on the beltline this morning. A 60 minute trip from 42 to the beltline split. And because i like to pretend im a weather man, here a look at the